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L.C. (Jimmie) Wilson

L.C. (Jimmie) Wilson graduated to active member of the Alpine Club of Canada on the first summer camp in the … area in 1907. In 1909 he made the first ascent of Glacier Peak guiding Val Fynn, A.R. Hart and C.A. Richardson. The following year (1910) he made the first ascent of Mount Babel with A.R. Hart, H.H. Worsfold and Edward Wheeler.

In 1911 he attended the ACC camp at ….. and in 1912 he joined Edward and Arthur Wheeler on an expedition to Strathcona Provincial Park on Vancouver Island where he was one of nine who made the first ascent of the Strathcona Matterhorn, later renamed Elkhorn.

In 1934 Wilson received the Silver Rope Award for Leadership from the ACC. Jimmie Wilson regularly attended the ACC's summer camps and is on the attendance list published in the Gazette for 1948 through to 1964 with the exception of 1963.

Sources:
Fynn, Val. "Glacier Peak." Canadian Alpine Journal. Vol. 2. The Alpine Club of Canada. Banff, Alberta. 1910. p. 84.

Wheeler, E.O. "Mount Babel." Canadian Alpine Journal. Vol. 3. The Alpine Club of Canada. Banff, Alberta. 1911. p. 73.

Wheeler, A.O. "The Alpine Club of Canada in Strathcona Park." Canadian Alpine Journal. Vol. 5. The Alpine Club of Canada. Banff, Alberta. 1913. p. 82-95.

Wheeler, E.O. "Mount Elkhorn, Strathcona Park." Canadian Alpine Journal. Vol. 5. The Alpine Club of Canada. Banff, Alberta. 1913. p. 44-48.

Wilson, L.C. "The Club House 1909-1959." Canadian Alpine Journal. Vol. 42. The Alpine Club of Canada. Banff, Alberta. 1959. p. 105-108.

"The Wonders of Strathcona Park." Alberni Advocate. [Alberni, B.C.] (September 6, 1912.) p.1.

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