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... The discovery and exploration of the Fraser River

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

Published Date: 1909

Author: Holman, Frederick H

Call Number: 08.2 F86h Pam

Author: Holman, Frederick H

Published Date: 1909

Physical Description: 15p

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

Subjects: Fraser, Simon

Notes: From the Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society, vol.X, no.2

Accession Number: 8500

Call Number: 08.2 F86h Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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12:30 Bow River

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.431

Description: Pencil sketch on CPR card paper of mountains.Extensive description on inside and back of card denoting colour scheme, time of day and other details.

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: 12:30 Bow River

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 14.5 x 17.5 cm

Description: Pencil sketch on CPR card paper of mountains.Extensive description on inside and back of card denoting colour scheme, time of day and other details.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.431

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48 specially selected views of the Canadian Rockies on the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway

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

Published Date: 1907

Publisher: Montreal : Valentine

Call Number: 02.6 N84f Pam c.1; 02.6 N84f Pam c.2

Responsibility: photographed by Wm. Notman & Son

Publisher: Montreal : Valentine

Published Date: 1907

Physical Description: 48l : all ill

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

Notes: Cover title: Wonderland of Canada : the Rocky Mountains

Accession Number: 5400; 5970; 8003

Call Number: 02.6 N84f Pam c.1; 02.6 N84f Pam c.2

Collection: Archives Library

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50 Switzerlands in one : Banff the beautiful : Canada's national park : where to go and what to see in and around Banff

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

Published Date: 1912

Publisher: Banff : Banff Board of Trade; Crag and Canyon

Call Number: 02.6 B22l 1912 Pam

Responsibility: [text by H.C. Stovel]

Publisher: Banff : Banff Board of Trade; Crag and Canyon

Published Date: 1912

Physical Description: 80p. : ill

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

Subjects: Businesses; Guidebooks

Accession Number: 74

Call Number: 02.6 B22l 1912 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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128 views of the Canadian Rockies

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

Published Date: 1911

Call Number: 02.6 H22on Pam

Responsibility: photographed and published by Byron Harmon

Published Date: 1911

Physical Description: 96p. : all ill

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

Notes: Cover title: 100 views of the Rockies

Accession Number: 25000

Call Number: 02.6 H22on Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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1908 Railway Tunnel (Continental Divide on back)

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1911

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.322

Description: Front: the entrance to a railway tunnel is on the left, and muontain and trees surround it. Above the entrance is written “1908” and then his writing for a colour scheme in the brc.Back: mountains and trees surround a valley running through the picture. Writing in the brc: “VICTORIA RIDGE OVER 10…

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: 1908 Railway Tunnel (Continental Divide on back)

Date: c. 1911

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: Front: the entrance to a railway tunnel is on the left, and muontain and trees surround it. Above the entrance is written “1908” and then his writing for a colour scheme in the brc.Back: mountains and trees surround a valley running through the picture. Writing in the brc: “VICTORIA RIDGE OVER 10,000feet, 33 BELOW zero, CONTINENTAL DIVIDE FEB 23”

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.322

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3800 miles across Canada

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

Published Date: 1900

Author: Haldane, John Wilton Cunninghame

Publisher: London : Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent

Call Number: 02.4 H12

Author: Haldane, John Wilton Cunninghame

Publisher: London : Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent

Published Date: 1900

Physical Description: 344p. : ill., map

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

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: 02.4 H12

Collection: Archives Library

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3800 miles across Canada

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

Published Date: 1908

Author: Haldane, John Wilton Cunninghame

Publisher: London : Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent

Call Number: 02.4 H12 1908

Author: Haldane, John Wilton Cunninghame

Responsibility: by J.W.C. Haldane

Publisher: London : Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent

Published Date: 1908

Physical Description: xxiii, 344, 23 p. : ill., 2 folded maps

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

Subjects: CP Rail; Banff; Lake Louise; Field; Rocky Mountains Canada

Notes: Folded map in back of book has become detached, in brittle condition 1908 edition has a supplementary chapter written by authour

Accession Number: 7966

Call Number: 02.4 H12 1908

Collection: Archives Library

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Account of Shelley's visits to France, Swizterland & Savoy ... 1814 & 1816

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

Published Date: 1894

Author: Elton, Charles Isaac

Publisher: London : Bliss, Sunds & Foster

Call Number: D919 E47

Author: Elton, Charles Isaac

Publisher: London : Bliss, Sunds & Foster

Published Date: 1894

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

Subjects: Shelley, Percy Bysshe

Call Number: D919 E47

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Aconcagua and Tierra del Fuego

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

Published Date: 1902

Author: Conway, William Martin Conway, Baron

Publisher: London : Cassell

Call Number: F3063 C6

Author: Conway, William Martin Conway, Baron

Publisher: London : Cassell

Published Date: 1902

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: F3063 C6

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Across Canada : annotated guide via Canadian Pacific Railway

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

Published Date: [1918?]

Call Number: 08.5 C16ac

Published Date: [1918?]

Physical Description: v, 197p. : ill., maps

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

Subjects: Altitudes; Swiss Guides Village, Edelweiss, B.C

Accession Number: 3349

Call Number: 08.5 C16ac

Collection: Archives Library

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Across Canada : annotated guide via Canadian Pacific Railway - the greatest transportation system in the world

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

Published Date: [1914?]

Call Number: 08.5 C16ac 1914e

Published Date: [1914?]

Physical Description: 112p. : ill., maps

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

Notes: Eastbound

Accession Number: 3069?

Call Number: 08.5 C16ac 1914e

Collection: Archives Library

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Across Canada : annotated guide via Canadian Pacific Railway - the greatest transportation system in the world

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

Published Date: [1914?]

Call Number: 08.5 C16ac 1914w

Published Date: [1914?]

Physical Description: v, 105p. : ill., maps

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

Notes: Westbound

Accession Number: 20000

Call Number: 08.5 C16ac 1914w

Collection: Archives Library

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Across East African glaciers : an account of the first ascent of Kilimanjaro

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

Published Date: 1891

Author: Meyer, Hans

Publisher: London : George Philip

Call Number: DT377 M4

Author: Meyer, Hans

Publisher: London : George Philip

Published Date: 1891

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DT377 M4

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Across the continent by way of Canada's great scenic route

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

Published Date: 1917

Call Number: 02.4 G76a Pam

Responsibility: Grand Trunk System

Published Date: 1917

Physical Description: 81p. of ill., map

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

Subjects: Grand Trunk Pacific Railway

Notes: Copyright...H. R. Charlton

Accession Number: 18500

Call Number: 02.4 G76a Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Across the Great Saint Bernard

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

Published Date: 1904

Author: Sennett, Alfred Richard

Publisher: London ; Derby : Bemrose

Call Number: DQ841 S15 S4

Author: Sennett, Alfred Richard

Publisher: London ; Derby : Bemrose

Published Date: 1904

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

Call Number: DQ841 S15 S4

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Across the River

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.419

Description: Pencil drawing of landscape with water in foreground and mountains in background.brc: Band of shadows across riverOther cursive writing denotes details and colour scheme.

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Across the River

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.0 x 26.0 cm

Description: Pencil drawing of landscape with water in foreground and mountains in background.brc: Band of shadows across riverOther cursive writing denotes details and colour scheme.