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Contents: British Columbia:; Camps and Fire Precautions; Fishing and Hunting; Island Highway; Vancouver Highways; Dewdney Road; Pacific Highways; Yale Road; Cariboo Road; South Trunk Highway; Kamloops-Okanagan Highway; Trans-provincial Highway; Northern Highway; Okanagan-Arrow-Kootenay Lakes; Columbia Valley Highway

Accession Number: 2014.8336

Call Number: 02.5 B85h PAM

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Mentioned as a "Special Publication" in this document entitled "Publications of the Government of British Columbia 1811-1947"

Websites

http://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/public/pubdocs/bcdocs2010/188940/bc1871_1947.pdf

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The kicking horse trail, scenic highway from Lake Louise, Alberta to Golden, British Columbia

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19849

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

Published Date: 1927

Author: Williams, M.B.

Publisher: [Ottawa], [F.A. Acland, printer]

Call Number: 02.6 W66k PAM

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Author: Williams, M.B.

Responsibility: M.B. Williams

Publisher: [Ottawa], [F.A. Acland, printer]

Published Date: 1927

Physical Description: 47 pages

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

Subjects: British Columbia; Alberta; Travel

Abstract: Pertains to a Canadian Rocky Mountain travel guide. With the use of both images and text, the author has been successful in compiling a guide for travelling in the Canadian Rockies. The book is written in a narrative voice, as to immerse the reader into the Canadian Rocky Mountain experience. The author cover areas and landmarks ranging from Lake Louise, Alberta to Golden, British Columbia.

Notes: This version contains a unique annotation on the first page dating August 4, 1927 from Fred Johnston

Accession Number: 2019.50

Call Number: 02.6 W66k PAM

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: The URL is linked to an interactive website in which the reader can learn more about the author and her admiration for Canada’s national parks.

Websites

http://www.environmentandsociety.org/exhibitions/mb-williams

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The triangle tour of British Columbia

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue7932

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

Published Date: 1926

Call Number: 02.5 C16tr Pam copy 1 1926; 02.5 C16tr PAM copy 2

1 website

Responsibility: Canadian National Railways

Published Date: 1926

Physical Description: 16p. : ill., map

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

Subjects: Travel; Tourism; Canadian National Railway; Railway map; Railway routes; Jasper National Park; Prince Rupert - Stewart; Vancouver

Abstract: Pertains to the Triangle Tour of British Columbia which route includes Jasper to Prince Rupert to Vancouver to Jasper on Canadian National Railway - includes detailed map of railway route, summary of trip, and photographs of Jasper and other sightseeing opportunities along the route, list of Canadian National Railway Office of the Travel Department and layout of the Canadian National Railway steamships the Prince Rupert and the Prince George

Notes: Publication date of copy 2 unknown, varies from copy 1 1926 pamphlet

Accession Number: 20500; 2019.103

Call Number: 02.5 C16tr Pam copy 1 1926; 02.5 C16tr PAM copy 2

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Version available online

Websites

https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/ss:19343231

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