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Aloft : Canadian Rockies aerial photography
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2021
- Author
- Zizka, Paul
- Publisher
- Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- 06.4 Z7a
- Author
- Zizka, Paul
- Publisher
- Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2021
- Physical Description
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- Abstract
- An astounding, unique collection of some of the most stunning mountain landscapes in North America. There is a reason why the Canadian Rockies are some of the most photographed mountains in the world. Rugged peaks encircle glacier-fed lakes, rise up like protective walls around tree-filled valleys, and offer a stunning backdrop to open alpine meadows. They have been photographed from the valley bottoms, from the shores of famous lakes, and from the summits of prominent peaks. They are accessible by vehicle, boat, gondola, skis and hiking boots. But a lucky few have photographed the Rockies from the air. In the most comprehensive collection of aerial photos to date, Aloft: Canadian Rockies Aerial Photography by Paul Zizka gives the reader a unique bird's-eye view of this prized mountain range. From vast glaciers to winding rivers, animal overpasses to lakes that look like brilliant spills of turquoise paint on the landscape, these images provide a rare look at mountains that are as grandiose from the skies as they are from their better-known vantage points.
- ISBN
- 9781771603973
- Accession Number
- P2022.01
- Call Number
- 06.4 Z7a
- Location
- Reading Room
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Bikepacking in the Canadian Rockies
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- Correy, Ryan
- Call Number
- 02.6 C81b
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- Author
- Correy, Ryan
- Responsibility
- Ryan Correy
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- 192 pages
- Subjects
- Biking
- Canadian Rockies
- Travel
- Abstract
- Before his untimely death from cancer in 2018, veteran rider and passionate cyclist Ryan Correy (two-time finisher of the Tour Divide, founder of Bikepack Canada and author of A Purpose Ridden) pedalled his way through the most popular national parks in the Canadian Rockies in order to complete his work on this unique guidebook. Featuring routes in Waterton, Kananaskis, Banff, Kootenay, Yoho, and Jasper, Bikepacking in the Canadian Rockies will take biking enthusiasts on Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert journeys in the following locations: Front Range – 496 km gravel grind down the Alberta foothills High Rockies – 183 km opening sampler for the Great Divide Beaverfoot – 389 km expedition along the Rocky Mountain Trench Devil’s Gap – 214 km backcountry passage into Banff National Park Highwood – 357 km over Highwood Pass into the Crowsnest region Castle – 266 km circumnavigation of Waterton and Castle parks Top of the World – 347 km of remote climbs in the East Kootenays Flathead Valley – 291 km through “Grizzly Bear Alley” in southeast British Columbia Three Point – 173 km hike-a-bike adventure around Kananaskis Icefields Parkway (in winter) – 291 km fat-bike trek up the world-renowned Highway 93 to Jasper The result of Correy’s remarkable dedication is an unparalleled collection of ten ambitious, multi-day routes complete with directional cues, detailed maps, a helpful Bikepacking 101 section, rich photography, and personal stories that will stoke the curiosity of both the beginner and the experienced backcountry rider. (From Rocky Mountain Books)
- Contents
- Foreward
- Preface
- Introduction
- Bikepacking 101
- Intermediate Routes
- Advanced Routes
- Expert Routes
- Appendices
- Acknowledgements
- ISBN
- 9781771602372
- Accession Number
- P2020.7
- Call Number
- 02.6 C81b
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Rocky Mountain Books
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- Date
- c. 1887
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- MaM.02.01
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- Title
- Bow River
- Date
- c. 1887
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 33.0 x 67.8 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- river
- Credit
- Purchased from Kennedy Galleries , New York, USA, 1980
- Catalogue Number
- MaM.02.01
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The Canadian Pacific Railway
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- Artist
- William Notman (1826 – 1891)
- Date
- 1886
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- NoW.04.02
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- Artist
- William Notman (1826 – 1891)
- Title
- The Canadian Pacific Railway
- Date
- 1886
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 40 x 28.2 cm
- Credit
- Purchased from Prints Old and Rare, San Francisco, USA, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- NoW.04.02
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- Date
- 1890 – 1905
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.1002
- Description
