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- Scace, Robert C 8
- Alpine Club of Canada 7
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Parks Canada fonds
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- Part Of
- Parks Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of material pertaining to the mountain parks of western Canada. I.A. Banff National Park photograph collection, 1903-1965 (predominant 1920s-1950s), ca.1756 prints and negatives. Pertains mainly to Banff townsite and developments and facilities within the park. Included are private …
- Date Range
- [ca.1887-ca.1995]
- Reference Code
- M317 / S23 / V488
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Video
- Photograph
- Machine-readable data file
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Government record
- Map
- Plan
- Part Of
- Parks Canada fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 317
- S 23
- V 488
- Sous-Fonds
- M 317
- S 23
- V 488
- Accession Number
- 97, 90, 1155, 1270, 1386, 1396, 1487, 1500, 1539, 1552, 1848, 1877, 1911, 1969, 2140, 2147, 2185, 2267, 2342, 2360, 2365, 2382, 2530, 2539, 2683, 2749, 2819, 2938, 2971, 2979, 2990, 2994, 2977, 3026, 3067, 3120, 3238, 3296, 3344, 3368, 3381, 3403, 3458, 3466, 3473, 3624, 3678, 3765, 3783, 3847, 3875, 4008, 5018, 5054, 5085, 5114, 5141, 5222, 5321, 6015, 6372, 6373, 6404, 6410, 6423, 6444, 6699, 6756, 6924, 7057, 7061, 7228, 7351, 8134 (unproc) 7770, 7511, 2015.8407
- Reference Code
- M317 / S23 / V488
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Video
- Photograph
- Machine-readable data file
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Government record
- Map
- Plan
- Other Title Info
- Also known as the Canadian Parks Service collection.
- Date Range
- [ca.1887-ca.1995]
- Physical Description
- ca.13,557 photographs: prints, negatives, transparencies: col.; 35mm, 1 CD-ROM (556 digital scans). -- ca.55 sound recordings: audio tape cassettes, audio tape reel. -- ca.2.5 m textual records. -- 9 motion pictures: si., b&w; 16mm
- History / Biographical
- Parks Canada administers national parks in Canada. The agency has been administered by several government departments and undergone numerous name changes over the years. Most recently it was known as the Canadian Parks Service. Parks Canada is responsible for the administration of mountain parks and, in some cases, townsites within these parks. Until 1990, it administered the town of Banff in Banff National Park. Parks Canada provides a variety of services to visitors and residents pertaining to interpretive and visitor information; trail, resource and wildlife management; fire protection, mountaineering search and rescue and avalanche control; facilities and utilities; townsite services etc.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of material pertaining to the mountain parks of western Canada.
- I.A. Banff National Park photograph collection, 1903-1965 (predominant 1920s-1950s), ca.1756 prints and negatives. Pertains mainly to Banff townsite and developments and facilities within the park. Included are private and government buildings, dwellings, roads and utilities; resource and wildlife development and management; visitor facilities; lodges, hotels and bungalow camps; warden and fire protection activities; Banff events; Norman Sanson trips and expeditions.
- I.B. Banff National Park warden service photographs, motion pictures and documentation pertaining to wardens, warden activities and cabins, wildlife management; ca.11,000 items. Series includes 2 National Parks Service motion pictures "Hunting without a gun",1930 and Stalking big game", 1930.
- I.C. Lantern slides, 2 sets (accn.3783); includes CPR lecture set, ca.1915, 145 items, and Canadian Rockies lecture set, ca.1920, 54 items, accompanied by lecture notes (stored with textual material M317).
- I.D. Cave and Basin project; copies of mainly snapshot prints acquired by the Cave and Basin restoration and re-development project, 1981-1985, from various individuals, 204 items.
- I.E. Yoho National Park collected photographs, ca.90 photographs : prints, pertain to Yoho National Park landscape, scenery, railway, places and facilities, including Field. Accompanied by 3 letters. Collected from numerous donors, including Kevin Hargadon, T. Lees, Ernie Plant, F. W. Yeats and Millie Adamson.
