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The Great Glacier of the Selkirks

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

Published Date: 1889

Author: Ingersoll, Ernest

Publisher: Harper's Weekly

Call Number: 02.6 In4t PAM O.S.

Author: Ingersoll, Ernest

Responsibility: Ernest Ingersoll

Publisher: Harper's Weekly

Published Date: 1889

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

Subjects: Glaciers; Selkirk Mountains; Selkirk Mountains - Hermit Range; Selkirk Range; Selkirk Range - B.C.; Hotels; Canadian Pacific Railway; Canadian Pacific Railway Company; Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels; Travel; Tourism; Geography; Illecillewaet Glacier

Abstract: Pertains to the Selkirk Mountains, Illecillewaete Glacier, Glacier Creek, Sir Donald, the hotel and Canadian Pacific Railway access to the area as of 1889.

Notes: In Harper's Weekly, Vol. XXXIII No. 1702, August 3, 1889, pp. 616 - 618

Accession Number: 7890

Call Number: 02.6 In4t PAM O.S.

Collection: Archives Library

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With ice-axe and camera in the Rocky Mountains

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

Published Date: 1889

Publisher: The Graphic

Call Number: 02.6 G75w PAM O.S.

Responsibility: Rev. W. Spotswood Green (sketches); Rev. H. Swanzy (photographs)

Publisher: The Graphic

Published Date: 1889

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Glacier House; Travel; Tourism; Canadian Pacific Railway; Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels; Lake Louise; Lake Louise District; Selkirk Mountains; Selkirk Range

Abstract: Pertains to Glacier House and a paper read at the Royal Geographical Society by Rev. W. Spotswood Green who traversed the Selkirks accompanied by Rev. H. Swanzy in 1889 with accompanying photographs/sketches of Beaver Creek, snow shed, Glacier House kitchen staff, aftermath of a snow slide, Mount Bonney, Lower Columbia Lake, goats, Mount Lefroy and Lake Louise, and an avalanche.

Notes: In The Graphic, October 19, 1889, pp. 484 - 486

Accession Number: 7830

Call Number: 02.6 G75w PAM O.S.

Collection: Archives Library

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Upon the origin of alpine and Italian lakes ; and upon glacial erosion

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

Published Date: 1889

Publisher: New York : The Humboldt Publishing Co.

Call Number: 03.4 R14u

Responsibility: A. C. Ramsay, John Ball, Roderick I. Murchinson, B. Studer, A. Favre, Edward Whymper, and J. W. Spencer.

Publisher: New York : The Humboldt Publishing Co.

Published Date: 1889

Physical Description: 148 pages

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

Subjects: Switzerland; Italy; Europe; Alps; glaciology; Glaciers; Geology

Accession Number: 2023.47

Call Number: 03.4 R14u

Collection: Archives Library

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Handbook of geology for the use of Canadian students

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

Published Date: 1889

Author: Dawson, Sir J. William

Publisher: Montreal : Dawson Brothers

Call Number: 03.1 D32

Author: Dawson, Sir J. William

Publisher: Montreal : Dawson Brothers

Published Date: 1889

Physical Description: viii, 250p. : ill., maps

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

Subjects: Paleontology

Accession Number: 20

Call Number: 03.1 D32

Collection: Archives Library

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Glacial geology

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

Published Date: 1889

Author: Geikie, James

Publisher: New York : Scientific American Supplement

Call Number: 03.4 G27g Pam

Author: Geikie, James

Publisher: New York : Scientific American Supplement

Published Date: 1889

Physical Description: 4 pages, illustrations

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

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway; Glaciers; Lefroy Glacier; Selkirk Mountains

Accession Number: 7964

Call Number: 03.4 G27g Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Mountaineering in Colorado : the peaks about Estes park

