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Banff and Lake Louise Slide Show - Series III [1/2]

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 40 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1977 into a show from slides pertaining to various summertime trips to the Canadian Rockies throughout the 1960s and early 1970s. Topics include mountains [mostly those located around the town of Banff], mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife, …

Date Range: [ca. 1960-1977]

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / ii / NS - III / 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Transparency

80 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: II.C. Activities / photography

Sous-Fonds: V225

Sub-Series: ii.a.ii Photographic material / transparencies / carousels

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / ii / NS - III / 2

GMD: Film; Transparency

Parallel Title: Selected slides series III Can R reel II show Fall 1977. -- [before 1977] V225 / 24

Date Range: [ca. 1960-1977]

Physical Description: 40 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 40 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1977 into a show from slides pertaining to various summertime trips to the Canadian Rockies throughout the 1960s and early 1970s. Topics include mountains [mostly those located around the town of Banff], mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife, Lillian and her friends, lakes, boats, fishing, hiking, and various other scenic views around Banff, Lake Louise, and Moraine Lake. Titles: 1. R178-7 L.G at Crowfoot GLacier 2. B28-29 Mt Aberdeen - girls on rocks 3. B28-30 Rainbow at L.L. 4. B74-23 Abbots Pass 5. B73-38 Horses at Mirror Lake 6. CH '49 Birds nest, portrait lens 13in 7. CH Ducks nest 8. CH '51 Birds nest 9. CH '51 Chalice cup 10. R171-8 Calice cup 11. CH White vetch 12. CH '51 Turks cap lily Toby Creek 13. CH Vetch 14. CH Black Hornets 15. CH Nest of Black Hornets 16. CH Moth on pink flower 17. CH '58 Butterfly blue green & black border 18. CH '58 [Butterfly] yellow w. [black] spots 19. CH '58 [Butterfly] black & white 20. CH Pink heather 21. CH Calypso - Rungius 22. CH Purple Hedysarum 23. CH '51 Purple Hedysarum 24. R169-23Avalanche lily 25. CH '56 Flower gardens on island Palliser Pass 26. CH '55 Corral Creek 27. B31 19 Ski meet - View towards L.L. 28. B31 20 [Ski meet] Trail until flower 29. B31 21 [Ski meet] Horse on glacier 30. B31 22 Ski meet - crowd on rock 1960 31. B31 23 Skiers on snow 32. B31 24 Ski meet 33. B31 25 [Ski meet] & slopes Abbot Pass in b.g 34. B31 26 [Ski meet] 35. B31 27 Slalom poles & skiers 36. B31 28 [Slalom poles & skiers] 37. B31 29 [Slalom] slope 38. B31 30 [illegible] 6 people 39. B31 15 Flowers - stone crop 40. B31 32 Watyeks 8 people 41. B31 33 Teepees in meadow 42. B31 38 MacArthur & reflections 43. Reel 99-17 [Blank] 44. B73 29 Mary at Lake 45. B72 38 Icefield Chalet 46. B1 36 Tourists at Peyto Lookout 47. B2-10 Canyon at Bow Lakes 48. R179-3 Murray [illegible] fishing chephroe[?] 49. R175 5 Mt Shaeffer from Moose Lake 50. B2-17 MSC & Polly at Mary Lake 51. B2-21 Pool near Mary Lake 52. B2-15 [Pool near Mary Lake] 53. B2-8 Coveney on Trail Bow L. 54. R178-14 Bow Lake 55. R106-9 [Bow Lake] 56. R178-8 [Bow Lake] 57. B9-11 Numtijah Lodge 58. B9-10 Bow Lakes 59. B73-16 Mitchell Hut 60. B73-14 Skyline Camp 61. B30-38 Edw & Martha 62. B23-14 2 on rock 63. B23 23 Party on Opabin 64. B23-1 O'Hara & cabins 65. B23-25 Frozen L. Opabin 66. B23-24 Two & lake frozen 67. B23-27 L.G - opabin 68. B23-32 Fr Goat Cabin I 69. B24-11 Crowd oesa 70. B24-12 Vallances oesa 71. B24-14 Oesa frozen & L.G 72. B24-16 [illegible] on Oesa Ledges 73. B24-18 Falls near Oesa 74. B24-9 Enroute to oesa 75. B24-22 A at oesa frozen 76. B269-13 Party at Schafer cairn 77. B24-26 Party & Ringrose 78. B24-31 Water Lake & fishermen 79. B25-6 O'Hara fr. odaray 80. B24-30 Aileen, lake & odaray

