MAY  2007 NEWSLETTER

Peakfinder Updates
Thanks to Calvin Damen who has submitted several dozen photos over the past few months, many of them showing peaks as seen from different angles from those already on the site. Several of the photos are of peaks that previously had no photo at all on the website. Calvin has been all around Mount Lougheed and with his assistance we know have sixteen photos of the mountain.

Thanks as well to Don Beers for some more fine photos including the first on the website of Serenity Mountain. Visit the Royal Alberta Museum to view two of Don's photos that are part of their "Stories form the Southesk Collection" that will be opening on May 3rd. Read of the Earl of Southesk's travels by entering "Carnegie" in the finding people search box and watch for the upcoming display at the museum.

There are now 3300 photos on www.peakfinder.com and sometimes errors are made in their captions. Several Peakfinder users have located mistakes and advised us so that they can be corrected. Please let us know if you find an error.
If you have a favourite mountain photo or any information about the peaks of the Canadian Rockies that you would like included in Peakfinder please contact daveb at peakfinder dot com.

Please note that all of the previous newsletters have been archived and are available on the site. If you're interested in esoteric lists, unusual mountain names, etcetera, browse through the earlier issues. 


May's Unusual Canadian Rockies Name

WATERMELON PEAK
Apparently the first ascent party of this unofficially named mountain (D. Michael, W.V.G. Matthews, W.L. Putnam, M. Stearns, L.R. Wallace) carried a watermelon to the summit. They then ate it despite poor weather.
Enter "Watermelon Peak" to learn more about this mountain. 

Look who's honoured in the Canadian Rockies

ANNE and ALICE
Mount Anne-Alice was named in 1939 by Anne MacLean Chesser and Alice Wright. After climbing the peak and finding no evidence of previous climbers they built a stone cairn at the summit, and claimed first ascent. Anne MacLean came from Nova Scotia in 1930 to visit her sister Sophie MacLean Hargreaves, and brother-in-law, Roy. She married Chuck Chesser in 1931 and they all became partners in the tourism and outfitting business at Mount Robson. Alice Wright was a frequent visitor at Berg Lake Chalet through the '30's and '40's. In 1959 she purchased Mount Robson Ranch from Roy & Sophie Hargreaves, and was a well-known member of the tourism/outfitting industry throughout the Rockies. In 1977 she sold Mount Robson Ranch and retired.
For additional information about Mount Anne-Alice enter the mountain's name in the appropriate search box on the main page.

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