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Castle in the wilderness : the story of the Banff Springs Hotel
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24950
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Robinson, Bart
- Publisher
- Banff, AB : Summerthought Publishing
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Call Number
- 08.5 R55c
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- Author
- Robinson, Bart
- Responsibility
- Bart Robinson
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Banff, AB : Summerthought Publishing
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 160 p.; illus.
- Subjects
- Hotels
- History
- Travel
- Tourism
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Abstract
- A Castle in the Wilderness: The Story of the Banff Springs Hotel is the definitive historical record of one of the world’s most famous mountain resorts. The story navigates the hotel’s early history from its construction by the Canadian Pacific Railway to the glittering era of the 1920s through to the changes of modern times. Local author and historian Bart Robinson has been exploring and writing about the Banff Springs Hotel since the 1970s. In A Castle in the Wilderness he combines a complete hotel history with rich anecdotes and snippets of the past that have enriched Banff and indeed Canada, from the hotel’s links to the construction of the transcontinental rail line to the visits of maharajahs and movie stars.How did such a gracious hotel come to be in the wilds of the Canadian Rockies? How much did it cost to build? Who designed it? Who selected its furnishings? Which famous visitors has it hosted? And why is now known as the Fairmont Banff Springs? These and many more questions are answered in the Castle in the Wilderness. (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- Introduction
- Origins of a Hotel
- Grand Designs
- Vistas and Vendettas
- Growing Pains
- Towers and Troubles
- Princes and Politicians
- Out of the Fire
- A Brief But Golden Moment
- Tribulations and Triumph
- A Second Century
- Into the New Millenium
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index
- Credits
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- ISBN
- 9781926983356
- Accession Number
- 2019.89
- Call Number
- 08.5 R55c
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Link to publishers website where publication can been purchased
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Dining with Canadian Railways : Volume I - Canadian Pacific chinaware
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19845
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- Smith, Will
- Publisher
- [Nanaimo, British Columbia], Canada : David William (Will) Smith and Ralph Beaumont
- Call Number
- 08.5 Sm5d
1 website
- Author
- Smith, Will
- Responsibility
- Will Smith
- Publisher
- [Nanaimo, British Columbia], Canada : David William (Will) Smith and Ralph Beaumont
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- [248 pages] : illustrations (some colour), map
- Subjects
- Railways
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Restaurants
- Travel
- Canada
- Industry
- History
- History-Canada
- Hotels
- Abstract
- Pertains to the chinaware used by the Canadian Pacific Railway on affiliated trains, steamships, hotels, restaurants, airlines with focus on history and specific patterns used on ceramics
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 - Scope and arrangement of book
- Chapter 2 - Research sources
- Chapter 3 - Railway
- Chapter 4 - Steamships
- Chapter 5 - Hotels, resorts and restaurants
- Chapter 6 - Airline
- Chapter 7 - The evolution of CPR's chinaware logos
- Chapter 8 - The scope of chinaware and its movement withing CPR's operations
- Chapter 9 - Where did al that chinaware go?
- Chapter 10 - Souvenir chinaware
- Chapter 11 - Fakes and reproductions
- Chapter 12 - Market value
- Chapter 13 - Interpreting the individual pattern listing
- Chapter 14 - Railway, steamship, hotel and restaurant patterns
- Chapter 15 - Affiliated Dominion Atlantic & Quebec Central patterns
- Chapter 16 - Airline patterns
- Appendix A - Manufacturers and their abbreviation codes
- Appendix B - Patterns by manufacturer
- Appendix C - Patterns by decade of introduction
- Appendix D - Patterns by CPR operations
- Appendix E - Hotels, resorts, bungalow camps and rest/tea houses by province
- Appendix F - Railway station restaurants by province: 1892, 1907, 1920 & 1956
- Acknowledgements
- Bibliography
- Index
- ISBN
- 9781999382100
- Accession Number
- 2019.27
- Call Number
- 08.5 Sm5d
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Credit Valley Railway Company Ltd. distributes publication
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Professional correspondence
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54944
- Scope & Content
- File consists of correspondence sent between Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies staff and members, and various other individuals, companies and organizations, including: Canadian Pacific Railway Company; Government of Alberta and Government of Canada; Dennis Orr; Gord Thompson; Penny Egeland; Dr.…
- Date Range
- 1959
- 1961-1973
- 1975-1980
- 1983-1985
- 1995-2011
- Reference Code
- M545 / V / 43 to 52
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Organization record
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M545 / V635
- Series
- M545 / V : Administrative records
- Sous-Fonds
- M545
- Accession Number
- 5939
- 8235
- Reference Code
- M545 / V / 43 to 52
- Date Range
- 1959
- 1961-1973
- 1975-1980
- 1983-1985
- 1995-2011
- Physical Description
- 19 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of correspondence sent between Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies staff and members, and various other individuals, companies and organizations, including: Canadian Pacific Railway Company; Government of Alberta and Government of Canada; Dennis Orr; Gord Thompson; Penny Egeland; Dr. Barbara Rostron; Brewster Transport Company Ltd.; Calgary Area Outdoor Council; B.C. Provincial Parks Office; Terry Stowell; Paperchase Office Services Ltd.; Rick Godderis; Ben Bury; and Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies. Content pertains to trail ride coordination [accommodation, scheduling, etc.], supplies and budgeting, provincial and federal parks legislation, associated businesses including outfitters and transport companies, and other administrative topics.
