topic:"Great Divide Trail" found 16 records - Research Collections

Call Number: 06 Ro59m c.1 PAM 3rd edition; 06 Ro59m c.2 PAM 4th edition; 06 Ro59m c.3 PAM 1st edition; 06 Ro59m c.4 PAM 2nd edition; 06 Ro59m c.5 PAM 3rd edition; 06 Ro59m c.6 PAM 4th edition

Variant Title: In colour The Rocky Mountains of Canada

Author: Associated screen news limited

Responsibility: Associated Screen News Limited

Edition: 1st; 2nd; 3rd; 4th

Publisher: Montreal : Associated Screen News Limited

Published Date: pre 1945 (1st Edition); pre 1945 (2nd Edition); post 1945 (3rd Edition); post 1945 (4th Edition)

Physical Description: 18 leaves : chiefly color illustrations

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Photography; Rocky Mountains, Canada; Tourism; Travel; Souvenir stores; Alberta; Mountains; Three Sisters; Rundle Mount; Town of Banff; Banff Springs Hotel; Bow Valley; Cascade Mountain; Temple, Mount; Lake Louise; Chateau Lake Louise; Lefroy Glacier; Victoria Glacier; Lakes in the Clouds; Moraine Lake; Takakkaw Falls; Yoho; Yoho National Park; Great Divide Trail; Spiral Tunnels; Field; Field, British Columbia

Abstract: Pertains to popular views of the Canadian Rocky Mountains

Contents: The Three Sisters; Mount Rundle and Vermilion Lake; Town of Banff; Banff Springs Hotel; Bow Valley; Cascade Mountain; Mount Assiniboine; Castle Mountain; Mount Temple; Lake Louise; Mount Lefroy and Victorial Glacier; Lakes in the Clouds; Chateau Lake Louise; Moraine Lake and Valley of the Ten Peaks; Takakkaw Falls, Yoho Valley; The Great Divide; Spiral Tunnels; Field, British Columbia, and Mount Stephen

Notes: Printed in Canada

Accession Number: 2014.8385; 2019.84

Call Number: 06 Ro59m c.1 PAM 3rd edition; 06 Ro59m c.2 PAM 4th edition; 06 Ro59m c.3 PAM 1st edition; 06 Ro59m c.4 PAM 2nd edition; 06 Ro59m c.5 PAM 3rd edition; 06 Ro59m c.6 PAM 4th edition

Collection: Archives Library

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Surveying the 120th meridian and the great divide : the Alberta/BC boundary survey, 1918-1924

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24952

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

Websites

http://caitlin-press.com/our-books/surveying-the-120th-meridian-and-the-great-divide/

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Tales from the Great Divide : vignettes on the origins and early history of Canada's Great Divide Trail and the Great Divide Trail Association

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25736

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2021

Author: Feick, Jenny

Publisher: Victoria, BC: L. B. Words

Call Number: 08.3 F32t

Author: Feick, Jenny

Publisher: Victoria, BC: L. B. Words

Published Date: 2021

Physical Description: 369 pages

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Great Divide Trail; Trails; Canadian Rockies

Abstract: Tales from the Great Divide brings to life the memories of many of the "originals" whose vision, idealism, dedication and hard work over five decades made Canada's Great Divide Trail a reality. Transcripts of interviews and storytelling sessions, combined with excerpts from letters and other documents, and with over 300 photographs and illustrations, reveal the adventurous, heartbreaking and hilarious moments that characterized the early history of the Great Divide Trail. -- Excerpt from backcover

Contents: Introduction -- Origins of the Great Divide Trail concept -- Project Great Divide trails -- Early history of the Great Divide Trail Association -- Rejuvenation of the Great Divide Trail Association -- Reflections, then and now.

ISBN: 9781927945285

Accession Number: P2022.09

Call Number: 08.3 F32t

Collection: Archives Library

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