- I.F. Other, ca.90 items?; prints, transparencies, copy negatives, video recording. Includes: colour transparencies by Jack Holroyd and Bruce Gordon, 1966-1974, re Banff buildings and Protection Mountain mine; photographs of Bankhead, its people and activities used for project Bankhead: The Twenty Year Town by Ben Gadd, 1989; video recording, "Saskatchewan Glacier Clean-up 1994"; VHS cassette copy of National Parks of Canada films produced in the 1930s, including Winter Wonderland, Skiing at Lake Louise, Skiing in Cloudland, Sunshine and Powder Snow, When Winter Comes and "She Climbs to Conquer" by William J. Oliver featuring Georgia Engelhard and Swiss Guide, Ernest Feuz, 1932. CD-ROM includes scanned images from a photograph album "Public Works Projects 1930s Banff National Park" ; Tom Boon's photographs of Mount Royal Hotel fire, 1967, and photograph of C.A. (Alfred) Boon, Union Oil representative at Field and Banff, 1935.
- II. Sound recordings series, 1977-1985, ca.55 sound recordings : audio tape cassettes, audio tape reel. Series consists of: A. Yoho National Park human history study, 1977, 20 cassettes. B. Memoirs of the Warden Service oral history project, 1984, 15 interviews (29 cassettes). Project was conducted by Maryalice Harvey Stewart. Accompanied by report. C. Other, 1980-1985, 3 items, includes rededication ceremonies for Kootenay National Park and for the Park Museum, Banff, also recording pertaining to the Castleguard Caves.
- III. Textual records series, [ca.1887]-1994, ca.250 cm of textual records. Series consists of unpublished reports and management plans; visitor registers, summit registers, cabin and fire lookout registers (some with photographs); register of pack parties, Banff National Park, 1922-1933; maps and plans, including annotated warden service maps; warden records; surveyor notebooks; and transcripts and ephemera pertaining to ceremonies and events. Reports pertain to archaeological sites and research, national parks history, warden service, coal mining in the Bankhead area, predator studies, Cave and Basin, Radium Hot Springs, Ya Ha Tinda Ranch and other sites.
- Notes
- Original photograph album of the scanned images on CD-ROM is located in the Warden's office, Banff National Park Archival Room, cabinet 4, entitled "Public Works Projects 1930s Banff National Park"
- Name Access
- Parks Canada
- Subject Access
- Banff National Park - Wardens
- Bankhead
- Buildings and facilities
- Commerce and industry
- Environment
- Government
- Natural resources
- Science and technology
- Surveying
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Separate finding aid database Parks Canada M317 S23 V488: file level description, includes processed and unprocessed
- Finding aids and reference tools: electronic series description
- basic description for processed material
- basic description for Series I.A. Banff National Park photograph collection (accn.3783)
- accession record copies for unprocessed material
- sound recording summaries and reference copy recordings
- modern reference prints for Cave and Basin photographs
- Related Material
- Related records can be found in Rocky Mountains Park fonds (M410)
- Alpine hut registers for ACC huts managed for a time by Parks Canada are in M200 / I.C.1. Alpine Club of Canada, Hut and clubhouse registers
- Creator
- Parks Canada
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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Accomodation : Canada's national parks : British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon & Northwest Territories
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue7534
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1974
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Information Canada
- Call Number
- 13.113 C16 Pam
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Information Canada
- Published Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 28p
- Subjects
- Campgrounds
- Hotels
- Accession Number
- SG7000
- Call Number
- 13.113 C16 Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Banff urban concept plan
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4714
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1979
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Call Number
- 13.112 B22cb
- 13.112 B22cb c.2
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Responsibility
- based on a study by Community Planning Consultants, Parks Canada staff and the public
- Published Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 32p. : ill., maps, plans
- Subjects
- Businesses
- Housing
- Land use
- Accession Number
- 3251
- 3999 deaccessioned
- tbd
- Call Number
- 13.112 B22cb
- 13.112 B22cb c.2
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Banks island : a natural area of Canadian significance
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14734
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1978
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Parks Canada
- Call Number
- 13.112 P23b Pam
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Parks Canada
- Published Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 13 pages : illustrations, maps
- Notes
- One of six documents about areas in Canada that are proposed place for the establishment of a national park by Parks Canada
- Accession Number
- tbd c.2 deaccessioned
- Call Number
- 13.112 P23b Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Bathurst inlet : a natural area of Canadian significance
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14735
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1978
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Parks Canada
- Call Number
- 13.112 P23ba Pam
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Parks Canada
- Published Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 13 pages : illustrations, maps
- Notes
- One of six documents about areas in Canada that are proposed place for the establishment of a national park by Parks Canada
- Accession Number
- tbd c.2 deaccessioned
- Call Number
- 13.112 P23ba Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Bear management in national parks
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue9135
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- [1978?]
