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Among the Kara-korum glaciers in 1925
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2749
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1926
- Author
- Visser-Hooft, Jeanette
- Publisher
- London : Arnold
- Call Number
- DS485 K2 V58
- Author
- Visser-Hooft, Jeanette
- Publisher
- London : Arnold
- Published Date
- 1926
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DS485 K2 V58
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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An unexplored pass : a narrative of a thousand mile journey to the Kara-koram Himalaya
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue973
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1926
- Author
- Featherstone, Belford Kinchant
- Publisher
- London : Hutchinson
- Call Number
- DS485 H6 F4
- Publisher
- London : Hutchinson
- Published Date
- 1926
- Subjects
- Karakoram Range
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DS485 H6 F4
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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A.R. Hinks & the first Everest Expedition, 1921
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue416
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1921
- Author
- Blakeney, Thomas Sydney
- Publisher
- London : Alpine Club?
- Call Number
- DS486 E8 B3 Pam
- Author
- Blakeney, Thomas Sydney
- Publisher
- London : Alpine Club?
- Published Date
- 1921
- Notes
- Alpine Journal?
- Call Number
- DS486 E8 B3 Pam
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Art and sport of alpine photography
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1090
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1927
- Author
- Gardner, Arthur
- Publisher
- London : Witherby
- Call Number
- DQ823 G3
- Author
- Gardner, Arthur
- Publisher
- London : Witherby
- Published Date
- 1927
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DQ823 G3
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Art inspired by the Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains and Selkirk Mountains 1809-2012
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20143
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2012
- Author
- Townshend, Nancy
- Publisher
- Calgary : Bayeux Arts
- Call Number
- N T69 A78
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- Author
- Townshend, Nancy
- Responsibility
- Nancy Townshend
- Publisher
- Calgary : Bayeux Arts
- Published Date
- 2012
- Physical Description
- vi, 136p, 40 plates : ill., maps
- Subjects
- Art
- Artists
- O'Brien, Lucius
- Notman, William & Son
- Thompson, David
- Harmon, Byron
- Harris, Lawren
- MacDonald, J.E.H
- Sargent, John Singer
- Whyte, Peter
- Whyte, Catharine Robb
- Rocky Mountains
- Purcell Mountains
- Selkirk Mountains
- Abstract
- Nancy Townshend's book on art inspired by the Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains, and Selkirk Mountains presents these mountains' justifiable prominence in world art. For over two centuries, Canadian artists have admired their magnitude and grandeur, their endlessly changing light and atmospheric conditions, their four distinct seasons, and myriad other aspects. The book is organized chronologically into three eras: traditional (1809 –1899), Modern (1900–1973) and contemporary (1974–2012). From David Thompson's watercolours in the early nineteenth century (c. 1809) of the East Kootenays to Jan Kabatoff's multimedia art of the early twenty-first century that addresses the impact of global warming on glaciers, Townshend's book presents a whole gamut of Canadian art inspired by these great mountains. Featuring three comprehensive overviews and thirteen chapters on both central and western Canadian artists, as well as a chapter on American artist John Singer Sargent, the book offers insights into their art and inspirations. What did two centuries of artistic exploration in the infinitely facetted Canadian Rockies, Purcells and Selkirks yield? How did the resulting works of art serve to build a unique western Canadian identity? How does the West inform Canadians about themselves, about their own place in the world at this critical time in world history? Townshend answers these questions in this significant reference book for decades to come. Over the past two hundred years, a shift from the exploitative view of Canada's mountain West during the traditional era to the contemporary creative genesis of this area has occurred. Because of the contemporary artists' commitment to wildlife conservation and environmental issues, the contemporary era is more outward looking and expansive, concerned about the world's future. Townshend's all-encompassing text and selected stunning images confirm John Ruskin's observation that mountains are "the beginning and end of all natural scenery." That Canada's mountain West is indeed a place to be revered, a place from which we can learn about ourselves now and in the future. (from author's website)
