topic:"Mountains" found 26 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

A climber's guide to the interior ranges of British Columbia

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

Published Date: 1947

Author: Thorington, J. Monroe

Publisher: New York : American Alpine Club

Edition: 2ed

Call Number: 01.4 C61i 1947

Author: Thorington, J. Monroe

Edition: 2ed

Publisher: New York : American Alpine Club

Published Date: 1947

Physical Description: 170p. : 1 map

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

Subjects: Cariboo Mountains; Guidebooks; Purcell Mountains; Selkirk Mountains

Accession Number: 224

Call Number: 01.4 C61i 1947

Collection: Archives Library

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The Rocky Mountains of Canada in colour

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

Published Date: pre 1945 (1st Edition); pre 1945 (2nd Edition); post 1945 (3rd Edition); post 1945 (4th Edition)

Author: Associated screen news limited

Publisher: Montreal : Associated Screen News Limited

Edition: 1st; 2nd; 3rd; 4th

Call Number: 06 Ro59m c.1 PAM 3rd edition; 06 Ro59m c.2 PAM 4th edition; 06 Ro59m c.3 PAM 1st edition; 06 Ro59m c.4 PAM 2nd edition; 06 Ro59m c.5 PAM 3rd edition; 06 Ro59m c.6 PAM 4th edition

Variant Title: In colour The Rocky Mountains of Canada

Author: Associated screen news limited

Responsibility: Associated Screen News Limited

Edition: 1st; 2nd; 3rd; 4th

Publisher: Montreal : Associated Screen News Limited

Published Date: pre 1945 (1st Edition); pre 1945 (2nd Edition); post 1945 (3rd Edition); post 1945 (4th Edition)

Physical Description: 18 leaves : chiefly color illustrations

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

Subjects: Photography; Rocky Mountains, Canada; Tourism; Travel; Souvenir stores; Alberta; Mountains; Three Sisters; Rundle Mount; Town of Banff; Banff Springs Hotel; Bow Valley; Cascade Mountain; Temple, Mount; Lake Louise; Chateau Lake Louise; Lefroy Glacier; Victoria Glacier; Lakes in the Clouds; Moraine Lake; Takakkaw Falls; Yoho; Yoho National Park; Great Divide Trail; Spiral Tunnels; Field; Field, British Columbia

Abstract: Pertains to popular views of the Canadian Rocky Mountains

Contents: The Three Sisters; Mount Rundle and Vermilion Lake; Town of Banff; Banff Springs Hotel; Bow Valley; Cascade Mountain; Mount Assiniboine; Castle Mountain; Mount Temple; Lake Louise; Mount Lefroy and Victorial Glacier; Lakes in the Clouds; Chateau Lake Louise; Moraine Lake and Valley of the Ten Peaks; Takakkaw Falls, Yoho Valley; The Great Divide; Spiral Tunnels; Field, British Columbia, and Mount Stephen

Notes: Printed in Canada

Accession Number: 2014.8385; 2019.84

Call Number: 06 Ro59m c.1 PAM 3rd edition; 06 Ro59m c.2 PAM 4th edition; 06 Ro59m c.3 PAM 1st edition; 06 Ro59m c.4 PAM 2nd edition; 06 Ro59m c.5 PAM 3rd edition; 06 Ro59m c.6 PAM 4th edition

Collection: Archives Library

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The romance of mountaineering

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

Published Date: 1946; 1935

Author: Irving, R. L. G

Publisher: London : J. M. Dent

Edition: [2d ed.]

Call Number: 01 Ir8r

Author: Irving, R. L. G

Edition: [2d ed.]

Publisher: London : J. M. Dent

Published Date: 1946; 1935

Physical Description: xiv, 331p. : ill., port., diagr

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

Subjects: Rocky Mountains, Canada; Selkirk Mountains

Notes: Bibliography and index

Accession Number: 3349

Call Number: 01 Ir8r

Collection: Archives Library

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Ashcroft Country, B.C.

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

Date: 1948

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.57

Description: See photo blhc: brhc: “E Lamarque”

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

Title: Ashcroft Country, B.C.

Date: 1948

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 22.8 x 30.3 cm

Description: See photo blhc: brhc: “E Lamarque”

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

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.57

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Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.28

Description: In the foreground on the left is a small group of trees and rocky ground leading down to a waters edge. In the mid-ground on the right is another group of trees and ground that meets the water. Just behind the trees is Bow Lake and in the background are snow capped mountains and Crowfoot Glacier. T…

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: In the foreground on the left is a small group of trees and rocky ground leading down to a waters edge. In the mid-ground on the right is another group of trees and ground that meets the water. Just behind the trees is Bow Lake and in the background are snow capped mountains and Crowfoot Glacier. The sky has many gray clouds with small areas of blue sky showing through.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains; lake; Bow lake; glacier; Crowfoot Glacier

Credit: Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 1997

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.28

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Cannery at Kimsquit, Mouth of Dean River, B.C.

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

Date: 1942

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.59

Description: A watercolour on soft board; blue water, brown dock and white and brown buildings in the foreground; a shore with green trees behind. A massive mountain looms behind. There are vestiges of snow on top and water coming down a canyon viewer’s left. The sky is a dull blue colour.

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

Title: Cannery at Kimsquit, Mouth of Dean River, B.C.

Date: 1942

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 50.6 x 35.5 cm

Description: A watercolour on soft board; blue water, brown dock and white and brown buildings in the foreground; a shore with green trees behind. A massive mountain looms behind. There are vestiges of snow on top and water coming down a canyon viewer’s left. The sky is a dull blue colour.