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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
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- 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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The soo line's famous trains to Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26213
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2023
- Author
- Gainer, Terry
- Publisher
- Victoria, BC : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- 08.5 G12t
- 08.5 G12t reference copy
- Author
- Gainer, Terry
- Publisher
- Victoria, BC : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2023
- Physical Description
- 90 pages ; 8 cm
- Subjects
- CP Rail
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Railway
- Railway routes
- Transportation
- History
- Abstract
- The Soo Line’s Famous Trains To Canada is a brief history of a small and unique Class 1 railway and its famous Canada–USA tourist trains. Initially chartered in 1883 to serve the needs of local millers in Minneapolis, the Soo would eventually come to join the Canadian Pacific line at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, with service to Montreal. In 1888, Canadian Pacific assumed controlling interest in the Soo Line, providing entry into the lucrative US market and levelling the playing field for the CPR to face the onslaught of ferocious competition from James J. Hill, the infamous American railway baron. The “little railway that could” grew to attain giant-killer status, launching famous passenger trains from Minneapolis and St. Paul, meeting head-on the western expansion of the Great Northern Railway and viable, competitive routes to the Atlantic seaboard. Over the years, the Soo Line introduced thousands of Americans to Montreal and Quebec City, the famous Canadian Rockies resorts, and the city of Vancouver, the home port for CP’s Pacific steamship services. The Soo also successfully competed on the Spokane and Portland routes from Minneapolis to the Pacific Northwest. In 1923 the “Soo Mountaineer” was launched, becoming the most famous and longest “two-nation” train journey in North America. -- From publisher
- Contents
- Part 1: A brief history of the soo line -- 1. In the beginning -- 2. The birth of the railway -- 3. What a tangled web we weave -- 4. Westward ho through great northern's backyard -- 5. Wisconsin central, the final piece of the puzzle -- 6. Setting the stage, Canadian pacific steamship company and Canadian pacific hotels and resorts -- Part 2: Famous trains of the soo -- 7. The Atlantic limited -- 8. The soo Pacific express -- 9. The Manitoba express, the Winnipeg express, the winnipeger -- 10. The soo-Spokane-Portland train deluxe -- 11. The mountaineer -- 12. The mystique of the mountaineer -- 13. The depression and the dirty thirties -- 14. My mountaineer -- 15. 1962, triumph and tragedy -- 16. The end of an era.
- ISBN
- 9781771606714
- Accession Number
- P2023.25
- Copy 1 signed by author
- Call Number
- 08.5 G12t
- 08.5 G12t reference copy
- Location
- Reading Room
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Alpine Scenes and Work Near Home
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24925
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1890
- Author
- J.R.
- Publisher
- Harper's Weekly
- Call Number
- 02.6 R11a PAM O.S
- Author
- J.R.
- Responsibility
- J.R. (author)
- Frederic Remington (illustrator)
- Publisher
- Harper's Weekly
- Published Date
- 1890
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers, British
- Mountaineers, Swiss
- Sir Donald, Mount
- Glacier House
- Travel
- Tourism
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Abstract
- Pertains to Glacier House and the ascent of Sir Donald by Emil Huber and Carl Sulzer from Switzerland and Harry Cooper from England with illustration on page 725
- Notes
- In Harper's Weekly, Vol. XXXIV No. 1760, September 13, 1890, pp. 723 - 725
- Accession Number
- 7979
- Call Number
- 02.6 R11a PAM O.S
- Collection
- Archives Library
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By train through the Canadian Rockies the Canadian Pacific way
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue8205
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1950 ?
- 1951
- 1953
- Author
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Publisher
- [Montreal?] : [Canadian Pacific Railway Co.]
- Call Number
- 08.5 C16b Pam copy 1 - ca. 1950
- 08.5 C16b Pam copy 2 - 1951
- 08.5 C16b Pam copy 3 - 1953
- 08.5 C16b Pam copy 4 - 1953
- Author
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Publisher
- [Montreal?] : [Canadian Pacific Railway Co.]
- Published Date
- 1950 ?
