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The 1978 climber's guide to the Banff Townsite

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

Published Date: 2020

Author: van Schaik, Bob; Burgess, C.L.

Publisher: Edmonton, Alberta

Edition: Second

Call Number: 02.8 Sc1t

Author: van Schaik, Bob; Burgess, C.L.

Responsibility: Bob van Schaik (concept and photography); C.L. Burgess (design and layout)

Edition: Second

Publisher: Edmonton, Alberta

Published Date: 2020

Physical Description: 16 pages ; b&w illustrations

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

Subjects: Banff; Banff (townsite); Rock climbing

Abstract: Pertains to sites to climb within the Banff townsite

Contents: Southwest wall of Donald Cameron Hall; The spectrum traverse; Book & Art Den; Cascade Tavern; Bud depot; King Edward Hotel; Credit Union; Liquor Store; Banff Park Lodge; Post Office; Bridge on Banff Avenue; Banff Springs Hotel; Notes; About the climber

Notes: First Limited edition Banff, Alberta 1978; Second edition, Edmonton, Alberta 2020

Accession Number: 2021.08

Call Number: 02.8 Sc1t

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Account of the glacieres [sic.] or ice Alps in Savoy, in two letters

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

Published Date: 1744

Author: Windham, William

Publisher: London : Peter Martel

Call Number: DC611 S363 W55

Author: Windham, William

Publisher: London : Peter Martel

Published Date: 1744

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

Call Number: DC611 S363 W55

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Adventures on the Columbia River

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

Published Date: 1831

Author: Cox, Ross

Publisher: London : Colburn & Bentley

Call Number: F880 C69 1831 II

Author: Cox, Ross

Publisher: London : Colburn & Bentley

Published Date: 1831

Physical Description: 400 pages

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

Series: Volume 2 of 2

Subjects: Rocky Mountains, Canada

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: F880 C69 1831 II

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Adventures on the Columbia River

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

Published Date: 1831

Author: Cox, Ross

Publisher: London : Colburn & Bentley

Call Number: F880 C69 1831 I

Author: Cox, Ross

Publisher: London : Colburn & Bentley

Published Date: 1831

Physical Description: 368 pages

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

Series: Volume 1 of 2

Subjects: Rocky Mountains, Canada

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: F880 C69 1831 I

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Ascensions aux cimes de l'Etna et du Mont Blanc

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

Published Date: 1835

Author: Tilly, Henri de

Publisher: Geneve : Berthier-Guers libraire

Call Number: DQ841 M7 T54

Author: Tilly, Henri de

Publisher: Geneve : Berthier-Guers libraire

Published Date: 1835

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

Call Number: DQ841 M7 T54

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Ascent to the summit of Mont Blanc

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

Published Date: 1837

Author: Atkins, Henry Martin

Publisher: London : Not published

Call Number: DQ841 M7 A8

Author: Atkins, Henry Martin

Publisher: London : Not published

Published Date: 1837

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DQ841 M7 A8

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Ascent to the summit of Mont Blanc in 1834

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

Published Date: 1836

Author: Barry, Martin

Publisher: Edinburgh : Blackwood

Call Number: DQ841 M7 B27

Author: Barry, Martin

Publisher: Edinburgh : Blackwood

Published Date: 1836

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DQ841 M7 B27

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Astroria : or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains

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

Published Date: 1836

Author: Irving, Washington

Publisher: Philadelphia : Carey, Lea & Blanchard

Call Number: F880 I78 II

Author: Irving, Washington

Publisher: Philadelphia : Carey, Lea & Blanchard

Published Date: 1836

Physical Description: 279 pages

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

Series: Volume 2 of 2

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: F880 I78 II

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Autumn Woods

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Artist: David Thauberger (1948 – , Canadian)

Date: 2023

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Catalogue Number: ThD.12.01

Description: Landscape painting of a bright red canoe floating on a deep blue lake. Above the lake in the background is a large white and purple mountain [Mt. Rundle], surrounded by trees at the base., The lake is semi-stylized and has a strip of bright orange between the lake and the trees. Large trees rise up…

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Artist: David Thauberger (1948 – , Canadian)

Title: Autumn Woods

Date: 2023

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Dimensions: 107.0 x 137.0 cm

Description: Landscape painting of a bright red canoe floating on a deep blue lake. Above the lake in the background is a large white and purple mountain [Mt. Rundle], surrounded by trees at the base., The lake is semi-stylized and has a strip of bright orange between the lake and the trees. Large trees rise up into the sky at the left and right of the painting.

