topic:"Canadian Rockies " found 17 records - Research Collections

Environmental groups in Alberta

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

Published Date: July 1974 (1st rev); October 1977 (2 rev)

Call Number: R 04 En8

Responsibility: originally compiled June 1972 by Kenneth Persson (and others)

Published Date: July 1974 (1st rev); October 1977 (2 rev)

Physical Description: 50p

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

Subjects: Alpine Club of Canada; Bow Valley Naturalists; Clubs; Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies

Accession Number: 11000

Call Number: R 04 En8

Collection: Archives Library

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Aloft : Canadian Rockies aerial photography

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

Published Date: 2021

Author: Zizka, Paul

Publisher: Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books

Call Number: 06.4 Z7a

Author: Zizka, Paul

Publisher: Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: 2021

Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

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

Subjects: Canadian Rockies; Photography; Photography, Aerial; Mountains; Nature; Environment

Abstract: An astounding, unique collection of some of the most stunning mountain landscapes in North America. There is a reason why the Canadian Rockies are some of the most photographed mountains in the world. Rugged peaks encircle glacier-fed lakes, rise up like protective walls around tree-filled valleys, and offer a stunning backdrop to open alpine meadows. They have been photographed from the valley bottoms, from the shores of famous lakes, and from the summits of prominent peaks. They are accessible by vehicle, boat, gondola, skis and hiking boots. But a lucky few have photographed the Rockies from the air. In the most comprehensive collection of aerial photos to date, Aloft: Canadian Rockies Aerial Photography by Paul Zizka gives the reader a unique bird's-eye view of this prized mountain range. From vast glaciers to winding rivers, animal overpasses to lakes that look like brilliant spills of turquoise paint on the landscape, these images provide a rare look at mountains that are as grandiose from the skies as they are from their better-known vantage points.

ISBN: 9781771603973

Accession Number: P2022.01

Call Number: 06.4 Z7a

Location: Reading Room

Collection: Archives Library

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Barbara Spohr : apparent reasons = raisons apparentes.

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

Published Date: 1995

Author: Spohr, Barbara

Publisher: Banff, Alb. : Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Call Number: 06.4 Sp6a

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Author: Spohr, Barbara

Responsibility: Barbara Spohr

Publisher: Banff, Alb. : Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Published Date: 1995

Physical Description: 81 pages : illustrations, portraits

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

Subjects: Art; Photography; Exhibition catalogue; Exhibitions; Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Abstract: Exhibition catalogue for the 1995 exhibit of Barbara Spohr's show 'Apparent Reasons' at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Contents: Introduction; Road trip; From where she stood; Barbara Spohr's border crossings

ISBN: 0920608418

Accession Number: 2021.23

Call Number: 06.4 Sp6a

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Link to Banff Centre's Barbara Spohr Memorial Award page - includes biographical information

Websites

https://www.banffcentre.ca/barbara-spohr-memorial-award

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Bikepacking in the Canadian Rockies

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

Published Date: 2020

Author: Correy, Ryan

Call Number: 02.6 C81b

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Author: Correy, Ryan

Responsibility: Ryan Correy

Published Date: 2020

Physical Description: 192 pages

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

Subjects: Biking; Canadian Rockies; Travel

Abstract: Before his untimely death from cancer in 2018, veteran rider and passionate cyclist Ryan Correy (two-time finisher of the Tour Divide, founder of Bikepack Canada and author of A Purpose Ridden) pedalled his way through the most popular national parks in the Canadian Rockies in order to complete his work on this unique guidebook. Featuring routes in Waterton, Kananaskis, Banff, Kootenay, Yoho, and Jasper, Bikepacking in the Canadian Rockies will take biking enthusiasts on Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert journeys in the following locations: Front Range – 496 km gravel grind down the Alberta foothills High Rockies – 183 km opening sampler for the Great Divide Beaverfoot – 389 km expedition along the Rocky Mountain Trench Devil’s Gap – 214 km backcountry passage into Banff National Park Highwood – 357 km over Highwood Pass into the Crowsnest region Castle – 266 km circumnavigation of Waterton and Castle parks Top of the World – 347 km of remote climbs in the East Kootenays Flathead Valley – 291 km through “Grizzly Bear Alley” in southeast British Columbia Three Point – 173 km hike-a-bike adventure around Kananaskis Icefields Parkway (in winter) – 291 km fat-bike trek up the world-renowned Highway 93 to Jasper The result of Correy’s remarkable dedication is an unparalleled collection of ten ambitious, multi-day routes complete with directional cues, detailed maps, a helpful Bikepacking 101 section, rich photography, and personal stories that will stoke the curiosity of both the beginner and the experienced backcountry rider. (From Rocky Mountain Books)

