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The golden grindstone : the adventures of George M. Mitchell

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26172
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1935
Publisher
Toronto : Oxford University Press, Canadian Branch
Call Number
08.2 G76g
Responsibility
Recorded by Angus Graham
Publisher
Toronto : Oxford University Press, Canadian Branch
Published Date
1935
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Exploration
Pioneer life
Travel
Indigenous
Indigenous People
Colonialism
Contents
I. The general idea -- II. The geographical problem -- III. The immigrant train -- IV. Edmonton -- V. Athbasca landing -- VI. The Athabasca River -- VII. Grand rapids -- VIII. The Slave River -- IX. Great Slave Lake -- X. Fort Simpson -- XI. The Mackenzie River -- XII. Fort McPherson --XIII. The Eskimo -- XIV. The first traffic with the Indians -- XV. The Peel River -- The upper Peel River and the valley of noises -- XVII. Gold -- XVIII. The winter camp -- XIX. Prospecting and exploration -- XX. Bears and wolves -- XXI. The winter night -- XXII. The Indians' visit -- XXIII. Dogs -- XXIV. The broken knee -- XXV. The last of the white men -- XXVI. The Indian Camp -- XXVI. The Indian Camp -- XXVII. Caribou -- XXVIII. The old lady -- XXIX. Famine and riot -- XXX. Mitchell becomes an Indian -- XXXI. An Indian "Veillee" -- XXXII. Women -- XXXIII. The closest shave of all -- XXXIV. The skin boats -- XXXV. Summer hunting -- XXXVI. Mitchell remains an Indian -- XXXVII. The last of the Indians.
Accession Number
2023.47
Call Number
08.2 G76g
Collection
Archives Library
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Travel guides - Canmore, Kananaskis

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55910
Part Of
Ben Gadd fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of travel guides collected by Ben Gadd pertaining to areas near Canmore and Kananaskis.
Date Range
1998
2006
Reference Code
M590 / I / A / i / 1 to 2
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Published record
Textual record
Map
Part Of
Ben Gadd fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M590
V810
S61
Series
M590 / I : Personal records
Sous-Fonds
M590
Sub-Series
M590 / I / A : Travel guides and maps
Accession Number
2021.20
Reference Code
M590 / I / A / i / 1 to 2
GMD
Published record
Textual record
Map
Date Range
1998
2006
Physical Description
4 cm of textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of travel guides collected by Ben Gadd pertaining to areas near Canmore and Kananaskis.
Subject Access
Geography
Travel
Tourism
Tourist information
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Canmore
Kananaskis
Reproduction Restrictions
Copyright restrictions may apply
Language
English
Category
Exploration, discovery and travel
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Travel guides - Lake Louise, Yoho

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55913
Part Of
Ben Gadd fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of travel guides collected by Ben Gadd pertaining to areas near Lake Louise and Yoho National Park.
Date Range
1998
2001
Reference Code
M590 / I / A / i / 3
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Published record
Textual record
Map
Part Of
Ben Gadd fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M590
V810
S61
Series
M590 / I : Personal records
Sous-Fonds
M590
Sub-Series
M590 / I / A : Travel guides and maps
Accession Number
2021.20
Reference Code
M590 / I / A / i / 3
GMD
Published record
Textual record
Map
Date Range
1998
2001
Physical Description
2 cm of textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of travel guides collected by Ben Gadd pertaining to areas near Lake Louise and Yoho National Park.
Subject Access
Geography
Travel
Tourism
Tourist information
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
British Columbia
Lake Louise
Yoho National Park
Reproduction Restrictions
Copyright restrictions may apply
Language
English
Category
Exploration, discovery and travel
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Travel guides - Lake O'Hara, Egypt Lake, Kootenay

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55914
Part Of
Ben Gadd fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of travel guides collected by Ben Gadd pertaining to areas near Lake O'Hara, Egypt Lake and Kootenay National Park.
Date Range
[ca.2000]
Reference Code
M590 / I / A / i / 4
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Published record
Textual record
Map
Part Of
Ben Gadd fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M590
V810
S61
Series
M590 / I : Personal records
Sous-Fonds
M590
Sub-Series
M590 / I / A : Travel guides and maps
Accession Number
2021.20
Reference Code
M590 / I / A / i / 4
GMD
Published record
Textual record
Map
Date Range
[ca.2000]
Physical Description
1.5 cm of textual records (3 volumes)
Scope & Content
File consists of travel guides collected by Ben Gadd pertaining to areas near Lake O'Hara, Egypt Lake and Kootenay National Park.
Subject Access
Geography
Travel
Tourism
Tourist information
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Lake O'Hara
Egypt lake
Kootenay National Park
Reproduction Restrictions
Copyright restrictions may apply
Language
English
Category
Exploration, discovery and travel
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Travel guides - Jasper National Park, Maligne Lake

