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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

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Anne and Kent

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.28

Description: Photograph of tree-planters Anne and Kent next to their tent in Invermere, British Columbia.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Anne and Kent

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of tree-planters Anne and Kent next to their tent in Invermere, British Columbia.

Subject: tree-planting; forest; portrait; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.28

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Anne in her Van

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.30

Description: Photograph of Anne sitting in her van, Moh Creek, Butte Inlet, British Columbia.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Anne in her Van

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of Anne sitting in her van, Moh Creek, Butte Inlet, British Columbia.

Subject: tree-planting; forest; portrait; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.30

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A Bundle of Hemlocks

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.52

Description: Photograph of 25 seedlings placed against a photo backdrop. Photograph taken at the tree-planting camp in Invermere, B.C.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: A Bundle of Hemlocks

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of 25 seedlings placed against a photo backdrop. Photograph taken at the tree-planting camp in Invermere, B.C.

Subject: tree-planting; forest; camp; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.52

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Carole and her sister Josée

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.34

Description: Photograph of two sisters, Carole and Josée with their tree-planting gear in Invermere, British Columbia.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Carole and her sister Josée

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of two sisters, Carole and Josée with their tree-planting gear in Invermere, British Columbia.

Subject: tree-planting; forest; portrait; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.34

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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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Clearcutting with the Tree-Eater

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.15

Description: Photograph of a “tree-eater” machine clear-cutting on a mountainside in the distance. Photograph taken in Pemberton, British Columbia.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Clearcutting with the Tree-Eater

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of a “tree-eater” machine clear-cutting on a mountainside in the distance. Photograph taken in Pemberton, British Columbia.