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[untitled - Alpine Club of Canada, Paradise Valley Camp near Lake Louise ]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19585
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- 1907
- Author
- Harmon, Byron
- Publisher
- Byron Harmon
- Call Number
- V58-PG-7
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- Author
- Harmon, Byron
- Place
- Banff, Canada
- Publisher
- Byron Harmon
- Published Date
- 1907
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Abstract
- Alpine Club of Canada, Paradise Valley Camp near Lake Louise On back of postcard: Assortment of 300 Subjects
- Notes
- b&w
- Accession Number
- 2944
- Call Number
- V58-PG-7
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[untitled - Paradise Valley, Alpine Club of Canada Camp]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19586
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- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- 1907
- Author
- Harmon, Byron
- Publisher
- Byron Harmon
- Call Number
- V58-PG-8
1 image
- Author
- Harmon, Byron
- Place
- Banff, Canada
- Publisher
- Byron Harmon
- Published Date
- 1907
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Abstract
- 3 unidentified women with backs turned away from camera. Paradise Valley, Alpine Club of Canada Camp
- Notes
- b&w
- Accession Number
- 2944
- Call Number
- V58-PG-8
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[untitled - corner of Caribou Street and Banff Avenue with Mount Royal Hotel and Mount Rundle Banff, Alberta, Canada]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19587
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- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1960
- Publisher
- The Coast Publishing Co., Ltd.
- Call Number
- V86/PG-1
1 image
- Responsibility
- Kodach & Rome Card
- Place
- Vancouver, Canada Printed in U.S.A.
- Publisher
- The Coast Publishing Co., Ltd.
- Published Date
- ca. 1960
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Notes
- colour
- Accession Number
- 1195
- Call Number
- V86/PG-1
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- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1964
- Author
- Oxborough, Dorothy
- Publisher
- Double L Color Productions Ltd.
- Call Number
- V375/PG-8
1 image
- Variant Title
- Canadian Indian Child
- Author
- Oxborough, Dorothy
- Responsibility
- Evergreen Press Limited
- Place
- Made in Canada
- Publisher
- Double L Color Productions Ltd.
- Published Date
- ca. 1964
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Notes
- colour
- Accession Number
- 17000
- Call Number
- V375/PG-8
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- Published Date
- ca. 1968
- Author
- Oxborough, Dorothy
- Publisher
- Double L Color Productions Ltd.
- Call Number
- V375/PG-10
1 image
- Variant Title
- Canadian Indian Child
- Author
- Oxborough, Dorothy
- Responsibility
- Evergreen Press Limited
- Place
- Made in Canada
- Publisher
- Double L Color Productions Ltd.
- Published Date
- ca. 1968
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Notes
- colour
- Accession Number
- 17000
- Call Number
- V375/PG-10
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- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1961
- Author
- McDowall, Jack
- Publisher
- Pacific Colour Service Limited
- Call Number
- V616/PG-5
1 image
- Variant Title
- Summer Snow at Lake Louise, Alberta
- Author
- McDowall, Jack
- Responsibility
- The Keystone Press Ltd.
- Place
- Vancouver, Canada
- Publisher
- Pacific Colour Service Limited
- Published Date
- ca. 1961
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Notes
- colour
- Accession Number
- 3364
- Call Number
- V616/PG-5
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- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1968
- Publisher
- Grant-Mann Lithographers Ltd.
- Call Number
- V648-PG-5
1 image
- Variant Title
- Cascade Hotel
- Place
- Vancouver
- Publisher
- Grant-Mann Lithographers Ltd.
- Published Date
- ca. 1968
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Abstract
- (duplicate copy)
- Notes
- colour
- Accession Number
- 4095
- Call Number
- V648-PG-5
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- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1960
- Publisher
- Byron Harmon Photos
- Call Number
- V466/PG-B99h-2
1 image
- Variant Title
- Banff Chair Lift on Mt. Norquay [Mount Norquay]
- Responsibility
- Scenic Art
- Place
- Banff, Canada Richmond, California Printed in U.S.A.
