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B. C. 1887 : a ramble in British Columbia

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

Published Date: 1888

Author: Lees, James Arthur

Publisher: London : Longmans, Green

Call Number: 02.5 K83l

Author: Lees, James Arthur

Responsibility: by J. A. Lees and W. J. Clutterbuck

Publisher: London : Longmans, Green

Published Date: 1888

Physical Description: viii, 387p. : ill., port., map, facsim

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

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway; Kootenay region

Accession Number: 400; 3069

Call Number: 02.5 K83l

Collection: Archives Library

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Banff Springs Hotel advertisement

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: 1888

Call Number: P

Published Date: 1888

Physical Description: p.368

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Banff Springs Hotel; Canadian Pacific Railway

Notes: In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.1, no.23 (December 1888)

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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Banff Train Station

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of the Banff Train Station with trains and train cars stopped on the tracks, people walking along the wooden platform, and horse-drawn carriages clustered around the building - taken from above

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 672

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 672

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of the Banff Train Station with trains and train cars stopped on the tracks, people walking along the wooden platform, and horse-drawn carriages clustered around the building - taken from above

Subject Access: Canadian Pacific Railway; Buildings; Horses; Trains

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Train Station

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of the Banff Train Station with trains stopped on the tracks, people on the platform, and horse-drawn carriages gathered around the building

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 683

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 683

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of the Banff Train Station with trains stopped on the tracks, people on the platform, and horse-drawn carriages gathered around the building

Subject Access: Buildings; Canadian Pacific Railway; Horses; Trains

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Canadian north-west and British Columbia : two speeches

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

Published Date: 1886

Author: Lansdowne, Henry Charles..., Governor-General of Canada

Publisher: Ottawa : Department of Agriculture

Call Number: 02.4 L29 Pam

Author: Lansdowne, Henry Charles..., Governor-General of Canada

Publisher: Ottawa : Department of Agriculture

Published Date: 1886

Physical Description: 32p. : map

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

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: 02.4 L29 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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The Canadian Pacific : the new highway to the East, across the mountains, prairies and rivers of Canada

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

Published Date: 1888

Publisher: Montreal : Canadian Pacific Railway

Call Number: 02.4 C16cpe 1888 Pam

Publisher: Montreal : Canadian Pacific Railway

Published Date: 1888

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

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway

Accession Number: 38500

Call Number: 02.4 C16cpe 1888 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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The Canadian Pacific : the new highway to the Orient across the mountains, prairies and rivers of Canada

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

Published Date: 1885

Publisher: [Montreal] : Canadian Pacific Railway

Edition: 1st ed

Call Number: 02.4 C16cp 1885 Pam

Edition: 1st ed

Publisher: [Montreal] : Canadian Pacific Railway

Published Date: 1885

Physical Description: 48p. : ill., map

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

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway; Guidebooks

Accession Number: 38500

Call Number: 02.4 C16cp 1885 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Canadian Pacific historic photographs - Alberta

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 31 photograph prints ordered by Eleanor Luxton from Canadian Pacific. Photographs pertain to construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian Pacific trains and ships, and historic views of Banff, Calgary, Fort McLeod, Strathcona and Edmonton.

Date Range: 1881 - 1898; 1903; 1927

Reference Code: LUX / II / B4 / PA - 8 to 38

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / B : Professional records

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / II / B4 : Historical research

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / B4 / PA - 8 to 38

Date Range: 1881 - 1898; 1903; 1927

Physical Description: 31 photographs : b&w prints ; 24 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 31 photograph prints ordered by Eleanor Luxton from Canadian Pacific. Photographs pertain to construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian Pacific trains and ships, and historic views of Banff, Calgary, Fort McLeod, Strathcona and Edmonton.

Notes: Prints in file were produced by Canadian Pacific for Eleanor Luxton between 1946 and 1949; original dates of images; Photographs in file are accompanied by Canadian Pacific mailing envelope addressed to Eleanor Luxton

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor

Subject Access: History; Canadian Pacific Railway; Trains; Transportation; Labour; Industry; Railways; Advertising

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Calgary; Edmonton; Fort McLeod; Strathcona

Access Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Items are stored in mylar

Category: Commerce and industry; Labour; Transportation

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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The Canadian Pacific Railway

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

Published Date: 1888

Publisher: The Illustrated London News

Call Number: 02.6 Il6t PAM O.S.

Responsibility: Sketches by Melton Prior

Publisher: The Illustrated London News

Published Date: 1888

Physical Description: 125 pages

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

Subjects: Travel; Tourism; Canadian Pacific Railway; Canadian Pacific Railway Company; Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels; Banff; Glacier House

Abstract: Pertains to the activities of the Canadian Pacific Railway as per Melton Prior who travelled from Montreal to Vancouver on the train and provided a review of the journey which includes sketches of Sir Donald, Great Glacier, Glacier Hotel, Hermit Range, Mount Carroll, Stony Creek Bridge and the interior of a colonial sleeping car.

Notes: In The Illustrated London News, Vol. XCIII, No. 2591, Saturday December 15, 1888, pp. 720 - 722

Accession Number: 7864

Call Number: 02.6 Il6t PAM O.S.

