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Annual report

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

Published Date: 1967-1975

Author: Canada. Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development

Call Number: 02.4 C16ic

Author: Canada. Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development

Published Date: 1967-1975

Physical Description: 7v

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

Subjects: National parks

Accession Number: various

Call Number: 02.4 C16ic

Collection: Archives Library

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Canada's mountain national parks : Banff, Jasper, Glacier, Kootenay, Mount Revelstoke, Waterton Lakes, Yoho

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

Published Date: 1966

Author: Scharff, Robert

Publisher: Vancouver : Evergreen Press Limited; Toronto : Musson Book Company

Call Number: 13.113 Sch1c Pam

Author: Scharff, Robert

Responsibility: by Robert Scharff, in association with the Natural and Historic Resources Branch, Dept. of Northern Affairs and Natural Resources

Publisher: Vancouver : Evergreen Press Limited; Toronto : Musson Book Company

Published Date: 1966

Physical Description: vii, 184 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 22 cm

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

Subjects: National parks; Banff National Park; Guide; Jasper National Park; Kootenay National Park; Glacier National Park; Mount Revelstoke National Park; Waterton Lakes National Park; Yoho National Park

Abstract: Pertains to a guide on Canada’s National Parks. This comprehensive guide offers readers a brief history of each Mountain National Park, as well as other useful information pertaining to risk reduction, camping, environmental preservation, wildlife preservation and sightseeing. Additionally, Robert Scharff includes information regarding activities that may be of interest to visitors such as cycling, canoeing, climbing, hiking, trail riding and more. Refers to Banff, Jasper, Glacier, Kootenay, Mount Revelstoke, Waterton Lakes and Yoho National Parks.

Contents: Chapter one - introduction to the mountain national parks (pg. 1); Chapter two - sightseeing in the parks (pg. 34); Chapter three - seeing the wilderness areas of the park (pg. 87); Chapter four - plant life in the parks (pg. 110); Chapter five - wildlife and birds in the parks (pg. 119); Chapter six - fishing in the parks (pg. 142); Chapter seven - winter in the parks (pg. 149); Chapter eight - accomodations and service in the parks (pg. 158)

Accession Number: 2017.8683

Call Number: 13.113 Sch1c Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Canada's wild glory

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

Published Date: 1961

Author: Keller, W. Phillip

Publisher: London : Jarrolds

Call Number: 04 K28c

Author: Keller, W. Phillip

Responsibility: line drawings by Geraldine Locke

Publisher: London : Jarrolds

Published Date: 1961

Physical Description: 336p. : ill

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

Subjects: Birds; Mammals; National parks

Accession Number: 526

Call Number: 04 K28c

Collection: Archives Library

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The Canadian National Parks: Today and Tomorrow: Volume 1

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

Published Date: 1968

Author: Nelson, J.G.; Scace, R.C.

Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : University of Calgary

Call Number: 13.112 Un1t Volume 1

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Author: Nelson, J.G.; Scace, R.C.

Responsibility: J.G. Nelson; R.C. Scace

Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : University of Calgary

Published Date: 1968

Physical Description: 601p.

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

Subjects: National parks; Research; Conferences

Abstract: Parks & Recreation.; Proceedings of a Conference Organized by The National and Provincial Parks Association of Canada.; Studies in Land Use History and Landscape Change National Park Series No. 3.

Contents: Setting the Stage Uses of the National Parks Measuring the Value of National Parks

Notes: The University of Calgary - The National and Provincial Parks Association on Canada, October 9th - 15th, 1968, Calgary

Accession Number: 485

Call Number: 13.112 Un1t Volume 1

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Available online via Parks Canada History

Websites

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The Canadian National Parks: Today and Tomorrow: Volume 2

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

Published Date: 1968

Author: Nelson, J.G.; Scace, R.C.

Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : University of Calgary

Call Number: 13.112 Un1t Volume 2

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Author: Nelson, J.G.; Scace, R.C.

Responsibility: J.G. Nelson; R.C. Scace

Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : University of Calgary

Published Date: 1968

Physical Description: 1027p.

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

Subjects: National parks; Research; Conferences

Abstract: Parks & Recreation.; Proceedings of a Conference Organized by The National and Provincial Parks Association of Canada.; Studies in Land Use History and Landscape Change National Park Series No. 3.

Contents: Other Alternatives : The Role and Planning of Provincial, State and Local Parks Recent Developments in the U.S. and Other Parts Around the World Concessions and Services Planning for the Future

Notes: The University of Calgary - The National and Provincial Parks Association on Canada, October 9th - 15th, 1968, Calgary

Accession Number: 485

Call Number: 13.112 Un1t Volume 2

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Available online via Parks Canada History

Websites

http://parkscanadahistory.com/publications/proceedings-1968-2.pdf

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The development of national park policy in Canada's mountain national parks, 1885-1930

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

Published Date: 1969

Author: Van Kirk, Sylvia M

Call Number: 13.111 V32

Author: Van Kirk, Sylvia M

Published Date: 1969

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

Subjects: National parks

Call Number: 13.111 V32

Collection: Archives Library

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Diving into the past : relics from the rapids