- Publisher
- Byron Harmon Photos
- Published Date
- ca. 1960
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Abstract
- Features Mount Rundle and the Bow Valley in background
- Notes
- Annotated
- colour
- scenes in natural Colour
- Includes postage stamp
- Accession Number
- 6394
- Call Number
- V466/PG-B99h-2
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- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1960
- Publisher
- Byron Harmon Photos
- Call Number
- V466/PG-B99h-7
1 image
- Variant Title
- Lake Louise - Mount Lefroy and Victoria Glacier - showing the Iceland Poppies which grow in abundance at this famed resort
- Responsibility
- Scenic Art
- Place
- Banff, Canada Berkeley, Calif. Printed in U.S.A.
- Publisher
- Byron Harmon Photos
- Published Date
- ca. 1960
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Notes
- Annotated
- colour
- scenes in natural Colour
- Includes postage stamp
- Accession Number
- 4015
- Call Number
- V466/PG-B99h-7
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- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1960
- Publisher
- The Coast Publishing Co.
- Call Number
- V466/PG-C63-27
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- Variant Title
- Canadian Rockies, Lake Louise and Victoria Glacier
- Place
- Vancouver, Canada
- Publisher
- The Coast Publishing Co.
- Published Date
- ca. 1960
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Notes
- Annotated
- colour
- kodachrome
- Includes postage stamp
- Accession Number
- 6394
- Call Number
- V466/PG-C63-27
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- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1963
- Publisher
- The Coast Publishing Co., Ltd.
- Call Number
- V466/PG-C63-28
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- Variant Title
- Canadian Rockies, Lake Louise and the Swimming Pool
- Place
- Vancouver, Canada Printed in U.S.A.
- Publisher
- The Coast Publishing Co., Ltd.
- Published Date
- ca. 1963
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Notes
- Annotated
- colour
- Accession Number
- 6394
- Call Number
- V466/PG-C63-28
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A warrior I have been : Plains Indian cultures in transition : the Richard Green collection of Plains Indian art
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19791
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2004
- Author
- Green, Richard
- Publisher
- Folsom, LA : Written Heritage
- Call Number
- 07.2 Gr82a
- Author
- Green, Richard
- Responsibility
- Text by Richard Green ; with an introduction by Michael G. Johnson
- Publisher
- Folsom, LA : Written Heritage
- Published Date
- 2004
- Physical Description
- 205 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm
- Subjects
- First Nations
- Beading
- Clothing
- Art
- Abstract
- Pertains to regalia, clothing, tools, tipi furniture and beaded objects created by Plains Indigenous people with a focus on items in the private collection of Richard Green. Includes photographs by Byron Harmon and photographs of Hector Crawler, with references to Banff Indian Days and the Calgary Stampede.
- Contents
- Acknowledgments, foreword / Carole Morris -- Introduction / Michael G. Johnson -- Behold these things : Northern Plains parade regalia -- Something splendid I wear : Plains trade cloth dresses -- In paint and feathers : on tour with Pahaska -- Some honor I seek : Sioux Indians in early photographs -- White man's vision : evolving stereotypes of the Plains Indian -- The catalog : reservation period Plains Indian art -- The warrior's world : weapons, clothing, trade cloth clothing, non-native influences, dance regalia -- The women's world : tools and implements, tipi furniture, clothing -- Childhood -- Horsegear -- Tobacco bags -- Bags and pouches -- Moccasins -- Made for sale -- Maps -- Bibliography.