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

Published Date: 1889

Author: Chapin, Frederick Hastings

Publisher: Boston : Clark

Call Number: F782 L2 C3

Author: Chapin, Frederick Hastings

Responsibility: published under the auspices of the Appalachian Mountain Club

Publisher: Boston : Clark

Published Date: 1889

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: F782 L2 C3

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Swiss travel and Swiss guide books

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

Published Date: 1889

Author: Coolidge, William Augustus Brevoort

Publisher: London : Longmans, Green

Call Number: DQ20.5 C65

Author: Coolidge, William Augustus Brevoort

Publisher: London : Longmans, Green

Published Date: 1889

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

Subjects: Zermatt

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DQ20.5 C65

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Discussions on climate and cosmology

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

Published Date: 1889

Author: Croll, James

Publisher: London : Stanford

Call Number: QE698 C7

Author: Croll, James

Publisher: London : Stanford

Published Date: 1889

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

Call Number: QE698 C7

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alpine portfolio : the Pennine Alps from the Simplon to the Great St. Bernard

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

Published Date: 1889?

Author: Eckenstein, Oscar. (ed.)

Publisher: London : The Editor[s]

Call Number: DQ826 E2

Author: Eckenstein, Oscar. (ed.)

Publisher: London : The Editor[s]

Published Date: 1889?

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

Notes: Portfolio of photographs

Call Number: DQ826 E2

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Midsummer ramble in the Dolomites

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

Published Date: 1889

Author: Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford

Publisher: London : Routledge

Edition: 2d ed

Call Number: DB469 E39

Author: Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford

Edition: 2d ed

Publisher: London : Routledge

Published Date: 1889

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

Subjects: Dolomite Alps

Call Number: DB469 E39

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alpes et les grands ascensions

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

Published Date: 1889

Author: Levasseur, Emile

Publisher: Paris : Delagrave

Call Number: DQ823 L49

Author: Levasseur, Emile

Publisher: Paris : Delagrave

Published Date: 1889

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

Call Number: DQ823 L49

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Souvenir du lac des quatre cantons

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

Published Date: 1889

Publisher: Lucerne : Prell & Eberle

Call Number: DQ23 S68

Publisher: Lucerne : Prell & Eberle

Published Date: 1889

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

Call Number: DQ23 S68

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Unknown Switzerland

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

Published Date: 1889

Author: Tissot, Victor

Publisher: London : Hodder & Stoughton

Call Number: DQ23 T58

Author: Tissot, Victor

Responsibility: tr. from the 12th ed. by Mrs. Wilson

Publisher: London : Hodder & Stoughton

Published Date: 1889

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

Call Number: DQ23 T58

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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The Alps. Translated [from the German] by Louisa Brough

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

Published Date: 1889

Author: Umlauft, Friedrich

Publisher: London : Paul, Trench

Call Number: DQ823 U45

Author: Umlauft, Friedrich

Publisher: London : Paul, Trench

Published Date: 1889

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DQ823 U45

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Im hoch gebirge : wanderungen von dr. Emil Zsigmondy

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

Published Date: 1889

Author: Zsigmondy, Emil

Publisher: Leipzig : Duncker & Humblot

Call Number: DQ823 Z7

Author: Zsigmondy, Emil

Publisher: Leipzig : Duncker & Humblot

Published Date: 1889

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DQ823 Z7

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Exploratory travels through the western territories of North America ... in the years 1805, 1806, 1807

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

Published Date: 1889

Author: Pike, Zebulon Montgomery

Publisher: Denver : W.H. Lawrence

Call Number: F592 P53

Author: Pike, Zebulon Montgomery

Publisher: Denver : W.H. Lawrence

Published Date: 1889

Physical Description: 334p. : ill., maps

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

Subjects: Expeditions

Call Number: F592 P53

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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The new far west and the old far east : being notes of a tour in North America, Japan, China, Ceylon, etc