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55915
Part Of
Ben Gadd fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of travel guides collected by Ben Gadd pertaining to Jasper National Park and Maligne Lake.
Date Range
[ca.2000]
2002
Reference Code
M590 / I / A / i / 6
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Published record
Textual record
Map
Part Of
Ben Gadd fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M590
V810
S61
Series
M590 / I : Personal records
Sous-Fonds
M590
Sub-Series
M590 / I / A : Travel guides and maps
Accession Number
2021.20
Reference Code
M590 / I / A / i / 6
GMD
Published record
Textual record
Map
Date Range
[ca.2000]
2002
Physical Description
2 cm of textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of travel guides collected by Ben Gadd pertaining to Jasper National Park and Maligne Lake.
Subject Access
Geography
Travel
Tourism
Tourist information
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Jasper National Park
Jasper
Maligne Lake
Reproduction Restrictions
Copyright restrictions may apply
Language
English
Category
Exploration, discovery and travel
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Travel guides - Icefields

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55917
Part Of
Ben Gadd fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of travel guides collected by Ben Gadd pertaining to Columbia Icefield, Icefields Parkway and the Wapta Icefields.
Date Range
1994
[ca.2000]
Reference Code
M590 / I / A / i / 7
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Published record
Textual record
Map
Part Of
Ben Gadd fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M590
V810
S61
Series
M590 / I : Personal records
Sous-Fonds
M590
Sub-Series
M590 / I / A : Travel guides and maps
Accession Number
2021.20
Reference Code
M590 / I / A / i / 7
GMD
Published record
Textual record
Map
Date Range
1994
[ca.2000]
Physical Description
1 cm of textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of travel guides collected by Ben Gadd pertaining to Columbia Icefield, Icefields Parkway and the Wapta Icefields.
Notes
Travel guide of Wapta Icefields includes annotations on cover by Ben Gadd.
Subject Access
Geography
Travel
Tourism
Tourist information
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Jasper National Park
Columbia Icefield
Icefields Parkway
British Columbia
Wapta Icefields
Reproduction Restrictions
Copyright restrictions may apply
Language
English
Category
Exploration, discovery and travel
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Travel guides - Waterton Lakes

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55918
Part Of
Ben Gadd fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of travel guides collected by Ben Gadd pertaining to Waterton Lakes National Park.
Date Range
[ca.1995-2000]
Reference Code
M590 / I / A / i / 8
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Published record
Textual record
Map
Part Of
Ben Gadd fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M590
V810
S61
Series
M590 / I : Personal records
Sous-Fonds
M590
Sub-Series
M590 / I / A : Travel guides and maps
Accession Number
2021.20
Reference Code
M590 / I / A / i / 8
GMD
Published record
Textual record
Map
Date Range
[ca.1995-2000]
Physical Description
1.5 cm of textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of travel guides collected by Ben Gadd pertaining to Waterton Lakes National Park.
Notes
One guide includes annotations on cover by Ben Gadd.
Subject Access
Geography
Travel
Tourism
Tourist information
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Waterton
Waterton Lakes National Park
Reproduction Restrictions
Copyright restrictions may apply
Language
English
Category
Exploration, discovery and travel
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
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Travel guides - Calgary, Bragg Creek, Edmonton

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55919
Part Of
Ben Gadd fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of travel guides collected by Ben Gadd pertaining to Calgary, Bragg Creek, Edmonton and surrounding areas.
Date Range
1999
2003
2004
Reference Code
M590 / I / A / i / 9
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Published record
Textual record
Map
Part Of
Ben Gadd fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M590
V810
S61
Series
M590 / I : Personal records
Sous-Fonds
M590
Sub-Series
M590 / I / A : Travel guides and maps
Accession Number
2021.20
Reference Code
M590 / I / A / i / 9
GMD
Published record
Textual record
Map
Date Range
1999
2003
2004
Physical Description
2 cm of textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of travel guides collected by Ben Gadd pertaining to Calgary, Bragg Creek, Edmonton and surrounding areas.
Notes
Some items in file are annotated
Subject Access
Geography
Travel
Tourism
Tourist information
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Calgary
Bragg Creek
Edmonton
Reproduction Restrictions
Copyright restrictions may apply
Language
English
Category
Exploration, discovery and travel
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
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Travel guides - Alberta, British Columbia