Notes: Please note: Behavior towards wildlife, primarily human proximity and feeding, is outdated and no longer tolerated throughout all National Parks - do not feed or approach wildlife. Slides originally in Kodak Carousel 80 slide tray.

Name Access: Gest, Lillian; Hinman, Caroline; Rungius, Carl; Vallance, Sydney

Subject Access: Abbot Pass Hut; Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Avalanches; Backpacking; Banff; Banff Springs Hotel; Birds; Boats; Boat House; Cabins and shelters; Camps; Canoes and canoeing; Climbing; Club; Elk; Entertainment; Environment; Environment and Nature; First Nations; Flowers; Geography; Glaciers; Guides; Guiding; Hiking; Holidays; Horses; Huts; Indigenous Peoples; Lake O'Hara region; Landscapes; Leisure; Mountain; Mountain Goat; Mountaineering; Mountains; National parks and reserves; Norquay Ski Hill; Outfitters, trail guides and packers; Pack trains; Pack trips; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Portrait; Recreation; Scenery; Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Stoney Nakoda First Nations; Tavel; Trails; Trains; Travel; Wildlife; Women

Geographic Access: Boom Lake; Kootenay National Park; Banff; Lake Louise; Moraine Lake; Bow Lake; Banff National Park; Canmore; Lake O'Hara; Yoho National Park; British Columbia; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Conservation: Slides rehoused into protective sleeves and acid-free folders after scanning.

Related Material: M67 / II / C / i / c / 56 / 6 ; M67 / 51 [notebook of original slide orders]

Creator: Gest, Lillian

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff and Yoho National Parks Photographs

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Part Of: Bob Hind fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to climbing, skiing, ski touring, camps, facilities and landscape views in Banff and Yoho National Parks. Includes the construction of Bow Hut.

Date Range: 1944-1990

Reference Code: V46 / I / A / 29 / NS - 1 to 493

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Negative

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Part Of: Bob Hind fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M7 / V46

Series: I.A. Mountain travel and recreation, western Canada : Trips and activities

Sous-Fonds: V46

Accession Number: 7181

Reference Code: V46 / I / A / 29 / NS - 1 to 493

GMD: Negative

Other Title Info: Alternate title: Banff, Yoho etc from 1950, Gl lake

Date Range: 1944-1990

Physical Description: 493 photographs : transparencies, 35mm, col

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to climbing, skiing, ski touring, camps, facilities and landscape views in Banff and Yoho National Parks. Includes the construction of Bow Hut.

Notes: LIST OF CONTENTS (V46 / 29 ) :; * Alta 47, Atha 47 - 1947; * Landscape/s and hut - 1948; * M50 : Maligne Lake and camp - 1950; * SG 51 : glacier, climbing - 1951; * Mount Hooker area, camps, landscape view/s (S53), climbing - 1953; * EC55 : Mount Edith Cavell - 1955; * Moat Lake 57, Athz 57, T57, Eremite 57: landscape view/s, camp, hut - 1957; * Landscape view/s - 1958; * Mal62, Maligne 62, Col 62, Colum 62 : landscape view/s, horse trail - 1962; * Landscape view/s - 1968; * F76 : flora - 1976; * Winter landscape view/s and hut - 1978

Name Access: Hind, Bob

Subject Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Backcountry skiing; Buildings and facilities; Construction; Exploration; Glaciers; Guides; Guiding

Geographic Access: Bow Hut; Banff National Park; Yoho National Park; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada

