topic:"water" found 39 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Water in the world we want : catalysing national water-related sustainable development

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

Published Date: 2015

Author: Schuster-Wallace, C.J

Publisher: Hamilton, ON : United Nations University. Institute for Water, Environment and Health

Call Number: 03.5 Sch8w

Author: Schuster-Wallace, C.J

Responsibility: [authorship: Schuster-Wallace C.J., Sandford, R. ; contributing authors: Dickin S.K., Vijay M., Laycock K., and Adeel Z.]

Publisher: Hamilton, ON : United Nations University. Institute for Water, Environment and Health

Published Date: 2015

Physical Description: 92 pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cm

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

Subjects: United Nations. Year of Water; Water

Notes: Includes bibliographical references

ISBN: 9789280860511

Accession Number: 2015.8550

Call Number: 03.5 Sch8w

Collection: Archives Library

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Approaching Stewart B.C. Portland Canal

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: 1919

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.51

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Approaching Stewart B.C. Portland Canal

Date: 1919

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 8.7 x 14.1 cm

Subject: landscape; mountains; water; urban, buildings;Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.51

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Cold matters : the state and fate of Canada's fresh water

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

Published Date: 2012

Author: Sandford, Robert William

Publisher: Victoria [B.C.] : Rocky Mountain Books

Call Number: 03.5 Sa5wat c.1; 03.5 Sa5wat c.2

Author: Sandford, Robert William

Responsibility: Robert William Sandford

Publisher: Victoria [B.C.] : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: 2012

Physical Description: xiii, 256 p. : col. ill., col. maps, ports.

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

Subjects: Water; Continental Divide; Banff National Park; Jasper National Park; Kananaskis; Glaciers

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN: 9781927330197

Accession Number: 13-7-1 70,500; P2015-03-31

Call Number: 03.5 Sa5wat c.1; 03.5 Sa5wat c.2

Collection: Archives Library

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Connecting the Kootenays : the Kootenay Lake ferries, a hundred years of service 1921-2020

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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

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

Subjects: Transportation; Water Travel; Travel; Kootenay Lake; Boat; Ferry; History

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

Collection: Archives Library

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Crag at Nipigon

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

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.527

Description: Very faint rendition of a crag or rock face on the horizon with water in the foreground. Writing surrounding drawing denotes colour scheme and details.

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

Title: Crag at Nipigon

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 25.0 x 18.5 cm

Description: Very faint rendition of a crag or rock face on the horizon with water in the foreground. Writing surrounding drawing denotes colour scheme and details.

Subject: text; writing; sketch; crag; rock; water

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.527

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Fortress Mountain and the false promise of public participation in Alberta

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: March 2020

Author: Fluker, Shaun

Publisher: The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal

Call Number: P

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Author: Fluker, Shaun

Responsibility: Shaun Fluker

Publisher: The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal

Published Date: March 2020

Physical Description: p. 6 - 8

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Kananaskis; Kananaskis Country; Kananaskis Lakes; Water; Watersheds; Hydrology; Hydrology - Alberta

Abstract: Pertains to the application by Fortress Mountain Ski Hill for an amendment to its water license which would allow for 50 million litres of water annually to be removed and bottled

Notes: In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 28, No.1, March 2020

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: PDF of publication can be downloaded on Alberta Wilderness' website

Websites

https://albertawilderness.ca/publications/wild-lands-advocate/

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Glacier Catchment

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Artist: Edward Burtynsky (1955 – , Canadian)

Date: 2012

Medium: photograph on board

Catalogue Number: BuE.18.06

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Artist: Edward Burtynsky (1955 – , Canadian)

Title: Glacier Catchment

Date: 2012

Medium: photograph on board

Dimensions: 121.92 x 162.56 cm

Subject: water; glacier

Credit: Gift of Edward Burtynsky, Toronto, 2014

Catalogue Number: BuE.18.06

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Heart waters : sources of the Bow River

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

Published Date: 2015

Author: Van Tighem, Kevin; Van Tighem, Brian

Publisher: [Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books

Edition: First

Call Number: 03.5 V26h

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Author: Van Tighem, Kevin; Van Tighem, Brian

Responsibility: Kevin Van Tighem (author); Brian Van Tighem (photographer)

Edition: First

Publisher: [Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: 2015

Physical Description: 256 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps

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

Subjects: Water; Watersheds; Rivers; Glaciers; Hydrology; Hydrology - Alberta; Bow River

Abstract: Water does not come from the river. It comes to the river. Heart Waters takes us to the sources of that water – and into the living beauty, human stories and future possibilities that also arise from the green uplands and valleys of Alberta’s Eastern Slopes, where the mighty Bow River is born. For more than a century the foothills and Front Range mountains of western Alberta have been recognized as being vital to the water supply for western Canada. Virtually all the water that sustains communities, ecosystems and the economy of prairie Canada comes from this narrow strip of land arrayed along the Continental Divide. For all its importance, however, water management decisions affecting this enormous region have ignored the significance of land health and focused almost exclusively on building dams. The result, as the author points out, is that the Bow River’s annual flows have decreased by more than a tenth, even as spring floods become more frequent and more destructive. The solutions to prairie Canada’s water challenges lie in healing the wounded landscapes of our headwaters. Heart Waters delves deeply into the history and ecology of a landscape whose critical value as a watershed is matched by its sheer beauty and diversity. A rich array of stunning images by Jasper-based photographer Brian Van Tighem complements the author’s well-researched explorations of the stories whispered by the living waters that drain from Banff National Park, Kananaskis Country and the famous ranchlands of the Bow River watershed. Kevin Van Tighem’s latest book is a deep exploration of place and an invitation to recognize that our water future depends upon knowing our headwaters better and caring for them more passionately — as our heart waters. (from publisher's website)

Contents: 1. Voices in the water -- 2. River origins: Bow River -- 3. A prodigal's return: Johnson Creek -- 4. Caterpillars and cutthroats: Quirk Creek -- 5. The past and future trout: Meadow Creek -- 6. Lake of the spirits: Cascade River and Ghost River -- 7. Dammed splendor: Kananaskis River -- 8. Buck-toothed volunteers: Bateman Creek -- 9. The under-river: Middle Bow River -- 10. Water and wildness: Sheep River -- 11. Cattle in the creek: Pekisko Creek -- 12. Mountains breathing: Highwood River -- 13. Healing the headwaters -- 14. Home and heart waters -- Index.