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The Banff-Jasper highway : descriptive guide
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15289
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1948
- Author
- Williams, Mabel B
- Publisher
- Vancouver : H.R. larson Publishing Co.
- Call Number
- 02.6 W67 1948
- 02.6 W67 1948 c. 2
- Author
- Williams, Mabel B
- Publisher
- Vancouver : H.R. larson Publishing Co.
- Published Date
- 1948
- Physical Description
- ix, 136 pages, illustrations, maps
- Notes
- Both Copy 1 & Copy 2 have publisher signature
- Accession Number
- 492 (Copy 1&2)
- 2014.8385 deaccessioned
- From card and old db record, unsure of which edition, missing copies: 5142
- Call Number
- 02.6 W67 1948
- 02.6 W67 1948 c. 2
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- Archives Library
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Bikepacking in the Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25206
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- Correy, Ryan
- Call Number
- 02.6 C81b
1 website
- Author
- Correy, Ryan
- Responsibility
- Ryan Correy
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- 192 pages
- Subjects
- Biking
- Canadian Rockies
- Travel
- Abstract
- Before his untimely death from cancer in 2018, veteran rider and passionate cyclist Ryan Correy (two-time finisher of the Tour Divide, founder of Bikepack Canada and author of A Purpose Ridden) pedalled his way through the most popular national parks in the Canadian Rockies in order to complete his work on this unique guidebook. Featuring routes in Waterton, Kananaskis, Banff, Kootenay, Yoho, and Jasper, Bikepacking in the Canadian Rockies will take biking enthusiasts on Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert journeys in the following locations: Front Range – 496 km gravel grind down the Alberta foothills High Rockies – 183 km opening sampler for the Great Divide Beaverfoot – 389 km expedition along the Rocky Mountain Trench Devil’s Gap – 214 km backcountry passage into Banff National Park Highwood – 357 km over Highwood Pass into the Crowsnest region Castle – 266 km circumnavigation of Waterton and Castle parks Top of the World – 347 km of remote climbs in the East Kootenays Flathead Valley – 291 km through “Grizzly Bear Alley” in southeast British Columbia Three Point – 173 km hike-a-bike adventure around Kananaskis Icefields Parkway (in winter) – 291 km fat-bike trek up the world-renowned Highway 93 to Jasper The result of Correy’s remarkable dedication is an unparalleled collection of ten ambitious, multi-day routes complete with directional cues, detailed maps, a helpful Bikepacking 101 section, rich photography, and personal stories that will stoke the curiosity of both the beginner and the experienced backcountry rider. (From Rocky Mountain Books)
- Contents
- Foreward
- Preface
- Introduction
- Bikepacking 101
- Intermediate Routes
- Advanced Routes
- Expert Routes
- Appendices
- Acknowledgements
- ISBN
- 9781771602372
- Accession Number
- P2020.7
- Call Number
- 02.6 C81b
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Rocky Mountain Books
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Canadian Rockies : they abound in wild animals, glaciers, and luxurious hotels
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24918
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1947
- Publisher
- Life
- Call Number
- 02.6 L11c PAM OS
1 website
- Publisher
- Life
- Published Date
- 1947
- Subjects
- Banff National Park
- Travel
- Tourism
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Rundle Mount
- Athabaska River
- Brazeau
- Maligne Lake
- Bow River
- Canadian National Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Trails
- Mountaineering
- Columbia Icefield
- Abstract
- Pertains to the Canadian Rocky Mountains as a tourist destination in 1947 and features main geographical attractions such as the Mount Rundle, Athabaska River, Maligne Lake, Bow River in addition to the Banff Springs Hotel with map of Banff National Park and Jasper National Park.
- Notes
- In Life, June 9, 1947, pp. 68 - 76
- Accession Number
- 7889
- Call Number
- 02.6 L11c PAM OS
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Specific volume with article can be viewed online via Google Books
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The Columbia River highway : America's greatest scenic drive
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20084
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1801
- Author
- Cross and Dimmitt
- Call Number
- 02.3 C87t
- Author
- Cross and Dimmitt
- Published Date
- 1801
- Physical Description
- Portland, Oregon : Cross and Dimmitt
- Subjects
- Columbia River
- Art
- Travel
- Tourism
- Abstract
- Pertains to a collection of hand colored images showcasing the beauty of Oregon in the United States of America. The publication follows the Columbia River highway, a stretch of road reaching west from Portland to the Pacific, and east to Central Oregon. The publication showcases various tourist locations in addition to other breathtaking hand-colored images.