- CPR station master's black oak chair, Windsor-style chair, round seat, horseshoe-shaped arms and back supported by baluster turnings (1 missing) and 2 wires at sides, curved horizontal bar 10.0 cm at back above arms supported by short balustrades, tag, "It was originally used by the Station Master …
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- Title
- Captain Chair
- Date
- 1890 – 1905
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 73.5 x 51.6 x 50.0 cm
- Description
- CPR station master's black oak chair, Windsor-style chair, round seat, horseshoe-shaped arms and back supported by baluster turnings (1 missing) and 2 wires at sides, curved horizontal bar 10.0 cm at back above arms supported by short balustrades, tag, "It was originally used by the Station Master when there was a Railway depot at Bankhead. George Noble used it every day in his home ... he passed away (7/26/65) Margaret (Mrs. G) Noble Sept 3 1965"
- Subject
- CPR
- office
- furniture
- towns
- Bankhead
- characters
- George Noble
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.1002
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Castle Mountain Siding
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- Artist
- C. Zollern
- Date
- 1895
- Medium
- watercolour; photograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ZoC.13.01
- Description
- Colour: green, yellow. Three frames inside one. Top picture is a painting of a group of wooden buildings left of center with a flag pole (flag is flying) and antlers on the roof. In front are railway tracks with a team of four workers going along on a cart. Behind is a river with a man fishing in i…
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- Artist
- C. Zollern
- Title
- Castle Mountain Siding
- Date
- 1895
- Medium
- watercolour; photograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 34.8 x 47.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: green, yellow. Three frames inside one. Top picture is a painting of a group of wooden buildings left of center with a flag pole (flag is flying) and antlers on the roof. In front are railway tracks with a team of four workers going along on a cart. Behind is a river with a man fishing in it on the right. On both sides of the river are trees and in the distance are mountains. Sky fills the top. The lower two pictures are photographs. The left is of the first Banff Springs Hotel and Rundle Mountain. The right is looking down the main street of Banff in 1895.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
- Catalogue Number
- ZoC.13.01
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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.
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- 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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Goth girls of Banff : stories
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- O'Neill, John
- Publisher
- Edmonton, AB : NeWest Press
- Call Number
- 05.2 On2g
- Author
- O'Neill, John
- Publisher
- Edmonton, AB : NeWest Press
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- 202 pages ; 22 cm
- Subjects
- Banff
- Canadian Rockies
- Short Stories
- Fiction
- Abstract
- John O'Neill's gothic short stories, set in the Canadian Rockies, are haunted by the violence inherent in nature and humans. The mountains are majestic and impassive. The characters are surprising, bent, but also empathetic. Their survival is tenuous. A two-sister team of goth tour guides offers guided excursions up switchback mountain trails; a paroled convict thumbs his way into the life of a family driving west; and an animal pathologist, while performing a necropsy on a grizzly bear, has an unusual encounter with both technology and humanity. Goth Girls of Banff is a superb collection, sharply written, with plot turns as consequence-laden as those on an iced-over mountain road. -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents
- What is written or Talking to keep the bears away -- Athabasca -- Attacking the bear -- Rudy -- Three places -- Marilyn in the mountains: nine poses -- From Castle Mountain -- Goth girls of Banff -- Natural selection -- The book about the bear.
- Notes
- Includes discussion questions.
- ISBN
- 9781988732954
- Accession Number
- P2023.16
- Call Number
- 05.2 On2g
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Hector Lake, Kicking Horse Pass, BC
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- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.05.07
- Description
- Mountain landscape with large glassy lake in centre of painting. Abstract foliage and stand of dead trees in foreground at right. Brown treed slopes on opposite shore with large snow-capped mountains in distance. Small white and red buildings on far shore of lake. Title written in bottom left corne…
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- Title
- Hector Lake, Kicking Horse Pass, BC
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 32.8 x 48.0 cm
- Description
- Mountain landscape with large glassy lake in centre of painting. Abstract foliage and stand of dead trees in foreground at right. Brown treed slopes on opposite shore with large snow-capped mountains in distance. Small white and red buildings on far shore of lake. Title written in bottom left corner. “F.M. Bell-Smith 1887” at bottom right.
