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Rock Pools, York River

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Artist: A.J. Casson (1898 – 1992)

Date: 1957

Medium: painting on paper

Catalogue Number: CaA.05.01

Description: A watercolour landscape painting. A large dark green/blue pool in the centre is surrounded by rocks and dominates the painting. Just above and to the left is another small pool. The rocks surrounding the pool are beige and brown with dark blue accents and outlines. There are a couple small patches …

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Artist: A.J. Casson (1898 – 1992)

Title: Rock Pools, York River

Date: 1957

Medium: painting on paper

Dimensions: 27.0 x 34.0 cm

Description: A watercolour landscape painting. A large dark green/blue pool in the centre is surrounded by rocks and dominates the painting. Just above and to the left is another small pool. The rocks surrounding the pool are beige and brown with dark blue accents and outlines. There are a couple small patches of green grass amongst the rocks. Faint pencil marks of letters can be seen scattered on rocks and pencil marks of outline sketch. The artist signature is in the bottom rhc, “A.J.CASSON”. Au verso there are two stickers. The one in the top left corner is brown with black print, “ROBERTS GALLERY LIMITED Dealers in Fine Paintings and Frames since 1842 641 YONGE ST. - - - TORONTO. Title: ROCK POOLS - YORK RIVER - 1957 Artist: A.J. CASSON Price: $175.00 Stock No: 3858b Height: 10 7/8 Width: 13 5/8”. The other sticker is white with green ink and blue pen and is in the top rhc, “ROBERTS GALLERY LIMITED 641 YONGE STREET TORONTO M4Y 1Z9 MUSEUM MAT (has blue pen check mark beside) MUSEUM BACK (check mark beside) WC mounted INSPECTED BY: (illegible signature) BY ARTIST”.

Subject: rock pool; A.J. Casson

Credit: Gift of David McClintock Denovan, Calgary, 2012

Catalogue Number: CaA.05.01

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Seal Thoughts of Man

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Artist: Akesuk Tudlik (1890 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1959

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: TuD.04.01

Description: Black silhouette of a man with arms up, standing on the head of a seal (head and shoulders of the seal); features cut out with red in the eyes and the seal’s nose.

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Artist: Akesuk Tudlik (1890 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Seal Thoughts of Man

Date: 1959

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 61.0 x 20.6 cm

Description: Black silhouette of a man with arms up, standing on the head of a seal (head and shoulders of the seal); features cut out with red in the eyes and the seal’s nose.

Subject: Abstract; Figure; Inuit; Animal; seal

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: TuD.04.01

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Tea at the Whyte

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Artist: Alex Emond (1950 – , Canadian)

Date: 1987

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: EmA.03.01

Description: A black and white drawing; a large T is centered in the picture, at its base are 2 men sitting beside a campfire, one with a cup the other has the pot; the background is black; the foreground is white and on it is lettered Tea at the Whyte in black.

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Artist: Alex Emond (1950 – , Canadian)

Title: Tea at the Whyte

Date: 1987

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 35.5 x 25.3 cm

Description: A black and white drawing; a large T is centered in the picture, at its base are 2 men sitting beside a campfire, one with a cup the other has the pot; the background is black; the foreground is white and on it is lettered Tea at the Whyte in black.

Subject: Tea at the Whyte

Credit: Purchased from Alex Emond, Banff, 1987

Catalogue Number: EmA.03.01

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A Hunter of Peace

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Artist: Alex Emond (1950 – , Canadian)

Date: 1980

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: EmA.03.02

Description: The back of the mane and ears of a horse is in the foreground bottom left. A trail from bottom left swings to the right. On the trail are two mounted horsemen. Standing to the left of the trail is a woman with hat in hand looking to the right. A ridge runs from bottom left to top right. There is a …

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Artist: Alex Emond (1950 – , Canadian)

Title: A Hunter of Peace

Date: 1980

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 24.9 x 65.7 cm

Description: The back of the mane and ears of a horse is in the foreground bottom left. A trail from bottom left swings to the right. On the trail are two mounted horsemen. Standing to the left of the trail is a woman with hat in hand looking to the right. A ridge runs from bottom left to top right. There is a mountain range to the left in the distance and one mountain in top right hand corner. Clouds along the horizon.