- 1951
- 1953
- Physical Description
- 24 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color), maps
- Abstract
- Pertains to westbound travel through the Canadian Rocky Mountains on the Canadian Pacific Railway including maps and distances from stop to stop along the route with accompanying photographs
- Contents
- Morley to Banff
- Banff to Stephen
- Stephen to Field
- Field to Golden
- Golden to Rogers
- Rogers to Glacier
- Glacier to Revelstoke
- Revelstoke to Sicamous
- Sicamous to Elson
- Elson to Kamloops
- Kamloops to North Bend
- North Bend to Odlum
- Crowsnest Route
- Odlum to Vancouver
- Accession Number
- 285
- 3320
- 2019.84
- Call Number
- 08.5 C16b Pam copy 1 - ca. 1950
- 08.5 C16b Pam copy 2 - 1951
- 08.5 C16b Pam copy 3 - 1953
- 08.5 C16b Pam copy 4 - 1953
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- Archives Library
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Canadian Pacific in the Rockies : volume one
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20120
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1978
- Author
- Bain, D.M.
- Publisher
- Calgary, Alta., Canada : Calgary Group of The British Railway Modellers of North America
- Edition
- Volume 1
- Call Number
- 08.5 B16c Pam
- Author
- Bain, D.M.
- Responsibility
- D.M. Bain
- Edition
- Volume 1
- Publisher
- Calgary, Alta., Canada : Calgary Group of The British Railway Modellers of North America
- Published Date
- 1978
- Subjects
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Railroads - Alberta
- Prairies, Canadian
- Pictorial works
- Abstract
- Pertains to a pictorial work that aimed to capture the mountain section of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The author, Donald Bain, argued that the mountain section of the Canadian Pacific Railway, while the most interesting, had been neglected the most. The photographs in the publication had been captured by Nicholas Morant, and were compiled in the hopes of appealing to railway enthusiasts.
- ISBN
- 096907980X
- Accession Number
- 3069 a
- Call Number
- 08.5 B16c Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Nicholas Morant's Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11241
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1998
- Author
- Garden, J. F
- Publisher
- Revelstoke (British Columbia) : Footprint Publishing
- Call Number
- 06.4 M79
- Author
- Garden, J. F
- Responsibility
- J. F. Garden
- Publisher
- Revelstoke (British Columbia) : Footprint Publishing
- Published Date
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 275 p. : ill. (some col.)
- Subjects
- Biography
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Film making
- Photographers
- Poetry
- ISBN
- 0-9691621-6-2
- Accession Number
- 8-13-98 31,000
- Call Number
- 06.4 M79
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Picturesque California : The Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Slope
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24928
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1894
- Author
- Muir, John (editor)
- Ingersoll, Ernest (author)
- Publisher
- San Francisco, New York : J. Dewing Company, Publishers
- Call Number
- 02.6 In4p PAM O.S.
- Responsibility
- John Muir (editor)
- Ernest Ingersoll (author)
- Eminent American Artists (photos, photogravures, wood engravings derived from paintings)
- Publisher
- San Francisco, New York : J. Dewing Company, Publishers
- Published Date
- 1894
- Physical Description
- 16 pages
- Series
- California Series No. 32, April 23, 1894
- Subjects
- Travel
- Tourism
- Rocky Mountains
- Art
- Fraser, John Arthur
- Notman, William & Son
- Banff
- Canmore
- Kamloops
- Vancouver
- Victoria
- Sir Donald, Mount
- Bow River
- Hot springs
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Emerald Lake
- Selkirk Mountains
- Selkirk Mountains - Hermit Range
- Asulkan Glacier
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Abstract
- Pertains to the Canadian Rockies as authored by Ernest Ingersoll with introduction by John Muir including a variety of sketches of Sir Donald, Bow River, Canmore, the Great Glacier, hot springs, open pool, Mount Burgess and Emerald Lake, Bow Falls and Banff Springs Hotel, the Selkirks and Hermit Mountain, Cheops, Asulkan Glacier, Stanley Park, Victoria, Shushwap Mission at Kamloops, and the Canadian Pacific Docks at Vancouver.
- Notes
- Part XXVI - The Canadian Rockies by Ernest Ingersoll
- Accession Number
- 7901
- Call Number
- 02.6 In4p PAM O.S.
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Through the Canadian Pacific Rockies : a series of views illustrating the chief points of interest and the glorious mountain scenery seen in a journey through the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24920
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- [1910?]
