Elizabeth Parker

ABOUT ELIZABETH PARKER

Canadian journalist who wrote for the Manitoba Free Press. She co-founded the Alpine Club of Canada.

She studied in Truro, Nova Scotia and obtained her teaching certificate before switching her focus to journalism.

There was a 2006 play written and performed about her called Elizabeth Parker and the Alpine Club of Canada.

She married Henry John Parker in 1874 when she was eighteen years old.

Gordon Sinclair was another noted Canadian journalist.