Subject: figure; Mary Schaffer; cowboys; animal; horse; landscape; Canadian Rockies; Alex Emond

Credit: Gift of Unknown, 1968

Catalogue Number: EmA.03.02

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Lookout #2, Pacific Rim

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Artist: Alexandra M. Haeseker (1945 – , Canadian)

Date: 1983

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: HaA.05.01

Description: An English Sheepdog, facing to the left, is standing on a beach near the water's edge. The sand is gray/blue, the ocean is green/blue with white highlights.

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Artist: Alexandra M. Haeseker (1945 – , Canadian)

Title: Lookout #2, Pacific Rim

Date: 1983

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 49.0 x 70.7 cm

Description: An English Sheepdog, facing to the left, is standing on a beach near the water's edge. The sand is gray/blue, the ocean is green/blue with white highlights.

Subject: seascape; animal, dog

Credit: Purchased from Mira Godard Gallery, Gallery, 1983

Catalogue Number: HaA.05.01

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Airdrie, Alberta

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1957

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.24

Description: General colour: blue grey, brown, pink. Two elevators stand at the right side on the horizon. A train chugs past on the left. The foreround is brown fields - a fence appears from the left. The sky fills the upper two thirds and is spotted with clouds.

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Airdrie, Alberta

Date: 1957

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 22.8 x 27.8 cm

Description: General colour: blue grey, brown, pink. Two elevators stand at the right side on the horizon. A train chugs past on the left. The foreround is brown fields - a fence appears from the left. The sky fills the upper two thirds and is spotted with clouds.

Subject: architecture, rural; landscape, prairie

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.24

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Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1957

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.19

Description: General colour: brown, grey. A row of eight trees crosses the picture - the foliage filling the upper left area and across the middle. Two or three figures can be seen in the left area. Back ground image is somewhat vague. The sky is cloudless.

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia

Date: 1957

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 22.8 x 27.8 cm

Description: General colour: brown, grey. A row of eight trees crosses the picture - the foliage filling the upper left area and across the middle. Two or three figures can be seen in the left area. Back ground image is somewhat vague. The sky is cloudless.

Subject: seascape, Pacific; trees

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.19

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Cadboro Bay Yacht Club, Victoria, British Columbia

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1957 – 1959

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.20

Description: General colour: grey. Lower edge is sand with birds - posts go out into the water at an angle from the right to left - there is a buoy or marker at the end.The horizon is one third up. Land can be seen out from the right side. The sky is filled with clouds.

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Cadboro Bay Yacht Club, Victoria, British Columbia

Date: 1957 – 1959

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 22.8 x 26.6 cm

Description: General colour: grey. Lower edge is sand with birds - posts go out into the water at an angle from the right to left - there is a buoy or marker at the end.The horizon is one third up. Land can be seen out from the right side. The sky is filled with clouds.

Subject: seascape, Pacific; skyline

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.20

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Molar Pass

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1954

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.10

Description: General colour: blue, grey. Rocks go along the bottom edge and out from the left in big boulders. These mark the edge of a pool of water. A piece of land with boulders comes out from the right one third up. Behind are blue mountains partly hidden by enveloping clouds.

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Molar Pass

Date: 1954

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 26.5 x 38.0 cm

Description: General colour: blue, grey. Rocks go along the bottom edge and out from the left in big boulders. These mark the edge of a pool of water. A piece of land with boulders comes out from the right one third up. Behind are blue mountains partly hidden by enveloping clouds.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.10

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Mount Balfour from Bow Pass

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1954

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.08

Description: General colour: grey, blue. The foreground rocks and boulders go into the picture to the right. A hill comes down on the left. In the background, filling most of the right side are rock pinnacles running off the top of the picture. In the upper left is blue sky.