Subject: Banff; canoe; Banff National Park

Credit: Purchased from Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 2023

Catalogue Number: ThD.12.01

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Bow Lake, 1902/2021

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Artist: Kelsey Stephenson

Date: 2021

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: StK.04.03

Description: A digital print in which the top half is a full colour image of Bow Lake with trees in front, Bow Glacier Falls, and Bow Glacier sitting atop of rocky ridge in the background. The photograph is overlaid with digital ink drawing of the glacier’s reach in 1902 from an archival photograph. The bottom …

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Artist: Kelsey Stephenson

Title: Bow Lake, 1902/2021

Date: 2021

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 35.5 x 28.0 cm

Description: A digital print in which the top half is a full colour image of Bow Lake with trees in front, Bow Glacier Falls, and Bow Glacier sitting atop of rocky ridge in the background. The photograph is overlaid with digital ink drawing of the glacier’s reach in 1902 from an archival photograph. The bottom half of the image is a cyanotype of the glacier in 1902.

Subject: Bow Lake; Bow Glacier; Banff National Park

Credit: Gift of Kelsey Stephenson, Edmonton, 2023

Catalogue Number: StK.04.03

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Branch of Cherry Tree

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Artist: Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)

Date: 1834

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PoS.05.01

Artist: Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)

Title: Branch of Cherry Tree

Date: 1834

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 32.7 x 23.0 cm

Subject: botanical; tree

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: PoS.05.01

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cornice

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 2021

Medium: on arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.58

Description: “• 21 •” engraved at centre bottom under cut out shape of a snowy peak. “sinclairs” with two orange dots written inside. “cornice” written at back.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: cornice

Date: 2021

Medium: on arches paper

Dimensions: 9.5 x 16.5 cm

Description: “• 21 •” engraved at centre bottom under cut out shape of a snowy peak. “sinclairs” with two orange dots written inside. “cornice” written at back.

Subject: mountain; cornice; snow; cut paper; Christmas

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.58

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Coup d'oeil sur la structure geologique et mineralogique du Groupe des Monts Dores

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

Published Date: 1830

Author: Lecoq, H

Publisher: Paris : Clermont-Gerrand

Call Number: QE268 L42 Pam

Author: Lecoq, H

Publisher: Paris : Clermont-Gerrand

Published Date: 1830

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

Call Number: QE268 L42 Pam

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Desultory reminiscences of a tour through Germany, Switzerland, and France

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

Published Date: 1838

Author: Wright, Hezekiah Hartley

Publisher: Boston : W.D. Ticknor

Call Number: D919 W75

Author: Wright, Hezekiah Hartley

Publisher: Boston : W.D. Ticknor

Published Date: 1838

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

Call Number: D919 W75

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Drawing Album

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Artist: Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)

Date: 1835

Medium: pencil; ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PoS.09.01

Description: A paper album containing artworks done in ink, pencil and watercolour (?). The album is primarly made up of a brown marbled pattern, with red leather (?) or tape (?) on the spine and corners. Inside the front cover on the center of the page, there is an inscription that reads “Serena M. Potts / 183…

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Artist: Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)

Title: Drawing Album

Date: 1835

Medium: pencil; ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 24.5 x 34.5 cm

Description: A paper album containing artworks done in ink, pencil and watercolour (?). The album is primarly made up of a brown marbled pattern, with red leather (?) or tape (?) on the spine and corners. Inside the front cover on the center of the page, there is an inscription that reads “Serena M. Potts / 1835”. Pages contain artworks of flora and fauna, including birds, butterflies, flowers, plants and landscape scenes, both in colour and in black and white. Some of the drawings share a page with another, while others are one drawing/painting per page.

Subject: flora; fauna; bird; butterfly; plant; flower; landscape; botanical drawings; black and white; ink; graphite; drawing; painting; sketchbook

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: PoS.09.01

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Ejiri, View of Miho, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido

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Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 – 1858, Japanese)

Date: 1834

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: HiU.04.01

Description: Harbour scene, houses in foreground, boats and sailboats in harbour, some out at sea, mountains to the left center. The sky at the horizon is pink, a orange stripe runs along top of picture.

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Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 – 1858, Japanese)

Title: Ejiri, View of Miho, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido

Date: 1834

Medium: woodblock on paper

Dimensions: 25.9 x 36.4 cm

Description: Harbour scene, houses in foreground, boats and sailboats in harbour, some out at sea, mountains to the left center. The sky at the horizon is pink, a orange stripe runs along top of picture.