- ISBN
- 0-9671494-1-X
- Accession Number
- p2019-11
- Call Number
- 07.2 Gr82a
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Challenging frontiers : the Canadian west
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19801
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2004
- Author
- Felske, Lorry W., Beverly Jean Rasporich (editors)
- Publisher
- Calgary : University of Calgary Press
- Call Number
- 08.2 Fe33c
- Responsibility
- Edited by Lorry W. Felske and Beverly Jean Rasporich
- Publisher
- Calgary : University of Calgary Press
- Published Date
- 2004
- Physical Description
- vii, 375 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Landscapes
- Artists
- Prairies, Canadian
- First Nations
- Mining
- Music
- Immigration
- Chinese
- Politics
- Ranching
- Abstract
- Pertains to Indigenous people and Asian immigration in Western Canada, the Banff Springs Hotel, coal mining in Calgary, Canadian Pacific Hotels, Wilf Carter, Group of Seven, Sid Marty
- Contents
- Introduction : challenging frontiers / Lorry W. Felske and Beverly Rasporich -- Shooting a Saskatoon (whatever happened to the Marlboro man?) / Aritha van Herk -- Regionalism, landscape, and identity in the prairie west / R. Douglas Francis -- Celebrating magpies : artists Paul Kane, Hongeeyesa, and Emily Carr / Ann Davis -- Two months in big bear's camp, 1885 : narratives of "Indian captivity" and the articulation of "race" and "gender" hierarchies in western Canada / Sarah Carter -- Roughing it in the west, or, whose frontier, whose history? / Janice Dickin -- Diversifying our past : finding a place for coal mining communities in Alberta's historic identity / Lorry W. Felske -- When the "wild west" is me : re-viewing cowboys and Indians / Emma LaRocque -- Managing contradictory visions of the west : the great Richardson/Weadick experiment / Robert Seiler and Tamara Seiler -- Hank Snow and the eastern frontiers of western music / Brian Rusted -- Standard prairie grain elevators : a disappearing icon / Geoffrey Simmins -- From somewhere to everywhere to nowhere : the bank of Montreal as a case of vanishing identity / Michael McMordie -- Asian immigration to western Canada / Madeline A. Kalbach -- Chinese-language media across the west / Lloyd Sciban -- The reform and alliance experiments : federal politics in Western Canada / David Taras -- Constancy amid change : ranching in Western Canada / Max Foran -- North/Western aurages : the soundscapes of Allan Gordon Bell / Marcia Jenneth Epstein -- Rodeos, ranching and the house of tea : Irene McCaugherty and Esther Warkov re-invent the West / Beverly Rasporich.
- ISBN
- 1-55238-140-4
- Accession Number
- p2019-21
- Call Number
- 08.2 Fe33c
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Qu'Appelle : tales of two valleys
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19812
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2002
- Author
- Ring, Dan
- Publisher
- Saskatoon : Mendel Art Gallery
- Call Number
- 06.1 Ri47qu
- Author
- Ring, Dan
- Responsibility
- Dan Ring, Trevor Herriot, Robert Stacey
- Publisher
- Saskatoon : Mendel Art Gallery
- Published Date
- 2002
- Physical Description
- 157 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
- Subjects
- Saskatchewan
- Art
- History
- Geography
- Exhibition catalogue
- Abstract
- Catalogue for the touring exhibition held at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ont., March 2-May 5, 2002, the Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask., June 14-Sept. 2, 2002 and at the Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Sask., Sept. 27, 2002-Jan. 12, 2003. Exhibition curated by Dan Ring and Robert Stacey ; catalogue essays by Dan Ring, Robert Stacey and Trevor Herriot.
- Contents
- Foreword / Gilles He´bert -- Qu'Appelle: tales of two valleys / Dan Ring -- Down to the Qu'Appelle / Trevor Herriot -- Who calls: a Qu'Appelle quest / Robert Stacey -- Bibliography / Robert Stacey -- Catalogue of the exhibition.
