topic:"Tourism" found 21 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Location & Scenic [2/5]

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 107 colour prints of various locations. Includes Fort Steele Locations [taken in 1991 at the same site as a 1952 shoot], wildlife, the interiors of several log houses [mostly fireplaces], the Badlands and Milk River, and various parts of Kananaskis, including Haig Glacier and Wind …

Date Range: 1988-1992

Reference Code: V190 / VI / L / v / PA - 52 to PA - 159

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, L : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: v : Location & Scenic: Cliffhanger, Imax, etc

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / L / v / PA - 52 to PA - 159

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1988-1992

Physical Description: 107 photographs : col. ; 15.2 x 10.1 cm

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 107 colour prints of various locations. Includes Fort Steele Locations [taken in 1991 at the same site as a 1952 shoot], wildlife, the interiors of several log houses [mostly fireplaces], the Badlands and Milk River, and various parts of Kananaskis, including Haig Glacier and Wind Pass, taken from the air in 1991.

Subject Access: Animals; Automobiles; Badlands; Buildings; Cabins; Filmaking; Films and film making; Helicopters; Mountains; Rivers; Scenery; Tourism; Trains; Winter

Geographic Access: Banff National Park; Kananaskis Country; Alberta

Language: English

Related Material: V190 / VI / L / v / NA - 64 to NA - 97

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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Norquay - negatives

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 860 b&w negatives of Norquay Ski area, including people skiing casually as well as in races/competitions, ski jumping, the building of ski runs and lifts, the lodges, avalanche control, construction of ski lifts, the summer sightseeing chair lift & gondola, portraits, and aerial sh…

Date Range: 1954-1975

Reference Code: V190 / VI / N / i / NA - 01 to NA - 53

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Negative

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, N : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: i : Norquay

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / N / i / NA - 01 to NA - 53

GMD: Film; Negative

Date Range: 1954-1975

Physical Description: 860 photographs : b&w negatives ; 13.3 x 10 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 860 b&w negatives of Norquay Ski area, including people skiing casually as well as in races/competitions, ski jumping, the building of ski runs and lifts, the lodges, avalanche control, construction of ski lifts, the summer sightseeing chair lift & gondola, portraits, and aerial shots of the mountain. Also includes contact proof prints of certain photographs.

Subject Access: Aerial photography; Buildings; Children; Community life; Competition; Construction; Mountains; Norquay Coffee Shop; Norquay Ski Hill; Ski jumping; Ski lodges and cabins; Ski racing; Ski schools; Skiers; Skiing; Tourism; Winter; Winter Carnival

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park

Language: English

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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Publication Photos

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 60 b&w prints of various events, groups, and individuals - mostly unidentified - possibly for the purpose of publication. Includes the Banff Boy Scouts, Banff Air Cadets, a firefighting competion on Banff Avenue, climbing, sunbathers, mountain and glacier scenes, Lake Louise, Bow L…

Date Range: 1961-1983

Reference Code: V190 / VI / P / viii / PA - 01 to PA - 60

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, P : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: viii : Publication Photos

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / P / viii / PA - 01 to PA - 60

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1961-1983

Physical Description: 60 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 60 b&w prints of various events, groups, and individuals - mostly unidentified - possibly for the purpose of publication. Includes the Banff Boy Scouts, Banff Air Cadets, a firefighting competion on Banff Avenue, climbing, sunbathers, mountain and glacier scenes, Lake Louise, Bow Lake, airplanes and air shows, and members of the Montana Rocky Mountain Model T Ford Club.

Notes: PA - 01 to 08 pertain to the [Boy] Scout Jamboree in Kananaskis, 1983. PA - 09 to 19 pertain to a Banff Fireman Show, 1982.

Subject Access: Airplane; Airplanes; Automobiles; Banff Centre; Banff Flying Club; Cadet camp; Ceremony; Children; Climbing; Comptetions; Family; Fire fighters; Fire fighting equipment; Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Mountains; Personal and Family Life; Personal and Professional Life; Portrait; Tourism

Geographic Access: Bow Lake; Lake Louise; Banff; Banff National Park; Kananaskis Country; Alberta

Language: English

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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Publications and correspondence scrapbook

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Part Of: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and typed correspondence. Content pertains to trips led by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, promotional content, a trail ride map, information on trail rides between 1982 and 1985 [including a 60th anniversary trip in 1983], Par…

Date Range: 1982-1985

Reference Code: M545 / III / 15

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook

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Part Of: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M545 / V635

Series: M545 / III : Published records

Sous-Fonds: M545

Accession Number: 5939

Reference Code: M545 / III / 15

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook

Date Range: 1982-1985

Physical Description: 0.5 cm of textual records (1 scrapbook ; 28 x 38 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and typed correspondence. Content pertains to trips led by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, promotional content, a trail ride map, information on trail rides between 1982 and 1985 [including a 60th anniversary trip in 1983], Parks Canada and natural conservation, facility expansion proposals and a six-page magazine article from "Banff Life" [1984] discussing the Trail Riders.