- Accession Number
- 3069 a
- Call Number
- 02.3 C87t
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Connecting the Kootenays : the Kootenay Lake ferries, a hundred years of service 1921-2020
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25567
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- January 2022
- Author
- Cone, Michael A.
- Publisher
- Nelson, British Columbia : Michael A. Cone
- Call Number
- 08.5 C75c
- Author
- Cone, Michael A.
- Publisher
- Nelson, British Columbia : Michael A. Cone
- Published Date
- January 2022
- Physical Description
- 354 pages
- Abstract
- Connecting the Kootenays chronicles the history of the Kootenay Lake ferry service from its modest beginnings in 1921 through to its 100th anniversary in 2020. -- From back cover
- Contents
- The Great Trunk Road (1908-1921) ; The Canadian Pacific Railway Fills the Gap (1884-1913) ; The Nasookin: Queen of Kootenay Lake (1913-1930) ; Nelson to Kuskanook: A Trip to Remember (1921-1930) ; The Provinical Government Steps In (1931) ; The Great Depression and the Second World War (1931-1947) ; Saying Goodbye to the Nasookin (1947-1956) ; A New Ferry and a New Route (1947-1954) ; The Auxiliary Ferry: The Balfour (1954) ; Growing Pains for the Two-Ferry Service and the Opening of the "Skyway" (1955-1963) ; Labour Strife, Major Rebuilds and Looking beyond the New Millennium (1964-1999) ; The Osprey 2000, Privitization and Facing Challenges Ahead (2000-2020)
- ISBN
- 9781778350511
- Accession Number
- P2022.12
- Call Number
- 08.5 C75c
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Crack climbing : the definitive guide
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25207
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- Whittaker, Pete
- Publisher
- Seattle, Washington : Mountaineers Books
- Edition
- First
- Call Number
- 02.8 W58c
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- Author
- Whittaker, Pete
- Responsibility
- Pete Whittaker
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Seattle, Washington : Mountaineers Books
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- 302 pages : illustrations (some color)
- Subjects
- Rock climbing
- Travel
- Guidebook
- Abstract
- Crack climbing is a highly technical form of movement in which climbers position their hands, feet, and even their entire body in cracks to make upward progress on rock. An advocate for the sport’s aesthetic lines, physicality, and technical know-how, author Pete Whittaker teaches more than sixty Crack School Masterclasses each year and was featured in the popular climbing film Wide Boyz. This detailed and comprehensive guide teaches step-by-step techniques and tips, including for: Jamming (finger, hand, fist, foot, arm, leg, body) Crack types (chimneys, liebacks, underclings, roof cracks) How to safely lead and place protection Efficient positioning and movement Strength recovery while climbing (From Mountaineers Books website)
- Contents
- Preface
- A Note
- Before We Begin: Key Terms
- Key to Illustrations
- Chapter 1 - Five Rules of Crack Climbing
- Chapter 2 - Finger Cracks
- Chapter 3 - Hand Cracks
- Chater 4 - Fist Cracks
- Chapter 5 - Offwidth Cracks
- Chapter 6 - Squeeze Chimneys
- Chapter 7 - Chimneys
- Chapter 8 - Stemming
- Chapter 9 - Roof Cracks
- Chapter 10 - Placing Gear
- Chapter 11 - Equipment
- Chapter 12 - Taping
- Acknowledgements
- Index
- Notes
- 2020 Banff Mountain Book Competition Winner - Guidebook 2020 National Outdoor Book Awards Honorable Mention - Instructional
- ISBN
- 9781680512151
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 02.8 W58c
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Mountaineers Books website
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Dominion : the railway and the rise of Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26203
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2023
- Author
- Bown, Stephen R.
- Publisher
- [Toronto] : Doubleday Canada
- Call Number
- 08.5 B68d
- Author
- Bown, Stephen R.
- Publisher
- [Toronto] : Doubleday Canada
- Published Date
- 2023
- Physical Description
- 400 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Abstract
- Stephen R. Bown continues to revitalize Canadian history with this thrilling account of the engineering triumph that created a nation. In The Company, his bestselling work of revisionist history, Stephen Bown told the dramatic, adventurous and bloody tale of Canada's origins in the fur trade. With Dominion he continues the nation's creation story with an equally thrilling and eye-opening account of the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. In the late 19th century, demand for fur was in sharp decline. This could have spelled economic disaster for the venerable Hudson's Bay Company. But an idea emerged in political and business circles in Ottawa and Montreal to connect the disparate British colonies into a single entity that would stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific. With over 3,000 kilometers of track, much of it driven through wildly inhospitable terrain, the CPR would be the longest railroad in the world and the most difficult to build. Its construction was the defining event of its era and a catalyst for powerful global forces. The times were marked by greed, hubris, blatant empire building, oppression, corruption and theft. They were good for some, hard for most, disastrous for others. The CPR enabled a new country, but it came at a terrible price. In recent years Canadian history has been given a rude awakening from the comforts of its myths. In Dominion, Stephen Bown again widens our view of the past to include the adventures and hardships of explorers and surveyors, the resistance of Indigenous peoples, and the terrific and horrific work of many thousands of labourers. His vivid portrayal of the powerful forces that were molding the world in the late 19th century provides a revelatory new picture of modern Canada's creation as an independent state."-- Provided by publisher.
