Timeline

Last updated: August 5, 2025

A chronological index of all dated entries in the Lake Louise encyclopedia, organized by category. Dates are drawn from front matter: dates, period, established, founded, built, demolished, and publishDate.

News

• 2026-02-01; Summer 2026 booking now open; Parks Canada reservation system is open for summer 2026. Shuttles, camping, and day-use permits available.
• 2026-01-15; Winter trail conditions; January 2026; XC ski tracksetting update. Moraine Lake Road, Fairview, and Tramline trails in good condition.
• 2026-01-10; Teahouse season 2026; dates; Plain of Six Glaciers and Lake Agnes teahouses typically open early June. Summer booking opens in winter.

People

• 1928–2017; Rodney Touche (General Manager, writer)
• 1920–2011; June Mickle (Skoki Lodge co-manager, pioneer artist)
• fl. 1940s–1961; Ray Legace (Outfitter, Skoki and Temple operator; sold to Mickles 1961)
• fl. 1940s–1960s; Alpha Legace (Post Hotel manager, transport gatekeeper)
• ~1910–1912 – 2004; Ken Jones (Mountain guide, skier, Skoki Lodge pioneer)
• 1892–1982; Jim Boyce (Master builder, outfitter, architect of Park Rustic style)
• b. 1984; Lindsey Vonn (Alpine ski racer, World Cup record holder)
• 1897–1986; Lillian Gest (Mountaineer, historian, chronicler of Moraine Lake and Ten Peaks)
• 1884–1981; Edward Feuz Jr. (Swiss guide, head guide at Chateau Lake Louise)
• 1897–1980; Elizabeth Rummel (Backcountry lodge operator, mentor to heli-ski pioneers)
• 1890–1980; Lawrence Grassi (Trail builder, park warden, coal miner; “Little Superman” of the Rockies)
• 1973–1978; André Schwarz (Ski instructor, hotelier, CSIA technique architect)
• 1877–1972; Jimmy Simpson (Guide, outfitter, artist)
• 1965–1972; Mike Wiegele (Ski instructor, heli-ski pioneer)
• 1914–1967; Walter Perren (Swiss guide, mountain rescue pioneer)
• 1884–1966; Caroline Hinman (“Off the Beaten Track” pack trips, women’s Rockies ecotourism)
• 1902–1964; Cliff White (Skoki Lodge co-founder, ski pioneer)
• 1955–1961; Franz Haaz (Ski School Director, Lake Louise)
• 1873–1955; Henrietta Tuzo (Mountaineer, first Canadian-born female alpinist)
• 1875–1955; James B. Harkin (First Commissioner of Dominion Parks)
• 1869–1949; Walter Wilcox (Explorer, photographer, author)
• b. ~1946; Charlie Locke (Ski resort proprietor, mountaineer, rancher)
• 1860–1945; Arthur Oliver Wheeler (Surveyor, co-founder of the Alpine Club of Canada)
• 1859–1945; Eduard Feuz Sr. (Swiss guide, CPR pioneer)
• ?–1945; Samuel E.S. Allen (Explorer, surveyor, cartographer)
• 1869–1943; Bill Peyto
• 1868–1941; Christian Haesler Sr. (Swiss guide, CPR pioneer)
• 1860–1940; Mary Vaux Walcott (Botanist, glacial photographer, mountaineer)
• c. 1860–1940; William Twin (Stoney Nakoda guide, cultural broker, mentor)
• 1861–1939; Mary Schäffer Warren (Explorer, photographer, author)
• 1848–1939; Princess Louise
• 1859–1933; Tom Wilson (Guide, outfitter, pathfinder)
• 1850–1927; Charles Doolittle Walcott (Paleontologist, Director US Geological Survey, Secretary Smithsonian)
• 1867–1896; Philip Stanley Abbot (Mountaineer, lawyer)
• 1890–1894 (Lake Louise); J. Willoughby Astley (Château manager, naming)
• 1843–1915; William Cornelius Van Horne (Railway executive, CPR General Manager)
• 1834–1907; Sir James Hector (Geologist, surgeon, Palliser Expedition)
• Jim 1882–1947; Bill 1880–?; Jim and Bill Brewster (Outfitters, transport entrepreneurs)

Resort

Lifts, lodges, and ski area infrastructure. Newest to oldest.