Notes: Some pages in scrapbook are annotated in pen with article dates and names of publications they were taken from.

Subject Access: Administration; Advertising; Publication; Newspaper; Organizations; Events; Membership; Travel; Tourism; Communications

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff National Park

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Blank pages not scanned

Category: Communications; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Sky Tram, Jasper AB

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of one 16 mm motion picture pertaining to the Sky Tram in Jasper. Includes shots of the cable cars departing and arriving at the terminals, views from inside the cars, passengers, and scenic views from the top of the lift. The original label on the case reads "Title Sky Tram, Location…

Date Range: 1964

Reference Code: V190 / VI / NF - 34

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Film; Motion picture

1 image

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file

Sous-Fonds: V190

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / NF - 34

GMD: Film; Motion picture

Date Range: 1964

Physical Description: 1 motion picture (1 film reel: 270'): 16 mm, original, b&w, silent

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: Item consists of one 16 mm motion picture pertaining to the Sky Tram in Jasper. Includes shots of the cable cars departing and arriving at the terminals, views from inside the cars, passengers, and scenic views from the top of the lift. The original label on the case reads "Title Sky Tram, Location Jasper AB, Camera B. Engler, Date 1964, Footage 270 feet, Time 7 minutes."

Subject Access: Activities; Advertising; Animals; Children; Family and personal life; Gondolas; Hiking; Marmots; Mountains; Scenery; scenic; Tourism

Geographic Access: Jasper; Jasper National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Creator: Bruno Engler

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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Sulphur Mountain Gondola

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 49 b&w & colour prints of Sulphur Mountain, the Gondola Upper Terminal, hiking trail, and gondola cars & cables, as well as misceleaneous shots of the Banff townsight and construction of the skating rink and bridge at the base of Norquay Mountain.

Date Range: [ca. 1960-1973]

Reference Code: V190 / VI / S / iv / PA - 01 to PA - 49

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

10 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, S : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: iv : Sulphur Mountain Gondola

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / S / iv / PA - 01 to PA - 49

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca. 1960-1973]

Physical Description: 49 photographs : b&w & col. ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 49 b&w & colour prints of Sulphur Mountain, the Gondola Upper Terminal, hiking trail, and gondola cars & cables, as well as misceleaneous shots of the Banff townsight and construction of the skating rink and bridge at the base of Norquay Mountain.

Subject Access: Activities; Banff townsite; Children; Construction; Gondolas; Helicopters; Hiking; Mountains; Mount Norquay Ski Area; Norquay Ski Hill; Scenery; Ski areas; Skiing; Sulphur Mountain; Sulphur Mountain Gondola; Sulphur Mountain lookout; Summit; Tourism; Winter; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Related Material: V190 / VI / S / iv / NA - 01 to NA - 04 V190 / VI / S / iv / NS - 01 to NS - 03

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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Sunshine Summer

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 14 b&w prints of the Sunshine Ski Resort area during the summer, including people on hiking trails, the Standish Mountain viewing platform looking over Sunshine Meadows and the lakes, people on the Standish chairlift with the hotel in the background, and various surrounding mountai…

Date Range: 1986

Reference Code: V190 / VI / S / v / c / PA - 01 to PA - 14

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

7 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, S : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: v : Sunshine, c : Summer

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / S / v / c / PA - 01 to PA - 14

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1986

Physical Description: 14 photographs : b&w & col. ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 14 b&w prints of the Sunshine Ski Resort area during the summer, including people on hiking trails, the Standish Mountain viewing platform looking over Sunshine Meadows and the lakes, people on the Standish chairlift with the hotel in the background, and various surrounding mountains. Also includes one colour contact sheet of negatives [or possibly transparencies].

Subject Access: Buildings; Chairlifts and gondolas; Children; Family and personal life; Gondolas; Hiking; Mountains; Scenery; Ski areas; Sunshine Meadows; Sunshine Ski Resort; Sunshine Village; Tourism

Geographic Access: Banff National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Related Material: V190 / VI / S / v / c / NA - 01 to NA - 04 V190 / VI / S / v / c / NS - 01

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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Trail Ride of 1937

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Part Of: Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 27 colour photograph transparencies (lantern slides). File pertains to the Official Trail Ride of 1937 organized by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, which Jean Hembroff MacDonald participated in. File documents the trail ride to Mount Assiniboine and the camp at Mount Assi…

Date Range: 1937

Reference Code: V797 / II / PS - 1 to 27

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Lantern slide; Photograph; Transparency

27 images

Part Of: Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M573 / V797 / S60

Series: V797 / II : Lantern Slides

Sous-Fonds: V797

Accession Number: 2019.111

Reference Code: V797 / II / PS - 1 to 27

GMD: Lantern slide; Photograph; Transparency

Date Range: 1937

Physical Description: 27 photographs : col. slides

Scope & Content: File consists of 27 colour photograph transparencies (lantern slides). File pertains to the Official Trail Ride of 1937 organized by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, which Jean Hembroff MacDonald participated in. File documents the trail ride to Mount Assiniboine and the camp at Mount Assiniboine, with several landscape photographs but mostly of the hikers.