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55920
Part Of
Ben Gadd fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of travel guides collected by Ben Gadd pertaining to various regions of Alberta and British Columbia.
Date Range
[ca.2000]
2008
Reference Code
M590 / I / A / i / 12
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Published record
Textual record
Map
Part Of
Ben Gadd fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M590
V810
S61
Series
M590 / I : Personal records
Sous-Fonds
M590
Sub-Series
M590 / I / A : Travel guides and maps
Accession Number
2021.20
Reference Code
M590 / I / A / i / 12
GMD
Published record
Textual record
Map
Date Range
[ca.2000]
2008
Physical Description
2 cm of textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of travel guides collected by Ben Gadd pertaining to various regions of Alberta and British Columbia.
Notes
Some items in file are annotated
Subject Access
Geography
Travel
Tourism
Tourist information
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
British Columbia
Reproduction Restrictions
Copyright restrictions may apply
Language
English
Category
Exploration, discovery and travel
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Travel guides - Banff National Park, Mount Assiniboine

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55921
Part Of
Ben Gadd fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of travel guides collected by Ben Gadd pertaining Banff National Park and Mount Assiniboine.
Date Range
[ca.2000]
Reference Code
M590 / I / A / i / 5
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Published record
Textual record
Map
Part Of
Ben Gadd fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M590
V810
S61
Series
M590 / I : Personal records
Sous-Fonds
M590
Sub-Series
M590 / I / A : Travel guides and maps
Accession Number
2021.20
Reference Code
M590 / I / A / i / 5
GMD
Published record
Textual record
Map
Date Range
[ca.2000]
Physical Description
2 cm of textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of travel guides collected by Ben Gadd pertaining Banff National Park and Mount Assiniboine.
Subject Access
Geography
Travel
Tourism
Tourist information
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff National Park
Mount Assiniboine
Reproduction Restrictions
Copyright restrictions may apply
Language
English
Category
Exploration, discovery and travel
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Travel guides - Bow Lake, Saskatchewan Crossing

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55922
Part Of
Ben Gadd fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of travel guides collected by Ben Gadd pertaining to Bow Lake and Saskatchwan Crossing.
Date Range
[ca.2000]
Reference Code
M590 / I / A / i / 10
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Published record
Textual record
Map
Part Of
Ben Gadd fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M590
V810
S61
Series
M590 / I : Personal records
Sous-Fonds
M590
Sub-Series
M590 / I / A : Travel guides and maps
Accession Number
2021.20
Reference Code
M590 / I / A / i / 10
GMD
Published record
Textual record
Map
Date Range
[ca.2000]
Physical Description
1 cm of textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of travel guides collected by Ben Gadd pertaining to Bow Lake and Saskatchwan Crossing.
Subject Access
Geography
Travel
Tourism
Tourist information
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Bow Lake
Saskatchewan Crossing
Reproduction Restrictions
Copyright restrictions may apply
Language
English
Category
Exploration, discovery and travel
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
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Travel guides - British Columbia

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55926
Part Of
Ben Gadd fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of travel guides collected by Ben Gadd pertaining to various locations in British Columbia, including Rogers Pass, Berg Lake Trail, Victoria and Vancouver.
Date Range
[ca.2000]
2003
Reference Code
M590 / I / A / i / 11
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Published record
Textual record
Map
Part Of
Ben Gadd fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M590
V810
S61
Series
M590 / I : Personal records
Sous-Fonds
M590
Sub-Series
M590 / I / A : Travel guides and maps
Accession Number
2021.20
Reference Code
M590 / I / A / i / 11
GMD
Published record
Textual record
Map
Date Range
[ca.2000]
2003
Physical Description
2 cm of textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of travel guides collected by Ben Gadd pertaining to various locations in British Columbia, including Rogers Pass, Berg Lake Trail, Victoria and Vancouver.
Subject Access
Geography
Travel
Tourism
Tourist information
Geographic Access
Canada
British Columbia
Victoria
Vancouver
Rogers Pass
Berg Lake
Reproduction Restrictions
Copyright restrictions may apply
Language
English
Category
Exploration, discovery and travel
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
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Travel guides - Canadian Rockies, Montana

