topic:"British Columbia" found 23 records - Research Collections

Surveying the 120th meridian and the great divide : the Alberta/BC boundary survey, 1918-1924

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

Published Date: 2019

Author: Sherwood, Jay

Publisher: Halfmoon Bay, BC : Caitlin Press

Call Number: 08.3 Sh5s Volume 2

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Author: Sherwood, Jay

Responsibility: Jay Sherwood

Publisher: Halfmoon Bay, BC : Caitlin Press

Published Date: 2019

Physical Description: 192 p. ; illus.

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

Series: Volume 2

Subjects: Surveyors; Surveys and Mapping; Surveys; Great Divide Trail; Alberta; British Columbia; British Columbia - Boundaries; British Columbia - Surveys and Mapping; Alberta - B.C. Boundary; Alberta - Boundaries; Wheeler, Arthur Oliver; Cautley, Richard William; History; History of Alberta

Abstract: "Surveying the 120th Meridian and the Great Divide is the second book of a two-part series describing the initial Alberta/BC boundary survey undertaken between 1913-1924. Surveying the 120th Meridian focuses on the years 1918–1924, when the Alberta crew continued the survey of the 120th meridian while the BC crew split off to continue mapping the Great (Continental) Divide. The Alberta/BC boundary survey was a unique Canadian project that combined talented surveyors, high-tech surveying equipment, rugged crew members and Canadian wilderness. This is a story of adventure and danger: the crew climbed mountains and surveyed from the peaks of the Canadian Rockies; slogged through the muskeg north of the Peace River; occasionally crossed rivers at high water; and often worked in the rain, snow or cold. The boundary survey produced the first detailed maps of the terrain along the divide and the first pictures of the northern Canadian Rockies taken from an airplane. But the most important legacy of this project is the collection of approximately 5,000 photographs developed from high-quality glass plate negatives. These photographs provide full panoramas of the Rocky Mountain landscape as it looked over a century ago. Surveying the 120th Meridian and the Great Divide combines the best of these photographs, diary entries and government documents to recount the astonishing journey of the surveyors and their crew members as they explored Canada’s most dramatic landscape."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents: Maps; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The Surveyors; Surveying Methods 1918-1924; Completion of the Boundary Survey, 1950-1953; Conclusion; Geographical Names; Survey Crews, 1918-1924; Sources Consulted; Index

Notes: Features visual and textual material from the A.O. Wheeler fonds M546 / V771

ISBN: 9780773860091

Accession Number: 2019.90

Call Number: 08.3 Sh5s Volume 2

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Publisher's website

Websites

http://caitlin-press.com/our-books/surveying-the-120th-meridian-and-the-great-divide/

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A century of antics, epics, & escapades : the Varsity Outdoor Club, 1917-2017

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

Published Date: 2017

Author: Varsity Outdoor Club

Publisher: Vancouver : Varsity Outdoor Club, University of British Columbia

Edition: centennial edition

Call Number: 01.4 C51a

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Author: Varsity Outdoor Club

Edition: centennial edition

Publisher: Vancouver : Varsity Outdoor Club, University of British Columbia

Published Date: 2017

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

Subjects: Hiking; Squamish, British Columbia; British Columbia; Mountaineering; Mountain Equipment Co-op

Abstract: Pertains to the history and achievements of the Varsity Outdoor Club over the last 100 years in celebration of the organizations centennial anniversary. Divided by decade, the book offers the reader a comprehensive analysis of the achievements during each time period. From mountaineering to rock climbing, hiking and sailing, the centennial edition of the Varsity Outdoor Club offers the reader a personal experience in understanding mountain life.

Contents: Foreward; A history older than ours; Table of contenets; Timeline; 1917 - 1939; 1940's; 1950's; 1960's; Buildering by Ard Ardvin; 1970's; Conservation and advocacy in VOC; 1980's; Women in the VOC; 1990's; Huts; Nerdiness in the VOC; 2000's; VOC portrait: Roland Burton; VOC marriage proposals; 2010's; Beyond 2017; Acknowledgements; A note on sources; Appendix: executive lists

ISBN: 9781775043003

Accession Number: 2019.56

Call Number: 01.4 C51a

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: The attached URL pertains to the Varsity Outdoor Clubs official website

Websites

https://www.ubc-voc.com/

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The bold and cold : a history of 25 classic climbs in the Canadian Rockies

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

Published Date: 2016

Author: Pullan, Brandon

Publisher: Victoria : Rocky Mountain Books

Call Number: 01.4 P96b

Author: Pullan, Brandon

Publisher: Victoria : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: 2016

Physical Description: 264 pages, colour illustrations

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

Subjects: Alberta, Mount; Assiniboine, Mount; Banff National Park; British Columbia; Bugaboos; Canmore; Edith Cavell, Mount; Robson, Mount; Rock climbing; Rocky Mountains, Canada; Yamnuska, Mount

ISBN: 9781771601153

Accession Number: P2016 - 73,000 - 03

Call Number: 01.4 P96b

Collection: Archives Library

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Chautauqua serenade : violinist Ruth Bowers on tour, 1910-1912

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

Published Date: 2015

Author: Sherwood, Jay

Publisher: Halfmoon Bay, BC : Caitlin Press

Call Number: 06.2 Sh5c

Author: Sherwood, Jay

Publisher: Halfmoon Bay, BC : Caitlin Press

Published Date: 2015

Physical Description: 224 pages, illustrations, maps

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

Subjects: British Columbia; Music; Travel; United States; Women

ISBN: 9781927575697

Accession Number: P2016 - 73,000 - 02

Call Number: 06.2 Sh5c

Collection: Archives Library

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Furrows in the sky : the adventures of Gerry Andrews

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

Published Date: 2012

Author: Sherwood, Jay

Publisher: Victoria : Royal BC Museum Publishing

Call Number: 03.7 Sh5f

Author: Sherwood, Jay

Publisher: Victoria : Royal BC Museum Publishing

Published Date: 2012

Physical Description: 239 pages, illustrations, maps

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

Subjects: Aerial Photography; British Columbia; Canadian Pacific Railway; Field; Forestry; Surveyors; World War II

ISBN: 9780772664914

Accession Number: P2016 - 73,000 - 02

Call Number: 03.7 Sh5f

Collection: Archives Library

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Great bear wild : dispatches from a Northern Rainforest

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

Published Date: 2014

Author: McAllister, Ian

Publisher: Vancouver : Greystone Books

Call Number: 04.2 M12g

Author: McAllister, Ian

Responsibility: Ian McAllister ; foreword by Robert F. Kennedy Jr

Publisher: Vancouver : Greystone Books

Published Date: 2014

Physical Description: xiv, 183 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 29 cm

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

Subjects: Bears; British Columbia; Forests

Notes: The Great Bear Rainforest is the fabled region that stretches up the rugged Pacific coast from the top of Vancouver Island to southern Alaska. A longtime resident of the area, award-winning photographer and conservationist Ian McAllister takes us on a deeply personal journey from the headwaters of the Great Bear Rainforest's unexplored river valleys down to where the ocean meets the rainforest and finally to the hidden depths of the offshore world. Along the way, we meet the spectacular wildlife that inhabits the Great Bear Rainforest--in a not-so-unusual week, McAllister quietly observes twenty-seven bears fishing for salmon, three of which are the famed pure white grizzlies, Kermodes. McAllister introduces us to the First Nations people who have lived there for millennia and have become his close friends and allies, and to the scientists conducting groundbreaking research and racing against time to protect the rainforest from massive energy projects."--From publisher