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The Athabasca Trail

Item number (ISN):

336742

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1920/1930 ?

Item number (ISN):

336742

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

GRAPHIC CONSULTANTS LTD.

Accession:

1972-0105

Media:

Film

Part:

2 of 2

Production date:

1920/1930 ?

Release date:

1920/1930 ?

Production company:

Ontario Government Film

Country of production:

cn

Distributor name:

Pathescope Co. of Canada Ltd.

Description:

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Dressed in a suit, a pork pie hat, and a suitcase, Bill arrives from New York City via train to spend a vacation with his old friend Fred. Fred lives in the Alberta Rocky Mountains and has invited Bill to accompany him on a trip over the Athabasca Trail. The first advice that Fred gives to Bill is to "discard your city tugs and try on these leather pants." Properly dressed, the men pack their horses and head off to Jasper Park Lodge for a day in order to make the trip easy on Bill. Jasper Park Lodge is shown to be "groups of rustic lodges modernly equipped" that are nestled amongst the trees. The group head down to the docks to board canoes for a quiet trip out on Lac Beauvert, which Bill prefers over "the gasoline saturated air of Times Square." Returning to the lodge, Bill wants to join a card party but Fred takes him and two ladies to "the scenic wonders of Maligne River Canons". Shots of men sitting on rocks overlooking the rapids of the river are shown, while several people watch the rapids from the bridge spanning across the river. Bringing the two ladies back to the Lodge veranda, Fred and Bill decide to leave the lodge and set up a campsite before nightfall. The next morning, Fred induces Bill for a climb to absorb some scenary from an elevation, where they can see in the distance Mount Tekarra, "the watchtower of the Rockies". Despite all the majestic scenary, Bill is hungry and is more interested in "a few finny rainbow trout in a hot frying pan." The group go down to fish off the dock of the lake, some even going out on rafts to cast off in the middle of the lake. The men return to camp after marvelling over the catches of the day, stopping at the river for their horses to drink. Night falls as a lone figure watches the sunset, and in the morning, Old Sol wakes up early to remind the group that it was time to go back.~As the men are shown preparing to dismantle the campsite and start on their way home, a final intertitle displaying a quote attributed to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle conlcudes the film: "But the last and best and sweetest is the ride by hill and dale, with the packer and the pack-horse on the Athabasca Trail."

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

Notes:

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1. Crown material over 50 years - copyright expired.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

374827

Format:

FILM

Location number:

GC-1216
GC-1217

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

420424

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2006-03-0216

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

GC-1216
GC-1217

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

435673

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2007-02-0227

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

2006-03-0216

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

436818

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2007-04-0038

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

2006-03-0216

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

725154

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

336742-001

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

10:18

Made from:

2006-03-0216

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

725155

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

336742.MOV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

10:19

Made from:

2006-03-0216

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

725156

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

336742.MP4

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

10:19

Made from:

2006-03-0216

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Donor restrictions:

The permission of Library and Archives Canada is required to reproduce this title.

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of Library and Archives Canada

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