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From barnacle to Banff : a story of the rising of the Rockies from the depth of the ocean to the height of a world famous resort : a tourist's guide to where to go, and what to do in Banff, playground of the Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19872
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1973
- Author
- Thomas, Harriet Hartley
- Publisher
- [Calgary : s.n.]
- Call Number
- 13.113 T36f Pam
- Author
- Thomas, Harriet Hartley
- Responsibility
- Harriet Hartley Thomas
- Publisher
- [Calgary : s.n.]
- Published Date
- 1973
- Physical Description
- 84 p. : ill., 1 map ; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Banff National Park
- Guidebook
- Alberta
- History
- Abstract
- Pertains to the people, stories and historical events that have shaped Banff National Park into becoming the mega tourist attraction it is today. The book features influential figures who have made an impact on the becoming of Banff, as well as many tourist attractions the author encourages people to visit.
- Contents
- Out of the depths (pg. 1)
- Coming of the Indians (pg. 3)
- Explorers and Missionaries (pg. 5)
- Siding 29 (pg. 10)
- The beginning of the tourist trade (pg. 13)
- Sulphur springs (pg. 16)
- Stories of Banff (pg. 27)
- H.M. King George VI's gift (pg. 39)
- The emancipation of the motor car in the park (pg. 43)
- Where to go in Banff (pg. 47)
- The mountains (pg. 75)
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 13.113 T36f Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Guide to the trails of Banff National Park
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19874
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1972
- Author
- National Parks Service
- Publisher
- [Ottawa] : National Parks Service
- Call Number
- 13.113 N21g Pam
- Author
- National Parks Service
- Publisher
- [Ottawa] : National Parks Service
- Published Date
- 1972
- Physical Description
- 12 p.
- Subjects
- Guidebook
- Banff National Park
- Abstract
- Pertains to the names, distances, locations and average hiking times for trails in and around Banff National Park. Additionally, the pamphlet contains information pertaining to parking, potential wildlife encounters and what visitors can expect from each trail. The trails include, but are not limited to the following; Tunnel Mountain Summit, Lake Minnewanka, Sundance Canyon, Cory Pass, Bourgeau Lake, Shadow Lake and Parker Ridge
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 13.113 N21g Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Perspectives : Canada's mountain national parks
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19875
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1974
- Author
- [Indian and Northern Affairs, Parks Canada]
- Publisher
- [Ottawa : Indian and Northern Affairs, Parks Canada]
- Call Number
- 13.113 P21p Pam
- Variant Title
- Perspectives : les parcs nationaux des montagnes du Canada
- Publisher
- [Ottawa : Indian and Northern Affairs, Parks Canada]
- Published Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- [20] p. : ill., map ; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Mountain Park
- Jasper National Park
- Banff National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Glacier National Park
- Waterton Lakes National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Guide
- Parks Canada
- Abstract
- Pertains to the guidelines and the brief histories of various peaks within Canada’s Mountain National Parks. The pamphlet features a guidelines section which focuses on concerns such as wildlife, fire safety, fishing and camping. Additionally, the pamphlet contains a brief history and other pertinent information for the following parks: Mount Revelstoke National Park, Glacier National Park, Yoho National Park, Kootenay National Park, Jasper National Park, Banff National Park and Waterton Lakes National Park.
- Notes
- The pamphlet is in both French and English
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 13.113 P21p Pam
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Weathered wood : anecdotes and history of the Banff-Sunshine area
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19880
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1977
- Author
- Brewster, F.O. 'Pat'
- Publisher
- [Banff? Alta. : s.n.]
- Edition
- second edition
- Call Number
- 08.3 B74w Pam
- Author
- Brewster, F.O. 'Pat'
- Responsibility
- F.O. 'Pat' Brewster
- Edition
- second edition
- Publisher
- [Banff? Alta. : s.n.]
- Published Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 64 p. : ill., ports. ; 21 cm
- Abstract
- Pertains to the people and experiences which had influenced the author, Pat Brewster, a lifelong Banff resident, during the course of his life. Brewster refers to men such as Bill Peyto and Sir George Simpson and the ways in which their work had influenced his life, through both direct and indirect contact. Additionally, the author shares personal stories about his experience skiing and the development of Sunshine Ski area.
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 08.3 B74w Pam
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Peyto Glacier : general information
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19881
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1975
- Author
- Sedgwick, J.K and W.E.S. Henoch
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Inland Waters Directorate
- Call Number
- 03.4 Se1p Pam
- Responsibility
- J.K. Sedgwick and W.E.S. Henoch
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Inland Waters Directorate
- Published Date
- 1975
- Physical Description
- 30 pages ; map
- Subjects
- Peyto Glacier
- Glaciers
- Abstract
- Pertains to information regarding the geology, climate, landforms and glaciological research concerning Peyto Glacier. Additionally, the pamphlet includes a large map showing the glaciological divisions surrounding Peyto Glacier.
- Notes
- The pamphlet includes a large map pertaining to the glaciological divisions surrounding Peyto Glacier
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 03.4 Se1p Pam
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- Archives Library
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A frontier guide to Calgary-Banff highway
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19883
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1977
- Author
- Frontier Publishing Ltd.
