NVMA-Ingenuity-FW - "Ingenuity"

In the 1930s, Fred Williams would not let a lack of ski equipment or money beat him. Keen to get onto the snow, he crafted his own skis from a maple tree, and his own bamboo poles. When he was finally able to upgrade his skis a few years later, he made his old skis into a pack board. This initiative and creativity was a sign of the times for the Great Depression in which he lived.

• Skiing

Created by NVMA during Center for Digital Storytelling (CDS) Workshop, 2009 and included in Climbing to the Clouds virtual museum exhibit, 2010. Based on Eric Jamieson's interviews with Fred Williams.

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• Grouse Mountain
• Mount Seymour