Elements area
Identifier
F229-(2-9)-i1
Title
[Skiing in Garibaldi Park]
Creator
Gertie Beaton (nee Wepsala) (1916-2007)
Date(s)
Description
Gertie Beaton (nee Wepsala) was a ski champion who wrote a newspaper column in the 1950s. It is possible that this document is one of her typed drafts and handwritten edits.
In it she talks of a proposed ski development in Garibaldi Park, with “a luxury hotel at the 6,000 foot level.“ Could this be the ski resort at Brohm Ridge that never happened? Interestingly, she questions the logic of this given the unpredictable weather.
She also talks of the ski season across the province and across the border in the United States. She certainly had her finger on the pulse of the ski world.
Subjects
Types
- text
Format
Source
Fonds 229 Gertie Wepsala/Al Beaton Collection