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Journal of a voyage on the north west coast of North America during the years 1811 [- 1814]
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1969
- Author
- Franchere, Gabriel
- Publisher
- Toronto : Champlain Society
- Call Number
- F880 F73 1969
- Author
- Franchere, Gabriel
- Publisher
- Toronto : Champlain Society
- Published Date
- 1969
- Subjects
- Canada
- Call Number
- F880 F73 1969
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Permafrost map|Permafrost in Canada, RCGS, 1967
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24770
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1967
- Publisher
- Dept. of Energy, Mines and Resources
- Call Number
- C7-5.3(a)
- C7-5.3(b)
- Publisher
- Dept. of Energy, Mines and Resources
- Published Date
- 1967
- Scale
- 1 inch to 120 miles
- Subjects
- Canada
- Notes
- Geological Survey
- Accession Number
- 673
- 495
- Call Number
- C7-5.3(a)
- C7-5.3(b)
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1967
- Author
- Larsen, Henry A., Frank R. Sheer and Edvard Omholt-Jensen
- Publisher
- Toronto, Montreal, McClelland and Stewart
- Call Number
- 02.5 L32t
- Responsibility
- Henry A. Larsen, Frank R. Sheer and Edvard Omholt-Jensen
- Publisher
- Toronto, Montreal, McClelland and Stewart
- Published Date
- 1967
- Physical Description
- 223 pages illustrations, portraits 24 cm
- Subjects
- Travel
- Canada
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Abstract
- Pertains to the autobiography of Henry A. Larsen, a Canadian explorer, seaman and member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The publication tells of Larsen’s heroism and expertise that ultimately saved his life, in the most trying of circumstances. The authors tell of Larsen’s relationship with the Inuit Indigenous Peoples in Northern Canada and the ways in which they respected him. Written much like a diary, The Big Ship offers compelling detail on the extravagant life of Larsen and his crew, as they battled the open sea in hopes of finding adventure.
- Contents
- 1. The first day in the mounted police -- 2. The early years -- 3. The Indian girl, the sea devil and "The general" -- 4. Steam -- 5. Fourth mate Larsen -- 6. North with Klengenberg -- 7. Herschel Island for the first time -- 8. Visit to Klengenberg's home -- 9. Tragic voyage to the west -- 10. Frozen in for the winter -- 11. More about life on Herschel -- 12. Seal hunt -- 13. New summer in the north -- 14. Canadian citizen -- 15. The ship and the crew -- 16. Maiden voyage to the north -- 17. My northern service starts -- 18. Skipper in the mounted police -- 19. In the ice -- 20. My first sled trip with the RCMP -- 21. Promotion and return to civilization -- 22. To the north again -- 23. Life in the arctic -- 24. In winter quarters -- 25. Dog life in the arctic -- 26. Eskimo love and drama -- 27. The fourth Christmas in the north -- 28. Daily life in the Igloo -- 29. Old and new medicine man -- 30. Southern interlude and marriage -- 31. Fourth voyage to the north -- 32. Marital complications among the Eskimo -- 33. An eventful winter -- 34. Guest of honour in the igloo -- 35. Visit from the south -- 36. About Quarlilaak, Mukkaani and Angulalik -- 37. Hanorie Umiarjuak -- 38. Niviassiag's curse -- 39. Superstition, infanticide and shipwreck -- 40. Reunion with my wife and first meeting with an unknown daughter -- 41. Among the inland Eskimo -- 42. Birth in the igloo -- 43. The great assignment -- 44. Toward the great adventure -- 45. The summer of broken expectations -- 46. A very close shave -- 47. A tragic loss -- 48. The story of a cannon -- 49. Easter with Father Henri -- 50. Afloat again -- 51. Bellot Strait : the last ordeal -- 52. Return to civilization -- 53. A summer voyage to the eastern arctic -- 54. Westward through the northwest passage -- 55. Honours and promotions -- 56. The last arctic voyage with the St. Roch -- 57. The men who speak the truth -- 58. Budget problems and words of caution -- 59. The St. Roch ends her career -- 60. The last years in the force.m
- Accession Number
- 2019.71
- Call Number
- 02.5 L32t
- Collection
- Archives Library
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West on the 49th parallel : Red River to the Rockies, 1872-1876
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3598
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1963
- Author
- Parsons, John E
- Publisher
- New York : Morrow
- Call Number
- 02.3 P25
- Author
- Parsons, John E
- Publisher
- New York : Morrow
- Published Date
- 1963
- Physical Description
- 208p. : ill
- Subjects
- Boundaries
- Canada
- Accession Number
- 724
- Call Number
- 02.3 P25
- Collection
- Archives Library
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A nostalgic view of Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25553
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1962
- Author
- Buchanan, Donald W.