Contents: Foreward; Preface; Introduction; Bikepacking 101; Intermediate Routes; Advanced Routes; Expert Routes; Appendices; Acknowledgements

ISBN: 9781771602372

Accession Number: P2020.7

Call Number: 02.6 C81b

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Rocky Mountain Books

Websites

https://rmbooks.com/book/bikepacking-in-the-canadian-rockies/

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Goth girls of Banff : stories

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

Published Date: 2020

Author: O'Neill, John

Publisher: Edmonton, AB : NeWest Press

Call Number: 05.2 On2g

Author: O'Neill, John

Publisher: Edmonton, AB : NeWest Press

Published Date: 2020

Physical Description: 202 pages ; 22 cm

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

Subjects: Banff; Canadian Rockies; Short Stories; Fiction

Abstract: John O'Neill's gothic short stories, set in the Canadian Rockies, are haunted by the violence inherent in nature and humans. The mountains are majestic and impassive. The characters are surprising, bent, but also empathetic. Their survival is tenuous. A two-sister team of goth tour guides offers guided excursions up switchback mountain trails; a paroled convict thumbs his way into the life of a family driving west; and an animal pathologist, while performing a necropsy on a grizzly bear, has an unusual encounter with both technology and humanity. Goth Girls of Banff is a superb collection, sharply written, with plot turns as consequence-laden as those on an iced-over mountain road. -- Provided by publisher.

Contents: What is written or Talking to keep the bears away -- Athabasca -- Attacking the bear -- Rudy -- Three places -- Marilyn in the mountains: nine poses -- From Castle Mountain -- Goth girls of Banff -- Natural selection -- The book about the bear.

Notes: Includes discussion questions.

ISBN: 9781988732954

Accession Number: P2023.16

Call Number: 05.2 On2g

Collection: Archives Library

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Guide to photographs : the fonds and collections of the archives, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

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

Published Date: 1990

Author: Hadley, Margery Tanner

Publisher: Banff : Archives, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Call Number: 00.5 W62gt

Author: Hadley, Margery Tanner

Responsibility: by Margery Tanner Hadley

Publisher: Banff : Archives, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Published Date: 1990

Physical Description: xi, 125 pages ; 28 cm

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

Subjects: Archives; Photography; Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Notes: A list of the photographs contained in the archives at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

ISBN: 0-920308-39-6

Call Number: 00.5 W62gt

Collection: Archives Library

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Icefields

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

Published Date: 2021

Author: Wharton, Thomas

Publisher: Edmonton, AB : NeWest Publishing

Call Number: 05.2 W55 2021

Author: Wharton, Thomas

Publisher: Edmonton, AB : NeWest Publishing

Published Date: 2021

Physical Description: 336 pages

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

Subjects: Fiction; Canadian Rockies; Jasper National Park; Survival

Abstract: In 1898, Doctor Edward Byrne slips on the ice of the Arcturus Glacier in the Canadian Rockies and slides into a crevasse, wedged upside down nearly sixty feet below the surface. As he fights losing consciousness, a stray beam of sunlight illuminates the ice in front of him and Byrne sees something in the blue-green radiance that will forever link him to the ancient glacier. In this moment, his life’s purpose becomes uncovering the mystery of the icefield that almost was his tomb. Along the way, he encounters similarly fixated individuals, each immersed in their own quest: the healer and storyteller Sara; the bohemian travel writer Freya Becker; the entrepreneur Trask; the poet Hal Rowan; and Elspeth, greenhouse keeper and Byrne's lover. First published in 1995, Thomas Wharton’s Icefields is an astonishing historical novel set in a mesmerizing literary landscape, one that is constantly being altered by the surging and retreating glacier and unpredictable weather. Here—where characters are pulled into deep chasms of ice as well as the stories and histories they tell one another—is a vivid, daring, and crisply written book that reveals the human spirit, loss, myth, and elusive truths. -- From the publisher