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- Date
- 1982
- Material
- Cordula nylon; cloth
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0571
- Description
- Handmade Cordura nylon shoulder bag, used by Ben Gadd for guided tours of Cadomin Cave in 1984 to 2005. The bag is red with an thick orange strap. It has a black strap that attaches to the side of the bag and acts as a closure for the top.
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- Title
- Caving Bag
- Date
- 1982
- Material
- Cordula nylon; cloth
- Dimensions
- 38.0 x 24.0 cm
- Description
- Handmade Cordura nylon shoulder bag, used by Ben Gadd for guided tours of Cadomin Cave in 1984 to 2005. The bag is red with an thick orange strap. It has a black strap that attaches to the side of the bag and acts as a closure for the top.
- Subject
- caving
- exploration
- Credit
- Gift of Ben Gadd, Banff, 2024
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0571
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- Date
- 1984
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0132a,b
- Description
- Caving helmet (a) with detachable lamp (b). a) Yellow helmet with a black stripe running across the top. Straps are black. Interior is white, blue and grey foam. “GADD” is written in pen on both sides of the white foam. There are five circular holes in the back of the helmet, and four in the front,…
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- Title
- Caving Helmet
- Date
- 1984
- Dimensions
- 21.0 x 26.0 cm
- Description
- Caving helmet (a) with detachable lamp (b). a) Yellow helmet with a black stripe running across the top. Straps are black. Interior is white, blue and grey foam. “GADD” is written in pen on both sides of the white foam. There are five circular holes in the back of the helmet, and four in the front, all symmetrical and part of the helmet’s design. There is a black and silver bracket on the front of the helmet that allows the lamp to be attached. helmet: 21.0 cm by 26.0 cmb) Red box with a black tube that runs to a small lamp. Thick black strap threads through the back between silver metal pieces of the red box and acts as a way to fasten the box to the person wearing it. Strap has a plastic buckle system. Red box reads “Speleo Technics FX2 pat.app.N0 8226048 Longridge Preston England”red box: 8.0 cm wide by 15 cm high by 4.0 cm deeplamp: 6.5 cm diameter, 7.5 cm wide.strap 107.0 cm long, 4.5 cm wide.
- Subject
- caving
- exploration
- equipment
- Credit
- Gift of Ben Gadd, Banff, 2024
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0132a,b
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The Physiography and speleogensis of castleguard cave, columbia icefields, Alberta, Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26711
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1983
- Author
- Ford, D.C. and Smart, P.L. and Ewers, R.O.
- Publisher
- Regents of the University of Colorado
- Call Number
- 03.2 F75t Pam
- Publisher
- Regents of the University of Colorado
- Published Date
- 1983
- Series
- Arctic and Alpine Research Vol. 15, No. 4, 1983, pp.437-450
- Subjects
- Caves
- Caving
- Geology
- Speleology
- Notes
- File also contains letter from the Curator of the Mammoth Cave National Park to EKC.
- Call Number
- 03.2 F75t Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Understanding the Banff spring hot springs through karst hydrogeology
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25487
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Yonge, Chas
- Publisher
- Canmore : Charles J. Yonge
- Call Number
- 03.5 Y7u Reference Copy
- Author
- Yonge, Chas
- Publisher
- Canmore : Charles J. Yonge
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 104 pages ; 15 cm
- Subjects
- Karst
- Hydrogeology
- Caving
- Banff Hot Springs
- Geology
- Abstract
- Yonge explores the geology of the Canadian Rocky Mountains related to the development of hot springs and caves including Rats Nest Cave, Canmore. Furthermore, he dicusses the ecology of caves and the impact of human activity on them.
- Contents
- Hot springs in Canada, where do you find them? ; Rocky Mountain geology around Banff ; Geological setting of the Banff Hot Springs ; Sources and depth of the Banff thermal spring water ; Carbonate hot springs viewed as hypogene karst ; Hydogeology of the Rockies and Banff Hot Springs ; Flow nets developed along thrust faults ; Conduits developed along a thrust fault, nearby examples in Rats Nest Cave ; Hypogene recharge at the Banff Hot Springs: mechanisms and chemistry ; Epigene recharge; the invasion of cold, shallow ground water at Banf ; Age of the groundwater ; Spring elevation: relevance to the Late Wisconsin Glaciation ; Tufa deposits and tufa caves ; Cave formation by microbes: tufa spelenogensis ; The cave deposits (speleothems) ; Banff Hot Springs Summary ; Human activity in the vicinity of the Banff Hot Springs and the role of Banff National Park ; Hot Springs ecology ; Walking around: Geological points of interest
- ISBN
- 9780987936936
- Accession Number
- P2022.01
- Call Number
- 03.5 Y7u Reference Copy
- Collection
- Archives Library
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