Language: NA

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: LIST OF CONTENTS (V46 / 27) :; * Mountain landscape views - 1947; * Ski touring, Skoki area; skiing at Mount Norquay - 1948; * Skiing in Sunshine area - 1949; * Ski meet : ski meet at Mount Norquay, includes Banff Winter Carnival queen and John Hunter, Stoney First Nation - 1950; * F50 : Fay Hut, climbing, landscape views. Includes some photographs by MH - 1950; * KL, KH, Baker, Wapta : Castle Mountain, Wapta cabin and car, landscape views - 1950; * B51 : Banff Springs Hotel panorama, Cascade of Times garden, bears - 1951; * S51 : Skoki area, ski touring and landscape views - 1951; * Cos 51 : wildlife - 1951; * Y51 : Stanley Mitchell Hut in winter, ski touring group, Yoho area landscape - 1951; * EIC 51 : landscape views - 1951; * Hiking in Lake O'Hara area - 1951; * Sk52 : Skoki area, ski touring and landscape views - 1952; * Skoki area, Mount Whyte - 1953; * Banff climbing, landscape views, Lake Louise area, camps, Skoki area, Mount Whyte - 1954; * Climbing, Skoki Lodge, landscape views - 1955; * Ski touring, Sunshine area, Mount Temple and Skoki areas, landscape views, Skoki Lodge. Includes label: Class III, Marj Bugler - 1956; * Mount Cory, climbing and landscape views - 1957; * Mountain rescue - 1957; * Banff area, climbing and landscape views - 1958; * Mount Ishbel, Pilot Mountain, climbing - 1959; * Ice school, snow school, Banff townsite, Yoho area, climbing Mount Cory, Mount Edith, Mount Ishbel, St. Nic - 1960; * Skoki : includes Skoki Lodge, ski touring - [1960?]; * Banff : Vermilion Lakes, Bow Falls, wildlife, Mount Norquay - [1960?]; * Banff : Banff area, Mount Norquay, chairlift - [ca.1960]; * Yoho : group at Stanley Mitchell Hut - [ca.1960]; * Lake Louise - [ca.1960]; * Emerald : Mount Burgess, Kicking Horse River, ski touring at Sunshine and Mount Temple areas, Mount Norquay ski area, landscape views and people, Peyto Lake, Emerald Lake, Banff-Jasper Highway - [ca.1960]; * Yoho area, Stanley Mitchell Hut, climber, snowman, climbing Mount Cory, Banff views - 1961; * Bow Lake - 1962; * Mount Temple, Banff area - 1963; * GL recce : Glacier Lake area reconnaissance views, horses and ski touring - 1964; * Glacier Lake, Alpine Club of Canada camp, botany, glacier climbing - 1965; * Larch Valley, Moraine Lake, Mount Inglismaldie, Dolomite Peak - 1966; * Ski touring, Hole-in-the-Wall, landscape, botany - 1967; * Bow Hut construction, Shadow Lake cabin, children, landscape views - 1968; * Yoho landscape, Stanley Mitchell Hut, children hiking - 1969; * Lake O'Hara area - 1969; * Castleguard Meadows camp, hiking and landscape, Saskatchewan Glacier Hut - 1944-1972; * Glacier Lake camp (summer), hiking, botany, landscape. Includes competition entries by MGH and RG Hind: Class I, II and IV - 1973; * Banff area, hiking and landscape, including Heart Mountain, Emerald Lake - 1974; * Banff Indian Days, Healy Creek - 1975; * Mountain glacier - 1976; * Pilot Mountain area (fall/winter) and ski touring; man - 1977; * Camp (summer), hiking, landscape views - 1978; * Landscape views, man, woman - 1980; * Snow crystals, Yoho map - 1981; * Bow River? view - 1982; * Cathy wedding; woman at Cascade Mountain - 1983; * Banff area, Moraine Lake tourist - 1984; * Man and woman at Castle Mountain - 1987; * Chateau Lake Louise dinner group - 1990

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Banff National Park and Lake Louise maps

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Part Of: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of two folded maps and a small clipping [possibly top or bottom portion from a different map or one of maps in file]. One map is of Banff National Park and one is of Lake Louise [1959]. Banff National Park map has black pencil tracings over trail section near the bottom of the map and…

Date Range: 1959; [1960-1970]

