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"Collecting art is the best thing a person can do with their spare money", Sandy Mactaggart

Joe Shoctor

Walter Kaasa

Jeanne and Peter Lougheed

Eric Harvie

Catherine Whyte

Interview with Lee O'Donnell, Innkeeper Num-Ti-Jah Lodge, for Dreamers and Doers.

Q: Would Jimmy Simpson represent mountain culture?

A: I would say that he exemplifies it more than most other folks do. The reason I say that is that most other hotels and lodges – were built by the railway - some corporations – there was something bigger driving that whole engine. Jimmy Simpson being truly an explorer an adventurer, a man that was really passionate about the mountains and what he accomplished out here.

He had a vision of a grand log and stone lodge on the shores of Bow Lake and he achieved that on his own and really without any support of the government. I’m sure he had some from his peers but he had to do a lot to accomplish what he did here – and didn’t have a lot to do it with. I would say Jimmy embodies the essence of what mountain culture is to an individual.

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