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High-altitude inhabitants - the mountain summits we strive for are, at first glance, barren. Yet high-altitude species of the Rockies call these steep slopes "home". We tapped into the knowledge of naturalist Ben Gadd to spotlight six alpine dwellers that thrive where it seems nothing could survive
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25138
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- May 2020
- Author
- Recompsat, Juliette
- Publisher
- Crowfoot Media
- Call Number
- P
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- Author
- Recompsat, Juliette
- Publisher
- Crowfoot Media
- Published Date
- May 2020
- Physical Description
- p.28 - 29
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Abstract
- Pertains to six high-altitude species in Alberta - hoary marmot, wolverine, dwarf alpine hawksbeard, thamnolia lichen, snow flea and boulderfield spider
- Notes
- In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol.05, May 2020
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- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Website for Crowfoot Media - publishers of Canadian Rockies Annual
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Hobnails and hemp rope
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24993
- Medium
- Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
- Author
- Grandsen, Greg (director)
- Call Number
- 06.3 H65 DVD
1 website
- Author
- Grandsen, Greg (director)
- Responsibility
- Greg Grandsen (director)
- Bryan Thompson
- Robert Le Blanc
- Garry Reiss
- Natalia Danalanchi
- David Arcus (music)
- Ivan Petrov (photography)
- David Ray (photography)
- Small Leaks Sink Ships (music)
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers
- Kain, Conrad
- Films
- Film making
- History
- Bugaboos
- Purcell Mountains
- Purcell Range
- Abstract
- In 1916 Conrad Kain cemented his reputation as one of the greatest mountaineers of his era by reaching the summit of Bugaboo Spire in BC's Purcell Mountains, considered one of the most difficult climbs at the time. One hundred years later, four Canadian mountaineers set out to re-enact Kain's extraordinary feat, climbing the 3,204m Bugaboo Spire with the same equipment that was used in 1916 - and bringing to life one of the great outdoor adventures of the Canadian frontier. The film "Hobnails and Hemp Rope" tells their story (from DVD)
- Notes
- Sponsor / Partnership with the Alpine Club of Canada and the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
- Contains archival materials from the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
- Official Selection for the Fernie Mountain Film Festival 2017
- Best Director at the Moscow Film Festival "Vertical" 2017
- Accession Number
- 2019.105
- Call Number
- 06.3 H65 DVD
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Article about project and film on Crowfoot Media
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Home fires burning - a bizarre trek in 1962 was the beginning of the end of six decades of fiery protest by the Sons of Freedom
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25114
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Canada's History - formerly the Beaver
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1 website
- Publisher
- Canada's History - formerly the Beaver
- Published Date
- 2013
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Abstract
- Pertains to the Sons of Freedom - a branch of the Doukhobors - and their activities and history in the Kootenay's
- Notes
- In Canada's History, Vol. 93, No.1 (February - March), p. 34 - 40
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- Archives Library
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- Canada's History website
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If you build it, they will come : behind the scenes with the trail builders of the Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20028
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 2015
- Author
- Hajnrych, Taryn
- Call Number
- P
1 website
- Author
- Hajnrych, Taryn
- Responsibility
- Hajnrych, Taryn
- Published Date
- 2015
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Trails
- Volunteers
- Rocky Mountains
- Abstract
- Pertians to trail building in the Rocky Mountains with specific focus on a group founded in 1992 called the Trailminders
- Notes
- In Highline Magazine, Iss. 15, Summer 2015, p. 42 - 49
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- Archives Library
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- Highline website
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Innovate : the Mountain Legacy Project
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25006
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 2019/2020
- Author
- Anthony, Leslie
- Call Number
- P
1 website
- Author
- Anthony, Leslie
- Published Date
- 2019/2020
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Mountains
- Photography
- Climate
- Climate change
- Glaciers
- Abstract
- Pertains the the Mountain Legacy project and their use of repeat photography and historic photographs to chart changes in climate in the Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Notes
- In Mountain Life Annual, 2019/2020, pg. 42 - 43
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- Mountain Life Annual website
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Metis of the mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19817
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- May 2019
- Author
- Strangman, Stefan
- Publisher
- Crowfoot Media
- Call Number
- P
1 website
- Author
- Strangman, Stefan
- Publisher
- Crowfoot Media
- Published Date
- May 2019
- Physical Description
- p.20-21
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Metis
- Jasper
- Rocky Mountains
- Businesses
- Abstract
- Pertains to Mountain Metis - Otipemisiwak - around Jasper National Park, specifically those businnesses run by Metis people including Blue Diamond Mountain Inn, Alberta Rockies Adventures and Mahikan Trails.