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55927
Part Of
Ben Gadd fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of travel guides collected by Ben Gadd pertaining to the Canadian Rockies, as well as regions in Montana.
Date Range
[ca.2000]
2009
Reference Code
M590 / I / A / i / 13
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Published record
Textual record
Map
Part Of
Ben Gadd fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M590
V810
S61
Series
M590 / I : Personal records
Sous-Fonds
M590
Sub-Series
M590 / I / A : Travel guides and maps
Accession Number
2021.20
Reference Code
M590 / I / A / i / 13
GMD
Published record
Textual record
Map
Date Range
[ca.2000]
2009
Physical Description
1 cm of textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of travel guides collected by Ben Gadd pertaining to the Canadian Rockies, as well as regions in Montana.
Notes
Some items in file are annotated
Subject Access
Geography
Travel
Tourism
Tourist information
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
British Columbia
Canadian Rocky Mountains
United States of America
Montana
Reproduction Restrictions
Copyright restrictions may apply
Language
English
Category
Exploration, discovery and travel
Title Source
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Processing Status
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Travel guides - United States, Italy

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55928
Part Of
Ben Gadd fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of travel guides collected by Ben Gadd pertaining to Olympic National Park and other destinations in the United States and Italy.
Date Range
[ca.1990-2010]
Reference Code
M590 / I / A / i / 14
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Published record
Textual record
Map
Part Of
Ben Gadd fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M590
V810
S61
Series
M590 / I : Personal records
Sous-Fonds
M590
Sub-Series
M590 / I / A : Travel guides and maps
Accession Number
2021.20
Reference Code
M590 / I / A / i / 14
GMD
Published record
Textual record
Map
Date Range
[ca.1990-2010]
Physical Description
2 cm of textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of travel guides collected by Ben Gadd pertaining to Olympic National Park and other destinations in the United States and Italy.
Subject Access
Geography
Travel
Tourism
Tourist information
National parks and reserves
Geographic Access
United States of America
Washington
Hawaii
Italy
Reproduction Restrictions
Copyright restrictions may apply
Language
English
Category
Exploration, discovery and travel
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
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Iroquois in the west

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25488
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2019
Author
Barman, Jean
Publisher
Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press
Call Number
07.2 B23i
Author
Barman, Jean
Publisher
Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press
Published Date
2019
Physical Description
xv, 314 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Fur trade
Indigenous
colonialism
Travel
Abstract
Iroquois principally from Caughnawaga, today's Kahnawa`:ke, were recruited now two centuries ago on a par with Whites to man the large canoes taking trade goods west from nearby Montreal, coming back with animal pelts. While some soon returned home, others stuck with the fur trade, yet others made their lives across the west so far as possible on their own terms. Their stories speak to Indigenous self-determination and self-sufficiency. The book tracks four Iroquois clusters or bands across time, place, and generations. Set down among Montana Flatheads, Iroquois responded to their host's desire for the Catholicism they brought with them from Quebec by four expeditions to St. Louis in search of a Jesuit missionary, who no sooner arrived than lost interest, leaving Iroquois once again to mentor their hosts. The fur trade's economic imbalance impelled a second group, whose words quite remarkably survive as they were spoken, to overturn the status quo to the advantage of employees, they themselves engaging the American west. A third group opted for the Pacific Northwest fur trade, those doing so on the American side of a border put in place in 1846 discovering their long service mattered for naught when they sought to settle among their White counterparts, those in British territory faring somewhat better. Repeatedly lauded in travelers' accounts, a fourth cluster was displaced on their homeland becoming Jasper National Park, again on their new locale an Alberta boom town, yet still today self-identify as Iroquois.
Contents
Self-determining their lives ; Heading West, maybe forever, maybe not ; Bringing Catholicism to the Flatheads ; Challenging a fur monopoly ; Committing to the Pacific Northwest ; Disappearing into a changing Pacific Northwest ; Becoming Jasper Iroquois ; Persisting in Jasper's shadow
ISBN
9780773556256
Accession Number
P2022.01
Call Number
07.2 B23i
Collection
Archives Library
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In the shadow of Mount McKinley

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26160
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1931
Author
Beach, William N.
Publisher
New York ; The Derrydale Press
Edition
1st edition
Call Number
02.3 B36i
Author
Beach, William N.
Responsibility
Foreword by John Burnhalm ; Introduction by Robert Sterling Yard ; Illustrations by Carl Rungius
Edition
1st edition
Publisher
New York ; The Derrydale Press
Published Date
1931
Physical Description
289 pages ; 63 ill.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Travel
Expeditions
Exploration
Alaska
McKinley, Mount
Animals
Conservation
Contents
Foreword / John Burnham -- I. Introduction / Robert Sterling Yard -- II. In the shadow of Mt. McKinley -- III. Along the north side of the Alaskan range to Mt. Dall: expedition of 1925 -- IV. Jenny of Mt. McKinley -- V. Rainy Pass, saddle of the range: expedition of 1926 -- VI. Exploration of 1930 -- VII. Early exploration and later developments in the Mt. McKinley country -- VIII. Mt. McKinley National Park -- IX. American big game animals: mountain sheep, caribou, moose, deer and elk, bear, goat -- X. On conservation of big game.
Notes
Special Edition: 750 copies printed.
Accession Number
2023.47
Call Number
02.3 B36i
Collection
Archives Library
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Dominion : the railway and the rise of Canada

