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Dep Prisca ac vera Alpina rhaetia

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

Published Date: 1560

Author: Tschudi, Aegidius

Publisher: Basel : Isingrin

Edition: [1st ed]

Call Number: DQ828 T72

Author: Tschudi, Aegidius

Edition: [1st ed]

Publisher: Basel : Isingrin

Published Date: 1560

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

Call Number: DQ828 T72

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Climbs in the Canadian Rockies

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

Published Date: 1950

Author: Smythe, Frank S.

Publisher: London : Hodder and Stoughton Ltd.

Call Number: 01.4 Sm9c

Author: Smythe, Frank S.

Responsibility: Frank S. Smythe

Publisher: London : Hodder and Stoughton Ltd.

Published Date: 1950

Physical Description: 260 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Mountaineers, British; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Mount Assiniboine; Mount Robson

Abstract: Pertains to the personal mountaineering experience of author, Frank S. Smythe. As a prominent English author, photographer, botanist and mountaineer, Smythe invites the reader to delve into a greater understanding of what it means to climb in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. He tells of his successes, failures and lessons learned while scaling some of the most ambitious mountains in the Canadian Rockies. Some of the mountains discussed include, but are not limited to the following, Mount Alberta, Mount Assiniboine, Mount Robson, Mount Glendower and Mount Colin.

Contents: Part I : The Canadian Rockies; I. The Canadian Rocky Mountains (pg. 3); II. Training the Lovat Scouts (pg. 19); III. Elysium Pass (pg. 37); IV. Mountaineering from Lake O'Hara (pg. 47); V. Mount Assiniboine (pg. 54); VI. Mount Alberta (pg. 67); VII. The Beaver (pg. 86); VIII. An attempt to climb Mount Brussels (pg. 96); IX. The first ascent of Mount Bridgland (pg. 108); X. Mount Robson (pg. 121); XI. Failure and success on Mount Colin (pg. 142); XII. Storm on Mount Louis (pg. 162) Part II : Unmapped and unexplored. An expedition to the LLoyd George Mountains of north-east British Columbia; XIII. The Lloyd George Mountains (pg. 175); XIV. The flight to Haworth Lake (pg. 186); XV. The base-camp (pg. 196); XVI. Reconnaissance flight (pg. 206); XVII. The ascent of Mount Glendower (pg. 213); XVIII. The ascent of Mount Lloyd George (pg. 221); XIX. Call it a day (pg. 227); XX. High-level traverse (pg. 241); XXI. Lightning (pg. 251); Index (pg. 255)

Notes: All photographs used in the publication were taken by the author

Accession Number: 2019.71

Call Number: 01.4 Sm9c

Collection: Archives Library

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Provincial Museum of Natural History and Anthropology : report for the year 1949

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

Published Date: 1950

Author: Province of British Columbia department of education

Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [by Don McDiarmid, printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty]

Call Number: 04 P94p 1949

Author: Province of British Columbia department of education

Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [by Don McDiarmid, printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty]

Published Date: 1950

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

Subjects: Museums; Anthropology

Abstract: Pertains to the commissioner report on the events carried out by the Provincial Museum of Natural history and Anthropology, during the year of 1949. Published in 1950, the British Columbia Department of Education published the report in an effort to reflect on events from the previous calendar year. The objectives of the report were to secure and preserve specimens reflecting the natural history of British Columbia, collect anthropological material from Indigenous Peoples, and obtain information on natural sciences that could then be shared with the public. Each issue features a report from the director, biologist, and/or botanist, and/or anthropologist in which they would share their subsequent findings from the previous year. Topics discussed in each report include, but are not limited to the following; exhibitions, new accessions, staff changes, research, botany, entomology and relevant articles.

Contents: Report of the Director (pg. 7); Special Exhibits (pg. 7); Field Work (pg. 7); Publications (pg. 8); Motion Pictures (pg. 9); Education (pg. 9); Museum Lectures (pg. 9); Other Lectures (pg. 9); School Loan Material (pg. 10); Visit to Eastern Museums (pg. 10); Attendance (pg. 11); Staff Changes (pg. 12); Equipment (pg. 12); Obituary (pg. 12); Report of the Assistant in Botany (pg. 12); Activities (pg. 12); Acknowledgments (pg. 13); Miscellaneous Botonical Notes (pg. 13); Entomology (pg. 15); Report of the Assistant in Biology (pg. 15); Report of the Assistant in Anthropology (pg. 16); Accessions (pg. 17); Article: "The Distribution of Fresh-water Fishes in British Columbia," by G. Clifford Carl (pg. 20)

Accession Number: 7201

Call Number: 04 P94p 1949

Collection: Archives Library

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Trail to the charmed land

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

Published Date: 1950

Author: Edwards, Ralph

Publisher: Hamilton (Canada) H.R. Larson

Call Number: 01.4 Ed9t

Author: Edwards, Ralph

Responsibility: Ralph Edwards

Publisher: Hamilton (Canada) H.R. Larson

Published Date: 1950

Physical Description: viii, 135 pages illustrations, map 23 cm

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Mountaineering--British Columbia; Yoho National Park; Banff; Rocky Mountains

Abstract: Pertains to the stories of Ralph Edwards, a former mountain guide. While not a history, the publication serves as a way to commemorate a life well lived in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Written similar to a diary, the author tells of his personal experiences and lessons learned while in the mountains. Readers are granted a highly personal account of mountaineering from a man who lived among the shadows of the Canadian Rockies himself.

Contents: Introduction -- The Discovery of Yoho -- First Crossing of the Dolomite Pass -- The Conquest of Balfour -- A Millionaire Goes A-Hunting -- Anything Can Happen, And Does -- Cayuses I Have Met.