- Publisher
- [Calgary], [Frontier Pub.]
- Call Number
- 08.5 F92a Pam
- Author
- Frontier Publishing Ltd.
- Publisher
- [Calgary], [Frontier Pub.]
- Published Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 56 pages illustrations 21 cm
- Subjects
- Highways
- Highways - Alberta
- Guide
- Abstract
- Pertains to the changing forms of transportation between Calgary and Banff. The pamphlet discusses the origins and installment of the CPR, as well as the development of the highway between Banff and Calgary. The guide talks about the ways in which transportation has changed, in addition to the influential people such as Matthew Cochrane, who have facilitated said changes.
- ISBN
- 0919214177
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 08.5 F92a Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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A Frontier guide to mystic Jasper and the Yellowhead Pass
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19891
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1973
- Author
- Anderson, Frank W.
- Publisher
- Aldergrove, B.C. : Frontier Pub
- Call Number
- 08.3 J31a c.2 Pam
- Author
- Anderson, Frank W.
- Responsibility
- Frank W. Anderson
- Publisher
- Aldergrove, B.C. : Frontier Pub
- Published Date
- 1973
- Physical Description
- 56 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21 cm.
- Subjects
- Jasper
- Jasper National Park
- History
- Rocky Mountains and Jasper Parks
- Rocky Mountains
- Yellowhead Pass
- Abstract
- Pertains to the history, and early events that led to the creation of Jasper National Park. The author, Frank Anderson, encourages readers to delve into the history surrounding the unmarked territory in Jasper. Through discussion of the Fur Trade era, the Railroad era and the Peaceful era, the author demonstrates the ways in which Jasper has since evolved from its earlier beginnings.
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 08.3 J31a c.2 Pam
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- Archives Library
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Lake Louise, Moraine Lake : interpreting the mountain landscape
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19892
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1974
- Author
- Kucera, Richard E.
- Publisher
- Victoria, B.C. : Evergreen Press
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Call Number
- 03.2 K95l Pam
- Author
- Kucera, Richard E.
- Responsibility
- Richard E. Kucera
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Publisher
- Victoria, B.C. : Evergreen Press
- Published Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 61 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Banff National Park
- Lake Louise
- Moraine Lake
- Abstract
- Pertains to the geological effects that have been essential in the natural process of creating both Lake Louise and Moraine Lake. Through a deeper analysis of topics such as landscape creation, glaciation patterns and debris slopes, the reader is afforded an opportunity to better understand the mountains, and the reasons as to why they exist as they do. The book offers a greater understanding of mountain landscapes and the forces needed to facilitate their existence.
- Contents
- Introduction (pg. 5)
- Discovery (pg. 5)
- Early Investigations (pg. 6)
- Mapping the rocks (pg. 7)
- Mountain building (pg. 12)
- Creation of the landscape (pg. 17)
- Early glaciations (pg. 18)
- Lake Agnes (pg. 21)
- Lake Louise (pg. 25)
- Victoria Glacier (pg. 27)
- Wenkchemna Glacier (pg. 39)
- Why are lakes coloured? (pg. 44)
- Debris slopes (pg. 45)
- Snow Avalanches (pg. 50)
- Neptuak Landslide (pg. 52)
- Moraine Lake Landslide (pg. 57)
- Acknowledgements (pg. 60)
- Selected references (pg. 61)
- Map - trails and geomorphic features (pg. 62 and 63)
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 03.2 K95l Pam
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One man's mountains : Joe Weiss in Jasper
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19896
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1979
- Author
- Collinson, Helen
- Publisher
- Edmonton : The University of Alberta Collections
- Author
- Collinson, Helen
- Responsibility
- Helen Collinson
- Publisher
- Edmonton : The University of Alberta Collections
- Published Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 43 pages : illustrations ; 20 x 23 cm
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Weiss, Joe
- Photography
- Jasper
- Jasper National Park
- Pictorial works
- Bibliography
- Exhibition catalogue
- Alberta
- Canadian Rockies
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Accession Number
- 2019.64
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- Archives Library
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Pack saddles to Te^te Jaune Cache
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19908
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1973
- Author
- MacGregor, James Grierson
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Hurtig.
- Call Number
- 08.3 M11p
- Author
- MacGregor, James Grierson
- Responsibility
- James Grierson MacGregor
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Hurtig.
- Published Date
- 1973
- Physical Description
- 256 pages : map ; 20 cm
- Subjects
- Jasper
- Tete Jaune Cache
- Candian
- Pioneer life
- Alberta
- Abstract
- Pertains to the story of James Shand Harvey, an early settler who pioneered in what is now Jasper National Park. Author James G. MacGregor, has successfully captured the story of Harvey and the opening of the Canadian West. He discusses the trials and tribulations early pioneers experienced in the areas we so often take for granted. MacGregor has captured an authentic understanding of pioneer life and the ways in which James Shand Harvey successfully opened the Canadian West.
- ISBN
- 0888300662
- Accession Number
- 2019.64
- Call Number
- 08.3 M11p
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- Archives Library
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