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Cane

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Date: 1759 – 1759

Material: wood; ivory; metal, brass; metal, silver

Catalogue Number: 103.08.0110

Description: A straight walking stick with an ivory knob handle joined to the wooden stick with a silver ring. The bottom tip of the cane is covered with brass. There are holes at either side of the top of the cane for a hand strap. The silver ring is inscribed with “Fort Dummer 1759 James W. Brown”.

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Title: Cane

Date: 1759 – 1759

Material: wood; ivory; metal, brass; metal, silver

Dimensions: 81.0 cm

Description: A straight walking stick with an ivory knob handle joined to the wooden stick with a silver ring. The bottom tip of the cane is covered with brass. There are holes at either side of the top of the cane for a hand strap. The silver ring is inscribed with “Fort Dummer 1759 James W. Brown”.

Subject: assistive device; social customs; Maria Moore; Philip Moore; James W. Brown

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 103.08.0110

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Manuel d'herborisation en Suisse et en Valais

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

Published Date: 1811

Author: de Clairville, J

Publisher: Winterthour : Steiner-Ziegler

Call Number: QK297 D42

Author: de Clairville, J

Publisher: Winterthour : Steiner-Ziegler

Published Date: 1811

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

Call Number: QK297 D42

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Travels in the island of Iceland during the summer of MDCCCX

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

Published Date: 1811

Author: Mackenzie, Sir George Steuart, 7th bart

Publisher: Edinburgh : Allan for Constable

Call Number: DL312 M3

Author: Mackenzie, Sir George Steuart, 7th bart

Publisher: Edinburgh : Allan for Constable

Published Date: 1811

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DL312 M3

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Musket Ball

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Date: 1811

Material: metal; glass; wood

Catalogue Number: 104.08.1006 a,b

Description: Two musket balls matted and framed with inscription. Frame is 15.5x23.2, behind glass.Inscription reads “Musket Balls lost by David Thompson at Athabaska (sic) Pass on January 13th, 1811, and discovered by The Interprovincial Boundary Survey July 1921. Presented by R.W. Cautley The Leader of the S…

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Title: Musket Ball

Date: 1811

Material: metal; glass; wood

Description: Two musket balls matted and framed with inscription. Frame is 15.5x23.2, behind glass.Inscription reads “Musket Balls lost by David Thompson at Athabaska (sic) Pass on January 13th, 1811, and discovered by The Interprovincial Boundary Survey July 1921. Presented by R.W. Cautley The Leader of the Survey Party.Note In frame Musket was originally spelled Muske1 and then a bar put through to make it look like a t.

Subject: exploration; surveying; David Thompson; R.W.Cautley; Athabasca Pass

Credit: Gift of Alpine Club of Canada, Canmore, 1973

Catalogue Number: 104.08.1006 a,b

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Baby Smock

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Date: 1812

Material: fibre

Catalogue Number: 103.05.1188

Description: Cream coloured smock edged with simple lace along edges. Fern embroidery along bottom 1/4 of smock. Loose threads at neckline to secure.

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Title: Baby Smock

Date: 1812

Material: fibre

Dimensions: 46 x 90 cm

Description: Cream coloured smock edged with simple lace along edges. Fern embroidery along bottom 1/4 of smock. Loose threads at neckline to secure.

Subject: households; clothing; children; Mary Schaffer Warren

Credit: Gift of Shelagh Nolan Lester, Calgary, 2005

Catalogue Number: 103.05.1188

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Travels through Norway and Lapland during the years 1806, 1807 and 1808

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

Published Date: 1813

Author: Buch, Christian Leopold, freiherrvon

Publisher: London : Colburn

Call Number: DL417 B82

Author: Buch, Christian Leopold, freiherrvon

Publisher: London : Colburn

Published Date: 1813

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

Call Number: DL417 B82

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Journal of a tour in Iceland in the summer of 1809

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

Published Date: 1813

Author: Hooker, Sir William Jackson

Publisher: London : Longman [et al.]

Edition: 2d ed...with additions

Call Number: DL312 H6 I

Author: Hooker, Sir William Jackson

Edition: 2d ed...with additions

Publisher: London : Longman [et al.]

Published Date: 1813

Physical Description: 369 pages

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

Series: Volume 1 of 2

Call Number: DL312 H6 I

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Journal of a tour in Iceland in the summer of 1809

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

Published Date: 1813

Author: Hooker, Sir William Jackson

Publisher: London : Longman [et al.]

Edition: 2d ed...with additions

Call Number: DL312 H6 II

Author: Hooker, Sir William Jackson

Edition: 2d ed...with additions

Publisher: London : Longman [et al.]

Published Date: 1813

Physical Description: 391 pages

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

Series: Volume 2 of 2

Call Number: DL312 H6 II

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Survey and discovery of Oregon Territory|Survey of Athabaska Lake, Slave River|Route of Sir. A. Mackenzie in 1792|Survey of Fraser River by J. Stewart|Survey of North West Company by D. Thompson

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

Published Date: 1814

Call Number: C12-1.2

Published Date: 1814

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

Subjects: Western Canada

Notes: Photostatic copy from Public Archives; eight sections

Accession Number: 675

Call Number: C12-1.2

Collection: Archives Library

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Alpine sketches, comprised in a short tour through...Holland, Flanders, France

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

Published Date: 1814

Author: Bridges, George Wilson

Publisher: London : Longman, Hurst [et al.]

Call Number: D919 B75

Author: Bridges, George Wilson

Publisher: London : Longman, Hurst [et al.]

Published Date: 1814

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

Subjects: Switzerland

Call Number: D919 B75

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Die Hohen der Erde

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

Published Date: 1815

Author: Miltenberg, Wilhelm Adolph

Publisher: Frankfurt am Main : Bronner

Call Number: GB501 M54

Author: Miltenberg, Wilhelm Adolph

Publisher: Frankfurt am Main : Bronner

Published Date: 1815

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

Call Number: GB501 M54

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Traveller's guide in Switzerland

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

Published Date: 1816

Author: Coxe, Henry

Publisher: London : Sherwood, Neely & Jones

Call Number: DQ23 C69

Author: Coxe, Henry

Publisher: London : Sherwood, Neely & Jones

Published Date: 1816

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

Subjects: Mont Blanc

Call Number: DQ23 C69

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Algonquin Hotel, Digby Pines, Ascot and Le Baron Motels

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 45 negative photographs (b&w, colour) and 33 colour transparencies. Content pertains to Canadian Pacific Railway hotels: Algonquin Hotel, St. Andrew's NB; Digby Pines Hotel, Digby NS; Ascot Hotel, Montreal QC(?); and Le Baron Hotel, Sherbrooke QC.

Date Range: 1964

Reference Code: V500 / I / A7 / 25

Description Level: 4.2 / Sub-sub-sub series

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Transparency

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 4.2 / Sub-sub-sub series

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: V500

Sub-Series: V500 / I / A : Photography : Negative and Transparencies

Accession Number: 7438

Reference Code: V500 / I / A7 / 25

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Transparency

Responsibility: Produced by Nicholas Morant

Date Range: 1964

Physical Description: 78 Photographs: negatives and transparencies; b&w and colour

Scope & Content: File consists of 45 negative photographs (b&w, colour) and 33 colour transparencies. Content pertains to Canadian Pacific Railway hotels: Algonquin Hotel, St. Andrew's NB; Digby Pines Hotel, Digby NS; Ascot Hotel, Montreal QC(?); and Le Baron Hotel, Sherbrooke QC.