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Part Of
Ray Wardell fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of unpublished report titled "Mount Norquay Memories, 1948- 1956" by Ray Wardell. Report is a chronological history of development at Mount Norquay ski area by George Encil's Banff Chairlift Corporation Ltd. It discusses the Banff Chairlift, rope tows, electrification, passenger an…
Date Range
1993
Reference Code
M252
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Part Of
Ray Wardell fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M 252
Sous-Fonds
M 252
Accession Number
6505
Reference Code
M252
GMD
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Date Range
1993
Physical Description
6 cm of textual records (ca.130 p.)
History / Biographical
Ray Wardell, 1922-1994, was an engineer at Banff, Alberta, Canada from 1948 until 1958, and lived at Oakville, Ontario until his death. Wardell worked on early construction at Mount Norquay ski area and rose to the position of Superintendent of Construction and Maintenance for the Banff Chairlift Corporation.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of unpublished report titled "Mount Norquay Memories, 1948- 1956" by Ray Wardell. Report is a chronological history of development at Mount Norquay ski area by George Encil's Banff Chairlift Corporation Ltd. It discusses the Banff Chairlift, rope tows, electrification, passenger and safety services, Upper Terminal Tea Room and improvements to Mount Norquay Lodge. Contents include technical details, construction photographs and articles from trade journals
Name Access
Wardell, Ray
Subject Access
Chairlifts and gondolas
Mount Norquay Ski Area
Sports, recreation and leisure
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access
Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
Language
Language is English
Creator
Wardell, Ray
Category
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title based on contents of fonds
Processing Status
Processed
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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.
Notes
Some of photographs are duplicates. Negatives and transparencies stored in separate file boxes.
Subject Access
Canadian Pacific Railway
Hotel
Travel
Geographic Access
Canada
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Quebec
Reproduction Restrictions
Reference use only; no reproduction
Language
English
Creator
Nicholas Morant
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Letters to Mother [July - December 1954]

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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to 49 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 6 to December 26, 1954. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [m…
Date Range
1954
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 135
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Private record
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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M36 / V683 / S37
Series
I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
Sous-Fonds
M36
Accession Number
.
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 135
GMD
Private record
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1.7 cm of textual records (75 pages ; 22.3 x 27.4 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 49 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 6 to December 26, 1954. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [mostly news and hockey games], various holidays [both Canadian and American], the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian Days, Peter getting his new trifocal glasses, trips to Bow Lake [mostly to sketch], hurricans hitting the eastern seaboard in mid-September, sketching trips into British Columbia, a visit to the Campbell's ranch in Cowley, meeting Eric Harvie, construction of the Luxton Musuem [including asking Peter for paintings to hang inside], putting together the annual Christmas card, Edith's 90th birthday in December, and various Christmas activites and parties. Also includes notecards.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Most letters typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981. Many letters written from Bow Lake are on Tum-Ti-Jah Lodge letterhead
Name Access
Whyte, Catharine
Whyte, Peter
Robb, Edith Morse
Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
Simpson, Billie
Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
Morant, Willie
Vallance, Sydney
Vallance, Doris
Phillips, Walter J.
Campbell, Gray
Campbell, Eleanor
Harvie, Eric
Rungius, Carl
Beil, Charlie
Subject Access
Activities
Animals
Art
Artists
Banff
Banff Indian Days
Banff Winter Carnival
Birthday
Businesses
Calgary Stampede
Camping
Canadian Pacific Railway
Children
Christmas
Community events
Community life
Correspondence
Deer
Family
Family and personal life
First Nations
Funeral
Home
Indigenous Peoples
Lake Louise
Leisure
Luxton Museum
Moose
Mountain
Painting
Personal and Family Life
Post Office
Ranches
Scenery
Stoney Nakoda
Trains
Trans-Canada Highway
Travel
Weather
Geographic Access
Banff
Lake Louise
Banff National Park
Morley
Alberta
Concord
Massachusetts
Canada
United States of America
Language
English
Creator
Robb Whyte, Catharine
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Electronic Resources

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Instructions to employees on dining, cafe parlor and buffet parlor cars

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1949
Author
Canadian Pacific Railway
Edition
Rev. ed
Call Number
08.5 C16d Pam
Author
Canadian Pacific Railway
Edition
Rev. ed
Published Date
1949
Physical Description
47p
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Rolling stock
Call Number
08.5 C16d Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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Roundhouse before the mountain

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1949
Author
O'Hagan, Howard
Call Number
08.5 J31oh Pam
Author
O'Hagan, Howard
Published Date
1949
Physical Description
p.7, 22-24 : ill., ports
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian National Railways
Jasper Station
Lucerne Station
Tekarra, Mount
Notes
From Canadian National Magazine, vol.34, no.12
Accession Number
320
Call Number
08.5 J31oh Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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Sir William Van Horne (1843-1915), "America's greatest gift to Canada"

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1949
Author
Coleman, D'Alton C
Publisher
New York : Newcomen Society of England, American Branch
Call Number
08.5 V31c Pam
Author
Coleman, D'Alton C
Publisher
New York : Newcomen Society of England, American Branch
Published Date
1949
Physical Description
24p. : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Accession Number
2933
Call Number
08.5 V31c Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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Deliverance and union

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1949
Author
Link, George K.K
Call Number
08.3 Oh1lidu Pam
Author
Link, George K.K
Published Date
1949
Physical Description
70p
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Ghosts
Hasler, Christian
Link, Adeline DeSale
O'Hara, Lake
Victoria, Mount
Notes
Volume 3 of a trilogy
Accession Number
2308
Call Number
08.3 Oh1lidu Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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Gracious living in the Canadian Rockies

