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Reggie Holmes fonds
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- Part Of
- Reggie Holmes fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds pertains to Reggie Holmes and associates, Stoney Indians, pack trips, particularly 1908 Schaffer trip to Maligne Lake.
- Date Range
- Copies made in 1980
- Reference Code
- V415
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Part Of
- Reggie Holmes fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- V 415
- Sous-Fonds
- V 415
- Accession Number
- 3323
- Reference Code
- V415
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- Copies made in 1980
- Physical Description
- 26 photographs : negatives
- History / Biographical
- Reggie Holmes, d.1919, was an outfitter and packer in the Rocky Mountains of Canada. Holmes accompanied the Mary Schaffer party to Maligne Lake, Alberta in 1908.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds pertains to Reggie Holmes and associates, Stoney Indians, pack trips, particularly 1908 Schaffer trip to Maligne Lake.
- Name Access
- Holmes, Reggie
- Schaffer, Mary
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Indigenous Peoples
- Maligne Lake
- Pack trips
- Stoney Nakoda
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: modern reference prints
- Creator
- Holmes, Reggie
- Title Source
- Title based on accession record
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Rhoda Rouse fonds
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- Part Of
- Rhoda Rouse fonds
- Scope & Content
- The Rhoda Rouse fonds pertains mainly to Alpine Club of Canada mountaineering camps including photographs of Assiniboine, O'Hara and Minnewanka areas and landscapes. Textual records include ACC banquet menus, brochures, programs, newsletters, financial information, newspaper articles, reports, gre…
- Date Range
- [ca.1930-ca.1977]
- Reference Code
- V548 / M181
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Rhoda Rouse fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 181
- V 548
- Sous-Fonds
- M 181
- V 548
- Accession Number
- 3638 (unproc), 3643 (unproc), 7774 (unproc)
- Reference Code
- V548 / M181
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- [ca.1930-ca.1977]
- Physical Description
- ca.346 photographs: ca.170 prints, ca.153 transparencies, postcards. -- ca.16 cm textual records.
- History / Biographical
- Rhoda Rouse (1902-1978) was born in Daysland Alberta (then N.W.T.), the daughter of John James and Eva Olive Williamene (Russell) Rouse. Unmarried and with no children, she was a member of the Class of 1923 in the Arts program at the University of British Columbia. She was a teacher at Maryland School south of Ogden and Pine Creek school near DeWinton, Alberta for several years and thereafter worked for Royalite Oil in Calgary for approximately 20 years. Upon her retirement at Royalite she returned to substitute teaching in the 1960s. She was a lifetime member of the Alpine Club of Canada, joining in 1944 and was active in the club and in the ACC camps. She spent much of her life in the outdoors and was a photography enthusiast. She was a friend of Joe Smith of Silver City.
- Scope & Content
- The Rhoda Rouse fonds pertains mainly to Alpine Club of Canada mountaineering camps including photographs of Assiniboine, O'Hara and Minnewanka areas and landscapes. Textual records include ACC banquet menus, brochures, programs, newsletters, financial information, newspaper articles, reports, greeting cards (annotated and unannotated), letters and correspondence with Elizabeth Rummell, 1930-1977.
- Name Access
- Rouse, Rhoda
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Mount Assiniboine
- Minnewanka, Lake
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Basic description only
- Creator
- Rouse, Rhoda
- Category
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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Rodney Touche fonds
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- Part Of
- Rodney Touche fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of manuscripts, ca.1976, "Naming Lake Louise" and untitled re skiing and ski development at Lake Louise, Skoki and Whitehorn. The latter describes history of Ski Club of the Canadian Rockies, ski lifts and the Village Lake Louise proposal. Third item is Beach House Hotel register, 1…
- Date Range
- 1887-1892, [ca.1976]
- Reference Code
- M377
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Textual record
- Corporate record
- Private record
- Part Of
- Rodney Touche fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 377
- Sous-Fonds
- M 377
- Accession Number
- 2647
- Reference Code
- M377
- Date Range
- 1887-1892, [ca.1976]
- Physical Description
- 3 textual records
- History / Biographical
- Rodney Touche was a businessman and ski developer at Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of manuscripts, ca.1976, "Naming Lake Louise" and untitled re skiing and ski development at Lake Louise, Skoki and Whitehorn. The latter describes history of Ski Club of the Canadian Rockies, ski lifts and the Village Lake Louise proposal. Third item is Beach House Hotel register, 1887-1892, Lake Minnewanka. Includes name, residence and frequently number and size of fish caught.
