Kamloops Outdoor Club Fonds 2018.043, 2020.008
Kamloops Museum and Archives Kamloops Outdoor Club fonds 2018.043, 2020.008 Compiled by Jaimie Fedorak, February 2020 Kamloops Museum and Archives 2020 KAMLOOPS MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES 2018.043, etc. Kamloops Outdoor Club fonds 1936-2013 Access: Open. Graphic, Textual, Cartographic 1.40 meters Title: Kamloops Outdoor Club fonds Dates of Creation: 1936-2013 Physical Description: ca. 110 cm of photographic materials, ca. 30 cm of textual records, 10 maps, and 1 audio cassette tape Administrative History: The Kamloops Outdoor Club was founded on October 7, 1936 in Kamloops, B.C. by Jack Gregson and Bert Brink, with a purpose to stimulate interest in outdoor activities. The Club’s first hiking activity occurred on the Sunday following its first meeting (October 11, 1936), with prospective club members hiking from the Cenotaph on Battle Street to the McIntosh Memorial in the West End. Jack Gregson was elected as the club’s first president, and it would be formally incorporated under the Societies Act in March 1950. Early activities organized by the club included an annual alpine summer camp, banquets and picnics, a Winter Snoball Frolic (formal dance) and Christmas parties, and hiking and sporting activities for all seasons. The first clubhouse was located at an old farmhouse on Rose Hill, donated by Mr. Egli, which was improved by club members with the addition of eating and sleeping facilities and a stone fireplace. The clubhouse burnt down in 1941, but the enterprising group would come together to construct a new clubhouse further up the same field. After this clubhouse was also burnt down in 1961, a third location was established on land granted to the club by the Provincial Government on Heffley Lake in 1963.
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