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Trailblazers of the Canadian Rockies

by (author) E.J. (Ted) Hart

Publisher
Summerthought Publishing
Initial publish date
Oct 2020
Category
General, Western Provinces
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781926983448
    Publish Date
    Oct 2020
    List Price
    $19.95

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Renowned historian Ted Hart’s TRAILBLAZERS OF THE CANADIAN ROCKIES is the story of the intrepid men who blazed and opened up the trails of Banff, Jasper and Waterton national parks from the 1880s to the 1950s when the tourism industry in Canada was in its beginnings. As the tourist trade developed in the Canadian Rockies in the late 1800s, a special breed of men emerged to lead wealthy, latter-day explorers into the Canadian Rockies wilderness. These guides and outfitters were often as undisciplined and unkempt as their clients were refined and polished. But together this unlikely alliance forged the last chapter in the history of exploration of the Canadian Rockies.

Trailblazers of the Canadian Rockies describes the colourful lives and times of Tom Wilson, the Brewsters, Curly Phillips, Jimmy Simpson, Bert Riggall, and Andy Russell—true mountain men of the Canadian West who played a major role in making the mountain west accessible to those who came to experience its glories.

About the author

E.J. (Ted) Hart is the executive director of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies in Banff, Alberta. He has been actively involved in the archival and museological fields of Canadian Rockies history for nearly thirty-five years and has served as mayor of the town of Banff.

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