- Name Access
- Touche, Rodney
- Subject Access
- Beach House Hotel
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Village Lake Louise
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Related Material
- Beach House register is related to a similar item in Violet Soole, collector (M405)
- Creator
- Touche, Rodney
- Category
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on accession record
- Processing Status
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O'Hara : stories of a beloved landscape and the people who have shaped it
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- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- May 2019
- Author
- Ward, Meghan J.
- Publisher
- Crowfoot Media
- Call Number
- P
1 website
- Author
- Ward, Meghan J.
- Publisher
- Crowfoot Media
- Published Date
- May 2019
- Physical Description
- p.66-75
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Lake O'Hara
- Lake O'Hara Bungalow Camp
- Lake O'Hara Lodge
- Lake O'Hara region
- Lake O'Hara Trails Club
- Alpine Club of Canada
- History
- Elizabeth Parker Hut
- Abbot Pass Hut
- Hiking
- Conservation
- Abstract
- Pertains to the Lake O'Hara area including the history of its "discovery", creation of trail systems, Alpine Club of Canada activities, lodges, huts and access parameters. Includes many images from the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies Archives & Library.
- Notes
- In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol.04, May 2019
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Website for Crowfoot Media - publishers of Canadian Rockies Annual
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Commemorative Coin Collection
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- Date
- 1979 – 1983
- Material
- metal; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1062 a-e
- Description
- 5 Banff/Lake Louise souvenir dollar coins in vinyl case. 5 silver dollar coins dating 1979 to 1983, all with lake scenes, Moraine Lake 1979, Lake Minnewanka 1980, Bow Lake 1981, Lake Louise 1982, Vermilion Lakes 1983. All are set in a beige and brown case,a white card is included on the inside list…
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- Title
- Commemorative Coin Collection
- Date
- 1979 – 1983
- Material
- metal; plastic
- Description
- 5 Banff/Lake Louise souvenir dollar coins in vinyl case. 5 silver dollar coins dating 1979 to 1983, all with lake scenes, Moraine Lake 1979, Lake Minnewanka 1980, Bow Lake 1981, Lake Louise 1982, Vermilion Lakes 1983. All are set in a beige and brown case,a white card is included on the inside listing the 5 scenes and the price 15.00. The case is 13.5 x 11.0,the coins 3.2 in diameter.
- Subject
- Banff National Park
- souvenir
- centennial
- Moraine Lake
- Lake Minnewanka
- Bow Lake
- Lake Louise
- Vermilion Lakes
- Credit
- Gift of Banff-Lake Louise Chamber of Commerce, Banff, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1062 a-e
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Peaks and parks of Western Canada
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- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 1941
- Publisher
- In National Geographic Vol. 80, No. 4, October 1941
- Call Number
- P
- Publisher
- In National Geographic Vol. 80, No. 4, October 1941
- Published Date
- 1941
- Physical Description
- p.516-526, illustrations
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Banff National Park
- Emerald Lake
- Jasper National Park
- Lake Louise
- Lake O'Hara
- Maligne Lake
- Vermilion Lakes
- Waterton Lakes National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Comparison of sedimentation regimes in four glacier-fed lakes of Western Alberta
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Author
- Smith, Norman D
- Call Number
- 03.5 Sm6cs Pam
- Author
- Smith, Norman D
- Responsibility
- Norman D. Smith, Mark A. Vendl and Stephen K. Kennedy
- Physical Description
- p.203-237 : maps
- Subjects
- Bow Lake
- Hector Lake
- Peyto Lake
- Waterfowl Lakes
- Notes
- From Research in Glacial, Glaciofluvial, and Glacio-lacustrine Systems : Proceedings of the 6th Guelph Symposium on Geomorphology, 1980
- Bibliography
- Accession Number
- 3726
- Call Number