- Notes
- Pertains to paintings that are held in the Art & Heritage Collection by James Henderson
- ISBN
- 1-896359-32-9
- Accession Number
- 2019.34
- Call Number
- 06.1 Ri47qu
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Mountaineering : the freedom of the hills
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19829
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1960
- Author
- The Mountaineers, Seattle
- Publisher
- Seattle : The Mountaineers
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Call Number
- 01 M86 1963
- Author
- The Mountaineers, Seattle
- Responsibility
- planned by the Climbing Committee of the Mountaineers
- Harvey Manning, chairman of editors
- editorial committee: John R. Hazle and others
- illus: Donna Balch Cook and Robert Cram
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Publisher
- Seattle : The Mountaineers
- Published Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- x, 430p. : ill
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Manuals
- Equipment
- Camping
- Travel
- Rock climbing
- Snow
- Ice
- Ice climbing
- First aid
- Geology
- Abstract
- Pertains to how to safely mountaineer with a focus on North America as per the Mountaineers Climbing Committee
- Contents
- Preface
- Part One - Approaching the Peaks
- Equipment
- Camping and Sleeping
- Alpine Cuisine
- Wilderness Travel
- Navigation in the Hills
- Part Two - Rock Climbing
- Routefinding on Rock
- Balance
- Counterforce
- Roped Climbing
- Belaying
- Pitoncraft and Rappels
- Part Three - Snow and Ice Climbing
- Snow
- Ice
- Glaciers
- Arrests and Belays
- Part Four - Safe Climbing
- The Climbing Party and its Leadership
- Climbing Dangers
- First Aid
- Alpine Rescue
- Part Five - The Climbing Environment
- Mountain Geology
- The Cycle of Snow
- Mountain Weather
- Appendix - Food Requirements for Climbers
- ISBN
- 0916890015
- Accession Number
- 2019.43
- Call Number
- 01 M86 1963
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Country post : rural postal service in Canada, 1880 to 1945
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19833
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2003
- Author
- Amyot, Chantal and John Willis
- Publisher
- Gatineau, Quebec : Canadian Postal Museum
- Call Number
- 08.1 Am1c
1 website
- Responsibility
- Chantal Amyot and John Willis
- Publisher
- Gatineau, Quebec : Canadian Postal Museum
- Published Date
- 2003
- Physical Description
- 210 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Postal services
- History
- Canada
- Abstract
- Pertains to the ways in which rural postal service combat isolationism in rural communities across Canada while using examples in Alberta. References and/or photos pertaining to Alberta include the following locations, Bently, Beverly, Big Valley, Capon, Claresholm, Consort, Coronation, Cressman, Gadsby, Hanna, Kinnodale, Lacombe, Ogden, Rapid City, Lethbridge, Red Lodge, Richdale, Rimbey, Stand Off, Troche, Wardlow and Worsley. The book draws similarities to the isolationism that was likely to exist in the Rocky Mountains at the time of early settlement, and the ways in which rural postal services increased communication among communities.
- Contents
- Foreword -- Canadian Postal Museum -- Foreword -- Canada post -- Foreword -- Canadian postmasters and assistants association -- Ch. 1. The transformation of rural society in Canada and the post office -- Ch. 2. The significance and symbolism of post offices and their locations -- Ch. 3. The rural postmaster -- Ch. 4. Social role of the post -- Ch. 5. Sending saving, and spending money -- Conclusion : whither the rural post office?
- Notes
- References and/or photographs of locations in Alberta can be found on the following pages Bently (98), Beverly (103), Big Valley (132), Capon (80), Claresholm (109), Consort (123), Coronation (114), Cressman (43), Gadsby (107), Hanna (98 and 124), Kinnodale (57 and 59), Lacombe (51), Lethbridge (89), Ogden (88), Rapid City (59), Red Lodge (59), Richdale (85), Rimbey (98), Stand Off (41), Troche (116), Wardlow (105) and Worsley (97)
- ISBN
- 0660189984
- Accession Number
- 2019.44
- Call Number
- 08.1 Am1c
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- Archives Library
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- Avaliable through online subscription to jstor
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In the heart of the Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19853
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1905
- Author
- Outram, James
- Publisher
- London : Macmillan & Co., LTD
- Call Number
- 02.6 O1i
- Author
- Outram, James
- Responsibility
- James Outram
- Publisher
- London : Macmillan & Co., LTD
- Published Date
- 1905
- Physical Description
- 466 pages
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Rocky Mountains
- Rocky Mountains Canada
- Outram, James
- Travel
- Mountaineers Canadian
- Mountaineers, British
- Great Britain
- Abstract
- Pertains to the experiences of James Outram, an English mountaineer and author. With a specific chapter dedicated to Banff, the author offers insight into what he considered to be the ‘training’ area of the Rocky Mountains, that being Banff itself. Due to his comprehensive climbing experience, the author is able to provide the reader with specific details pertaining to the Canadian Rocky Mountains based on his personal experience and adventures.