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

Published Date: 1889

Author: Barneby, W. Henry

Publisher: London : Edward Stanford

Call Number: 02 B26

Author: Barneby, W. Henry

Publisher: London : Edward Stanford

Published Date: 1889

Physical Description: x, 316p. : ill., ports., map

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

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: 02 B26

Collection: Archives Library

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Five months fine weather in Canada, western U.S. and Mexico

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

Published Date: 1889

Author: Carbutt, E. H

Publisher: London : Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington

Call Number: 02.3 C17

Author: Carbutt, E. H

Publisher: London : Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington

Published Date: 1889

Physical Description: 243p

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

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: 02.3 C17

Collection: Archives Library

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Our own country, Canada...

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

Published Date: 1889

Author: Withrow, W. H

Publisher: Toronto : William Briggs

Call Number: 02.4 W77

Author: Withrow, W. H

Publisher: Toronto : William Briggs

Published Date: 1889

Physical Description: 608p. : ill., port

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

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: 02.4 W77

Collection: Archives Library

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Photograph Album

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Part Of: Boorne and May fonds

Scope & Content: Photograph: 1889. Album consists of 50 pages of 100 black and white photographs. Photographs also provides descriptions. Small amounts of silver mirroring starting to appear. V10 / PD - 1: 1- [721. Calgary from the E.] 2- [Slephen Clas. Calgary. From W.] 3- [716. Indigenous Camp, Winter.] 4- [Kan…

Date Range: 1889

Reference Code: V10 / PD -1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print

101 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Boorne and May fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V10

