History of VOC huts

Mt. Seymour Cabin

built 1920

Whistler Cabin

built 1965[1], expropriated by the AMS. The VOC sued the AMS in student court in 1977 and won $30,000 which was used to build some of the later VOC huts. Since being taken over by the AMS the cabin has been expanded into a lodge capable of sleeping 42 people. Also see Whistler Cabin History.

McGillivray Pass Cabin

is slowly sinking into the bog in which it was built

Neve Hilton

Once stood somewhere near the edge of the North Pitt Glacier, about half way between Elfin Lakes and Garibaldi Lake. Presumed to be destroyed by snow creep and likely never to be seen again until it emerges from the bottom of the glacier.

Burton Hut

built in 1965? at Sphinx Bay on Garibaldi Lake

Brew Hut

The first incarnation was built in 1982 near Mt. Brew, and destroyed by snow creep shortly thereafter. In 1984 the remenants of the hut were moved uphill to a new location, and the hut was rebuilt at the new location using the old materials. Because some of the beams were destroyed by the snow creep, Brew Hut II is slightly smaller than the original structure. Brew Hut II was damaged in the winter of 1998-1999, an unusually heavy snow year, prompting a plan to replace the hut at a nearby location that is scoured by the wind. Brew Hut III was completed in the summer of 2005 and Brew Hut II was dismanted for firewood later that fall. In September 2006 the non-combustible garbage from Brew Hut II and leftover construction materials from Brew Hut III were flown out by helicopter.

Harrison Hut

built ????

Brian Waddington Hut

built in the summer of 1998 in Phelix Creek, north of Birkenhead Lake. The hut structure was provided free of charge by the BC Workers compensation board as a project for rehabilitating injured workers, so it is much more luxurious than any of the other VOC huts. The VOC built the foundations, did the on site installation and paid helicopter costs, which amounted to about $20,000 because the hut was hugely overweight.

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