- ISBN
- 9780385698726
- Accession Number
- P2023.25
- Call Number
- 08.5 B68d
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Douglas of the fir : a biography of David Douglas botanist
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25554
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1947
- Author
- George Harvey, Athelstan
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press
- Call Number
- 04.1 H26d
- Author
- George Harvey, Athelstan
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press
- Published Date
- 1947
- Physical Description
- x, 290 pages illustrations, portraits, maps 23 cm
- Subjects
- Botany
- Science
- Travel
- Canada
- Upper Canada
- Columbia River
- Contents
- Scotland ; The Horticultural Society ; United States and Upper Canada ; First Great Adventure ; Columbia River Region ; With Chief Tha-a-muxi ; Up the Columbia to Kettle Falls ; The Blue Mountains ; In Search of the Sugar Pine ; Homeward by Hudson's Bay Express ; Putting Mountains on the Map ; Fame and its Aftermath ; Second Great Adventure ; California ; Third Visit to the Columbia ; Ill-Fated Journey ; Flakes of Gold ; Hawaii and its Volcanoes ; Last Journey ; In Tribute
- Accession Number
- 3069A
- Call Number
- 04.1 H26d
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I never left home
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20116
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1944
- Author
- Hope, Bob ; illustrated by Carl Rose.
- Publisher
- New York : Simon and Schuster
- Call Number
- 08 H77i Pam
- Variant Title
- Bob Hope's own story of his trip abroad : I never left home
- Responsibility
- Bob Hope ; illustrated by Carl Rose.
- Publisher
- New York : Simon and Schuster
- Published Date
- 1944
- Physical Description
- 76 pages
- Subjects
- Humour
- World War II
- World War, 1939-1945
- Travel
- American
- Abstract
- "I Never Left Home is about ... Bob Hope's journey among our armed forces, during which he has traveled more than 80,000 miles and played before more than half the entire army. It is composed of about three-fourths straight Hope humor and one-fourth extremely moving tribute to our soldiers. It is a personal adventure story and a Hope's eye view of the war ..." -- From dust jacket.
- Accession Number
- 3069 a
- Call Number
- 08 H77i Pam
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In the name of wild : one family, five years, ten countries, and a new vision of wildness
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25721
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2022
- Author
- Vannini, Phillip and April
- Publisher
- Vancouver ; Toronto : On Point Press, an imprint of UBC Press
- Call Number
- 02 V33i
- Author
- Vannini, Phillip and April
- Responsibility
- With Autumn Vannini
- Publisher
- Vancouver ; Toronto : On Point Press, an imprint of UBC Press
- Published Date
- 2022
- Physical Description
- xii, 244 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
- Subjects
- Travel
- Wilderness
- Wildlife
- Canada
- Europe
- Japan
- Iceland
- New Zealand
- Patagonia
- Abstract
- Five continents. Ten countries. Twenty Natural World Heritage sites in five years. In the Name of Wild is the story of what happened when one family set out to learn what wildness means to people around the world. What draws us to seek out wild places? Do they mean the same to everyone? Part travelogue, part ethnography, this book takes us on a journey into the lives of the people who call places such as Tasmania, Patagonia, and Iceland home. They reveal that wildness isn't about the absence of people. It's about connections, kinship, and coexistence with the land. -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents
- "Wild" can be a challenging word: Galápagos -- "Wild" can be an adjective: Tasmania -- Wild can be ephemeral: Aotearoa-New Zealand -- Wild can change: South Tyrol -- Wild can be reimagined: Belize -- Wild can be a foreign concept: Japan -- Wild can be alive: Patagonia -- Wild can be photogenic: Iceland -- Wildlife can be us: Thailand -- Wild can be someone's home: Canada.
- ISBN
- 9780774890403
- Accession Number
- P2023.11
- Call Number
- 02 V33i
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