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Call Number
- 04.2 P23a Pam
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Responsibility
- [signed : A.T. Davidson, Assistant Deputy Minister]
- Published Date
- [1978?]
- Physical Description
- 5l
- Notes
- Western Region Directive : September 6, 1983 (WRD ; 48) also in library
- Accession Number
- 3814
- Call Number
- 04.2 P23a Pam
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- Archives Library
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Careers - Parks Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue7451
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1979
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Call Number
- 13.114 C16car Pam
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Published Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 12p. : ill., map
- Notes
- English and French
- Accession Number
- 3357
- Call Number
- 13.114 C16car Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Documents and Certificates
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- Part Of
- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 8 cm of textual records, 65 x 40 cm or smaller. File pertains to the personal and professional records of the Wardle family, particularly James M. Wardle. Records include: birth certificates for each family member (James Morey Wardle, 1888; Leette (Roney) Wardle, 1889; and Dorothy …
- Date Range
- 1888-1998
- 1888-1889
- 1912
- 1913
- 1919
- 1945
- c.1935-c.1959
- 1966-1972
- 1998
- Reference Code
- M521 / II / A / 1-7
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
- Published record
- Textual record
- Newspaper clipping
- Government record
- Plan
- Part Of
- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M521 / V75
- Series
- M521 / II : Wardle Family
- Sous-Fonds
- M521
- Sub-Series
- M521 / II / A : Documents and Certificates
- Accession Number
- 7504
- Reference Code
- M521 / II / A / 1-7
- Date Range
- 1888-1998
- 1888-1889
- 1912
- 1913
- 1919
- 1945
- c.1935-c.1959
- 1966-1972
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 8 cm of textual records (65 x 40 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 8 cm of textual records, 65 x 40 cm or smaller. File pertains to the personal and professional records of the Wardle family, particularly James M. Wardle. Records include: birth certificates for each family member (James Morey Wardle, 1888; Leette (Roney) Wardle, 1889; and Dorothy Hope Wardle, 1919); James and Leette's marriage certificate from 1913; proof of age certificates and various notes on family (Roney) history; records pertaining to the family plot in the Old Banff Cemetery (including a photocopy of a blueprint plan of the cemetery grounds); records pertaining to the estates of James (d. 1971) and Leette (d. 1969); miscellaneous family items (including records about Dorothy's cousin Jack WIlliams who died overseas during World War II); photocopies of records pertaining to appointments and certificates for James (including his appointment to Deputy Minister of the Interior in 1935); and James' shares with the Alaska Yukon Pipeline (1966-1967). Records also include newspaper clippings (Banff Crag and Canyon, Calgary Herald) and various correspondence (related to the material) interspersed throughout.
- Name Access
- Wardle, Dorothy
- Wardle, James M.
- Subject Access
- Marriage
- National parks and reserves
- Newspaper
- World War II
- Government
- Personal and Family Life
- Personal and Professional Life
- Personal, Family
- Records
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Canada
- Ottawa
- Calgary
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- M521 / II / A / 1 : Includes James Wardle's original birth certificate. In okay condition (some tears), currently in mylar. Consider digitizing.
- M521 / II / A / 7 : The original shareholder certificate was ripped and then heavily taped back together. It is currently in mylar but could present issues in the future. Consider digitizing.
