Mount Edith Cavell

Construction of the Mount Edith Cavell Road began in the mid 1900s and the road officially opened in 1927. In 1924 Fred Slark built a small frame building to be used as a teahouse that was moved up the road as construction progressed. After his death on Mount Redoubt in 1927, his widow, Grace, had a log building constructed at the base of the glacier and the old building was moved up the road to be used by staff. Anne & Don bought Chalet Moraine in 1946, renovated extensively and changed the name to the Mount Cavell Chalet.

PA 33-61 Otto Brothers’ Teams on the Cavell Road construction. [ca. 1920]

PA 74-15  Automobile on the Mount Edith Cavell Rd. [1927]
2023.51.262 Don Guild, Mickey McGuire, Ken Alexander, Dean Swift, Slim Hansen, Dick Hargreaves, Jack Hargreaves, Slim Herman and Don Hoover working on the construction of the Cavell Chalet. 1929
PA 25-17 Lovat Scouts in a ski race at Mount Edith Cavell. 1944
994.45.26c Group preparing to ski into the Tonquin Valley [ca. 1945]
2020.32.340 Noreen McLellan on mileage marker on the Cavell Road. [ca. 1945]
PA 56-22 Filming of the Emperor Waltz on the Cavell Road. 1946
2023.51.350 Cavell Tea Room. [ca. 1950]

2016.11.187 Filming the Far Country at Mount Edith Cavell. 1953
2019.53.64 A skidoo at a lookout on the Mount Edith Cavell Road. [1971]
2019.101.76 Artefacts in the ditch off the Cavell Road. [ca 2000]

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