- Notes
- Files are organized by date [see "Content Details"].
- Files contain some duplicate items
- Name Access
- Orr, Dennis
- Thompson, Gord
- Egeland, Penny
- Rostron, Barbara
- Stowell, Terry
- Godderis, Rick
- Bury, Ben
- Subject Access
- Administration
- Businesses
- Camping
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Commerce and industry
- Communications
- Conservation
- Environment
- Finances
- Government
- Guiding
- Hotels
- Legal and Financial
- Leisure
- Employees
- Employment
- Membership
- National parks and reserves
- Organizations
- Outfitters
- Packing
- Pack trips
- Provincial parks and reserves
- Recreation
- Tourism
- Trails
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Calgary
- Edmonton
- Ontario
- Ottawa
- Access Restrictions
- Files contain some personal contact information
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Files contain some personal contact information
- Language
- English
- Category
- Commerce and industry
- Communications
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Government
- Natural resources
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Transportation
- Title Source
- Title based on contents in file
- Content Details
- File date ranges: M545/V/43 : 1959 - 1972 M545/V/44 : 1973 - 1985 M545/V/45 : 1995 - 1996 M545/V/46 : 1997 - 1998 M545/V/47 : 1999 - 2004 M545/V/48 : 2005 M545/V/49 : 2006 [January - May] M545/V/50 : 2006 [June - August] M545/V/51 : September 2006 - 2007 M545/V/52 : 2008 - 2011
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Rails over the mountains : exploring the railway heritage of Canada's western mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25285
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2016
- Author
- Brown, Ron
- Publisher
- Toronto : Dundurn
- Call Number
- 08.3 B78r
1 website
- Author
- Brown, Ron
- Responsibility
- Ron Brown
- Publisher
- Toronto : Dundurn
- Published Date
- 2016
- Physical Description
- 156 pages : illustrations
- Subjects
- Railways
- History
- History of Alberta
- History-Canada
- Rocky Mountains
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Abstract
- Ride the rails through Canada’s western mountains to explore the many vestiges of the region’s spectacular and surprising railway heritage. Here is where grand railway hotels were built to attract tourists to the West’s beautiful scenery and bring profit to the railway lines as well. Rustic stations added to the allure. The challenges of conquering the mountains resulted in some of Canada’s most ingenious feats of engineering, such as spiral tunnels and soaring trestles (one of which was featured in The Amazing Race Canada). Relive the days of rail on a steam train, the luxurious Rocky Mountaineer, or one of VIA Rail’s mountain journeys. Outdoor enthusiasts can follow the abandoned roadbeds of Canada’s more spectacular rail trails, like the legendary Kettle Valley Railway. Also included are some of Canada’s most extensive railway museums, which have helped to bring this vanished era back to life. (From publisher's website)
- Contents
- The rails arrive -- Conquering the mountains : the tunnels and bridges -- The faces of the railways : the heritage railway stations -- Life on the line : the railway towns -- The dream castles : western Canada's railway hotels -- Railway structures : a forgotten heritage -- Celebrating the heritage : the railway museums -- The rail trails -- All aboard.
- ISBN
- 9781459733596
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 08.3 B78r
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Publisher's website
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