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction to the Traditional Era (1809-1899):
- Chapter One - Lucius O'Brien (1832-1899)
- Chapter Two - William McFarlane Notman (1857-1913)
- Chapter Three - Frederic Bell-Smith (1846-1923)
- Chapter Four - David Thompson (1770-1857)
- Chapter Five - Richard Henery Trueman (1856-1911)
- Chapter Six - Byron Harmon (1976-1942)
- Introduction to the Modern Era (1900-1971):
- Chapter Seven - Lawren Stewart Harris (1885-1970)
- Chapter Eight - J.E.H. MacDonald (1873-1932)
- Chapter Nine - John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)
- Chapter Ten - Peter Whyte (1905-1966)
- Chapter Eleven - Catharine Robb Whyte (1906-1979)
- Introduction to the Contemporary Era (1972-2012):
- Chapter Twelve - Kent Monkman (1965-)
- Chapter Thirteen - Jin-Me Yoon (1960-)
- Chapter Fourteen - Jan Kabatoff (1948-)
- Conclusion
- Index
- Notes
- Signed by author
- ISBN
- 978-1-897411-37-7
- Accession Number
- AC637
- Call Number
- N T69 A78
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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- Author's website
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Art of freedom : the life and climbs of Voytek Kurtyka
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19901
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2017
- Author
- McDonald, Bernadette
- Publisher
- Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- G512 M16 A78
- Author
- McDonald, Bernadette
- Responsibility
- Bernadette McDonald
- Publisher
- Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 326 pages : photographs ; 24 cm
- Abstract
- "A profound and moving biography of one of the international climbing world's most respected, complicated and reclusive mountaineers. Voytek Kurtyka remains one of the greatest alpinists of all time. Born in 1947, he was one of the leading lights of the Polish golden age of Himalayan climbing. His visionary approach to climbing resulted in many renowned ascents, such as the complete Broad Peak traverse, the "night naked" speed climbs of Cho Oyu and Shishapangma and, above all, the alpine-style ascent of the West Face of Gasherbrum IV. Dubbed the "climb of the century," his route on G IV, as of 2016, has yet to be repeated. His most frequent climbing partners were alpine legends of their time: Polish Himalayan climber Jerzy Kukuczka, Swiss mountain guide Erhard Loretan and British alpinist Alex MacIntyre. After repeated requests to accept the Piolet d'Or lifetime achievement award (the Academy Award of the climbing world), Kurtyka finally accepted the honour in the spring of 2016. A fiercely private individual, he continues to decline countless invitations for interviews, lectures and festival appearances, but has agreed to co-operate with internationally renowned and award winning Canadian author Bernadette McDonald on this long-awaited biography."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents
- Introduction
- Rock Animal
- Alpinist in Training
- Hindu Kush - Unleashed
- Troll Wall
- Bandaka - The Mordor Beauty
- Hungry for Hunger
- Dancing in the Moment
- Enfant Terrible
- Line against the Sky
- The Shining Wall
- Fork in the Road
- Trango Tower
- Night Naked
- Dance of the Underclings
- Chinese Maharaja
- Metaphysical Think Tank
- The Crux
- Chronology of Selected Climbs
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Sources
- Index
- ISBN
- 9781771602129
- Accession Number
- AC634
- Call Number
- G512 M16 A78
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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As above, so below : a climbing story
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25049
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- Kalman, Christ (author)
- Muderlak, Craig (illustrator)
- Publisher
- Herndon, VA : Mascot Books
- Call Number
- P A83 K35
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- Publisher
- Herndon, VA : Mascot Books
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- vii, 103 pages : illustrations
- Subjects
- Fiction
- Mountaineering
- Patagonia
- Abstract
- As Above, So Below is a 103 page fictional climbing story set in Argentine Patagonia. When something goes wrong high up a mountain, one man is forced to face his inner demons along the way to the summit. This beautiful hardbound book was published in 2018 as a limited edition of 1000 copies. The story was illustrated by the immensely talented Craig Muderlak, and edited and revised at the The Banff Centre’s prestigious Mountain and Wilderness Writing Workshop. As Above, So Below has been described as "Jack London's To Build a Fire for climbing", and reminiscent of James Salter's Solo Faces. In September of 2018, it was nominated for the Mountain Fiction Award at the Banff Mountain Book and Film Festival in Banff, Canada. (from author's website)
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Day One
- Day Two
- Day Three
- Notes
- Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2018 finalist for Mountain Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781684019694
- Accession Number
- AC639
- Call Number
- P A83 K35
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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- Summary on author's website
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Assault on Mount Everest, 1922
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue529
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1924
- Author
- Bruce, Charles Granville
- Publisher
- London : Edward Arnold
- Call Number
- DS486 E8 B78
- Author
- Bruce, Charles Granville
- Publisher
- London : Edward Arnold
- Published Date
- 1924
- Subjects
- Mount Everest expedition (1922)
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DS486 E8 B78
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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At home in nature : a life of unknown mountains and deep wilderness
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25052
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2017
- Author
- Wood, Robert Julian
- Publisher
- [Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
- Call Number
- G512 A84 W66
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- Author
- Wood, Robert Julian
- Publisher
- [Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
- Published Date
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 284 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color)
- Abstract
- Rob Wood grew up in a village on the edge of the Yorkshire Moors, where he eventually developed a preoccupation with rock climbing. After studying architecture for five years at the Architectural Association School in London, England, he made his way to Montreal and ended up in Calgary. During his time in Calgary, Rob became a pioneer of ice climbing and posted numerous first ascents in the Rockies during the early 1970’s. Eventually, life in corporate Alberta proved unfulfilling and Rob realized that he needed to find a place where he could reconnect with nature, which brought him to the remote reaches of Canada’s West Coast. Settling on Maurelle Island, he and his wife built an off-the-grid homestead and focussed on alternative communities and developing a small house-design practice specializing in organic and wholesome building techniques. At Home in Nature is a gentle and philosophical memoir that focuses on living a life deeply rooted in the natural world, where citizens are connected to the planet and individuals work together to help, enhance and make the world a better — and sustainable — place. (from Rocky Mountain Books website)
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Leaving the old country
- Allegiance to nature
- Settling down
- Cosmic shack
- Back to the land community
- Island schooling
- Domestic animals
- Wild animals
- Fiordland boat
- Mystery mountain
- Deep wilderness
- Cancer
- Aorta attack
- Outer islands community
- Off-grib homestead
- Organic house
- Heavy weather
- Flight of the imagination
- Legend of Kayak Bill
- Whirlpools in the tide
- ISBN
- 9781771602501
- Accession Number
- A639
- Call Number
- G512 A84 W66
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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- Summary on Rocky Mountain Books
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Autobiography of John Macoun, M.A., Canadian explorer and naturalist
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1645
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1922
- Author
- Macoun, John
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club
- Call Number
- QH31 M3 A3
- Author
- Macoun, John
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club
- Published Date
- 1922
- Call Number
- QH31 M3 A3
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Backcountry ski and snowboard routes : Washington
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14906
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Author
- Volken, Martin
- Publisher
- Seattle : Mountaineers Books
- Call Number
- GV854 V65
- Author
- Volken, Martin
- Responsibility
- Martin Volken and the guides of pro guiding service
- Publisher
- Seattle : Mountaineers Books
- Published Date
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 349 pages, ill., maps
- Subjects
- Skiing
- Snowboarding
- United States
- Guidebooks
- ISBN
- 9781594856563
- Accession Number
- AC610
- Call Number
- GV854 V65
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Baffin Island : the ascent of Mount Asgard
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14909
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2011
- Author
- Lee, Alastair
- Publisher
- London : Frances Lincoln
- Edition
- 1st Frances Lincoln ed.
- Call Number
- F1105 L44
- Author
- Lee, Alastair
- Edition
- 1st Frances Lincoln ed.
- Publisher
- London : Frances Lincoln
- Published Date
- 2011
- Physical Description
- 119 p. : col. ill.
