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Central British Columbia

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

Published Date: 1940

Publisher: Dept. of Lands, B.C.

Call Number: C10-6.5

Publisher: Dept. of Lands, B.C.

Published Date: 1940

Scale: Scale: 1:1,000,000

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

Subjects: Central British Columbia

Accession Number: 540; 3349?

Call Number: C10-6.5

Collection: Archives Library

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Preliminary map: George Creek, Alberta

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

Published Date: 1940

Author: MacKay, B.R.

Publisher: Ottawa: Mines and Geological Branch

Call Number: C7-2.13, C7-2.13a

Author: MacKay, B.R.

Publisher: Ottawa: Mines and Geological Branch

Published Date: 1940

Physical Description: 2 maps

Scale: Scale: 1 inch = 1/2 mile

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

Subjects: Geology - Alberta - George Creek; George Creek (Alta)

Notes: Paper 40-17

Accession Number: 5000

Call Number: C7-2.13, C7-2.13a

Collection: Archives Library

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Geological survey [Keremeos - Similkameen District]

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

Published Date: 1940

Publisher: Dept. of Mines and Resources

Call Number: C7-3.6

Publisher: Dept. of Mines and Resources

Published Date: 1940

Physical Description: 1 map : col

Scale: Scale: 1 inch to 1 mile; Relief: Contour interval 100 ft.

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

Subjects: Keremeos - Similkameen District

Accession Number: 673

Call Number: C7-3.6

Collection: Archives Library

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Classical Lands of the Mediterranean

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

Published Date: 1940

Publisher: National Geographic Society

Call Number: C13-12.14

Publisher: National Geographic Society

Published Date: 1940

Scale: Scale: 35 miles to 1 inch; Relief: Bench mark

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

Subjects: Europe - Southern

Accession Number: 495

Call Number: C13-12.14

Collection: Archives Library

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Map showing how population of Europe is divided nationally and in language groups

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

Published Date: 1940

Call Number: C13-12.5

Published Date: 1940

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

Subjects: Europe

Notes: "Europe's Racial Tangle"; Europe's Jewish Population

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: C13-12.5

Collection: Archives Library

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[Banff - Sketch plan of Banff townsite]

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

Published Date: 1940

Publisher: Department of Mines and Resources

Call Number: C4-1.5

Publisher: Department of Mines and Resources

Published Date: 1940

Physical Description: 1 map : black and white

Scale: Scale: 400' = 1"

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

Subjects: Banff townsite

Notes: Duplicate - Map Room - Accn. 1038, 2933

Accession Number: 1161; 1038; 2933

Call Number: C4-1.5

Collection: Archives Library

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Mount Saskatchewan

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Date: 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: BwB.02.08

Description: Three Rams are standing on the edge of a cliff looking over the edge out at the mountains in the background. The mountains in the background have many clouds around them and the sky is also very cloudy. There are trees down close to the bottom of the image in the center and the Rams are facing the …

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Title: Mount Saskatchewan

Date: 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 50.0 x 51.0 cm

Description: Three Rams are standing on the edge of a cliff looking over the edge out at the mountains in the background. The mountains in the background have many clouds around them and the sky is also very cloudy. There are trees down close to the bottom of the image in the center and the Rams are facing the left side of the painting with their backs to the right.

Subject: landscape; Rocky Mountains; mountain; animal; mountain sheep

Credit: Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1979

Catalogue Number: BwB.02.08

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[Moose Mountain 82 J/15 West - Alberta]

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

Published Date: 1941

Publisher: Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys

Call Number: NTS; 82J/15W

Publisher: Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys

Published Date: 1941

Physical Description: Black and White

Scale: Scale: 1:50,000; Relief: Contour interval 100'

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

Subjects: Moose Mountain 82 J/15 West - Alberta

Notes: National Topographic System

Call Number: NTS; 82J/15W

Collection: Archives Library

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[British Columbia, Highways] Alberta Motor Association

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

Published Date: 1941

Call Number: C10-1.1

Published Date: 1941

Scale: 1 inch-40 miles

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

Subjects: British Columbia; Highways

Notes: Tourist information for 1941 on reverse side of map

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: C10-1.1

Collection: Archives Library

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Preliminary map : Bighorn River, Alberta

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

Published Date: 1941

Author: MacKay, B.R.