- Publisher
- Toronto : McClelland and Steward Ltd.
- Call Number
- 06.4 B86a
- Author
- Buchanan, Donald W.
- Publisher
- Toronto : McClelland and Steward Ltd.
- Published Date
- 1962
- Physical Description
- 45 pages II. ; 20 cm
- Subjects
- Photography
- Alberta
- Quebec and Ontario
- Canada
- Abstract
- In this book Donald W. Buchanan recreates the flavour of the Canada of his youth, matching a nostalgic text with his own photographs of evocative scenes from the ranches of Happy Valley, Alberta, to Kamouraska County in Quebec. -- From the publisher
- Accession Number
- 3069A
- Call Number
- 06.4 B86a
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Look to the wilderness
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15293
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1960
- Author
- Burden, W. Douglas
- Publisher
- Toronto : Little, Brown and Company
- Call Number
- 04 B89l
- Author
- Burden, W. Douglas
- Publisher
- Toronto : Little, Brown and Company
- Published Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- xiii, 251 pages, illustrations
- Accession Number
- 492
- Call Number
- 04 B89l
- Collection
- Archives Library
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North again for gold : birth of Canada's arctic empire
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15298
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1939
- Author
- Laytha, Edgar
- Publisher
- New York : Frederick A. Stokes Company
- Call Number
- 08.2 L45n
- Author
- Laytha, Edgar
- Publisher
- New York : Frederick A. Stokes Company
- Published Date
- 1939
- Physical Description
- xii, 360 pages
- Notes
- Num-ti-jah lodge #35 book plate
- J. Simpson, Banff, Dec 1939 inscribed in front cover
- Accession Number
- 492
- Call Number
- 08.2 L45n
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Going places : a tour in North America
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3587
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1939
- Author
- Hood, Colin
- Publisher
- London : Collins
- Call Number
- 02.3 H76
- Author
- Hood, Colin
- Publisher
- London : Collins
- Published Date
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 304p. : ill
- Subjects
- Canada
- Jasper National Park
- Accession Number
- 19500
- Call Number
- 02.3 H76
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Coloured spectacles
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3532
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1938
- Author
- Niven, Frederick
- Publisher
- London : Collins
- Call Number
- 02 N64
- Author
- Niven, Frederick
- Publisher
- London : Collins
- Published Date
- 1938
- Physical Description
- 352p
- Subjects
- Canada
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 02 N64
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Foot-loose in the West : being an account of a journey to Colorado and California and other western states
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3579
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1932
- Author
- Finger, Charles J
- Publisher
- New York : William Morrow
- Call Number
- 02.3 F49f
- Author
- Finger, Charles J
- Responsibility
- with sketches by Helen Finger
- Publisher
- New York : William Morrow
- Published Date
- 1932
- Physical Description
- viii, 302p. : ill., maps
- Subjects
- Canada
- Notes
- Index
- Accession Number
- 22000
- Call Number
- 02.3 F49f
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Edward W. D. Holway : a pioneer of the Canadian Alps
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19831
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1931
- Author
- Palmer, Howard
- Publisher
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press
- Call Number
- 01.4 Pa18e
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- Author
- Palmer, Howard
- Responsibility
- Howard Palmer
- Publisher
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press
- Published Date
- 1931
- Physical Description
- 81p. : ill., port., map
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Canada
- Selkirk Range
- Botany
- Abstract
