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(a): Topographical sheets|(b): Original map

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1889

Publisher: Dept. of the Interior

Call Number: C3-8.14 (a); C3-8.14 (b)

Publisher: Dept. of the Interior

Published Date: 1889

Scale: Scale:1:40,000; Relief: Contour interval 100 ft.

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Anthracite

Notes: (b): 8 dup in map room

Accession Number: 675; 400; 3069

Call Number: C3-8.14 (a); C3-8.14 (b)

Collection: Archives Library

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Above the snow line : mountaineering sketches between 1870 and 1880

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

Published Date: 1885

Author: Dent, Clinton

Publisher: London: Longmans, Green, and Co.

Call Number: 01.2 D43a

Author: Dent, Clinton

Publisher: London: Longmans, Green, and Co.

Published Date: 1885

Physical Description: 327 pages

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

Subjects: Exploration; Mountaineering; Alpine Club (Great Britain); Expeditions; Switzerland

Accession Number: 2023.47

Call Number: 01.2 D43a

Collection: Archives Library

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Albert Canyon, Illicilliwaet River, Selkirks

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: 1889

Call Number: P

Published Date: 1889

Physical Description: p.325, ill.

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Selkirk Mountains; British Columbia

Notes: In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.II, no.47 (May 1889); photograph on p.325, description on p.327 under "Our Engravings"

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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Anemone parviflora (Alpine Anenome)

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Date: 1885 – 1905

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.24

Description: Two plants with brown roots; large leaves; a white flower with yellow bud.

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Title: Anemone parviflora (Alpine Anenome)

Date: 1885 – 1905

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.0 x 15.0 cm

Description: Two plants with brown roots; large leaves; a white flower with yellow bud.

Subject: botanical; flower; anenome

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

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.24

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Annual report

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

Published Date: 1885; 1886; 1887; 1888-1889; 1894; 1898

Author: Geological Survey of Canada

Call Number: 03.1 G29ar

Author: Geological Survey of Canada

Responsibility: articles by George Mercer Dawson, G.C. Hoffmann, R.G. McConnell, E.D. Ingell, J. McEvoy, J.B. Tyrell and others

Published Date: 1885; 1886; 1887; 1888-1889; 1894; 1898

Physical Description: 7v. : ill., maps; Library has: 1886, 1885 Pt. 3, 1886 Pt. R, 1887 (photocopy), 1887 Pt. T (photocopy), 1887 Pt. E (photocopy), 1887 Pt. D, 1888-1889, 1894, 1898, 1898 Pt. D

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

Subjects: Mineral resources; Peace River; Yellowhead Pass

Notes: Contents: Report on a part of Northern Alberta and portions of adjacent districts of Assiniboia and Saskatchewan / J.B. Tyrell. -- Montreal, 1887. [Pt. E]; Extracted from geological and natural history survey of Canada 1887 : assay reports from samples taken in the Northwest Territory and the Province of British Columbia [Pt. T];

Accession Number: 112; 333; 400; 512; 732; 3187; 4000

Call Number: 03.1 G29ar

Collection: Archives Library

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[Articles on the Canadian Pacific Railway]

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

Published Date: 1887

Author: The Quarterly Review (London)

Call Number: 08.5 Qu5

Author: The Quarterly Review (London)

Published Date: 1887

Physical Description: p.119-143

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

Subjects: Moberly, Walter; Rogers, Major A.B

Accession Number: 7500

Call Number: 08.5 Qu5

Collection: Archives Library

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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 Hotel - National Park

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: 1888

Call Number: P

Published Date: 1888

Physical Description: p.44, ill.

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Banff; Banff Springs Hotel; Rundle, Mount

Notes: In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol. 1 (July 1888); photograph on p.44, description on p.38 under "Our Engravings"

Call Number: P

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 Springs Hotel, Rocky Mountains 1887

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Artist: C. Firth

Date: 1887

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: FiC.05.01

Description: Scene showing Banff springs hotel at right perched on a hillside. In the background the Bow River winds through a valley between Tunnel Mountain and Mt. Roundly. More mountains in distance. Trees in foreground. My. Roundly is hazy, almost unfinished in appearance.