Sous-Fonds: V10

Accession Number: 494

Reference Code: V10 / PD -1

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print

Date Range: 1889

Physical Description: 1 photograph album

Scope & Content: Photograph: 1889. Album consists of 50 pages of 100 black and white photographs. Photographs also provides descriptions. Small amounts of silver mirroring starting to appear. V10 / PD - 1: 1- [721. Calgary from the E.] 2- [Slephen Clas. Calgary. From W.] 3- [716. Indigenous Camp, Winter.] 4- [Kananaskis Falls.] 5- [Rapids on the Bow at Kananaskis.] 6- [675. Kananaskis Falls from above. Winter.] 7- [676. The Bow at Kananaskis, Winter.] 8- [678. Mouth of Pit and Elevator, Anthracite.] 9- [608. C.P.R. At Banff.] 10- [663. Cascade Mountain. Banff.] 11- [740. Official Plan of the National Park.] 12- [641. C.P.R. Hotel. Banff.] 13- [720. Banff Hotel from N.] 14- [743. Lower Bow Park, from C.P.R. Hotel, Banff.] 15- [745. The Spray River, Banff.] 16- [751. Spray Bridge and Bow Falls, Banff.] 17- [750. Banff Avenue, looking N.] 18- [753. Cascade on the Bow, Banff.] 19- [719. The Sanitarium. Banff.] 20- [754. Upper Hot Springs, Banff.] 21- [755. Cascade Mountain from the Sanitarium, Banff.] 22- [756. Mount Edith, front Bow River, Banff.] 23- [824. The Bow River and Twin Peaks Mountain, Banff.] 24- [757. Bird’s Eye view of Banff, from Tunnel Mountain.] 25- [765. Bow Rapids and C.P.R. Hotel, Banff.] 26- [758. Vermilion Lakes, Banff.] 27- [760. Vermilion Lakes, Banff.] 28- [762. “The Pool,” Banff.] 29- [748. Interior of Cave, Banff] 30- [747. Cave and Basin Buildings, Banff.] 31- [766. Devil’s Head Canyon and Bridge, Banff.] 32- [767. Lake Minnewanka, (Devil’s Lake,) Banff.] 33- [769. Catch of Fish, Lake Minnewanka, Banff.] 34- [782. Lake Minnewanka. W. end, Rocky Mountain Park.] 35- [778. “Sundance Canyon,” Rocky Mountain Park.] 36- [815. “Canyon House” and the “Mountain Belle,” Banff] 37- [817. C.P.R. Transfer Co’s. Stables, Banff.] 38- [668. Bridge over the Spray. Banff] 39- [665. Tunnel Mountain. Banff.] 40- [664. “The Hoodoos.” Natural Monuments. Banff] 41- [657. Castle Mountain, from C.P.R.] 42- [599. Castle Mountain, Rockies.] 43- [596. C.P.R. At Castle Mountain] 44- [603. Castle Mountain, from C.P.R.] 45- [588. Mount LeFroy. Laggan.] 46- [598. Mount Hector. Laggan.] 47- [593. The Bow below Laggan.] 48- [Cathedral Mountain from the west.] 49- [586. Cathedral Mountain. 10,284 ft. high.] 50- [787. Field, B.C. from C.P.R. Hotel.] 51- [578. Field Hotel and Mount Stephen.] 52- [577. Mount Field. 8554 ft. high.] 53- [580. Mount Stephen and Glacier. 10,525 ft. high.] 54- [556. Field (?)] 55- [788. Mt. McMullen and Glaciers from the Summit of Boundary] 56- [790. Kicking Horse Pass and Van Home Range from summit of Boundary Peak, Rockies, height 9,000 feet.] 57- [791. Fairmont Hot Springs and Natural Basin, Kootenai, B.C.] 58- [807. “Wild Horse” Gold digging, Kootenai, B.C.] 59- [808. “D” Troop N. W.M.P. and pack train crossing the Rockies.] 60- [809. “Sam’s Landing” and Stage, Kootenai, B.C.] 61- [681. Falls on the Kicking Horse. Leanchoile 103ft. high. Winter.] 62- [682. Falls on the Kicking Horse. Leanchoile 103ft. high. Winter.] 63- [Winter scene in the Rockies.”] 64- [685. Winter Scene in the Rockies.] 65- [686. A Cascadec in Winter in the Kicking Horse Canyon.] 66- [687. The Kicking Horse in winter.] 67- [601. C.P.R. In the Rockies.] 68- [579. Tunnel in Upper Kicking Horse Pass.] 69- [604. C.P.R. In the Rockies.] 70- [605. C.P.R. In the Rockies.] 71- [606. C.P.R. In the Rockies.] 72- [607. The Bow River in the Rockies.] 73- [597. C.P.R. In the Rockies.] 74- [595. C.P.R. In the Rockies.] 75- [592. In the Rockies.] 76- [562. Bridge over the Kicking Horse.] 77- [555. Bridge and Tunnel. Kicking Horse Pass.] 78- [568. The Beaverfoot Range.] 79- [554. Kicking Horse Pass.] 80- [553. Group of section men on hand-car.] 81- [552. The Moberly House.] 82- [549. Tunnel on C.P.R. west of Donald.] 83- [550. The Columbia and Moberly Peak.] 84- [612. The Beaver Canyon.] 85- [613. The Beaver Canyon.] 86- [614. “Hell Gate.” Beaver Canyon.] 87- [819. Donald, B.C., from Station yard.] 88- [821. Round House and Turntable, Donald, B.C.] 89- [610. C.P.R. Engines.] 90- [703. C.P.R. Engine 73 and train.] 91- [C.P.R. Engine 402 and train] 92- [705. C.P.R. Engine, 316 and train at Donald, B.C.] 93- [606. C.P.R. heavy grade Engine.] 94- [739. Official Plan of “The Loop.” C.P.R.] 95- [651. Mountain Creek Bridge. Selkirks. 164 ft. high, 1086 ft. long.] 96- [652. Stony Creek Bridge. Selkirks. 296 ft. high.] 97- [648. Surprise Creek Bridge. Selkirks. 180 ft. high.] 98- [647. Interior of Snow-shed.] 99- [643. Glacier House. Selkirks.] 100- [837. Dining Room, Glacier House, B.C.]