Publisher: Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada

Call Number: C7-2.12, C7-2.12a

Author: MacKay, B.R.

Publisher: Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada

Published Date: 1941

Physical Description: 2 maps

Scale: Sccale: 2 inches = 1 mile

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

Subjects: Geology - Alberta - Bighorn River; Bighorn River

Notes: Map 41-9

Accession Number: 5000

Call Number: C7-2.12, C7-2.12a

Collection: Archives Library

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Geological survey [Okanagan Falls - Similkameen & Osoyoos Dist.]

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

Published Date: 1941

Publisher: Dept. of Mines and Resources

Call Number: C7-3.5

Publisher: Dept. of Mines and Resources

Published Date: 1941

Physical Description: 1 map : col

Scale: Scale: 1 inch to 1 mile; Relief: Contour interval 100 ft.

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

Subjects: Okanagan Falls - Similkameen & Osoyoos Dist.

Accession Number: 673

Call Number: C7-3.5

Collection: Archives Library

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[United States] And neighbouring Canadian Provinces

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

Published Date: 1941

Publisher: National Geographic Society

Call Number: C13-1.1(a)

Publisher: National Geographic Society

Published Date: 1941

Scale: 1:2,500,000

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

Subjects: North Western United States

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: C13-1.1(a)

Collection: Archives Library

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Soil rating map of Rosebud and portion of Banff sheets

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

Published Date: 1941

Publisher: Edmonton : U. of A.

Call Number: C14-2.11

Responsibility: prepared by Dept. of Soils, University of Alberta in cooperation with Experimental Farm Service, Canada Dept. of Agriculture

Publisher: Edmonton : U. of A.

Published Date: 1941

Physical Description: 1 map

Scale: 1 inch = 6 miles

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

Subjects: Soils - Banff region

Accession Number: 13,000

Call Number: C14-2.11

Collection: Archives Library

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Mountain Goats and Mount Assiniboine

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: BwB.02.06

Description: General colour: blue, green, grey. Two mountain goats look over a cliff at right into misty valley below. A hawk flys in the cloud lower left. In the upper left is a mountain. The peak is up center and is slightly behind a cloud. The sky is bright yellow.

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Title: Mountain Goats and Mount Assiniboine

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 45.0 x 59.0 cm

Description: General colour: blue, green, grey. Two mountain goats look over a cliff at right into misty valley below. A hawk flys in the cloud lower left. In the upper left is a mountain. The peak is up center and is slightly behind a cloud. The sky is bright yellow.

Subject: landscape; Rocky Mountains; mountain; Mount Assiniboine; animal; mountain goat

Credit: Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1973

Catalogue Number: BwB.02.06

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Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefields

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Artist: Andreas Roth

Date: 1941

Medium: oil paint on board

Catalogue Number: RtA.02.01

Description: Mountain landscape with mountains topped with glaciers in background. Glacial tongue with river leading away from it in the centre of the painting. Wildflowers and trees in foreground. Bottom left corner is “Andreas Roth. 1941”

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Artist: Andreas Roth

Title: Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefields

Date: 1941

Medium: oil paint on board

Dimensions: 43.5 x 62.0 cm

Description: Mountain landscape with mountains topped with glaciers in background. Glacial tongue with river leading away from it in the centre of the painting. Wildflowers and trees in foreground. Bottom left corner is “Andreas Roth. 1941”

Subject: mountains; columbia icefield; athabasca; Banff National Park

Credit: Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998

Catalogue Number: RtA.02.01

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Toe of Athabasca Glacier

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.192

Description: Toe of Athabasca Glacier.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Toe of Athabasca Glacier

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.8 x 28.0 cm

Description: Toe of Athabasca Glacier.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Athabasca Glacier

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.192

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Ice Blocks, Athabasca Glacier

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.159

Description: The canvas is dominated by huge iceblocks in grey, blue, white and brown. Part of the rock wall and Athabasca Glacier show up in the ochre and white peaks, very little sky in mid-and right-hand corner.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Ice Blocks, Athabasca Glacier

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.7 x 35.4 cm

Description: The canvas is dominated by huge iceblocks in grey, blue, white and brown. Part of the rock wall and Athabasca Glacier show up in the ochre and white peaks, very little sky in mid-and right-hand corner.