Bill Vroom, Windy Cabin, Whyte Museum - Banff, Alberta - Dedicated Benches on Waymarking.com

This bench is located in front of the 1911 Windy warden cabin (visit link) on the grounds of the Whyte Museum. G. William (Bill) Vroom (1931-1998) was a national park warden at Banff from 1955 until 1988.. In August 1966, he was one of three wardens involved in a helicopter rescue of two stranded climbers. (visit link)

While a warden, he researched grizzly bear ecology and behaviour, and was lead author on a paper about grizzly den sites in 1980. (visit link) In the course of his research, he found a cave, now called the Vroom Closet.

Vroom was in charge of the cabin’s restoration in 1985.


Text on bench:

IN MEMORY OF BILL VROOM
“A place to listen & a place to tell a story”

REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING

Archives Sociery of Alberta: Alberta on Record - Bill Vroom fonds (visit link)

Parks Canada History: The Mountain Guide, 1985 Centennial Edition. “Park wardens restore Windy cabin”, p. 6 [pdf] (visit link)

Where is this bench located?: On the grounds of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff townsite, in front of the Windy warden cabin that he restored Who is this bench honoring?: Bill Vroom, Banff park warden, 1931-1998

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