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Artist: C. Firth

Title: Banff Springs Hotel, Rocky Mountains 1887

Date: 1887

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 12.0 x 16.0 cm

Description: Scene showing Banff springs hotel at right perched on a hillside. In the background the Bow River winds through a valley between Tunnel Mountain and Mt. Roundly. More mountains in distance. Trees in foreground. My. Roundly is hazy, almost unfinished in appearance.

Subject: mountains; Banff; Bow River; Alberta; Banff Springs Hotel

Credit: Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021

Catalogue Number: FiC.05.01

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Battling Moose

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: prior to 1905

Medium: photoengraving on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.11.01

Description: Colour: greys as in a black and white photograph. At the waters edge in the center are two bull moose fighting. To the right, half way up in the background is a female moose looking on. Dead logs and grass fill the lower part of the picture.

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Battling Moose

Date: prior to 1905

Medium: photoengraving on paper

Dimensions: 30.1 x 50.4 cm

Description: Colour: greys as in a black and white photograph. At the waters edge in the center are two bull moose fighting. To the right, half way up in the background is a female moose looking on. Dead logs and grass fill the lower part of the picture.

Subject: landscape; animal, moose

Credit: Gift of W. J. Wright, Kamloops, 1969

Catalogue Number: RuC.11.01

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The Bird Tree

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1880 – 1900

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.06

Description: ornately carved ivory sculpture of a man and a bird under a tree.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: The Bird Tree

Date: 1880 – 1900

Dimensions: 20.8 x 4.7 x 10.0 cm

Description: ornately carved ivory sculpture of a man and a bird under a tree.

Subject: figure, male; animal; mythological

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.06

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Boats in Harbour

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1885

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.289

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Boats in Harbour

Date: c. 1885

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 8 x 19 cm

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.289

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Bogside Scotland

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Artist: John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)

Date: later than 1883

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CuJ.05.01

Description: General colour: green, orange. Central image is a house. Half of the roof is tiled with orange brick. There are trees to the left and behind. In front are fields and a cross the bottom, is a brown fence. Sky is grey.

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Artist: John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)

Title: Bogside Scotland

Date: later than 1883

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 14.25 x 18.75 cm

Description: General colour: green, orange. Central image is a house. Half of the roof is tiled with orange brick. There are trees to the left and behind. In front are fields and a cross the bottom, is a brown fence. Sky is grey.

Subject: landscape; architecture; rural

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974

Catalogue Number: CuJ.05.01

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(Bow Lake Area)

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: October 31, 1888

Publisher: Dominion Lands Office

Call Number: C9-7.31

Publisher: Dominion Lands Office

Published Date: October 31, 1888

Physical Description: 1 map : black and white

Scale: 40 chains: 1 inch

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Township #31, Range 18, West of 5th Meridian

Notes: xerox copy

Accession Number: SG7500

Call Number: C9-7.31

Collection: Archives Library

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Bow River

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Artist: Marmaduke Matthews (1837 – 1913, British)

Date: c. 1887

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: MaM.02.01

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Artist: Marmaduke Matthews (1837 – 1913, British)

Title: Bow River

Date: c. 1887

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 33.0 x 67.8 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; river

Credit: Purchased from Kennedy Galleries , New York, USA, 1980

Catalogue Number: MaM.02.01

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Bow River NWT, 1887

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Artist: C. Firth

Date: 1887

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: FiC.05.02

Description: Large river [The Bow River] with snow-capped mountains at back and stands of conifers on the banks. River winds from left foreground into right background. Stand of trees at right foreground.

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Artist: C. Firth

Title: Bow River NWT, 1887

Date: 1887

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 12.0 x 16.0 cm

Description: Large river [The Bow River] with snow-capped mountains at back and stands of conifers on the banks. River winds from left foreground into right background. Stand of trees at right foreground.