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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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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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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: 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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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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(a): Topographical sheets|(b): Original map

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1889

Publisher: Dept. of the Interior

Call Number: C3-8.14 (a); C3-8.14 (b)

Publisher: Dept. of the Interior

Published Date: 1889

Scale: Scale:1:40,000; Relief: Contour interval 100 ft.

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Anthracite

Notes: (b): 8 dup in map room

Accession Number: 675; 400; 3069

Call Number: C3-8.14 (a); C3-8.14 (b)

Collection: Archives Library

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Above the snow line : mountaineering sketches between 1870 and 1880

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

Published Date: 1885

Author: Dent, Clinton

Publisher: London: Longmans, Green, and Co.

Call Number: 01.2 D43a

Author: Dent, Clinton

Publisher: London: Longmans, Green, and Co.

Published Date: 1885

Physical Description: 327 pages

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

Subjects: Exploration; Mountaineering; Alpine Club (Great Britain); Expeditions; Switzerland

Accession Number: 2023.47

Call Number: 01.2 D43a

Collection: Archives Library

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Across widest America : Newfoundland to Alaska

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

Published Date: 1906

Author: Devine, E. J

Publisher: New York : Benzinger Brothers

Edition: 2d ed

Call Number: 02.3 D49

Author: Devine, E. J

Edition: 2d ed

Publisher: New York : Benzinger Brothers

Published Date: 1906

Physical Description: 307p. : ill., ports., map

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

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: 02.3 D49

Collection: Archives Library

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Albert Canyon, Illicilliwaet River, Selkirks

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: 1889

Call Number: P

Published Date: 1889

Physical Description: p.325, ill.

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Selkirk Mountains; British Columbia

Notes: In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.II, no.47 (May 1889); photograph on p.325, description on p.327 under "Our Engravings"

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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[Alberta business directory]

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

Published Date: [1902?]

Call Number: R 08.2 Al1bu

Published Date: [1902?]

Physical Description: p.130-167

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

Notes: Includes names of individuals and businesses in Banff, Anthracite, Canmore, Cochrane and Morley; Identity of original uncertain

Accession Number: 985

Call Number: R 08.2 Al1bu

Collection: Archives Library

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[Alberta business directory]

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

Published Date: [1902?]

Call Number: R 08.2 Al1bu

Published Date: [1902?]

Physical Description: p. 130-167

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

Subjects: Directories

Notes: Photocopy. -- Includes Banff, Anthracite, Canmore, Cochrane and Morley

Accession Number: 985

Call Number: R 08.2 Al1bu

Collection: Archives Library

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Alone But In Good Spirits, Portland Ore

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Medium: Library - Postcard Leather

Published Date: ca. 1906

Publisher: Unknown

Call Number: V466/PG-Un4np-27

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Publisher: Unknown

Published Date: ca. 1906

Medium: Library - Postcard Leather

Abstract: Front of postcard features a man in a barrel of whisky. Back of postcard featurse a clown.

Notes: Annotated; leather; Includes postage stamp

Accession Number: 7318

Call Number: V466/PG-Un4np-27

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Alpine flora of the Canadian Rocky Mountains

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

Published Date: 1907

Author: Brown, Stewardson

Publisher: New York : Putnam

Call Number: 04.1 B81a

Author: Brown, Stewardson

Responsibility: illustrated with watercolour drawings and photographs by Mrs. Charles Schaffer

Publisher: New York : Putnam

Published Date: 1907

Physical Description: xxxix, 353p. : ill

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

Subjects: Schaffer, Mary

Accession Number: 837; 860

Call Number: 04.1 B81a

Collection: Archives Library

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Alpine Flower (Epilobium palustre or Epilobium ciliatum?)

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Date: 1903

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.26

Description: A single plant fills most of the paper; a thin stem from which emanates many smaller stems with leaves; small pink flowers and buds top the stems.

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Title: Alpine Flower (Epilobium palustre or Epilobium ciliatum?)

Date: 1903

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.5 x 18.0 cm

Description: A single plant fills most of the paper; a thin stem from which emanates many smaller stems with leaves; small pink flowers and buds top the stems.