Reference Code: M545 / V / 53

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Map

Part Of: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M545 / V635

Series: M545 / V : Administrative records

Sous-Fonds: M545

Accession Number: 8235

Reference Code: M545 / V / 53

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Map

Date Range: 1959; [1960-1970]

Physical Description: 0.5 cm of textual records (2 maps ; 60.5 x 57.5 and 60 x 56.5 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of two folded maps and a small clipping [possibly top or bottom portion from a different map or one of maps in file]. One map is of Banff National Park and one is of Lake Louise [1959]. Banff National Park map has black pencil tracings over trail section near the bottom of the map and annotation in bottom right corner which reads "Natural Bridge". Lake Louise map produced by the Government of Canada.

Subject Access: Banff National Park; Environment; Geography; Map; Lake Louise; Travel; Government; National parks and reserves; Trails

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff National Park; Lake Louise

Language: English

Conservation: Clipping stored in mylar due to significant staining and residue from tape; Items kept folded [not placed in mylar] due to mass production of content and minimal/no annotations

Category: Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel; Government

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Book Notes

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Part Of: Dorothy Wardle fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 139 pages of handwritten research notes, correspondence, and newspaper clippings, H35 x W30 cm or smaller. File pertains to Dorothy's research on Banff and surrounding area, Parks Canada, Department of the Interior, and the history of the Canadian Rocky Mountains in general. Record…

Date Range: ca. 1870 - ca. 1998; 1870s-1880s; ca.1918 - ca. 1960s; 1986-1998; 1986; 1990; 1993; 1995; 1997-1998

Reference Code: M521 / I / A / 3-4

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Newspaper clipping; Private record; Textual record

Part Of: Dorothy Wardle fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M521 / V75

Series: M521 / I : Dorothy Wardle Personal Papers

Sous-Fonds: M521

Sub-Series: M521 / I / A : Research and Writing

Accession Number: 7504

Reference Code: M521 / I / A / 3-4

GMD: Newspaper clipping; Private record; Textual record

Date Range: ca. 1870 - ca. 1998; 1870s-1880s; ca.1918 - ca. 1960s; 1986-1998; 1986; 1990; 1993; 1995; 1997-1998

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records (139 pages ; 30 x 35 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: File consists of 139 pages of handwritten research notes, correspondence, and newspaper clippings, H35 x W30 cm or smaller. File pertains to Dorothy's research on Banff and surrounding area, Parks Canada, Department of the Interior, and the history of the Canadian Rocky Mountains in general. Records were filed in an envelope that was titled "Book Notes." Notable people include James Wardle, J.B. Harkin, Pat Brewster, Arthur Unwin, Dr. Brett, Norman Sanson, and Bill Peyto, among others. Notable places and topics include the organization of the Department of the Interior, the Banff-Windemere Highway, Rocky Mountain Park and Park Wardens, Kootenay National Park fires, coal and precious metal mines (e.g. Bankhead, Silver City), trail riding and hiking, research about James Wardle and his accomplishments, Ya-Ha-Tinda, and various parks (e.g. Glacier, Revelstoke, Elk Island, Kootenay, and Yoho). Other records include a handwritten letter to the Auld family in Scotland (cousins of Sheila Ritchie) with a story about Glenbow and a highland cow from Oban, Scotland; personal reflections on the Banff area and mountains in general; notes that Dorothy took while doing research at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies and the Banff Public Library; and a variety of newspaper clippings.

Notes: Includes request slips and stationary from the archives at the Whyte Museum.; Potentially includes a handwritten list of Dorothy's written works.; Newspaper clippings primarily from the Times Colonist, which is published in Victoria, British Columbia.

Name Access: Wardle, Dorothy; Wardle, James M.; Harkin, J. B. (James Bernard); Brewster, Pat; Peyto, Bill; Brett, Robert George; Sanson, Norman

Subject Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Banff Public Library; National parks and reserves; Newspaper; Parks Canada; Park policy; Research; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies; Wardens; Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies; Ya-Ha-Tinda Ranch; Hiking; Community life; History; Mines and mineral resources

Geographic Access: Alberta; Banff; Banff National Park; Bankhead; British Columbia; Canada; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Castle Mountain; Glacier National Park; Kootenay National Park; Silver City; Victoria; Yoho National Park; Scotland; Revelstoke

Language: English

Conservation: Some of the slips of paper are taped together. Was unable to remove them without damaging the materials. May present conservation issues in the future.