- Mountaineers will find in this little volume the authentic account of the ascents in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks which made the name of E. W. D. Holway so well known to the climbing fraternity not many years ago. Readers who may never have seen a mountain will enjoy the book simply as the true tale of a remarkable man whogave up commercial pursuits to become a professor of botany and an explorer of little-known Alpine ranges. The book is composed largely of Mr. Holway’s intimate letters and diaries which tell his story with an engaging touch that continually makes light of the dangers, difficulties and hardships inseparable from pioneer work. The trials and tribulations of “backpacking” are graphically portrayed by the author. The book was designed to cover, as a part of a well-rounded biography, the mountaineering experiences of its subject. We think that the task has been well done and commend the work to the attention of readers interested in the Canadian Alps. Mr. Palmer’s book, with an introduction by the late Professor J. Arthur Harris, former head of the Department of Botany at the University of Minnesota, is enriched with illustrations of many of the peaks referred to in the text. It is very well printed and attractive in format. (From American Alpine Club)
- Contents
- Preface
- A pioneer of the Canadian Alps
- Earliest climbs
- The maturity of mountaineer
- The first expedition into the Cariboos
- Conclusion
- Supplementary letters
- List of ascents and explorations by Edward W.D. Holway
- Mountaineering papers by Edward W.D. Holway
- Notes
- Annotated by Ernest Feuz
- Accession Number
- 2019.43
- Call Number
- 01.4 Pa18e
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Book review as per the American Alpine Club
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A climber's guide to the Rocky Mountains of Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19847
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1930
- Author
- Palmer, Howard and J. Monroe Thorington
- Publisher
- [Philadelphia] American Alpine Club
- Edition
- second edition
- Call Number
- 01.4 P18a
- Responsibility
- Howard Palmer and J. Monroe Thorington
- Edition
- second edition
- Publisher
- [Philadelphia] American Alpine Club
- Published Date
- 1930
- Physical Description
- [244] pages
- Subjects
- American Alpine Club
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Canadian Rockies
- Guide
- Mountain guides
- Canada
- Mountaineering
- Abstract
- Pertains to a comprehensive climbing guide based on the mountains in the Canadian Rockies. The book was likely to be considered an invaluable resource for mountaineers based on the complexity and detail of the information provided. In detail, the guide offers insight into the approximate locations, elevation gains, climbing distances/time, and additional relevant information pertaining to climbing in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
- Contents
- Part one: international boundary to Kicking Horse pass
- Part two: Kicking Horse pass to Yellowhead pass
- Part three: Yellowhead pass to Jasper pass
- Accession Number
- 2019.48
- Call Number
- 01.4 P18a
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Ungava : a tale of Esquimaux land
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4264
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1895
- Author
- Ballantyne, Robert Michael
- Edition
- New ed
- Call Number
- 05.2 B21
- Author
- Ballantyne, Robert Michael
- Edition
- New ed
- Published Date
- 1895
- Subjects
- Canada
- Call Number
- 05.2 B21
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- Archives Library
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20,000 miles : an Englishwoman's impressions in America
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3616
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1939
- 1938
- Author
- Tuke, Ada
- Publisher
- Southampton : G.F. Wilson
- Edition
- 2d ed
- Call Number
- 02.3 T81
- Author
- Tuke, Ada
- Edition
- 2d ed
- Publisher
- Southampton : G.F. Wilson
- Published Date
- 1939
- 1938
- Physical Description
- 247p. : facsim., map
- Subjects
- Canada
- Notes
- Rocky Mountains, p.57-59
- Accession Number
- 19500
- Call Number
- 02.3 T81
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- Archives Library
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