Notes: Jean wrote an article about her experience in the form of an article and a poem [see related material], and used this experience for future lectures.; Slides are numbered on the back. Some are missing, the new number and order was imposed by Archive and Library Assistant for clarity.; Slides were stored with a note stating: "Slides taken by the C.P.R. of Trail Ride, 1936-1937."

Name Access: Hembroff MacDonald, Jean; Rungius, Carl; Fisher, George

Subject Access: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies; Hiking; Mount Assiniboine; Travel; Tourism; Trail guides; Trails; Horse packing; Horseback riding; Horses

Geographic Access: British Columbia; Alberta; Great Divide; Mount Assiniboine; Mount Assiniboine Park; Canada; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Language: English

Related Material: M573 / I / 18; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, Bulletin No. 48 (October 1937)

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Trail Ride of 1939

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Part Of: Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 33 colour photograph transparencies (lantern slides). File documents the official trail ride of the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, which Jean Hembroff MacDonald participated in. File pertains to the Ptarmigan Valley Camp, with landscape scenery and photographs of the…

Date Range: 1939

Reference Code: V797 / II / PS - 28 to 60

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Transparency; Photograph; Lantern slide

33 images

Part Of: Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M573 / V797 / S60

Series: V797 / II : Lantern Slides

Sous-Fonds: V797

Accession Number: 2019.111

Reference Code: V797 / II / PS - 28 to 60

GMD: Transparency; Photograph; Lantern slide

Date Range: 1939

Physical Description: 33 photographs : col. slides

Scope & Content: File consists of 33 colour photograph transparencies (lantern slides). File documents the official trail ride of the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, which Jean Hembroff MacDonald participated in. File pertains to the Ptarmigan Valley Camp, with landscape scenery and photographs of the hikers (singing, eating, etc). Places that are documented in this file are the Redoubt Lake trail, Hidden Lake, Ptarmigan Lake, Boulder Pass, and Skoki. Notable people include Jean Hembroff MacDonald, her husband, Jack MacDonald, and sister-in-law, Anna Cran; Dan McCowan; James M. Wardle; George Fisher; Norman Sanson; Betsy Struthers; and Emmeline Savatard and John Wheeler (A.O. Wheeler's wife and grandson).

Notes: Each slide is labelled.; Jean wrote an article about her experience [see related material], and used this experience for future lectures; Slides were stored with a note stating: "Slides taken by the C.P.R. of Trail Ride, 1936-1937."

Name Access: Hembroff MacDonald, Jean; Wardle, James M.; McCowan, Dan; Sanson, Norman; MacDonald, Jack; Cran, Anna; Savatard, Emmeline; Struthers, Betsy; Fisher, George; Wheeler, John Oliver

Subject Access: Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Trails; Trail guides; Tourism; Travel; Hiking; Horse packing; Horseback riding; Horses

Geographic Access: Banff National Park; Canada; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Lake Louise; Skoki

Language: English

Related Material: M573 / I / 18; The Sky Line Trail, Vol. 6, No. 24 (October 1939)

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Trail Ride Songs

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Part Of: Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 7 b&w photograph transparencies (lantern slides). File pertains to trail ride songs that would be sung at the trail ride camp. File includes the following songs: Life is a Trail Little Old Pony My Mild-Eyed Cayuse My Pony is out in the Open On the Good Old Rocky Trails Ride-Ride-Ri…

Date Range: ca.1937-ca.1939

Reference Code: V797 / II / PS - 61 to 67

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Transparency; Photograph; Lantern slide

7 images

Part Of: Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M573 / V797 / S60

Series: V797 / II : Lantern Slides

Sous-Fonds: V797

Accession Number: 2019.111

Reference Code: V797 / II / PS - 61 to 67

GMD: Transparency; Photograph; Lantern slide

Date Range: ca.1937-ca.1939

Physical Description: 7 photographs : b&w slides

Scope & Content: File consists of 7 b&w photograph transparencies (lantern slides). File pertains to trail ride songs that would be sung at the trail ride camp. File includes the following songs:; Life is a Trail; Little Old Pony; My Mild-Eyed Cayuse; My Pony is out in the Open; On the Good Old Rocky Trails; Ride-Ride-Ride; When It's Trail Time in the Rockies