Creator: Wardle, Dorothy

Category: Sports, recreation and leisure; Transportation; Politics; Natural resources; Family and personal life; Exploration, discovery and travel

Title Source: Title based on contents of file; Title was written on an envelope containing these materials.

Processing Status: Processed

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Book with Ivy 'Willie' Morant Sketches, Field Journal, Miscellaneous

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Contains 1 copy of 'The Silent Force' by T. Morris Longstreth (1927) with attached print and annotations; 1 field journal, lined, labelled 'G. T. P. Ry. No. 1060', signed by 'H.S. Jordan' listing property payment amounts in Vancouver, dated 1914-1916; 1 copy of 'Lake Louise: A Diamond in the Wilder…

Date Range: 1927; 1939; 1979; 1982

Reference Code: M300 / III / D / 5 / 30 to 34

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Private record

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: M300

Sub-Series: M300 / III / D/ 5 : Personal Interest and Gifts

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: M300 / III / D / 5 / 30 to 34

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Private record

Responsibility: Produced by T. Morris Longstreth , H.S. Jordan , Jon Whyte and Carole Harmon , Kathleen Mann , Arnold Newman

Date Range: 1927; 1939; 1979; 1982

Physical Description: Textual Records: books

Scope & Content: Contains 1 copy of 'The Silent Force' by T. Morris Longstreth (1927) with attached print and annotations; 1 field journal, lined, labelled 'G. T. P. Ry. No. 1060', signed by 'H.S. Jordan' listing property payment amounts in Vancouver, dated 1914-1916; 1 copy of 'Lake Louise: A Diamond in the Wilderness' by Jon Whyte and Carole Harmon (1982) with personal note to Nicholas and Ivy 'Willie' Morant by Jon Whyte; 1 copy of 'Design from Peasant Art' by Kathleen Mann (1939) containing various sketches and collected clippings by Ivy 'Willie' Morant; 1 copy of 'The Great British' by Arnold Newman (1979) with personal note to Nicholas and Ivy 'Willie' Morant from 'Carol and Don'.

Storage Range: In file box M300 / III / D / 5 / 30 to M300 / III / D / 5 / 34

Name Access: Morant, Ivy; Whyte, Jon

Subject Access: Arts; Publication

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Lake Louise

Access Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.

Reproduction Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.

Language: English

Conservation: Items in this file with risky materials attached to surface, such as adhesives, must be covered with an acid-free paper barrier to protect adjacent items.

Creator: T. Morris Longstreth , H.S. Jordan , Jon Whyte and Carole Harmon , Kathleen Mann , Arnold Newman

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Buildings and Hotels

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 68 b&w prints of various buildings' interiors and exteriors around Banff, Edmonton, Radium, and Wapta. Includes St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Mineral Springs Hospital (located on the south side of the Bow River), the Voyager Inn, the Rimrock Inn, the Parks Canada Administration B…

Date Range: [ca. 1960-1977]

Reference Code: V190 / VI / B / vii / PA - 01 to PA - 68

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, B : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: vii : Buildings and Hotels

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / B / vii / PA - 01 to PA - 68

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca. 1960-1977]

Physical Description: 68 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 68 b&w prints of various buildings' interiors and exteriors around Banff, Edmonton, Radium, and Wapta. Includes St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Mineral Springs Hospital (located on the south side of the Bow River), the Voyager Inn, the Rimrock Inn, the Parks Canada Administration Building, Num-ti-Jaw Lodge, the lobby of the Bank of Montreal, various unidentified houses (both intact and being demolished), a federal building in Edmonton, the Radium Hot Springs Inn, the Wapta Inn, alters and shrines (interior and exterior), and the interiors of various hotels - including public spaces and rooms.