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1949
Call Number
02.6 G75 Pam
Responsibility
Canadian Pacific Railway
Published Date
1949
Physical Description
16p. : ill., maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Banff Springs Hotel
Chateau Lake Louise
Accession Number
5733
Call Number
02.6 G75 Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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Canadian cadences

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1949
Author
Gibbon, John Murray
Publisher
Toronto : Ryerson Press
Call Number
06 G35ca Pam
Author
Gibbon, John Murray
Responsibility
cover design by J.E.H. and Thoreau MacDonald
Publisher
Toronto : Ryerson Press
Published Date
1949
Physical Description
16p
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Accession Number
323
Call Number
06 G35ca Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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Happy landing at Squaw Butte

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1949
Author
Campbell, Gray
Call Number
04.2 OH1 Pam oversize
Author
Campbell, Gray
Responsibility
photos by Lloyd Knight
Published Date
1949
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Ranching
Notes
In Maclean's magazine, vol.62, no.1, January 1, 1949
Call Number
04.2 OH1 Pam oversize
Collection
Archives Library
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Altitudes in northern British Columbia

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1949
Author
Canada. Department of Mines and Resources
Publisher
Ottawa : King's Printer
Call Number
R 03.3 D77
Author
Canada. Department of Mines and Resources
Responsibility
L. Dozois
Publisher
Ottawa : King's Printer
Published Date
1949
Physical Description
94 p. : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Geodetic Survey of Canada publication no. 52
Subjects
Surveys
Accession Number
587
Call Number
R 03.3 D77
Collection
Archives Library
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[Hightower Creek - Alberta]

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Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Published Date
1949
Publisher
Dept. of Mines & Technical Surv.
Call Number
NTS
83F/13E
Publisher
Dept. of Mines & Technical Surv.
Published Date
1949
Scale
1:50,000
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Subjects
Hightower Creek - Alberta
Notes
National Topographic System
Accession Number
12000
Call Number
NTS
83F/13E
Collection
Archives Library
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[Hightower Creek - Alberta]

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Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Published Date
1949
Publisher
Dept. of Mines & Technical Survey
Call Number
NTS
83F/13W
Publisher
Dept. of Mines & Technical Survey
Published Date
1949
Scale
1:50,000
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Subjects
Hightower Creek - Alberta
Notes
National Topographic System
Accession Number
12000
Call Number
NTS
83F/13W
Collection
Archives Library
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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1949
Author
Murray Gibbon, John
Publisher
Toronto : The Ryerson Press
Call Number
05.1 M96t
Author
Murray Gibbon, John
Publisher
Toronto : The Ryerson Press
Published Date
1949
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
The Ryerson Poetry Chap-Books
Subjects
Poetry
Accession Number
3069A
Call Number
05.1 M96t
Collection
Archives Library
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Geology of Ribbon Creek Area, Alberta

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1949
Author
Crockford, M. B. B
Publisher
Edmonton : King's Printer
Call Number
03.2 C87
Author
Crockford, M. B. B
Publisher
Edmonton : King's Printer
Published Date
1949
Physical Description
72p. : ill., map
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Kananaskis
Notes
Bibliography and index
Accession Number
14000
Call Number
03.2 C87
Collection
Archives Library
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Geology of part of the Selkirk Mountains in the vicinity of the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, British Columbia

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1949
Author
Okulitch, V. J
Publisher
Ottawa : King's Printer
Call Number
03.2 Ok7
Author
Okulitch, V. J
Publisher
Ottawa : King's Printer
Published Date
1949
Physical Description
26p. : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Geological Survey of Canada, bulletin 14
Notes
Bibliography
Accession Number
4000
Call Number
03.2 Ok7
Collection
Archives Library
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Precise and secondary levelling in Alberta

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1949
Author
Dozois, L. O. R
Publisher
Ottawa : Surveys and Mapping Branch
King's Printer
Edition
rev. ed
Call Number
03.7 D77
Author
Dozois, L. O. R
Edition
rev. ed
Publisher
Ottawa : Surveys and Mapping Branch
King's Printer
Published Date
1949
Physical Description
149p
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Bench-marks
Accession Number
24000
Call Number
03.7 D77
Collection
Archives Library
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Blankets and beads : a history of the Saskatchewan River

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1949
Author
MacGregor, James G
Publisher
Edmonton : Institute of Applied Art
Call Number
08.2 Sa7m
Author
MacGregor, James G
Publisher
Edmonton : Institute of Applied Art
Published Date
1949
Physical Description
278p. : ill., maps, plans
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Jasper
Kootenay Plains
Notes
Bibliography and index
Accession Number
492
Call Number
08.2 Sa7m
Collection
Archives Library
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Canadian nature, vol.11

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1949
Publisher
Toronto : Audubon Society of Canada
Call Number
04 C16cn
Responsibility
contribution by Stuart C. Downing
paintings by Allan Brooks
Publisher
Toronto : Audubon Society of Canada
Published Date
1949
Physical Description
176p. : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Pikas
Sheep, Mountain
Accession Number
490
Call Number
04 C16cn
Collection
Archives Library
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American wild flowers

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1949
Author
Moldenke, Harold N
Publisher
Toronto : Van Nostrand
Call Number
04.1 M73
Author
Moldenke, Harold N
Publisher
Toronto : Van Nostrand
Published Date
1949
Physical Description
xxv, 453p
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Accession Number
492
Call Number
04.1 M73
Collection
Archives Library
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