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Mount Balfour from Bow Pass

Date: 1954

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 22.8 x 31.2 cm

Description: General colour: grey, blue. The foreground rocks and boulders go into the picture to the right. A hill comes down on the left. In the background, filling most of the right side are rock pinnacles running off the top of the picture. In the upper left is blue sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.08

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Oak Bay From Boathouse, Victoria, B.C

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1957 – 1959

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.18

Description: General colour: blue, grey. A walkway with a fence runs in a crescent shape from lower center left to a third the way up the right side. A tree fills the left side and several more trees and a large white building fill the middle. Tide is out and figures walk the beach left and on the board walk al…

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Oak Bay From Boathouse, Victoria, B.C

Date: 1957 – 1959

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 24.0 x 31.0 cm

Description: General colour: blue, grey. A walkway with a fence runs in a crescent shape from lower center left to a third the way up the right side. A tree fills the left side and several more trees and a large white building fill the middle. Tide is out and figures walk the beach left and on the board walk also. Sky has clouds.

Subject: seascape, Pacific; architecture, urban

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.18

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Old Wreck near Sidney, B.C.

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1958 – 1959

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.21

Description: General colour: grey, blue. The beach runs along the bottom and up the left side a third. The wrecked timbers of a boat lie on the beach left of center. Posts go out into the water from the right side. The sky is filled with clouds. The sea is calm.

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Old Wreck near Sidney, B.C.

Date: 1958 – 1959

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 22.8 x 27.9 cm

Description: General colour: grey, blue. The beach runs along the bottom and up the left side a third. The wrecked timbers of a boat lie on the beach left of center. Posts go out into the water from the right side. The sky is filled with clouds. The sea is calm.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.21

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River at Cahair - Limerick - Tipperery Road S. Ireland

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1953

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.30

Description: A stone bridge runs across a river. The river runs from the centre of the painting on the left and extends into the distance. It curves to the left around the river bank. A train crosses the bridge. Smoke is being expelled from the train. On the right of the painting are four or five leafless …

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: River at Cahair - Limerick - Tipperery Road S. Ireland

Date: 1953

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: A stone bridge runs across a river. The river runs from the centre of the painting on the left and extends into the distance. It curves to the left around the river bank. A train crosses the bridge. Smoke is being expelled from the train. On the right of the painting are four or five leafless trees. Along the close side of the river bank is a walkway with moorings or black pylons. Hazy trees are visible in the upper portion of the painting.

Subject: landscape; river; transportation; train; Ireland; Limerick

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 2001

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.30

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Poaching a Ram

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Artist: Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian)

Date: 1989

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: SmA.02.01

Description: A figure in centre front, dressed in a buckskin shirt, blue pants and a floppy hat, is pulling a laden sled, the trail vanishes into the distance, a mountain range in background, a mountainside with trees to the right, a full moon is in the top left of picture in a dark sky

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Artist: Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian)

Title: Poaching a Ram

Date: 1989

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 45.7 x 35.6 cm

Description: A figure in centre front, dressed in a buckskin shirt, blue pants and a floppy hat, is pulling a laden sled, the trail vanishes into the distance, a mountain range in background, a mountainside with trees to the right, a full moon is in the top left of picture in a dark sky

Subject: characters; Jimmy Simpson; landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of Jon Whyte, Banff, 1992

Catalogue Number: SmA.02.01

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Lake Louise

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Artist: Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian)

Date: 1987

Medium: serigraph on paper

Catalogue Number: SmA.04.01

Description: The mountain, Mount Victoria, dominates the top half and is reflected in Lake Louise the bottom half, in brown tones, the glacier is white and light blue, the sky is clear and light blue

Artist: Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian)

Title: Lake Louise

Date: 1987

Medium: serigraph on paper

Dimensions: 17.8 x 13.6 cm

Description: The mountain, Mount Victoria, dominates the top half and is reflected in Lake Louise the bottom half, in brown tones, the glacier is white and light blue, the sky is clear and light blue

Subject: landscape; mountain; lake; Lake Louise

Credit: Gift of Alice Saltiel, Canmore, 1992

Catalogue Number: SmA.04.01

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The Three Sisters

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Artist: Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian)

Date: 1989

Medium: serigraph on paper

Catalogue Number: SmA.04.06

Description: The foreground is a bank of snow and a road running parallel to the bottom edge, the left side has a curved fence with trees, trees line the road as well, the background is a line of mountains with the Three Sisters centre top, the sky is clear blue

Artist: Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian)