Subject Access: Buildings; Businesses; Cabins; Churches; Hot Springs; Hotels; Government; Mountains; Parks Canada; Rivers; Roads; Winter

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Edmonton; Alberta; Radium; British Columbia

Language: English

Related Material: V190 / VI / B / vii / NA - 01 to NA - 04

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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Bulletins

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Part Of: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies bulletins from 1931-1974 [some annotated] and one "Skyline Trails" bulletin [1960]. Content pertains to views and events from previous trips, schedules and planned destinations of trail rides, and membership lists.

Date Range: 1931; 1939; 1941-1942; 1944-1945; 1948-1953; 1955-1957; 1960-1962; 1964; 1970; 1972; 1974

Reference Code: M545 / III / 8 to 11

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Organization record

Part Of: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M545 / V635

Series: M545 / III : Published records

Sous-Fonds: M545

Accession Number: 5939

Reference Code: M545 / III / 8 to 11

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Organization record

Date Range: 1931; 1939; 1941-1942; 1944-1945; 1948-1953; 1955-1957; 1960-1962; 1964; 1970; 1972; 1974

Physical Description: 8 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies bulletins from 1931-1974 [some annotated] and one "Skyline Trails" bulletin [1960]. Content pertains to views and events from previous trips, schedules and planned destinations of trail rides, and membership lists.

Notes: Brochures are organized by date [see "Content Details"]

Name Access: Bagley, Ray; Round, F. W. E. (Bill), Jr.; Rungius, Carl; Crosby, Lou; Gibbon, John Murray

Subject Access: Advertising; Administration; Membership; Horses; Horseback riding; Camping; Entertainment; Travel; Tourism; Publication

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Moraine Lake; Lake Louise; Stewart Canyon; Spray Lakes; Larix Lake; Fatigue Pass; Ptarmigan Lake; Mount Assiniboine; Deception Pass; Wolverine Plateau; Simpson Pass; Wonder Pass; Kananaskis; Johnston Creek; Panther River; Red Deer; Lake O'Hara; Pulsatilla Pass

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Communications; Exploration, discovery and travel; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: M545 / III / 8 : 1931-1948; M545 / III / 9 : 1949-1953; M545 / III / 10 : 1955-1962; M545 / III / 11 : 1964-1974

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Canadian Pacific Landscape Posters

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 24 large printed posters, colour. Content pertains to promotional tourism imagery produced by Nicholas Morant, depicting various Canadian landscapes and sights. Most of posters depict regions in or close to the Rocky Mountains, with additional images featuring areas in Nova Scotia …

Date Range: [ca. 1940 - ca. 1960]

Reference Code: V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 14 to 37 O.S.

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Poster; Textual record

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: V500

Sub-Series: V500 / II / C / 6 : Promotional Items, Awards and Correspondence

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 14 to 37 O.S.

GMD: Poster; Textual record

Responsibility: Nicholas Morant , Canadian Pacific

Date Range: [ca. 1940 - ca. 1960]

Physical Description: Posters: paper; colour

Scope & Content: File consists of 24 large printed posters, colour. Content pertains to promotional tourism imagery produced by Nicholas Morant, depicting various Canadian landscapes and sights. Most of posters depict regions in or close to the Rocky Mountains, with additional images featuring areas in Nova Scotia and Quebec and some which do not mention locations in their titles.

Notes: Items originally stored together in large poster tube, labelled : "Montreal Quebec - 8 I '63 Canada Postage 15 [cents]" "Mr. Nick Morant, P.O. Box 1288, Banff, Alberta. Department of Publc Relations Canadian Pacific Railway Company Windsor Station - Montreal 3, Quebec" "OLD CP VIEWS - Kodaks - " "CP Airline Plane / Chateau Frontenac / Sulphur Mt. Skyline View / Evangeline Church / Kick. Horse - Mt. Field / Kick Horse Canyon with Train / Empress Hotel / BS Hotel from Sulphur Mt. / Quebec Windmills / Yoho Valley Hi-Line Trail / Peggy's Cove / Thompson River View / Moraine Lake Scenic / Icefields / Yoho Valley / Lake Louise / Lake O'Hara / 'Canadian' Stoney Cr. / Freight nr. Lake Louise / Empress of Britain (painting)"

Storage Range: In oversize storage as V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 14 O.S. to V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 37 O.S.

