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Elizabeth Parker was a Canadian journalist in the early 1900's. She co-founded the Alpine Club of Canada in 1906 with Arthur Oliver Wheeler. In 1902, she was working at the Manitoba Free Press (now the Winnipeg Free Press), when American Alpine Club president, Charles Fay, proposed to establish a Canadian chapter of the American club.^[1] Amidst nationalistic ideals, she wrote scathing criticism of the idea, and instead helped to establish the Alpine Club of Canada as an independent Canadian mountaineering organization. She and the Manitoba Free Press continued to publicize and support Canadian mountaineering, and with the help of the Canadian Pacific Railway, she organized the founding meeting of the ACC in 1906, at which she became the Club's first secretary. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) is Canadas national mountaineering organization. ... The Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) is Canadas national mountaineering organization. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Arthur Oliver Wheeler (May 1, 1860 - May 20, 1945), born in Kilkenny, Ireland, came to Canada in 1876 to work as a Dominion Land Surveyor. ... The Winnipeg Free Press is the primary daily newspaper of Winnipeg, Manitoba. ... The American Alpine Club was founded in 1902 and is the leading national organization in the United States devoted to mountaineering, climbing, and the multitude of issues facing climbers. ... Charles Ernest Fay (1846- ) was an American linguist and Alpinist, born at Roxbury, Mass. ... Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix Nationalism is an ideology [1] that holds that a nation is the fundamental unit for human social life, and takes precedence over any other social and political principles. ... Mountaineering is the sport or hobby or profession of walking, hiking and climbing up mountains. ... The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR; AAR reporting marks CP, CPAA, CPI), known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a Canadian Class I railway operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited. ...

In 2006, the Canadian government (through Parks Canada) produced a dramatic presentation called "Elizabeth Parker and the Alpine Club of Canada" describing Parker's contribution to Canadian mountaineering. The play credits Parker not only with her contributions to Canadian mountaineering, but also "a feminist commitment [that] paved the way for others".^[2] Parks Canada is a Canadian government agency whose purpose is to protect and present nationally significant examples of Canadas natural and cultural heritage and foster public understanding, appreciation and enjoyment in ways that ensure their ecological and commemorative integrity for present and future generations. ...

The Alpine Club of Canada maintains the Elizabeth Parker hut near Lake O'Hara, named in her honour. Parker Ridge, overlooking Saskatchewan Glacier in Banff National Park, was named after Elizabeth Parker.^[3] Moraine Lake, and the Valley of the Ten Peaks. ...

References

1. ^ Sandford, Bob. The Highest of Ideals:A Century of the Alpine Club of Canada. Alpine Club of Canada. Retrieved on 2006-08-03.
2. ^ Elizabeth Parker and the Alpine Club of Canada article at vivelecanada.ca. Retrieved on 2006-10-05.
3. ^ St-Denis, Natalie. Ten tales of peak performances in Canada's West. Retrieved on 2006-08-16.