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Narrative of a voyage to the northwest coast of America in the years 1811 [- 1814]

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

Published Date: 1854

Author: Franchere, Gabriel

Publisher: New York : Redfield

Call Number: F880 F37 1854

Author: Franchere, Gabriel

Publisher: New York : Redfield

Published Date: 1854

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

Subjects: Canada

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: F880 F37 1854

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Narrative of a voyage to the northwest coast of America in the years 1811, 1812, 1813 and 1814 : or the first American settlement on the Pacific

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

Published Date: 1854

Author: Franchere, Gabriel

Publisher: New York : Redfield

Edition: 2d ed

Call Number: 02.3 F84

Author: Franchere, Gabriel

Responsibility: translated and edited by G. V. Huntington

Edition: 2d ed

Publisher: New York : Redfield

Published Date: 1854

Physical Description: 376p. : ill

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

Subjects: Fur trade

Accession Number: 3914

Call Number: 02.3 F84

Collection: Archives Library

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Norway and its glaciers, visited in 1851 : followed by journals of excursions in the high Alps

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

Published Date: 1853

Author: Forbes, James David

Publisher: Edinburgh : Black

Call Number: DL417 F6

Author: Forbes, James David

Publisher: Edinburgh : Black

Published Date: 1853

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

Subjects: Alps

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DL417 F6

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Notice biographie sur Jacques Balmat dit Mont Blanc

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

Published Date: 1854

Author: Carrier, Michel

Publisher: Geneve : Gruaz

Call Number: DQ841 M7 C37 Pam

Author: Carrier, Michel

Publisher: Geneve : Gruaz

Published Date: 1854

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

Call Number: DQ841 M7 C37 Pam

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Peaks, passes and glaciers : a series of excursions by members of the Alpine Club

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

Published Date: 1859

Author: Alpine Club (London)

Publisher: London : Longman, Green

Edition: 2d ed

Call Number: DQ823 A46 1859

Author: Alpine Club (London)

Edition: 2d ed

Publisher: London : Longman, Green

Published Date: 1859

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

Call Number: DQ823 A46 1859

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Physician's holiday : or, a month in Switzerland in the summer of 1848

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

Published Date: 1850

Author: Forbes, Sir John

Publisher: London : W.S. Orr

Call Number: DQ23 F6

Author: Forbes, Sir John

Publisher: London : W.S. Orr

Published Date: 1850

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

Call Number: DQ23 F6

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Pyrenees, west and east

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

Published Date: 1859

Author: Weld, Charles Richard

Publisher: London : Longman [et al]

Call Number: DC611 P988 W4

Author: Weld, Charles Richard

Publisher: London : Longman [et al]

Published Date: 1859

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

Call Number: DC611 P988 W4

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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A reading party in Switzerland : with an account of the ascent of Mont Blanc

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

Published Date: 1851

Author: Philips, Francis

Publisher: Manchester : Simms & Dihham

Call Number: DQ841 M7 P45 Pam

Author: Philips, Francis

Publisher: Manchester : Simms & Dihham

Published Date: 1851

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

Call Number: DQ841 M7 P45 Pam

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Report on the exploration of two passes (the Kootanie and Boundary Passes) of the Rocky Mountains in 1858

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

Published Date: November, 1859

Author: Blakiston, Thomas Wright

Publisher: New Haven : American Journal of Sciences and Arts

Call Number: F1060.8 P3 B3

Author: Blakiston, Thomas Wright

Publisher: New Haven : American Journal of Sciences and Arts

Published Date: November, 1859

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: F1060.8 P3 B3

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economic route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean

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

Published Date: 1855-

Author: United States. War Department

Publisher: Washington : Nicholson

Call Number: F851 U5 Oversize B

Author: United States. War Department

Publisher: Washington : Nicholson

Published Date: 1855-

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

Call Number: F851 U5 Oversize B

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Rough notes of an excursion to the Soonderdoongee Glacier, in the Himalaya mountains

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

Published Date: 1858

Author: T, H.B

Publisher: London : Couchman

Call Number: DS485 H6 T3

Author: T, H.B

Publisher: London : Couchman

Published Date: 1858

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DS485 H6 T3

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Scenes from the snow-fields : being illustrations of the upper ice-world of Mont Blanc

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

Published Date: 1859

Author: Coleman, Edmund T

Publisher: London : Longman, Brown [et al.]

Call Number: DQ841 M7 C64 Oversize G

Author: Coleman, Edmund T

Publisher: London : Longman, Brown [et al.]

Published Date: 1859

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DQ841 M7 C64 Oversize G

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Sketches of Vesuvius with short accounts of its principal eruptions

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

Published Date: 1852

Author: Auldjo, John

Publisher: Naples : George Glass [et al.]

Call Number: QE522 A84

Author: Auldjo, John

Publisher: Naples : George Glass [et al.]

Published Date: 1852

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: QE522 A84

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Solitary rambles and adventures of a hunter in the prairies

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

Published Date: 1859

Author: Palliser, John

Publisher: London : Routledge, Warne and Routledge

Call Number: F593 P3

Author: Palliser, John

Publisher: London : Routledge, Warne and Routledge

Published Date: 1859

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

Call Number: F593 P3

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Southern Alberta research project

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of textual and visual materials pertaining to the history of Southern Alberta. Includes personal accounts, day books and diaries, genealogical research, records of livestock and other trade, and portrait and group photographs depicting early settlers of Southern Alberta. Materia…

Date Range: [ca.1845-1920]

Reference Code: LUX / II / C6

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

GMD: Cabinet card; Diary; Organization record; Photograph; Postcard; Print; Private record; Published record; Scrapbook; Textual record; Tintype

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / C : Personal records

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / C6

GMD: Cabinet card; Diary; Organization record; Photograph; Postcard; Print; Private record; Published record; Scrapbook; Textual record; Tintype

Date Range: [ca.1845-1920]

Physical Description: 29 cm of textual records -- 29 photographs (28 b&w prints, 1 tintype) ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of textual and visual materials pertaining to the history of Southern Alberta. Includes personal accounts, day books and diaries, genealogical research, records of livestock and other trade, and portrait and group photographs depicting early settlers of Southern Alberta. Materials in sub-series believed to have been collected by Eleanor Luxton, possibly on behalf of the Southern Alberta Pioneers' and Old Timers' Association or as part of Eleanor's personal research.