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

Published Date: 1967

Author: Wheeler, Robert C

Publisher: Edmonton : University of Alberta

Call Number: 08.1 W56 Pam

Author: Wheeler, Robert C

Responsibility: Centennial Conference on the History of the Canadian West : 1967 : Banff

Publisher: Edmonton : University of Alberta

Published Date: 1967

Physical Description: 13p

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

Subjects: Archaeology; Fur trade

Call Number: 08.1 W56 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Edmonton : a history

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

Published Date: 1967

Author: MacGregor, James G

Publisher: Edmonton : Hurtig

Call Number: 08.2 M17e

Author: MacGregor, James G

Publisher: Edmonton : Hurtig

Published Date: 1967

Physical Description: 328p. : ill., ports., maps., facsim

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

Subjects: Brett, Robert George; Expeditions; Fur trade; Indians; Missionaries; McDougall family; Oliver, Frank

Notes: Index. Facsim of Edmonton newspaper The Bulletin (December 6, 1880) in pocket on back cover. Map on endpaper

Accession Number: 7646

Call Number: 08.2 M17e

Collection: Archives Library

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Five fur traders of the northwest : being the narrative of Peter Pond and the diaries of John Macdonell, Archibald N. McLeod, Hugh Faries and Thomas Connor

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

Published Date: 1965

Author: Gates, Charles M., ed

Publisher: St. Paul : Minnesota Historical Society

Call Number: 08.1 G22

Author: Gates, Charles M., ed

Responsibility: introduction by Grace Lee Nute; foreword by Theodore C. Blegen

Publisher: St. Paul : Minnesota Historical Society

Published Date: 1965

Physical Description: xii, 296p. : maps

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

Subjects: Fur trade

Accession Number: 746

Call Number: 08.1 G22

Collection: Archives Library

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The great Canadian skin game

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

Published Date: 1967

Author: McKay, W. A

Publisher: Toronto : Macmillan of Canada

Call Number: 05.4 M19

Author: McKay, W. A

Responsibility: illustrated by Leo Rampen

Publisher: Toronto : Macmillan of Canada

Published Date: 1967

Physical Description: 88p. : ill

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

Subjects: Fur trade; Indians

Accession Number: 1000

Call Number: 05.4 M19

Collection: Archives Library

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A guide to geology for visitors in Canada's national parks

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

Published Date: 1963

Author: Baird, David M.

Publisher: Ottawa : Roger Duhamel, Queen's Printer

Call Number: 13.115 B11a Pam

Author: Baird, David M.

Responsibility: David M. Baird

Publisher: Ottawa : Roger Duhamel, Queen's Printer

Published Date: 1963

Physical Description: 153 pages

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

Subjects: Geology; Guide; National parks

Abstract: Pertains to the geological information and processes that have occurred in order to yield the Canadian Rocky Mountains. In an effort to attract and inform visitors, author and scientist, David M. Baird, has opted to share the geological forces that have created the mountains we know today. Baird takes the reader through a comprehensive analysis of the forces needed to create the beauty of the terrain. He does so with the hopes of facilitating a much deeper appreciation for both the beauty, and natural processes needed to yield a mountain range as extensive as the Canadian Rockies.

Contents: Introduction (pg. 7); Rocks and the origin of the earth (pg. 15); Minerals (pg. 28); Erosion and sculpturing of the land (pg. 36); Wind as an agent of erosion (pg. 42); Underground water (pg. 48); Rivers (pg. 54); Oceans and shorelines (pg. 73); Glaciers (pg. 92); Islands (pg. 114); Lakes (pg. 117); Geological time (pg. 123); Earth's architecture (pg. 132); The formation of mountains (pg. 141); Economic geology (pg. 145)

Accession Number: 2017.8683

Call Number: 13.115 B11a Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Historic sites of Alberta

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

Published Date: 1963

Author: Dempsey, Hugh A.

Publisher: Edmonton : Alberta Government Travel Bureau

Edition: Sixth Edition

Call Number: 08.2 D39h Pam

Author: Dempsey, Hugh A.

Responsibility: Hugh A. Dempsey

Edition: Sixth Edition

Publisher: Edmonton : Alberta Government Travel Bureau

Published Date: 1963

Physical Description: 64 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 25 cm

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

Subjects: Alberta; History of Alberta; History; Fur trade; North-West Mounted Police; Missionaries; Riel rebellions

Abstract: Pertains to a series of notable and historically significant sites located across Alberta. The book is divided into nine categories pertaining to influential people and events, such as the Riel Rebellion and the North-West Mounted Police. Within each category, the author Hugh A. Dempsey, has included the names and locations of many historical sites in Alberta, be that a sign, a cairn or other form of historical remembrance.

Contents: Introduction (pg.3); Indians (pg. 5); The fur trade (pg. 12); The missionaries (pg. 24); American posts (pg. 29); North-west Mounted Police (pg. 35); Riel rebellion (pg. 39); The pioneers (pg. 43); Historic events (pg. 50); Transportation (pg. 57); Index (pg. 61); Map (pg. 63)