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Rails over the mountains : exploring the railway heritage of Canada's western mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25285
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2016
- Author
- Brown, Ron
- Publisher
- Toronto : Dundurn
- Call Number
- 08.3 B78r
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- Author
- Brown, Ron
- Responsibility
- Ron Brown
- Publisher
- Toronto : Dundurn
- Published Date
- 2016
- Physical Description
- 156 pages : illustrations
- Subjects
- Railways
- History
- History of Alberta
- History-Canada
- Rocky Mountains
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Abstract
- Ride the rails through Canada’s western mountains to explore the many vestiges of the region’s spectacular and surprising railway heritage. Here is where grand railway hotels were built to attract tourists to the West’s beautiful scenery and bring profit to the railway lines as well. Rustic stations added to the allure. The challenges of conquering the mountains resulted in some of Canada’s most ingenious feats of engineering, such as spiral tunnels and soaring trestles (one of which was featured in The Amazing Race Canada). Relive the days of rail on a steam train, the luxurious Rocky Mountaineer, or one of VIA Rail’s mountain journeys. Outdoor enthusiasts can follow the abandoned roadbeds of Canada’s more spectacular rail trails, like the legendary Kettle Valley Railway. Also included are some of Canada’s most extensive railway museums, which have helped to bring this vanished era back to life. (From publisher's website)
- Contents
- The rails arrive -- Conquering the mountains : the tunnels and bridges -- The faces of the railways : the heritage railway stations -- Life on the line : the railway towns -- The dream castles : western Canada's railway hotels -- Railway structures : a forgotten heritage -- Celebrating the heritage : the railway museums -- The rail trails -- All aboard.
- ISBN
- 9781459733596
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 08.3 B78r
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Publisher's website
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Rocks, Ridges, and Rivers : geological wonders of Banff, Yoho, and Jasper National Parks
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25263
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2017
- Author
- Leckie, Dale
- Publisher
- Calgary, Alberta : Dale Leckie
- Call Number
- 03.2 L46r
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- Author
- Leckie, Dale
- Responsibility
- Dale Leckie
- Publisher
- Calgary, Alberta : Dale Leckie
- Published Date
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 216 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps
- Subjects
- Geology
- Geology - Jasper
- Geology - Rocky Mountains, Canada
- Geology - The West, Canadian
- Guidebook
- Guidebooks
- Jasper National Park
- Banff National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Abstract
- This geological guide will assist tourists to choose and visit easily accessible sites that exemplify the sensational vistas in Banff, Jasper and Yoho National Parks. It was this breathtaking scenery for which the parks were given status as a UNESCO Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site. The route is along the principle highways from Canmore to Banff, to Lake Louise, a side trip to Field, BC, back to Lake Louise and then north to Jasper through the Icefields Parkway. Explanations, color photographs, illustrations and maps highlight the geology for 50 sites. Mountains, rivers, glaciers and 500 million year fossils of the Burgess Shale are described. The book will assist travellers on how to arrive at a viewpoint, where to park and where to walk. Travellers interested in natural history such as birding, the vegetation and wildlife will want this book to understand the geological wonders that they are. Dale Leckie is an award-winning geologist who is internationally recognized for his many contributions to geology. Dale has a Ph.D. in Geology from McMaster University (1984), a M.Sc in Geography from McMaster University (1980) and B.Sc. in Geography from University of Alberta (1977). Dale Leckie is a Professional Geologist who has worked as a scientist at the Geological Survey of Canada and as Chief Geologist in a large Canadian energy company. He has edited numerous books and published over a 100 refereed papers most of those on the geology of Western Canada. He is an Adjunct Professor in the Geoscience Department at the University of Calgary. Dale has been President of the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) and Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG). He has been leading geological field trips into the Rocky Mountains throughout his career. (from McNally Robinson website)
- Contents
- Author's preface
- Introduction
- Organization of this book
- Trip planner
- Safety
- Setting the stage
- Mount Yamnuska to Banff Townsite
- Geology of the Banff Townsite area
- Banff to Lake Louise
- Over the pass: the Field area in Yoho National Park
- Along the ridge: the Icefields Parkway
- Geology of the Jasper Townsite area
- Dissoloving the limestone: canyons, caves and lakes of the Maligne River
- Jasper to Jasper National Park Gate
- Acknowledgenments
- The glossary of terms
- The glossary of stratigraphy
- Image credits
- About the artist
- About the author
- About the designer
- ISBN
- 9780995908208
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 03.2 L46r
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Publisher's website
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