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Adventures in geyser land

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

Published Date: 1935

Author: Carpenter, Frank D

Publisher: Caldwell (ID): Caxton

Call Number: F722 C37

Author: Carpenter, Frank D

Publisher: Caldwell (ID): Caxton

Published Date: 1935

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

Notes: From: The wonders of geyser land, ed. of 1875

Call Number: F722 C37

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Adventures of an Alpine guide

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

Published Date: 1932

Author: Klucker, Christian

Publisher: London : Murray

Edition: Tr. from the third German ed

Call Number: DQ824 K58

Author: Klucker, Christian

Responsibility: edited ... by H.E.G. Tyndale

Edition: Tr. from the third German ed

Publisher: London : Murray

Published Date: 1932

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DQ824 K58

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Adventuring in the Rockies : the Sierra Club travel guide to the Rocky Mountain regions of Canada and the U.S.

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

Published Date: 1993

Author: Schmidt, Jeremy

Publisher: Toronto : Key Porter

Edition: Rev.ed

Call Number: F721 S3 1993

Author: Schmidt, Jeremy

Edition: Rev.ed

Publisher: Toronto : Key Porter

Published Date: 1993

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

Call Number: F721 S3 1993

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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After Everest : the experiences of a mountaineer and medical missionary

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

Published Date: 1936

Author: Somervell, Theodore Howard

Publisher: London : Hodder & Stoughton

Call Number: DS486 E8 S64

Author: Somervell, Theodore Howard

Publisher: London : Hodder & Stoughton

Published Date: 1936

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DS486 E8 S64

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Aged Larch

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1935 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.289

Description: To the right of centre, the lower trunk of a large larch tree is visible. The trunk is outlined in black, and coloured brown and blue-grey (with touches of ochre and red-brown). In the upper half of the sketch, a few small branches, with brushstrokes indicating groups of yellow needles, are growing…

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Aged Larch

Date: 1935 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: To the right of centre, the lower trunk of a large larch tree is visible. The trunk is outlined in black, and coloured brown and blue-grey (with touches of ochre and red-brown). In the upper half of the sketch, a few small branches, with brushstrokes indicating groups of yellow needles, are growing from the tree's trunk. In the middleground are groups of younger (smaller) yellow trees, with tall dark green evergreens behind them. Beyond the trees is a flat area coloured tan-green.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.289

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Aid climbing with Mike Corbett

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

Published Date: 1995

Author: Corbett, Mike

Publisher: Mechanicsburg (PA) : Stackpole Books

Edition: 1st ed

Call Number: G513 C6

Author: Corbett, Mike

Edition: 1st ed

Publisher: Mechanicsburg (PA) : Stackpole Books

Published Date: 1995

Physical Description: viii, 88p. : ill

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

ISBN: 0-8117-2417-4

Call Number: G513 C6

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Airplane Lake, British Columbia

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: 1936

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.02

Description: General colour: light green, brown. The lake sits in the lower third of the picture between two points of grassy treed land. One comes from the left side across the bottom, the other from the right side, part way up to right of center. A brown mountain range rises up from the lake and to the right …

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Airplane Lake, British Columbia

Date: 1936

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 26.9 x 43.5 cm

Description: General colour: light green, brown. The lake sits in the lower third of the picture between two points of grassy treed land. One comes from the left side across the bottom, the other from the right side, part way up to right of center. A brown mountain range rises up from the lake and to the right side. Sky beyond with two birds flying center and left.

Subject: landscape; mountain; lake; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.02

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The Alan Rouse collection of mountaineering literature : catalogue

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

Published Date: 1996

Publisher: Sheffield, U.K. : Sports Library

Call Number: ZG510 R6; ZG510 R6 copy 2 - Duplicate ACC box 6

Responsibility: editor Lesley Gunter

Publisher: Sheffield, U.K. : Sports Library

Published Date: 1996

Physical Description: iv, 63p

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

ISBN: 0863212182

Call Number: ZG510 R6; ZG510 R6 copy 2 - Duplicate ACC box 6

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alexander Mackenzie's voyage to the Pacific Ocean in 1793

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

Published Date: 1931

Author: Mackenzie, Sir Alexander

Publisher: Chicago : Lakeside Press

Call Number: F1060.7 M3 (missing)

Author: Mackenzie, Sir Alexander

Publisher: Chicago : Lakeside Press

Published Date: 1931

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: F1060.7 M3 (missing)

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alfred Gregory's Everest...

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

Published Date: 1993

Author: Gregory, Alfred

Publisher: London : Constable

Call Number: DS486 E8 G74 A4

Author: Gregory, Alfred

Responsibility: with a foreword by Jan Morris

Publisher: London : Constable

Published Date: 1993

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

Subjects: Mount Everest Expedition (1953)

Call Number: DS486 E8 G74 A4

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Allan Crawford near Mount Burgess

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Artist: Nicholas Morant (1910 – 1999, Canadian)

Date: 1938

Medium: silver gelatin on paper

Catalogue Number: MoN.18.05

Description: A black and white photograph, a man is standing on a rocky outcrop bottom left of picture, Mount Burgess is in the background, the shade subdued

Artist: Nicholas Morant (1910 – 1999, Canadian)

Title: Allan Crawford near Mount Burgess

Date: 1938

Medium: silver gelatin on paper

Dimensions: 39.4 x 48.8 cm

Description: A black and white photograph, a man is standing on a rocky outcrop bottom left of picture, Mount Burgess is in the background, the shade subdued

Subject: landscape, mountain; landscape, Mount Burgess; characters, Allan Crawford; exhibition, Where the Land Stands on End

Credit: Purchased from Nicholas Morant, Banff, 1985

Catalogue Number: MoN.18.05

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Aloha Tower, Hawaii

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.047

Description: Colour: blue, white, grey. At the right side is a dock. Two boats are tied up at the end of it. Across the picture on the other side of the lake are low buildings and to the left a buildng with a tower on the corner of it. Dark green slopes rise up to the right from behind. Mountains can be seen ju…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Aloha Tower, Hawaii

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: blue, white, grey. At the right side is a dock. Two boats are tied up at the end of it. Across the picture on the other side of the lake are low buildings and to the left a buildng with a tower on the corner of it. Dark green slopes rise up to the right from behind. Mountains can be seen just behind them. The sky is layers of grey and fills the upper half.