ALBERTA LOOKOUTS
BLACK ROCK MOUNTAIN
Bow Ranger District
1928: A 12 x 12 ground cabin was built. ("Fire lookout hikes in the Canadian Rockies" Mike Potter Published by: Luminous Compositions Ltd. 1998)
May 23, 1930: "J.A. Hutchinson, supervisor of the Bow River forest reserve, informs that his men would again commands posts located at Blue Hill, Moose Mountain, Black Rock, Junction Mountain and Cameron Lookout on Mount Burke. The latter station is at an elevation of 8,340 feet above sea level, and is the highest of the five lookouts. The remaining four are all situated at vantage points of sufficient height to ensure a thorough survey of the surrounding territory." (Calgary Herald)
May 23, 1930: "J.A. Hutchinson, supervisor of the Bow River forest reserve, informs that his men would again commands posts located at Blue Hill, Moose Mountain, Black Rock, Junction Mountain and Cameron Lookout on Mount Burke. The latter station is at an elevation of 8,340 feet above sea level, and is the highest of the five lookouts. The remaining four are all situated at vantage points of sufficient height to ensure a thorough survey of the surrounding territory." (Calgary Herald)
July 24, 1933: "The lookout cabin, high on top of the lofty Black Rock, was built at tremendous risk and expense by the Dominion government six years ago, lumber having been hauled many hundreds of yards by hand over difficult and dangerous stretches.
Since that time the little cabin has not received a coat of paint. It is gradually falling into disrepair, which will be costly if not arrested, its inhabitant points out. The winds and rains of summer, and whistling snowstorms of winter, are rapidly playing havoc with the blistered surface." (Calgary Herald)
1950: The lookout was closed after a section of trail collapsed. The lookout was too high above the weather to be effective. ("Fire lookout hikes in the Canadian Rockies" Mike Potter Published by: Luminous Compositions Ltd. 1998)