Subject Access: tourism; Advertising; Canadian Pacific; Travel; Landscapes; Trains; Mountains; Scenery; Empress Hotel; Hotels

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; British Columbia; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Yoho National Park; Quebec; Nova Scotia; Lake Louise; Moraine Lake

Access Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.

Reproduction Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.

Language: English

Creator: Nicholas Morant

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Canadian Pacific souvenir menus

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of souvenir menus from various trips on Canadian Pacific Railway and Canadian Pacific cruises. Contents pertain to various destinations within Canada, including: Banff Springs Hotel and Banff National Park, Lake Louise, Calgary, Edmonton, Victoria, Vancouver, Connaught and Spiral Tunn…

Date Range: 1924; 1926; 1928; 1939; 1941; 1945; 1952; 1957; 1969

Reference Code: LUX / II / C4 / 14

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / C : Personal material

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

Sub-Series: LUX / II / C4 : Travel and hobbies

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / C4 / 14

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Responsibility: Materials in file produced by Canadian Pacific

Date Range: 1924; 1926; 1928; 1939; 1941; 1945; 1952; 1957; 1969

Physical Description: 3 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of souvenir menus from various trips on Canadian Pacific Railway and Canadian Pacific cruises. Contents pertain to various destinations within Canada, including: Banff Springs Hotel and Banff National Park, Lake Louise, Calgary, Edmonton, Victoria, Vancouver, Connaught and Spiral Tunnels, Ottawa, Quebec, and St. John [New Brunswick]. Includes a set of 3 menus from 1924 and a set of 3 adult menus and 1 children's menu from 1952 which are stored in original Canadian Pacific paper envelopes.

Notes: Items in file are stored in two file folders, organized chronologically

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor; Canadian Pacific Railway

Subject Access: Advertising; Travel; Train; Tourism; Tourist information; Banff Springs Hotel; Hotel; Commerce and industry; Cruise ships; Indigenous Peoples; Government; Landscapes

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Calgary; Edmonton; Lake Louise; British Columbia; Vancouver; Victoria; Quebec; New Brunswick; St. John

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Transportation; Commerce and industry; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Environment; Cultural pluralism; Government

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Canadian Rockies Camps Slide Show - Series II

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 80 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1981 into a show from slides depicting various summer to the Canadian Rockies throughout the late 1950s to 1970s as well as a trip to Glacier National Park, Montana and Yellowstone National Park. Topics include mountains and mountain views, wi…

Date Range: 1959-1981

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / ii / NS - II

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Transparency

80 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: II.C. Activities / photography