Title: The Three Sisters

Date: 1989

Medium: serigraph on paper

Dimensions: 13.7 x 18.5 cm

Description: The foreground is a bank of snow and a road running parallel to the bottom edge, the left side has a curved fence with trees, trees line the road as well, the background is a line of mountains with the Three Sisters centre top, the sky is clear blue

Subject: landscape; mountain; Three Sisters

Credit: Gift of Alice Saltiel, Canmore, 1992

Catalogue Number: SmA.04.06

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Mount Yamnuska

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Artist: Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian)

Date: 1988

Medium: serigraph on paper

Catalogue Number: SmA.04.03

Description: The top third is clear blue sky penetrated by a lone evergreen at left edge, the brown mountain is centred, snow and brown rocks alternate in foreground

Artist: Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian)

Title: Mount Yamnuska

Date: 1988

Medium: serigraph on paper

Dimensions: 23.0 x 25.7 cm

Description: The top third is clear blue sky penetrated by a lone evergreen at left edge, the brown mountain is centred, snow and brown rocks alternate in foreground

Subject: landscape; mountain; Mount Yamnuska

Credit: Gift of Alice Saltiel, Canmore, 1992

Catalogue Number: SmA.04.03

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Tranquility

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Artist: Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian)

Date: 1989

Medium: serigraph on paper

Catalogue Number: SmA.04.05

Description: A lone Canada goose swims to the left, rippled water is brown at top merging to blue and white at bottom, goose reflection in water

Artist: Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian)

Title: Tranquility

Date: 1989

Medium: serigraph on paper

Dimensions: 28.5 x 38.3 cm

Description: A lone Canada goose swims to the left, rippled water is brown at top merging to blue and white at bottom, goose reflection in water

Subject: animal; goose

Credit: Gift of Alice Saltiel, Canmore, 1992

Catalogue Number: SmA.04.05

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September Snow

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Artist: Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian)

Date: 1987

Medium: serigraph on paper

Catalogue Number: SmA.04.02

Description: A realistic rendering of a mule deer doe eating dried leaves through the snow, she is facing to the left, the hillside is sloping to the left, clumps of dried bushes and stones show through the snow, top left and top right are brown standing tree trunks, bushes in the foreground have red leaves

Artist: Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian)

Title: September Snow

Date: 1987

Medium: serigraph on paper

Dimensions: 38.2 x 42.5 cm

Description: A realistic rendering of a mule deer doe eating dried leaves through the snow, she is facing to the left, the hillside is sloping to the left, clumps of dried bushes and stones show through the snow, top left and top right are brown standing tree trunks, bushes in the foreground have red leaves

Subject: landscape; animal; deer; mule deer

Credit: Gift of Alice Saltiel, Canmore, 1992

Catalogue Number: SmA.04.02

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Rundle, Cascade and the Bow

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Artist: Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian)

Date: 1989

Medium: serigraph on paper

Catalogue Number: SmA.04.04

Description: The foreground is a snow covered bank, some grasses poking through, a river below turns to the left disappearing at centre left among trees, Mount Rundle is left centre, green with brown and white peaks, Cascade Mountain is in the distance centre right, the sky has a yellow glow fading into white …

Artist: Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian)

Title: Rundle, Cascade and the Bow

Date: 1989

Medium: serigraph on paper

Dimensions: 38.3 x 43.2 cm

Description: The foreground is a snow covered bank, some grasses poking through, a river below turns to the left disappearing at centre left among trees, Mount Rundle is left centre, green with brown and white peaks, Cascade Mountain is in the distance centre right, the sky has a yellow glow fading into white then blue at the top

Subject: landscape; mountain; river;

Credit: Gift of Alice Saltiel, Canmore, 1992

Catalogue Number: SmA.04.04

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Rock Pools, York River

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Seal Thoughts of Man

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Tea at the Whyte

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A Hunter of Peace

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Lookout #2, Pacific Rim

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Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia

Cadboro Bay Yacht Club, Victoria, British Columbia

Molar Pass

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Mount Balfour from Bow Pass

Oak Bay From Boathouse, Victoria, B.C

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River at Cahair - Limerick - Tipperery Road S. Ireland

Poaching a Ram

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