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NVMA-PumpPeak
Title
"First Recorded Ascent of Mount Seymour - How Pump Peak Got Its Name"
Creator
Archives of North Vancouver (1980-Present)
Contributor
Charles Chapman (1883-1960)
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2009
Description
Today, Mount Seymour is a half day's hike from the parking lot at the Seymour Ski Resort. Popular with families, it is a very different experience from the first recorded ascent by Charles Chapman in 1908.
On the way, Charles and his climbing buddies spotted a tree stump that looked like a water pump. Nicknaming it Pump Peak, the name stuck. Over a century later, this summit on the way to Mount Seymour is still called Pump Peak.
This short video follows Charles' grandchildren as they make the journey to the summit in honour of that 1908 ascent.
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Created by NVMA during Center for Digital Storytelling (CDS) Workshop, 2009 and included in Climbing to the Clouds virtual museum exhibit, 2010. Writer, Lid Hawkins.