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I am working on the article of the Alpine Club of Canada. Here is the outline we propose for the history section: Outline for Proposed Changes to Wikipedia Article:

History-(the information on the history of the club will extend from its formation in 1906 to the present)

Club Facts: Who: Arthur O. Wheeler and Elizabeth Parker formed the ACC in 1906 in Winnipeg, Canada. When: Established in 1906, its first annual meeting was in 1907 Why: Wheeler wanted to establish a North American version of the British Alpine Club. With encouragement of Elizabeth Parker, they created a solely Canadian mountaineering club.

Why it was created: - It was inspired and influenced by the prestigious British Alpine Club - Initially its mission was to discourage the infiltration of human into the wilderness such as electricity and construction after the two World Wars, transitioned to advocating for conservation and recreation. - Help establish the National Parks of Canada - Give equal opportunity to men and women to experience the outdoors - Encourage city populations to explore the outdoors and value mountain environments - the exchange of wilderness literature with other environmentally focused organizations - cultivation of artwork association with the outdoors.

Club Activities: - Activities revolved around summer camps, which were held each year in the Canadian Rockies -Initial camps were held for two weeks, in Paradise Valley beginning in 1907 - The camps focusing on mountaineering expeditions during the day and reflections, music and poetry at night. - New members were expected to complete elementary climbs no less than 10,000 ft before they could move onto advanced climbs - Summer clubs brought revenue and exposed city tourists to environment.

Club Legacy: - The mission has altered slightly since creation, but it still advocates for the recreational use and protection of mountain wilderness -the ACC continues to support both men and women to become guides and leaders for the ACC's activities - The ACC viewed the Canadian Rockies as a national asset, which should be used for the public, and must be preserved for future generations.

My job will be to write the last sub-section, called "Club Legacy". Julien de Leiris (talk) 17:05, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Here is the first draft of the section I have to write. (Warning: I don't know how to include the footnotes I wrote on my Word document).

The Club Legacy

From its origins in Winnipeg more than a century ago to the current, the Alpine Club of Canada has altered slightly. As the Club’s founders expected it, the ACC has played a crucial role in shaping both the Canadian territory and the Canadian identity. As A.O.Wheeler wrote it in 1953, “The Club is a permanency and in its 47 years of existence has done more than any other single institution to open up our mountains and bring revenue to the Parks and to Canada, both as a Club as such and from the explorations of its individual members, Canadian, British and American”. Indeed, the Club played a key role in the maturation of the Canadian national park system, especially because of its longevity and its strongly rooted values, which enabled its members to always striking a balance between preservation and use. The author Pearl Ann Reichwein highlights the same idea, fifty years later:“Since creating its charter almost 90 year ago the ACC maintained extraordinary continuity as witnessed by the Canadian Alpine Journal, published annually. Conceived with a wide-ranging agenda beyond the scope of a simple mountaineering club, the ACC has remained an agile and long-lived national organization.

The year 2006 marked the centennial of this long-lasting association, which has always been dynamic and young. The strongest symbol of the club’s continuity is the annual Canadian Alpine Journal, “the oldest and most respected publication of its kind in the country”. The Journal was and still is published every year, collecting route descriptions, records of adventures, mountain photography, geographical and natural science observations, poems, songs, cartoons and obituaries remembering Club members. The year 2006 saw the publication of the Centennial Gazette, a special issue celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the ACC. In the ceremony’s opening speech, Mike Mortimer, the Club president in 2006 declared: “Clearly the Centennial was an opportunity to look towards the future – we knew where we came from but what about where we are going? Obviously we would not have the hubris to plan the next century, but maybe we would be in a position to examine the guidelines set by our founding members and see if the cornerstones, that had been laid in Winnipeg and which had served us so well in the previous century, could do the same in the next century”. It is however undeniable that the club has expanded its activities, relentlessly growing over the last century. The Acc is now responsible of the largest public backcountry hut system in North America and proposes trips opportunities around the world.

“At the foot of the mountain: preliminary thoughts on the alpine club of Canada”, 1906-1950, by Pearl Ann Reichwein, p 168, in Changing parks: the history, future and cultural context of parks and heritage landscapes, Hodgins Bruce W., John Marsh, 1998 “At the foot of the mountain: preliminary thoughts on the alpine club of Canada”, 1906-1950, by Pearl Ann Reichwein, p 160, in Changing parks: the history, future and cultural context of parks and heritage landscapes, Hodgins Bruce W., John Marsh, 1998 Bev Bendell, Members Handbook 1996,http://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/whoweare/history.html The ACC Centennial Gazette, 2006

Julien de Leiris (talk) 20:28, 20 March 2012 (UTC)