- Credit
- Gift of Mark Cullen, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.05.07
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- Date
- 1893
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.02.03
- Description
- Scene in a forest with a stream. Overall green value of the painting, - there is a herring standing in the steam just below center at the narrowest part where the stream seems to drop to a lower level. - dark green shadows across the top of the trees where they appear to canopy the scene. - dark br…
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- Title
- His Haunt
- Date
- 1893
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 45.5 x 30.5 cm
- Description
- Scene in a forest with a stream. Overall green value of the painting, - there is a herring standing in the steam just below center at the narrowest part where the stream seems to drop to a lower level. - dark green shadows across the top of the trees where they appear to canopy the scene. - dark brown bank to the left of the steam, and a dark green/yellow to the right of the stream.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- heron
- stream
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.02.03
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2021
- Author
- Wharton, Thomas
- Publisher
- Edmonton, AB : NeWest Publishing
- Call Number
- 05.2 W55 2021
- Author
- Wharton, Thomas
- Publisher
- Edmonton, AB : NeWest Publishing
- Published Date
- 2021
- Physical Description
- 336 pages
- Abstract
- In 1898, Doctor Edward Byrne slips on the ice of the Arcturus Glacier in the Canadian Rockies and slides into a crevasse, wedged upside down nearly sixty feet below the surface. As he fights losing consciousness, a stray beam of sunlight illuminates the ice in front of him and Byrne sees something in the blue-green radiance that will forever link him to the ancient glacier. In this moment, his life’s purpose becomes uncovering the mystery of the icefield that almost was his tomb. Along the way, he encounters similarly fixated individuals, each immersed in their own quest: the healer and storyteller Sara; the bohemian travel writer Freya Becker; the entrepreneur Trask; the poet Hal Rowan; and Elspeth, greenhouse keeper and Byrne's lover. First published in 1995, Thomas Wharton’s Icefields is an astonishing historical novel set in a mesmerizing literary landscape, one that is constantly being altered by the surging and retreating glacier and unpredictable weather. Here—where characters are pulled into deep chasms of ice as well as the stories and histories they tell one another—is a vivid, daring, and crisply written book that reveals the human spirit, loss, myth, and elusive truths. -- From the publisher
- Notes
- This updated Landmark Edition includes an author interview with Smaro Kamboureli and an Afterword by award-winning writer Suzette Mayr.
- ISBN
- 9781774390368
- Accession Number
- P2023.16
- Call Number
- 05.2 W55 2021
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- Archives Library
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Kicking Horse Lake Looking East, Hector on the Canadian Pacific Railway
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- Artist
- William Notman (1826 – 1891)
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- photographic print on paper
- Catalogue Number
- NoW.18.01
- Description
- Mountain landscape with large lake dominating the centre. A small white building and storage tank [possibly a refueling station] can be seen on the far side of the lake. Train tracks run the width of foreground and seated figure [known to be Fredrick M. Bell-Smith] at easel in bottom right corner. …
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- Artist
- William Notman (1826 – 1891)
- Title
- Kicking Horse Lake Looking East, Hector on the Canadian Pacific Railway
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- photographic print on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.6 x 27.8 cm
- Description
- Mountain landscape with large lake dominating the centre. A small white building and storage tank [possibly a refueling station] can be seen on the far side of the lake. Train tracks run the width of foreground and seated figure [known to be Fredrick M. Bell-Smith] at easel in bottom right corner. Title typed in bottom left corner. Manufacturer’s mark “WM. NOTMAN & SON, MONTREAL” typed in bottom right.
- Subject
- mountains
- lake
- CPR
- Fredrick Bell-Smith
- Credit
- Gift of Mark Cullen, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- NoW.18.01
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Mount Lefroy N.W.T.
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- Date
- c. 1888
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- MaM.05.01
- Description
- Left foreground evergreen trees on a slope, right foreground from centre left to tr mountain slope with some evergreen trees and burnt out forest. The snow capped mountain is centre right to near top of picture. Mountain range to left. Sky is partly cloudy, streaked with colour. On back in art…
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- Title
- Mount Lefroy N.W.T.
- Date
- c. 1888
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.7 x 35.0 cm
- Description
- Left foreground evergreen trees on a slope, right foreground from centre left to tr mountain slope with some evergreen trees and burnt out forest. The snow capped mountain is centre right to near top of picture. Mountain range to left. Sky is partly cloudy, streaked with colour. On back in artist's hand: Mt. Lefroy N.W.T. Highest Peak on the C.P.R. line near Abbott Pass, more than 11,000 feet high. Also Twice One fifth less than twice
- Subject
- Canadian Rockies
- Mount Lefroy
- CPR
- Credit
- Gift of Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- MaM.05.01
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Mount Sir Donald Station
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- Artist
- William Notman (1826 – 1891)
- Date
- 1889
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- NoW.04.01
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- Artist
- William Notman (1826 – 1891)
- Title
- Mount Sir Donald Station
- Date
- 1889
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 33.5 x 22.6 cm
- Credit
- Purchased from Prints Old and Rare, San Francisco, USA, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- NoW.04.01
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Mountain with Lake
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- Date
- 1887 – 1897
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- MrT.05.02
- Description
- A snow covered mountain peak dominates centre of picture, in the foreground is a blue green lake, evergreen trees and rocks surround it, a pale, partly cloudy sky
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- Title
- Mountain with Lake
- Date
- 1887 – 1897
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 33.7 x 50.2 cm
- Description
- A snow covered mountain peak dominates centre of picture, in the foreground is a blue green lake, evergreen trees and rocks surround it, a pale, partly cloudy sky
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- lake
- Credit
- Purchased from Sotheby Parke Bernet (Canada) Ltd, Toronto, 1993
- Catalogue Number
- MrT.05.02
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Mt. Rundle, Vermilion Lakes, Banff, N.W.T.
