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Alpine Club of Canada
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The Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) is a mountaineering organization, based in Canmore, Alberta, that has been a focal point for Canadian mountaineering since its founding in 1906. The club was co-founded by Arthur Oliver Wheeler, who served as its first president, and Elizabeth Parker, a journalist for the Manitoba Free Press. The club is the leading organization in Canada devoted to mountaineering, climbing, and issues facing enthusiasts of alpine sports and the outdoors.

The ACC maintains sections[1] across the country to focus on local issues and access, and to provide a more personal community to alpine enthusiasts in various regions and cities. The club also maintains membership in the Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (U.I.A.A.), provides year-round mountain adventures and an extensive system of [2] throughout the Canadian Rockies, the ACC has grown from its early inception into a full-fledged mountaineering organization with a strong foundation of volunteer, professional and corporate support. The club's goals remain the promotion of adventure, access, environmental responsibility. The ACC publishes the annual Canadian Alpine Journal, which serves as the club's worldwide journal of record for achievements in climbing, mountaineering, ski mountaineering, and exploration of mountains

Canada Post recently issued a stamp to celebrate the club's centenary.

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Mountaineering is the sport, hobby or profession of walking, hiking, trekking and climbing up mountains. It is also sometimes known as alpinism, particularly in Europe.
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Town of Canmore

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Location of Canmore within Alberta
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Mountaineering is the sport, hobby or profession of walking, hiking, trekking and climbing up mountains. It is also sometimes known as alpinism, particularly in Europe.
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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1870s  1880s  1890s  - 1900s -  1910s  1920s  1930s
1903 1904 1905 - 1906 - 1907 1908 1909

Year 1906 (MCMVI
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Arthur Oliver Wheeler (May 1, 1860 - May 20, 1945) was the co-founder of the Alpine Club of Canada.

Wheeler was born in Kilkenny, Ireland. He moved to Canada in 1876 to work as a Dominion Land Surveyor.
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Elizabeth Parker (b. December 19,1856, Colchester County, d. October 26, 1944, Winnipeg) was a Canadian journalist in the early 1900's. She attended school in Truro, obtained her teaching certificate, married Henry John Parker at the age of 18, moved to Halifax and then to Winnipeg.
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Winnipeg Free Press

Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet

Owner FP Canadian Newspapers
Publisher Bob Cox
Editor Margo Goodhand
Founded November, 1872
Headquarters 1355 Mountain Avenue , Winnipeg, Manitoba

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Mountaineering is the sport, hobby or profession of walking, hiking, trekking and climbing up mountains. It is also sometimes known as alpinism, particularly in Europe.
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Climbing is the activity of using one's hands or feet to ascend a steep object. It is done both for recreation (to reach an inaccessible place, or for its own enjoyment) and professionally, as part of activities such as maintenance of a structure, or military operations.
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UIAA or Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme, (English: International Climbing and Mountaineering Organisation) is the organisation that represents several million mountaineers and climbers, world-wide, on international issues.
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UIAA or Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme, (English: International Climbing and Mountaineering Organisation) is the organisation that represents several million mountaineers and climbers, world-wide, on international issues.
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Canadian Rockies



Country | Canada
Provinces | British Columbia,Alberta

Highest point | Mount Robson
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Canadian Alpine Journal is the yearly flagship publication of the Alpine Club of Canada. It serves as a worldwide journal of record for achievements in climbing, mountaineering, ski mountaineering, and exploration of mountains.
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Climbing is the activity of using one's hands or feet to ascend a steep object. It is done both for recreation (to reach an inaccessible place, or for its own enjoyment) and professionally, as part of activities such as maintenance of a structure, or military operations.
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Mountaineering is the sport, hobby or profession of walking, hiking, trekking and climbing up mountains. It is also sometimes known as alpinism, particularly in Europe.
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Ski mountaineering is a sport that combines the techniques of skiing (often ski touring) with those of mountaineering. The goal of the ski mountaineer to climb a beautiful mountain by a worthy route and then ski the mountain down an elegant line, preferably from the summit.
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Exploration is the act of searching or traveling for the purpose of discovery, e.g. of unknown regions, including space (space exploration), for oil, gas, coal, ores, caves, water (Mineral exploration or prospecting), or information.
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The Arthur O. Wheeler hut is an alpine hut located near Rogers Pass, British Columbia. It is best known as a base for powder skiing in this area. The hut is maintained by the Alpine Club of Canada.
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