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Meetings and Events
Summer 2005
August
Opening of the new Fay Hut- A Centennial Project
Fall 2005
15th Annual Mountain Guides Ball at the Banff Park Lodge. The patron: Don Vockeroth, mountain guide.
Winter 2006
January 7-14
The North Face Centennial
Winter Leadership Course
February 6-11
Marmot Women’s Centennial
Ski Camp
February
Sixty-four page Special Edition Centennial Gazette to be sent to all
members.
March 24
Help start the centennial with a party hosted by the Prairie Sections
at historic Fort Gibraltar in Winnipeg.
March 25
Gala Dinner at the Hotel Garry in Winnipeg
to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the ACC. Inaugural
presentation by Parks Canada World Heritage Theatre of their interpretative
play “Elizabeth Parker and the Alpine Club”
Summer 2006
June 2-18
Yukon ACC Centennial Camp, St.
Elias Mountains
July 1 to August 12
Premier Range Centennial General Mountaineering
Camp, sponsored by Mountain Hardwear. Six week long
camps.
July 8
Commemorative celebration of the 100th anniversary
of the first General Mountaineering Camp at Yoho Lake, Yoho National Park.
July 15
100th Annual General Meeting at the Wheeler Hut, Glacier
National Park
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Postage
Stamp Release
Canada Post will release the ACC Mountaineering Stamp in dedication
to the ACC Centennial on July 19. Please join us at in Canmore, Alberta
in the Civic Centre between 5:00-7:00 pm for the unveiling of the ACC
Centennial Mountaineering Stamp. The ACC Centennial Postage Stamp will
have a Day of Issue cancellation for serious collectors.
The ACC Slideshow presented by Bob Sandford, as well as the Elizabeth Parker Play presented by Parks Canada will follow the unveiling of the ACC’s Centennial Postage Stamp.
July 16-22
Little Yoho Stanley Mitchell
Centennial Camp
July 24-29
Marmot Women’s Centennial
Summer Mountaineering Camp
July 29-August 5
The North Face Centennial
Summer Leadership Course
October
Member Survey. Have your say! Help shape the future of the Club. In
the fall we will be offering an online survey for members to send us
their thoughts, ideas, hopes and dreams for the Club in the next century.
Look for more information in the Fall Gazette.
October
11
One-day seminar titled “Climate Change in the Alpine” presented
by the UIAA and the ACC in Banff.
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October
12-14
The General Assembly
of the International Mountaineering and Climbing Associations (UIAA)
in Banff. Hosted by the ACC.
October
12
Women who have made a difference to the Mountaineering
Community Seminar.
October 13
Opening of the Heritage Room at the Canmore Clubhouse. The Heritage
Room will reflect the social history of the first 100 years of the ACC.
October 13
Opening of the Pat Boswell (Toronto Section) Cabin at the Canmore Clubhouse.
October 13
Opening of the ACC exhibit at the Whyte Museum entitled
“The Mountaineer and the Artist: Reflection
on a Mountain Place”.
October 14
The Great Canadian Slide Show at the Banff
Centre.
October 14
Centennial Dinner at the Banff Park Lodge, Banff. Come join John Wheeler,
the grandson of our founder A.O. Wheeler, who as the patron of the of
the Centennial Dinner will extend greeting to some of the 60-80 foreign
alpine federation presidents from around the world who will be attending
the UIAA meeting.
Spring 2007
Publication of “This Way To The Stars” the complete digitized collection of the Canadian Alpine Journals 1907-2006.
Publication of the Canadian Alpine Journal Centennial Edition
The Alpine Club of Canada. All rights reserved.