• 2025; Richardson’s Ridge Express
• 2024; Pipestone Express
• 2021; Juniper Express
• 2020; Summit Chair
• 2008; Ptarmigan Chair
• 2004; Grizzly Gondola
• 2002; Top of the World Express
• 2000; Glacier Express
• 1998; Larch Express
• 1997; Lodge of the Ten Peaks
• 1989; Friendly Giant
• 1982; Paradise Chair
• 1978; Temple Lodge (current); Replaced original after 1976 fire.
• 1975; Summit Platter
• 1974; Whiskeyjack Lodge
• 1974; Larch Chair
• 1972; Eagle Chair
• 1966; Ptarmigan Double
• 1938; Temple Lodge (original); First ski lodge at Lake Louise.
• 1964; Olympic Chair
• 1960; Eagle Poma
• 1959; Von Roll Sedan Gondola
• 1959; Whitehorn Lodge
• 1954; Larch Poma
• 1932; Halfway Hut

Heritage

Parks, organizations, buildings, and cultural sites.

• 2023–2024; Caribou Conservation Breeding Centre
• 2014; Glacier Skywalk
• 2020; Lake O’Hara day-use shuttle; Parks Canada switched to random-draw lottery for day-use seats.
• 1978; Lake Louise Ski Friends (Volunteer mountain hosting)
• 1974; Lake O’Hara shuttle quota; Parks Canada restricted the 11 km road to buses, capping visitors to preserve the basin.
• 1972; Village Lake Louise controversy; Proposed alpine village rejected; pivotal moment for Canadian wilderness preservation.
• 1899–1954; Swiss Guides
• 1942; Lake Louise Ski Lodge; Built by Jim Boyce; now the Post Hotel. Closed during WWII, reopened 1948.
• 1882–1937; Silver City (Silverton)
• 1930–1936; Skoki Lodge
• 1927; Plain of Six Glaciers Tea House
• 1925–1926; Lake O’Hara Lodge; CPR winter build; meadow cabins skidded to lakeshore 1926–1927.
• 1923 (teahouse), 1925 (lodge); Deer Lodge
• 1922; Abbot Pass Hut
• 1920 (Ram’s Pasture), 1930s–1940s (lodge); Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
• 1919 / 1926; Elizabeth Parker Hut; First cabin 1919, second cabin 1926. ACC base at Lake O’Hara.
• 1910; Lake Louise Railway Station (Laggan) (current building); Commissioned to match the expanding Chateau.
• 1909; Spiral Tunnels; Big Hill replaced by two circular tunnels through Cathedral Mountain and Mount Ogden.
• 1909; Burgess Shale discovery; Charles Walcott found Cambrian fossils above Emerald Lake.
• 1890; Lake Louise Railway Station (Laggan) (original log depot); Moved to Heritage Park, Calgary, 1976.
• 1884; Laggan; CPR station name enters use for the present-day Lake Louise settlement.
• 1907; Jasper National Park
• 1906; Alpine Club of Canada
• 1902; Emerald Lake Lodge; CPR wilderness satellite to Mount Stephen House in Yoho.
• 1901; Lake Agnes Tea House
• 1913–1925; Chateau Lake Louise (current core); Painter and Barott wings.
• 1890; Chateau Lake Louise (original); First log cabin built by CPR.
• 1894; Lake O’Hara named; Samuel Allen formalised the name (for Colonel Robert O’Hara) on his map.
• 1890s; Yale Lake Louise Club
• 1887; Lake O’Hara documented; J.J. McArthur spotted the “heavenly blue” water from Mount Stephen while surveying for CPR.
• 1885; Banff National Park
• 1885; Last Spike; Donald Smith drove the last spike at Craigellachie (7 Nov), completing the Canadian Pacific Railway transcontinental line. Tom Wilson was present.
• 1883–1884; Field; CPR “Type A” divisional point at Kicking Horse Pass; named for Cyrus West Field.
• 1882; Lake Louise “discovered”; Tom Wilson led to the lake by Stoney guide Edwin Hunter (Goldseeker); Wilson named it Emerald Lake.
• 1882; Emerald Lake “discovered”; Tom Wilson found the Yoho lake and recycled the Emerald Lake name after Lake Louise was renamed.
• 1881; Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) (Rail, hotels, tourism)
• 1877; Treaty 7; Stoney Nakoda (Bearspaw, Chiniki, Wesley), Tsuut’ina, Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai sign with the Crown. The Bow Valley and mountain parks were established later; land and rights in the region remain part of ongoing dialogue.
• Since time immemorial; Ktunaxa, Secwépemc, and Stoney Nakoda; Traditional territory and use of the Bow Valley, Lake Louise, Yoho, and Kicking Horse Pass for hunting, trade, and spiritual purposes.