Waterton Lakes National Park

Scope and Content: View of a group on the ninth hole of the Waterton Lakes Golf Course above Lonesome Lake. The golf course opened in Waterton in 1922 as a nine hole course.

History Biographical: William John Oliver, 1887-1954, was born in Ash, Canterbury, Kent, England. He became interested in photography after winning a camera and in 1910 he emigrated to southern Alberta. He began his photography career working as a camera assistant at the Frederick B. Cooper Photographic Studio in Calgary. In 1911 he went to work for The Albertan and opened his own studio in 1912 under the name W.J. Oliver Photographic Studio. He later joined the Calgary Herald as staff photographer. The studio became extremely successful and his work eventually took him outside the Calgary area. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s he travelled across Canada taking photos and films for the National Parks Branch (among others) including these which he took in Waterton Lakes National Park in 1928 and others which he took in 1934.

Scope and Content: View of a group on the ninth hole of the Waterton Lakes Golf Course above Lonesome Lake. The golf course opened in Waterton in 1922 as a nine hole course.

Notes: The golfing group is aligned to make the most of the scenery at this location and are actually headed the wrong way for the purposes of the photo. The club house is out of sight on the left of the photograph. File found in 2012 Year end box #5