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- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.05.06
- Description
- Mt. Rundle with Vermilion Lakes in foreground. A figure in a canoe is on the shore of the lake in the lower centre of image.
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- Title
- Mt. Rundle, Vermilion Lakes, Banff, N.W.T.
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 33.5 x 48.6 cm
- Description
- Mt. Rundle with Vermilion Lakes in foreground. A figure in a canoe is on the shore of the lake in the lower centre of image.
- Credit
- Gift of Ted and Judy Mills, Mill Bay, 2005
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.05.06
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- Date
- 1883 – 1887
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 106.08.1001 a-f
- Description
- Old, rusty railroad spikes from Roger's Pass. (a-c) 25.1x2.5, long, flat point, flattened round head (d) 15.1x3.8, thick, pointed, head protrudes to one side, domed (e) 10.0x2.9, short, flat point, head protrudes to one side, flat (f) 20.5x2.0, long, narrow, flat point, pounded dome head.
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- Title
- Railroad Spike
- Date
- 1883 – 1887
- Material
- metal
- Description
- Old, rusty railroad spikes from Roger's Pass. (a-c) 25.1x2.5, long, flat point, flattened round head (d) 15.1x3.8, thick, pointed, head protrudes to one side, domed (e) 10.0x2.9, short, flat point, head protrudes to one side, flat (f) 20.5x2.0, long, narrow, flat point, pounded dome head.
- Credit
- Gift of Rhoda Rouse, Calgary, 1967
- Catalogue Number
- 106.08.1001 a-f
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Railroad Spike
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- Date
- 1884 – 1887
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 106.08.1002
- Description
- Long, rusted, flat pointed railroad spike, pounded dome head.
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- Title
- Railroad Spike
- Date
- 1884 – 1887
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 25.1 cm
- Description
- Long, rusted, flat pointed railroad spike, pounded dome head.
- Credit
- Gift of A. Scovil Murray, Calgary, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- 106.08.1002
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Rockies in Moonlight
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- Date
- 1898
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- RuG.02.01
- Description
- Moonlit scene of the Canadian Rockies. The snowy peaks of a mountain are lit up by a crescent shaped moon in the top right corner. A wall of blue and grey mountain makes up most of the painting. The impression of trees is visible at the base of the mountain. The sky is a dark blue.
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- Title
- Rockies in Moonlight
- Date
- 1898
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Description
- Moonlit scene of the Canadian Rockies. The snowy peaks of a mountain are lit up by a crescent shaped moon in the top right corner. A wall of blue and grey mountain makes up most of the painting. The impression of trees is visible at the base of the mountain. The sky is a dark blue.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- night
- moonlight
- Credit
- Purchased from The Collector’s Gallery, Calgary, 2004
- Catalogue Number
- RuG.02.01
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- Artist
- William Cassels
- Date
- 1899 – 1949
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CsW.05.01
- Description
- A branch with greens leaves and orange/yellow berries. blc: Sopeberry (Buffalo berry). Shepherdia Canadensis. Banff by W. Cassels 231 - 3rd Avenue N.W. Calgary. tlc: Paper too rough for this work WC. Taken from an album compiled by Norman B. Sanson, Banff naturalist (PD2(2)-1).
- Artist
- William Cassels
- Title
- Sopeberry
- Date
- 1899 – 1949
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 34.7 x 25.2 cm
- Description
- A branch with greens leaves and orange/yellow berries. blc: Sopeberry (Buffalo berry). Shepherdia Canadensis. Banff by W. Cassels 231 - 3rd Avenue N.W. Calgary. tlc: Paper too rough for this work WC. Taken from an album compiled by Norman B. Sanson, Banff naturalist (PD2(2)-1).
- Subject
- botanical
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Tabuteau, Banff, 1966
- Catalogue Number
- CsW.05.01
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