- 03.5 Sm6cs Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Confessions of a ski bum : the Icefields Parkway Lake Louise to Bow Summit
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- Baranow, Marcus
- Publisher
- Lake Louise, Alberta : Get to the Mountains Publishing
- Call Number
- 01 B23i
- Author
- Baranow, Marcus
- Publisher
- Lake Louise, Alberta : Get to the Mountains Publishing
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- 251 pages
- Series
- Confessions of a Ski Bum
- Abstract
- A modern backcountry ski guide for the roadside areas found along The Icefields Parkway in Banff National Park. Includes detailed descriptions, directions, terrain photos and maps of hundreds of options from chill yoyo laps to committing, no fall, ski lines.-- from back cover
- Contents
- East Side ; Hector South Ridge ; Hector South Peak ; Mount Hector Roadside ; Hector Pass ; Noseeum Creek ; Mosquito Creek ; Helen Creek ; Helen Shoulder ; Crystal Ridge Roadside ; Crystal Ridge Backside ; Cirque Forepeak ; Observation Sub Peak ; Observation Peak ; The Pulpit Knobs ; Pulpit 1 Knob ; Pulpit 2 Knob ; Pulpit 3 Knob ; Pulpit 4 Knob ; Pulpit 5 Knob ; Pulpit 6 Knob ; Bow Peak Roadside ; Crowfoot Pass ; Bow Lakeside ; Ferris Glacier ; Wapta Icefield ; Mount Jimmy Jr. ; Bow Summit ; Day Traverses
- ISBN
- 9780991748518
- Accession Number
- P2022.01
- Call Number
- 01 B23i
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Glaciolacustrine sedimentation and holocene glacial history, Northern Banff National Park, Alberta
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1983
- Author
- Leonard, Eric Michael
- Publisher
- Ann Arbor (MI) : University Microfilms
- Call Number
- 03.4 L55
- Author
- Leonard, Eric Michael
- Publisher
- Ann Arbor (MI) : University Microfilms
- Published Date
- 1983
- Physical Description
- xiv, 271p. : ill., maps
- Subjects
- Bow Lake
- Crowfoot Lake
- Hector Lake
- Notes
- Thesis (Ph.D.),University of Colorado, 1981
- Bibliography
- Accession Number
- 16000
- Call Number
- 03.4 L55
- Collection
- Archives Library
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July and August Album
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- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of 1 photograph album compiled by Frank W. Freeborn of New York City for the Alpine Club of Canada. The album pertains to a 1909 ACC trip in and around Lake Louise, Banff, Lake O'Hara, and Field, as well as the Mt. Hood area of Oregon, and includes black and white photographs, all of …
- Date Range
- 1909
- Reference Code
- V14 / AC 55P / PD - 5
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M200 / S6 / V14
- Series
- IV.B. Other material: photographic
- Sous-Fonds
- V14
- Accession Number
- 5200
- Reference Code
- V14 / AC 55P / PD - 5
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1909
- Physical Description
- 1 album (194 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20.3 x 25.5 cm)
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of 1 photograph album compiled by Frank W. Freeborn of New York City for the Alpine Club of Canada. The album pertains to a 1909 ACC trip in and around Lake Louise, Banff, Lake O'Hara, and Field, as well as the Mt. Hood area of Oregon, and includes black and white photographs, all of which are annotated in white ink. A small white paper with "G" printed on it is adhered to the top left corner of the front cover and "1909" is written in white ink in the middle of the front cover.
- Name Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Animals
- Backpacking
- Bow Falls
- Bow River
- Bow Valley
- Buildings
- Camps
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Climbing
- Clothing and dress
- Club
- Environment and Nature
- Glaciers
- Hiking
- Hotels
- Lake Louise
- Lake O'hara
- Landscapes
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers
- Mountains
- Period costume
- Photography
- Portrait
- Railways
- Scenery
- scenic
- Trails
- Trains
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Field
- Yoho National Park
- Oregon
- Language
- English
- Finding Aid
- Inventory of the Alpine Club of Canada Collection, 1986, provides group or item-level description to this material
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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