- Author
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Publisher
- Montreal : The Gazette Printing Co., Limited
- Call Number
- 02.6 C16thr PAM O.S
- Responsibility
- Canadian Pacific Railway News Service
- Publisher
- Montreal : The Gazette Printing Co., Limited
- Published Date
- [1910?]
- Physical Description
- [26] leaves : chiefly illustrations (some color)
- Subjects
- Travel
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Canadian Pacific Rockies
- Art
- Tourism
- Abstract
- Pertains to areas of interest along the Canadian Pacific Railway through the Rocky Mountains via paintings by Chester W. Simpson, Carl Rungius, and unattributed photographs.
- Contents
- Three Sisters
- The Beginning of the Rockies
- The Gap
- Banff
- The Swimming Pool at Banff
- Cascade Mountain
- Buffalo at Banff
- Mount Assiniboine
- On the Trail
- Castle Mountain
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Lakes in the Clouds
- Moraine Lake
- The Great Divide
- Lake Louise
- Lake O'Hara
- Cathedral Mountain
- Spiral Tunnels at Field
- Mount Stephen, Field, B.C.
- The Van Horne Range
- The Twin Falls, Yoho Valley
- Takakkaw Falls
- Emerald Lake
- Connaught Tunnel
- The Yoho Glacier
- Albert Canyon
- Hells Gates, Fraser Canyon
- Yale, B.C.
- Descriptive Index
- Accession Number
- 7889
- Call Number
- 02.6 C16thr PAM O.S
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Through the Canadian Pacific Rockies : a series of views illustrating the chief points of interest and the glorious mountain scenery seen in a journey through the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24921
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- [1920?]
- Author
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Publisher
- Toronto and Montreal : Southam Press Limited
- Call Number
- 02.6 C16thr PAM O.S
- Responsibility
- Canadian Pacific Railway News Service
- Publisher
- Toronto and Montreal : Southam Press Limited
- Published Date
- [1920?]
- Physical Description
- [26] leaves : chiefly illustrations (some color)
- Subjects
- Travel
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Canadian Pacific Rockies
- Art
- Tourism
- Abstract
- Pertains to areas of interest along the Canadian Pacific Railway through the Rocky Mountains via unattributed photographs.
- Contents
- The Gap
- The Three Sisters, Canmore, ALTA.
- Banff, Showing Bow River Bridge
- Banff Springs Hotel and Bow River Valley
- The Swimming Pool, Banff
- Mount Assiniboine
- Indian Days at Banff
- Lake Minnewanka, near Banff
- On the Bow River, Banff
- Castle Mountain
- Lakes in the Clouds
- The Giant Steps, Paradise Valley
- Lake Louise
- The Great Divide
- Moraine Lake and Valley of the Ten Peaks
- Paradise Valley
- Cathedral Mountain
- Spiral Tunnels, Field, B.C.
- Mount Stephen and Field, B.C.
- Twin Falls and the Yoho Valley
- Emerald Lake
- Mount Chancellor, Leanchoil
- Mount Sir Donald, near Glacier, B.C.
- Hell's Gate, Fraser Canyon, B.C.
- Descriptive Index
- Accession Number
- 7889
- Call Number
- 02.6 C16thr PAM O.S
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With ice-axe and camera in the Rocky Mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24926
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1889
- Publisher
- The Graphic
- Call Number
- 02.6 G75w PAM O.S.
- Responsibility
- Rev. W. Spotswood Green (sketches)
- Rev. H. Swanzy (photographs)
- Publisher
- The Graphic
- Published Date
- 1889
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Glacier House
- Travel
- Tourism
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Lake Louise
- Lake Louise District
- Selkirk Mountains
- Selkirk Range
- Abstract
- Pertains to Glacier House and a paper read at the Royal Geographical Society by Rev. W. Spotswood Green who traversed the Selkirks accompanied by Rev. H. Swanzy in 1889 with accompanying photographs/sketches of Beaver Creek, snow shed, Glacier House kitchen staff, aftermath of a snow slide, Mount Bonney, Lower Columbia Lake, goats, Mount Lefroy and Lake Louise, and an avalanche.
- Notes
- In The Graphic, October 19, 1889, pp. 484 - 486
- Accession Number
- 7830
- Call Number
- 02.6 G75w PAM O.S.
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