Elements area
Identifier
F229-(2-9)-i2
Title
"Seymour Pomma Lift Opens"
Creator
Gertie Beaton (nee Wepsala) (1916-2007)
Date(s)
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1950-1959
Description
Ski champion Gertie Beaton (nee Wepsala) often wrote in Vancouver newspapers, sharing the goings-on on the local slopes as well as elsewhere. From racing updates to details on lessons or recent ski club activities, she was a good source of information. Her articles shared the types of information that might be shared on social media today.
In this article, she gives a glimpse of a time when there was excitement at Mount Seymour's first chairlift opening. Year unspecified but believed to be the 1950s.
Subjects
Types
- text
Format
Source
Fonds 229 Gertie Wepsala/Al Beaton Collection