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Government
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Ellesmere and Axel Heiberg island : a natural area of Canadian significance
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14736
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1978
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Parks Canada
- Call Number
- 13.112 P23e Pam
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Parks Canada
- Published Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 13 pages : illustrations, maps
- Notes
- One of six documents about areas in Canada that are proposed place for the establishment of a national park by Parks Canada
- Accession Number
- tbd c.2 deaccessioned
- Call Number
- 13.112 P23e Pam
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- Archives Library
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Maligne : valley of the wicked river
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue7573
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1979
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Call Number
- 13.113 J31m Pam
- 13.113 J31m Pam Reference Copy
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Responsibility
- Author: Merna M. Forster
- Published Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 32p. : ill., maps
- Subjects
- Ecology
- Jasper National Park
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Ben Gadd Personal Library
- Accession Number
- 3222
- 2021.20
- Call Number
- 13.113 J31m Pam
- 13.113 J31m Pam Reference Copy
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The national parks : comprehensive bibliographies for researchers on the nature and history of Canada's national parks
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue7601
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1976
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Call Number
- 13.119 C16n Pam
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Published Date
- 1976
- Physical Description
- 1v. (various pagings)
- Accession Number
- 2749
- Call Number
- 13.119 C16n Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Northern Yukon : a natural area of Canadian significance
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14737
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1978
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Parks Canada
- Call Number
- 13.112 P23n Pam
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Parks Canada
- Published Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 13 pages : illustrations, maps
- Subjects
- Development
- National parks
- Yukon
- Notes
- One of six documents about areas in Canada that are proposed place for the establishment of a national park by Parks Canada
- Accession Number
- tbd c.2 deaccessioned
- Call Number
- 13.112 P23n Pam
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Parks Canada : who we are, what we do
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue7493
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1977
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Call Number
- 13.112 C16par Pam
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Published Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 16p
- Accession Number
- SG10000
- Call Number
- 13.112 C16par Pam
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- Archives Library
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Parks Canada policy
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4643
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1979
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Call Number
- 13.111 C16pcp 1979
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Published Date
- 1979
- Subjects
- Historic sites
- Call Number
- 13.111 C16pcp 1979
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- Archives Library
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Pingos of Tuktoyaktuk : a natural area of Canadian significance
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14738
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1978
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Parks Canada
- Call Number
- 13.112 P23p Pam
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Parks Canada
- Published Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 9 pages : illustrations, maps
- Notes
- One of six documents about areas in Canada that are proposed place for the establishment of a national park by Parks Canada
- Accession Number
- tbd
- c.2 deaccessioned
- Call Number
- 13.112 P23p Pam
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- Archives Library
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Public hearing report : mountain parks and Lake Louise area
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue7521
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1974
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Call Number
- 13.112 P23p Pam
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Published Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 24p
- Subjects
- Banff National Park
- Highways
- Jasper National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Lake Louise
- Yoho National Park
- Call Number
- 13.112 P23p Pam
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- Archives Library
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Public input chart, phase one, Lake Louise visitor centre
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue7491
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1978
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Call Number
- 13.112 C16llv Pam
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Published Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 20p
- Accession Number
- 11500
- tbd deaccessioned
- Call Number
- 13.112 C16llv Pam
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Report on joint Banff housing study : first draft
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4712
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1974
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Call Number
- 13.112 B22c
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Responsibility
- prepared by Parks Canada with Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation and the Housing Committee of the Banff Advisory Council
- Published Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 42p
- Accession Number
- 2133
- Transfer from Banff Library (2), 1 copy deaccessioned
- Call Number
- 13.112 B22c
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- Archives Library
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Response : Cave and Basin Aquacentre program
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue7489
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1979
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Call Number
- 13.112 C16cb Pam
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Published Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 9l
- Accession Number
- 3189
- Call Number
- 13.112 C16cb Pam
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- Archives Library
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Snow war : a guide to the history of Rogers Pass, Glacier National Park
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue8193
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1977
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Supply and Services Canada
- Call Number
- 08.3 R63c Pam
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Supply and Services Canada
- Published Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 13p. : ill., port., maps
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Accession Number
- S.G.11000
- Call Number
- 08.3 R63c Pam
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- Archives Library
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