Sous-Fonds: V225

Sub-Series: ii.a.ii Photographic material / transparencies / carousels

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / ii / NS - II

GMD: Film; Transparency

Parallel Title: II : [transparencies]. -- 1981 V225 / NS 28

Date Range: 1959-1981

Physical Description: 80 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 80 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1981 into a show from slides depicting various summer to the Canadian Rockies throughout the late 1950s to 1970s as well as a trip to Glacier National Park, Montana and Yellowstone National Park. Topics include mountains and mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife, various camps [mostly Alpine Club of Canada and Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies], Lillian and her friends, lakes, boats, fishing, hiking, and various other scenic views around Banff, Lake Louise, and Lake O'Hara. Titles: 1. Reel R195-6 Horse at Hotel Many Glacier 2. R123 21 [Blank] 3. R200 3 Old Faithful 4. R200 5 [Old Faithful] good clouds 5. R195 15 Bear grass 6. R195 5 Boats ay Many [Glacier] 7. R203 30 Meadows - globe flowers 8. K8 12 Snow- grass - view down Valely 9. K8 14 2 girls coming down lake - SNow & Wiwaxy 10. B26 33 Sis on trail 11. R179 38 2 hikers on trail 12. B23 5 2 photo eagle nest 13. 0CH Columbine 14. 0CH Dryas going to seed 15. 0CH Western globe flower 16. K8 15 2 girls lake & snow - Cathedral & Wiwaxy 17. Twin wake - Snow Mt. Huber & Mt. Vic 18. K15 17 SNow & Mt. Avery 19. K15 15 "Batwing Beauty" [illegible] in b.g. 20. K15 16 Chow Line Mt. Coleman 21. K15 12 Our tent in snow 22. K15 13 Camp in snow 23. B64 4 Camp fire w. campers 24. B10-10 Indigenous 25. B67 26 Banff Indian Days carriages & tepees 26. B67 26 Rodeo audience 27. B36 26 Banff Indian Days & parade grounds 28. B10-6 Banff Indian Days 29. B11-1 Banff Indian Days & teepee 30. B10-2 Banff Indian Days 31. A8-17 Stream & flowers Sunshine 1968 32. A8-19 [Sunshine] flowers 33. A10-34 Chepron Lake 34. A10-35 [Chepron] tea 35. A11-1 Greens Hamilton Lake 36. A11-3 [Greens Hamilton Lake] 37. A11-7 [Greens Hamilton Lake] 38. A11-8 [Greens] View to Valley 39. A18-26 LG & car 40. A18 29 3 hills fr. road 41. A20-28 Fr. Mierville[?] meadows 42. A20-3 [Fr. Mierville[?] meadows] 43. A23-21 Eysa Falls 44. A24-1 Nymphs Pool[?] 45. B23-28 4 girls at Skoki 1959 46. B23-34 [4 girls at Skoki 1959] 47. B26-2 [4 girls at Skoki 1959] 48. B45-11 Above Sedan Lift 49. Reel B45-14 Above Sedan Lift 50. B51-29 Lilies & cabin in b.g. 51. B1-34 Doris on trail Miller L. 1963 52. B52 fr. Hunt 30A Mummy Lake 1963 53. B22-38 [Hunt] Fall on Creek fr. Talc Lake 54. B52-34 View of Mummy Lake 55. B55-20 Lake & tree 56. B68-19 ACC Camp 1964 57. B71-5 Lamb 58. B73-28 Mary by No see-um Lake 1965 59. B26 36 Sis on trail 60. B26-30 Over Allenby Pass 61. B65-28 Up Brewster Creek 62. R203-10 Horses heads 63. B65-34 Dana fixing stirrup 64. B26-32 Sis & Aubrey 65. CH. 51 Assin. east side 66. R181-25 G on log Assin 67. CH. 51 Assin & reflect. 68. B27-1 Party 69. B27-4 Horseman & horse 70. B27-6 Assin in b.g. 71. B27-7 Blank 72. B27-8 Blank 73. B27-9 Blank 74. B27-11 Blank 75. B27-13 Blank 76. B67-13 Watching climb of Assin 77. B67-3 Elk in glade - Assin 78. B66-36 Nub Trip 79. B66-31 From Nub 80. B55-16 Canyon Panther Falls

Notes: Please note: Language pertaining to First Nations people is outdated and offensive. Please note: Behavior towards wildlife, primarily human proximity and feeding, is outdated and no longer tolerated throughout all National Parks - do not feed or approach wildlife. Slides originally in Kodak Carousel 80 slide tray.

Name Access: Gest, Lillian; Hinman, Caroline

Subject Access: Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Avalanches; Backpacking; Banff; Banff Indian Days; Banff Springs Hotel; Birds; Boats; Cabins and shelters; Camps; Camping; Canoes and canoeing; Climbing; Club; Elk; Entertainment; Environment; Environment and Nature; First Nations; Flowers; Geography; Glaciers; Guides; Guiding; Hiking; Holidays; Horses; Horseback riding; Horse packing; Huts; Indigenous Peoples; Lake O'Hara region; Landscapes; Leisure; Mountain; Mountain Goat; Mountaineering; Mountains; National parks and reserves; Norquay Ski Hill; Outfitters, trail guides and packers; Pack trains; Pack trips; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Portrait; Recreation; Scenery; Stoney Nakoda First Nations; Tavel; Trails; Trains; Travel; Wildlife; Winter; Women

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Moraine Lake; Banff National Park; Canmore; Lake O'Hara; Yoho National Park; British Columbia; Alberta; Canada