- Contents
- I. The mountains and their history
- II. Banff the beautiful
- III. Mt. Assiniboine
- IV. Lake Louise
- V. The tragedy on Mt. Lefroy
- VI. The valley of the ten peaks
- VII. Field and Mt. Stephen
- VIII. The Yoho Valley
- IX. The ottertail group
- X. The valley of the upper bow
- XI. The sources of the North Saskatchewan
- XII. Mt. Forbes
- XIII. The mountains of the West Branch
- XIV. Mt. Bryce
- XV. Farther north
- Notes
- Chapter dedicated to Banff contained in the following page numbers ; 27 -37
- Accession Number
- 2019.54
- Call Number
- 02.6 O1i
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Glacier and Mount Revelstoke National parks: where rivers are born
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19860
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1965
- Author
- Baird, David M.
- Publisher
- Ottawa, Geological survey of Canada, Dept. of mines and technical surveys
- Call Number
- 13.115 B11g Pam
- Author
- Baird, David M.
- Responsibility
- David M. Baird
- Publisher
- Ottawa, Geological survey of Canada, Dept. of mines and technical surveys
- Published Date
- 1965
- Physical Description
- v, 104 pages illustrations, maps (1 folded color). 18 cm.
- Subjects
- Geology
- Geology - British Columbia
- Mount Revelstoke National Park
- Glacier National Park
- British Columbia
- Banff National Park
- Abstract
- Pertains to the geology of Glacier and Mount Revelstoke National parks. While providing an overview of the geology, the author also provides the reader with specific details making the experience well rounded. The content pertains to the Rocky Mountains and makes specific mention to Banff and Banff National park
- Contents
- Introduction
- Divides
- Boundaries of the parks
- Origin of the mountains
- The rocks
- The sculpturing of the mountains
- Regional differences in the mountains
- Shapes of mountains
- Roadlog and points of interest along the Trans-Canada Highway
- Epilogue
- Index
- Notes
- The page numbers for the following locations listed in the abstract are as follows; Banff (37), Banff National Park (vi, 4, 19, 37 and 40)
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- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 13.115 B11g Pam
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Canada's quiet place
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19862
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1964
- Author
- Canada National and Historic Parks Branch
- Publisher
- [Ottawa] : [Queen's Printer]
- Call Number
- 13.117 B72c Pam
- Publisher
- [Ottawa] : [Queen's Printer]
- Published Date
- 1964
- Physical Description
- 9 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, map
- Abstract
- Pertains to a guidebook aimed at preserving Canadas National Parks. Includes tips to reduce harm to wildlife, the environment and others, while encouraging visitors to enjoy the beauty of the National Parks.
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 13.117 B72c Pam
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The story of the mountains : Banff National Park
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19863
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1960
- Author
- Belyea, Helen R.
- Publisher
- Ottawa [Queen's Printer]
- Call Number
- 13.115 B41s Pam
- Variant Title
- The story of the mountains in Banff National park
- Author
- Belyea, Helen R.
- Responsibility
- Helen R. Belyea
- Publisher
- Ottawa [Queen's Printer]
- Published Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- 42 pages
- Abstract
- Pertains to the history of Banff National Park. The author, Helen R. Belyea, provides a comprehensive description and glossary pertaining to the type of rocks that makes up the mountains in Banff National Park. Additionally, she highlights specific areas of geological interest such as, but not limited to the following: Hoodoos viewpoint, Sulphur Mountain, Lake Minnewanka, Mount Norquay and the Hot Springs. Due to the nature of the publication, that being a Geological Survey of Canada, the author includes an excerpt on rock formation for each area marked as one of geological interest.
- Contents
- The rocks (pg. 4)
- The building of the mountains (pg. 12)
- Mountain sculpture (pg.13)
- Drainage patterns (pg. 17)
- Glossary of terms (pg. 18)
- References (pg. 23)
- Local points of geological interest (pg. 24)
- Photographs (pg. 43)
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 13.115 B41s Pam
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