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26203
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2023
Author
Bown, Stephen R.
Publisher
[Toronto] : Doubleday Canada
Call Number
08.5 B68d
Author
Bown, Stephen R.
Publisher
[Toronto] : Doubleday Canada
Published Date
2023
Physical Description
400 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Transportation
Railway
Travel
History
History-Canada
Abstract
Stephen R. Bown continues to revitalize Canadian history with this thrilling account of the engineering triumph that created a nation. In The Company, his bestselling work of revisionist history, Stephen Bown told the dramatic, adventurous and bloody tale of Canada's origins in the fur trade. With Dominion he continues the nation's creation story with an equally thrilling and eye-opening account of the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. In the late 19th century, demand for fur was in sharp decline. This could have spelled economic disaster for the venerable Hudson's Bay Company. But an idea emerged in political and business circles in Ottawa and Montreal to connect the disparate British colonies into a single entity that would stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific. With over 3,000 kilometers of track, much of it driven through wildly inhospitable terrain, the CPR would be the longest railroad in the world and the most difficult to build. Its construction was the defining event of its era and a catalyst for powerful global forces. The times were marked by greed, hubris, blatant empire building, oppression, corruption and theft. They were good for some, hard for most, disastrous for others. The CPR enabled a new country, but it came at a terrible price. In recent years Canadian history has been given a rude awakening from the comforts of its myths. In Dominion, Stephen Bown again widens our view of the past to include the adventures and hardships of explorers and surveyors, the resistance of Indigenous peoples, and the terrific and horrific work of many thousands of labourers. His vivid portrayal of the powerful forces that were molding the world in the late 19th century provides a revelatory new picture of modern Canada's creation as an independent state."-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN
9780385698726
Accession Number
P2023.25
Call Number
08.5 B68d
Collection
Archives Library
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Tides : a climber's voyage

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25737
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2018
Author
Bullock, Nick
Publisher
Sheffield : Vertebrate Publishing
Call Number
02.8 T87t
Author
Bullock, Nick
Publisher
Sheffield : Vertebrate Publishing
Published Date
2018
Physical Description
viii, 246 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Climbing
Biography
Travel
Abstract
Tides, the award-winning follow-up to Nick Bullock's critically acclaimed debut book Echoes, is a gripping memoir that captures the very essence of what it means to dedicate one's life to climbing.
ISBN
9781911342533
Accession Number
P2023.19
Call Number
02.8 T87t
Collection
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Park bagger : adventures in the Canadian national parks

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2021
Author
Butcher, Marlis
Publisher
Victoria, B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books
Call Number
02.4 B97p
Author
Butcher, Marlis
Publisher
Victoria, B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2021
Physical Description
445 pages : color illustrations ; 23cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Travel
National parks
Abstract
Distributed across the second-largest country in the world, the Canadian national parks can be challenging to get to. In her quest to visit and get to know the parks, Marlis canoed, kayaked, mountain biked, backpacked, hiked, snowshoed, snorkelled, and trekked by whatever means of travel she could devise. Marlis shares her adventures, with the objective to encourage others to explore the national parks and to protect Canada's vast wilderness.
Contents
The Northwest ; Aulavik ; Vuntut ; Ivvavik ; Kluane Reserve ; Qausuittuq ; Tuktut Nogait ; Na´a´ts'i hch'oh Reserve ; Nahanni Reserve ; Wood Buffalo ; Thaidene Ne¨ne´ Reserve ; The Western Mountains ; Gwaii Haanas Reserve ; Pacific Rim Reserve ; Gulf Islands Reserve ; Mount Revelstoke ; Glacier ; Kootenay ; Yoho ; Banff ; Jasper ; Waterton Lakes ; The Prairies ; Elk Island ; Prince Albert ; Grasslands ; Riding Mountain ; Central Canada ; Pukaskwa ; Bruce Peninsula ; Georgian Bay Islands ; Point Pele ; