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Canadian Pacific Railway : Banff and British Columbia

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1888

Publisher: The Illustrated London News

Call Number: 02.6 Il6c PAM O.S.

Responsibility: Sketches by Melton Prior

Publisher: The Illustrated London News

Published Date: 1888

Physical Description: 125 pages

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Travel; Tourism; Canadian Pacific Railway; Canadian Pacific Railway Company; Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels; Hot springs; Hotels; Sanitarium Hotel; Banff; Glacier House

Abstract: Pertains to the activities of the Canadian Pacific Railway in Banff and Mount Stephen including railway access and hotels, hotsprings, sanitarium with associated sketches.

Notes: In The Illustrated London News, Vol. XCIII, No. 2588, Saturday, November 24, 1888, pp. 613 - 614

Accession Number: 7864

Call Number: 02.6 Il6c PAM O.S.

Collection: Archives Library

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The Canadian Rockies

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1888

Author: Ingersoll, Ernest

Call Number: 02.6 In4 Pam oversize

Author: Ingersoll, Ernest

Published Date: 1888

Physical Description: p.465-472 : ill

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway

Accession Number: 17000

Call Number: 02.6 In4 Pam oversize

Collection: Archives Library

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Cascade Mountain, Banff, Alberta

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: 1888

Call Number: P

Published Date: 1888

Physical Description: p.136, ill.

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Cascade Mountain; Banff; Canadian Pacific Railway

Notes: In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.1 (September 1888); photograph on p.136, description on p.134

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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CPR History

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to b&w prints of CPR [Canadian Pacific Railway] hotels and trains throughout Banff National Park. Includes the 1926 fire at the Chateau Lake Louise, the Banff Springs Hotel, a train in motion on tracks, and recovery efforts after the 1910 avalanche that buried a train at Roger's Pass.

Date Range: [ca. 1886-1926]

Reference Code: V190 / VI / C / vi / PA - 01 to PA - 20

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

8 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, C : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: vi : CPR History

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / C / vi / PA - 01 to PA - 20

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca. 1886-1926]

Physical Description: 20 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to b&w prints of CPR [Canadian Pacific Railway] hotels and trains throughout Banff National Park. Includes the 1926 fire at the Chateau Lake Louise, the Banff Springs Hotel, a train in motion on tracks, and recovery efforts after the 1910 avalanche that buried a train at Roger's Pass.

Notes: Unclear if photographs were taken by Bruno or just collected by him.

Subject Access: Avalanches; Banff Springs Hotel; Canadian Pacific Railway; Chateau Lake Louise; Fire; Hotels; Roger's Pass; Trains; Tourism

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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De Montreal a Victoria par le transcontinental canadien

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1887

Author: Beaugrand, M. Honore

Call Number: 02.4 B38 Pam

Author: Beaugrand, M. Honore

Responsibility: conference faite par M. Honore Beaugrand devant la Chambre de commerce du district de Montreal

Published Date: 1887

Physical Description: 52p. : ill

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Banff; Canadian Pacific Railway

Accession Number: 19500

Call Number: 02.4 B38 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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De Quebec a Victoria

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1893

Author: Routhier, A. B

Publisher: Quebec : Charles Verge

Call Number: 02.4 R76

Author: Routhier, A. B

Publisher: Quebec : Charles Verge

Published Date: 1893

Physical Description: 392p

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway

Accession Number: 19500

Call Number: 02.4 R76

Collection: Archives Library

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The Dominion illustrated : a Canadian pictorial weekly

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1888-1891

Publisher: Montreal, Sabiston Lithographic and Pub. Co. [etc.]

Call Number: P Newspaper oversize

Publisher: Montreal, Sabiston Lithographic and Pub. Co. [etc.]

Published Date: 1888-1891

Physical Description: 7 v. : ill., ports

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway; Notman, William & Son; Politics

Notes: v. 1-7, no. 182; July 7, 1888-Dec. 26, 1891

Call Number: P Newspaper oversize

Collection: Archives Library

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Drift Bolt

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Date: 1880 – 1925

Material: wood; metal

Catalogue Number: 101.04.1001

Description: From Rogers Pass, bent bolt in piece of wood, splintering, large segment of support timber with rusting 1.8 cm diameter bent iron rod in drilled hole, one end sawed off, other broken.

1 image

Title: Drift Bolt

Date: 1880 – 1925

Material: wood; metal

Dimensions: 9.0 x 42.5 x 42.5 cm

Description: From Rogers Pass, bent bolt in piece of wood, splintering, large segment of support timber with rusting 1.8 cm diameter bent iron rod in drilled hole, one end sawed off, other broken.

Subject: CPR; Canadian Pacific Railway

Credit: Gift of Rhoda Rouse, Calgary, 1967

Catalogue Number: 101.04.1001

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Early collected photographs

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Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 7 photograph prints depicting early scenes and portraits pertaining to the Brewster family. File includes professional portraits by G&W Fear photographers; family portraits, including Jim Brewster, John Brewster, Fern Brewster, Jack Brewster, and others (some unidentified); and the…

Date Range: [ca.1890-1910]

Reference Code: V90 / VI / PA - 136 to 142

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V90; M436

Series: V90 / VI: Later acquisitions

Sous-Fonds: V90

Accession Number: 2023.09

Reference Code: V90 / VI / PA - 136 to 142

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca.1890-1910]

Physical Description: 7 photographs : b&w prints on matboard or cardboard ; 25 x 19 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 7 photograph prints depicting early scenes and portraits pertaining to the Brewster family. File includes professional portraits by G&W Fear photographers; family portraits, including Jim Brewster, John Brewster, Fern Brewster, Jack Brewster, and others (some unidentified); and the Canadian Pacific station in Banff.

Name Access: Brewster, Fern; Brewster, Jim; Brewster, John

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Family; Farmland; Portrait; Homestead; Trains; Canadian Pacific Railway

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Language: N/A

Category: Family and personal life; Land, settlement and immigration

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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England and Canada : a summer tour between old and New Westminster

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1884

Author: Fleming, Sandford

Publisher: London : Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington

Call Number: 02.3 F62e; 02.3 F62e M'fiche

Author: Fleming, Sandford

Publisher: London : Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington

Published Date: 1884

Physical Description: xi, 449p. : map

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway

Notes: Index; Fragile - ACCESS RESTRICTED - SEE microfiche

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: 02.3 F62e; 02.3 F62e M'fiche

Collection: Archives Library

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Glacial geology

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1889

Author: Geikie, James

Publisher: New York : Scientific American Supplement

Call Number: 03.4 G27g Pam

Author: Geikie, James

Publisher: New York : Scientific American Supplement

Published Date: 1889

Physical Description: 4 pages, illustrations

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway; Glaciers; Lefroy Glacier; Selkirk Mountains

Accession Number: 7964

Call Number: 03.4 G27g Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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The Great Glacier of the Selkirks

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1889

Author: Ingersoll, Ernest

Publisher: Harper's Weekly

Call Number: 02.6 In4t PAM O.S.

Author: Ingersoll, Ernest

Responsibility: Ernest Ingersoll

Publisher: Harper's Weekly

Published Date: 1889

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Glaciers; Selkirk Mountains; Selkirk Mountains - Hermit Range; Selkirk Range; Selkirk Range - B.C.; Hotels; Canadian Pacific Railway; Canadian Pacific Railway Company; Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels; Travel; Tourism; Geography; Illecillewaet Glacier

Abstract: Pertains to the Selkirk Mountains, Illecillewaete Glacier, Glacier Creek, Sir Donald, the hotel and Canadian Pacific Railway access to the area as of 1889.

Notes: In Harper's Weekly, Vol. XXXIII No. 1702, August 3, 1889, pp. 616 - 618

Accession Number: 7890

Call Number: 02.6 In4t PAM O.S.

Collection: Archives Library

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The Great Glacier of the Selkirks

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: 1888

Call Number: P

Published Date: 1888

Physical Description: p.21, ill.

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Selkirk Mountains; Glaciers; Canadian Pacific Railway; Sir Donald, Mount

Notes: In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.1 (July 1888); image on p.21, description on p.19 under "Our Engravings"

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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The great war of 189- : a forecast

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1893

Author: Colomb, P

Publisher: London : William Heinemann

Call Number: 08 C71

Author: Colomb, P

Responsibility: by Rear-Admiral P. Colomb (and others)...; illustrations...by F. Villiers

Publisher: London : William Heinemann

Published Date: 1893

Physical Description: x, 308p. : ill., maps

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: 08 C71

Collection: Archives Library

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Kicking Horse Pass, C.P.R'y, looking West

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: 1888

Call Number: P

Published Date: 1888

Physical Description: p.312, ill.

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Kicking Horse Pass; Canadian Pacific Railway

Notes: In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.1, no.20 (November 1888); photograph on p.312, description on p.310 under "Our Engravings"

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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Letter from CPR (1895) re: Death of Burton Wheatley

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Item is a three-page typed document on yellow tissue paper released by the Canadian Pacific Railway's Solicitor Office in 1895. Pertains to the death of Burton Wheatley, CPR Engineer, in 1894 at Field Hill, B.C. and provides a statement waiving CPR's liability in Wheatley's death. spaces on last pa…

Date Range: 1895

Reference Code: M300 / III / D3 / A / 76 (O.S.)

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Corporate record

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: M300

Sub-Series: M300 / III / D: Personal and Family Records : Collected Material

Accession Number: 182

Reference Code: M300 / III / D3 / A / 76 (O.S.)

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Corporate record

Responsibility: Canadian Pacific Railway

Date Range: 1895

Physical Description: 1 Textual Record (3 pages): tissue paper; non-annotated

History / Biographical: Burton Wheatley was an engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway company, who died during a railway accident in 1894 which occurred at Field Hill, B.C. The Wheatley family were related to Ivy "Willie" Morant (1910-1986), wife of photographer Nicholas Morant.

Scope & Content: Item is a three-page typed document on yellow tissue paper released by the Canadian Pacific Railway's Solicitor Office in 1895. Pertains to the death of Burton Wheatley, CPR Engineer, in 1894 at Field Hill, B.C. and provides a statement waiving CPR's liability in Wheatley's death. spaces on last page of the document to write the date and witness signatures have not been filled in (likely a copy of a completed form).