Hollyburn Ski Camp - Hollyburn Lodge: A Place of Memories
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WHAT'S IN A NAME? The Hollyburn Ski Camp officially opened on January 16, 1927. During the next two decades, the sport of skiing and ski jumping developed rapidly on the North Shore mountains. In 1946, the owners of the ski camp, Oscar Pearson, Ole Anderson and Anders Israel, sold the operation to the Burfield family, who renamed it Hollyburn Ski Lodge. The next forty years were times of change, struggle and renewal. The most difficult time came after the Hollyburn chairlift burned down in June, 1965. Visitors to the ski grounds around Hollyburn Ski Lodge dropped dramatically. Things improved with the opening of the Cypress Bowl highway in 1975. A new generation of cross-country skiers appeared on the network of trails near First Lake. When Fred Burfield eventually retired in 1984 and sold the lodge to Cypress Bowl Recreations Ltd., the lodge name was shortened to "Hollyburn Lodge". Regardless of its name, Hollyburn Ski Camp/Hollyburn Ski Lodge/Hollyburn Lodge has been "a place of memories" for many people. The photos below capture some of these memories.


Vic & Di, Hollyburn Ski Camp, circa 1931

(Margaret Kippan Ommundsen Collection

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Hollyburn Ski Camp, 1927

(Hollyburn Heritage Society Archives)

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Hollyburn Ski Camp, 1928

(Buddy Barker/Win Oliver Collection)

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Hollyburn Ski Camp, First Lake, 1928

(Buddy Barker/Win Oliver Collection)

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Hollyburn Ski Camp, 1936

(Eilif Haxthow Collection)

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Hollyburn Ski Camp circa 1936

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Hollyburn Ski Camp, 1937

(Les May Collection)

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Hollyburn Ski Camp, early 1940's

(Hollyburn Heritage Society Archives)

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Hollyburn Ski Camp, early 1940's

(Hollyburn Heritage Society Archives)

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Hollyburn Ski Camp, 1942

(Burfield Family Collection)

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Hollyburn Ski Lodge, First Lake, mid-1940's

(Joan Greaves Collection)

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Hollyburn Ski Camp, mid-940's

(Joan Greaves Collection)

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Hollyburn Ski Lodge, mid-1940's

(Joan Greaves Collection)

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Hollyburn Ski Lodge, mid-1940's

((Joan Greaves Collection)

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Burfield family, Hollyburn Ski Lodge, 1946

(Burfield Family Collection)

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Hollyburn Ski Lodge circa 1947

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Hollyburn Ski Lodge - 1949

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Hollyburn Ski Lodge, 1950

(Burfield Family Collection)

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Hollyburn Ski Lodge, July, 1952

(Jim Harman Collection)

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Hollyburn Ski Lodge, 1954

(Gerry Hardman Collection)

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Hollyburn Ski Lodge, early 1960's

(Burfield Family Collection)

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Hollyburn Ski Lodge, 1962

(Alex Swanson Collection)

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Hollyburn Ski Lodge, First Lake, June, 1962

(Alex Swanson Collection)

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Hollyburn Ski Lodge, 1968

(Alex Swanson Collection)

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Hollyburn Ski Lodge, First Lake, January 12, 1969

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Hollyburn Ski Lodge, February, 1974

(Alex Swanson Collection)

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Hollyburn Ski Lodge, 1975

(Alex Swanson Collection)

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Hollyburn Ski Lodge, March, 1976

(Alex Swanson Collection)

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Hollyburn Ski Lodge, 1978

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Hollyburn Ski Lodge - 1978

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Hollyburn Lodge, Winter, 1999

(Bob Tapp Collection)

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Hollyburn Lodge, August 2002

(Hollyburn Heritage Society Archives)

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Hollyburn Lodge, August, 2003

(Bob Tapp Collection)

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Karen & Ken, Hollyburn Lodge, August, 2003

(Bob Tapp Collection)

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