[2] Amidst nationalistic ideals, she wrote scathing criticism of the idea, and instead helped to establish the Alpine Club of Canada as an independent Canadian mountaineering organization.
She helped lay out the philosophical foundations of the club in the opening article of the first Canadian Alpine Journal (1907): she saw the club as a protector of the environment, "a national trust for the defense of our mountain solitudes against the intrusion of steam and electricity and all the vandalisms of this luxurious utilitarian age; for the keeping free from the grind of commerce, the wooded passes and valleys and alplands of the wilderness.
It was Parker's fondest dream that mountaineering would promote conservation, patriotism, and moral discipline among Canadians.
In 2006, the Canadian government (through Parks Canada) produced a dramatic presentation called "Elizabeth Parker and the Alpine Club of Canada"[4] (written and performed by actor and Parks interpreter Laurie Schwartz) describing Parker's contribution to Canadian mountaineering.
[5] The Alpine Club of Canada maintains the Elizabeth Parker hut near Lake O'Hara in Yoho National Park, named in her honour.