Collection: Archives Library

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The Canadian Pacific Railway

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: 1888

Call Number: P

Published Date: 1888

Physical Description: p.16

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Banff; Canadian Pacific Railway

Notes: In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.1 (July 1888)

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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The Canadian Pacific Railway

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

Published Date: 1885

Author: Grant, G.M.

Publisher: New York : The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Vol.XXX. No. 6, October 1885

Call Number: 08.5 G76c Pam

Author: Grant, G.M.

Publisher: New York : The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Vol.XXX. No. 6, October 1885

Published Date: 1885

Physical Description: 8 pages

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

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway

Accession Number: 2014.8385

Call Number: 08.5 G76c Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Canadian Pacific Railway : Banff and British Columbia

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

Published Date: 1888

Publisher: The Illustrated London News

Call Number: 02.6 Il6c PAM O.S.

Responsibility: Sketches by Melton Prior

Publisher: The Illustrated London News

Published Date: 1888

Physical Description: 125 pages

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

Subjects: Travel; Tourism; Canadian Pacific Railway; Canadian Pacific Railway Company; Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels; Hot springs; Hotels; Sanitarium Hotel; Banff; Glacier House

Abstract: Pertains to the activities of the Canadian Pacific Railway in Banff and Mount Stephen including railway access and hotels, hotsprings, sanitarium with associated sketches.

Notes: In The Illustrated London News, Vol. XCIII, No. 2588, Saturday, November 24, 1888, pp. 613 - 614

Accession Number: 7864

Call Number: 02.6 Il6c PAM O.S.

Collection: Archives Library

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The Canadian Rockies

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

Published Date: 1888

Author: Ingersoll, Ernest

Call Number: 02.6 In4 Pam oversize

Author: Ingersoll, Ernest

Published Date: 1888

Physical Description: p.465-472 : ill

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

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway

Accession Number: 17000

Call Number: 02.6 In4 Pam oversize

Collection: Archives Library

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Cascade Mountain, Banff, Alberta

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: 1888

Call Number: P

Published Date: 1888

Physical Description: p.136, ill.

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Cascade Mountain; Banff; Canadian Pacific Railway

Notes: In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.1 (September 1888); photograph on p.136, description on p.134

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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CPR History

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to b&w prints of CPR [Canadian Pacific Railway] hotels and trains throughout Banff National Park. Includes the 1926 fire at the Chateau Lake Louise, the Banff Springs Hotel, a train in motion on tracks, and recovery efforts after the 1910 avalanche that buried a train at Roger's Pass.

Date Range: [ca. 1886-1926]

Reference Code: V190 / VI / C / vi / PA - 01 to PA - 20

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

8 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, C : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: vi : CPR History

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / C / vi / PA - 01 to PA - 20

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca. 1886-1926]

Physical Description: 20 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to b&w prints of CPR [Canadian Pacific Railway] hotels and trains throughout Banff National Park. Includes the 1926 fire at the Chateau Lake Louise, the Banff Springs Hotel, a train in motion on tracks, and recovery efforts after the 1910 avalanche that buried a train at Roger's Pass.

Notes: Unclear if photographs were taken by Bruno or just collected by him.

Subject Access: Avalanches; Banff Springs Hotel; Canadian Pacific Railway; Chateau Lake Louise; Fire; Hotels; Roger's Pass; Trains; Tourism

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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De Montreal a Victoria par le transcontinental canadien

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

Published Date: 1887

Author: Beaugrand, M. Honore

Call Number: 02.4 B38 Pam

Author: Beaugrand, M. Honore

Responsibility: conference faite par M. Honore Beaugrand devant la Chambre de commerce du district de Montreal

Published Date: 1887

Physical Description: 52p. : ill

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

Subjects: Banff; Canadian Pacific Railway

Accession Number: 19500

Call Number: 02.4 B38 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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The Dominion illustrated : a Canadian pictorial weekly

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

Published Date: 1888-1891

Publisher: Montreal, Sabiston Lithographic and Pub. Co. [etc.]

Call Number: P Newspaper oversize

Publisher: Montreal, Sabiston Lithographic and Pub. Co. [etc.]

Published Date: 1888-1891

Physical Description: 7 v. : ill., ports

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

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway; Notman, William & Son; Politics

Notes: v. 1-7, no. 182; July 7, 1888-Dec. 26, 1891

Call Number: P Newspaper oversize

Collection: Archives Library

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Drift Bolt

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Date: 1880 – 1925

Material: wood; metal

Catalogue Number: 101.04.1001

Description: From Rogers Pass, bent bolt in piece of wood, splintering, large segment of support timber with rusting 1.8 cm diameter bent iron rod in drilled hole, one end sawed off, other broken.

1 image

Title: Drift Bolt

Date: 1880 – 1925

Material: wood; metal

Dimensions: 9.0 x 42.5 x 42.5 cm

Description: From Rogers Pass, bent bolt in piece of wood, splintering, large segment of support timber with rusting 1.8 cm diameter bent iron rod in drilled hole, one end sawed off, other broken.