- Subjects
- Baffin Island
- Photography
- ISBN
- 9780711232211
- Accession Number
- AC610
- Call Number
- F1105 L44
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Bears : without fear
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14814
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2013
- Author
- Van Tighem, Kevin
- Publisher
- Surrey, British Columbia [?] : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- QL V35
- Author
- Van Tighem, Kevin
- Publisher
- Surrey, British Columbia [?] : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2013
- Physical Description
- 303 pages, illustrations (colour)
- ISBN
- 9781927330319
- Call Number
- QL V35
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Beautiful flowers of Kashmir
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue419
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1927
- Author
- Blatter, Ethelbert
- Publisher
- London : Bale & Danielson
- Call Number
- QK358 B53 I
- Author
- Blatter, Ethelbert
- Publisher
- London : Bale & Danielson
- Published Date
- 1927
- Series
- Volume 1 of 2
- Call Number
- QK358 B53 I
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Beautiful flowers of Kashmir
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15006
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1927
- Author
- Blatter, Ethelbert
- Publisher
- London : Bale & Danielson
- Call Number
- QK358 B53 II
- Author
- Blatter, Ethelbert
- Publisher
- London : Bale & Danielson
- Published Date
- 1927
- Series
- Volume 2 of 2
- Call Number
- QK358 B53 II
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Below the snow line
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1059
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1923
- Author
- Freshfield, Douglas William
- Publisher
- London : Constable
- Call Number
- G510 F74
- Author
- Freshfield, Douglas William
- Publisher
- London : Constable
- Published Date
- 1923
- Subjects
- Alps
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- G510 F74
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Bering's voyages
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1137
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1922
- Author
- Golder, F.A
- Publisher
- New York : American Geographical Society
- Call Number
- G370 B4 G6 I
- Author
- Golder, F.A
- Publisher
- New York : American Geographical Society
- Published Date
- 1922
- Subjects
- Alaska
- Bering, Vitus Jonasson
- Pacific Coast
- Accession Number
- AC252
- Call Number
- G370 B4 G6 I
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Bering's voyages
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14994
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1925
- Author
- Golder, F.A
- Publisher
- New York : American Geographical Society
- Call Number
- G370 B4 G6 II
- Author
- Golder, F.A
- Publisher
- New York : American Geographical Society
- Published Date
- 1925
- Subjects
- Alaska
- Bering, Vitus Jonasson
- Pacific Coast
- Accession Number
- AC252
- Call Number
- G370 B4 G6 II
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The best of the Great Trail. Volume 1, Newfoundland to Southern Ontario on the Trans Canada Trail
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25022
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Haynes, Michael
- Publisher
- Fredericton, New Brunswick : Goose Lane Editions
- Call Number
- F1000 H39 T44 Volume 1
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- Author
- Haynes, Michael
- Publisher
- Fredericton, New Brunswick : Goose Lane Editions
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 325 pages : illustrations (colour)
- Subjects
- Trails
- Trans Canada trail
- Guidebook
- Guidebooks
- Abstract
- Here, at last, is the essential companion to the eastern part of Canada's national trail. Profiling 30 separate sections, crossing 6 provinces, and traversing more than 900 km of trail, this guide for the adventurous offers a connoisseur's sampling of the finest components of eastern Canada's Trans Canada Trail. (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- Foreward
- Why this book?
- How to use this book
- Trails at a glance
- Newfoundland
- Nova Scotia
- Prince Edward Island
- New Brunswick
- Quebec
- Southern Ontario
- Acknowledgements
- Index
- Notes
- Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019
- ISBN
- 9781773100005
- Accession Number
- AC638
- Call Number
- F1000 H39 T44 Volume 1
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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- Summary on Goose Lane Editions website
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The best of the Great Trail. Volume 2, Northern Ontario to British Columbia on the Trans Canada Trail
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25023
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Haynes, Michael
- Publisher
- Fredericton, New Brunswick : Goose Lane Editions
- Call Number
- F1000 H39 T44 Volume 2
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- Author
- Haynes, Michael
- Publisher
- Fredericton, New Brunswick : Goose Lane Editions
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 325 pages : illustrations (colour)
- Subjects
- Trails
- Trans Canada trail
- Guidebook
- Guidebooks
- Abstract
- What is the longest, most exciting hiking and cycling trail in the world? It can only be The Great Trail. Spanning the entirety of Canada, from the Atlantic to the Pacific to the Arctic Oceans, this improbable route covers 24,000 kilometres.The Best of The Great Trail is the essential companion to this national trail. In volume 2, Michael Haynes completes his two-book set on The Great Trail, leading hikers and cyclists through thirty "must-see" trails of Western Canada in five provinces. (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- Foreward
- Why this book?
- How to use this book
- Trails at a glance
- British Columbia
- Alberta
- Saskatchewan
- Manitoba
- Northern Ontario
- Acknowledgements
- Index
- Notes
- Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019
- ISBN
- 9781773100326
- Accession Number
- AC638
- Call Number
- F1000 H39 T44 Volume 2
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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- Summary on Goose Lane Editions website
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