- Notes
- In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol.04, May 2019
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- Archives Library
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- Website for Crowfoot Media - publishers of Canadian Rockies Annual
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A new look at the Besant Phase in the Eastern Slopes of the Canadian Rocky Mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24932
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2012
- Author
- Greaves, Sheila
- Publisher
- Plains Anthropologist
- Call Number
- 07.2 G11a PAM copy 1
- 07.2 G11a PAM copy 2
- 07.2 G11a PAM copy 3
1 website
- Author
- Greaves, Sheila
- Responsibility
- Sheila Greaves
- Publisher
- Plains Anthropologist
- Published Date
- 2012
- Physical Description
- 25 pages ; illustrations, maps
- Subjects
- Archaeology
- Eastern slopes
- Rocky Mountains
- Abstract
- Pertains to the Besant Phase of lithic tools which date to 2,000 to 1,200 years ago and exist on the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains expanding on previous understanding of this cultural phase.
- Notes
- Plains anthropologist. v. 57, no. 224 (2012), p. 367-392
- Accession Number
- 2019.91 (copy 3)
- Call Number
- 07.2 G11a PAM copy 1
- 07.2 G11a PAM copy 2
- 07.2 G11a PAM copy 3
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Plains Anthrologist available online via Taylor & Francis via subscription - 1954 to current
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Our vanishing glaciers : the snows of yesteryear and the future climate of the mountain West
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25256
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2017
- Author
- Sandford, Robert W.
- Publisher
- [Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books
- Edition
- First
- Call Number
- 03.4 Sa5o
1 website
- Author
- Sandford, Robert W.
- Responsibility
- Robert W. Sandford
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- [Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color)
- Subjects
- Water
- Watersheds
- Rivers
- Glaciers
- Hydrology
- Hydrology - Alberta
- Rocky Mountains
- Climate change
- Abstract
- Written by one of the most respected experts in water and water-associated climate science and featuring stunning photography collected over the past four decades, Our Vanishing Glaciers explains and illustrates why water is such a unique substance and how it makes life on this planet possible. Focusing on the Columbia Icefield, the largest and most accessible mass of ice straddling the Continental Divide in western North America, and featuring photographs, illustrations, aerial surveys and thermal imaging collected over more than 40 years of the author’s personal observations, the book reveals the stunning magnitude of glacial ice in western Canada. Citing evidence to suggest that in the Canadian Rocky Mountain national parks alone, as many as 300 glaciers may have disappeared since 1920, this large-format, fully illustrated coffee table book graphically illustrates the projected rate of glacier recession in the mountain West over the rest of this century and serves as a profound testament to the beauty and importance of western Canada’s water, ice and snow. (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- 1. The wonder of water -- 2. What winter does to water -- 3. Ecology as defined by winter water -- 4. How ice fields and glaciers form -- 5. Canada's most accessible glaciers -- 6. The death of Peyto glacier : A case for more comprehensive -- 7. The Columbia ice field today -- 8. Glaciers in a changing climate -- 9. What we stand to lose -- 10. Water, climate and the National Parks ideal.
- Notes
- Winner, 2017 Lane Anderson Award for Best Canadian Science Writing
- ISBN
- 9781771602020
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 03.4 Sa5o
- Location
- Reading Room
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Publisher's website
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Out of sight out of mind : lifting the lid on waste removal in the Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20023
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 2015
- Author
- Covey, Bob
- Call Number
- P
1 website
- Author
- Covey, Bob
- Responsibility
- Bob Covey
- Published Date
- 2015
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Garbage
- Wildlife
- Recycling
- Rocky Mountains
- Alberta
- Abstract
- Pertians to waste management in Rocky Mountain towns including Canmore, Banff, Lake Louise, and Jasper
- Notes
- In Highline Magazine, Vol. 7, Iss. 1, Winter 2014 / 2015, p. 34 - 41
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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
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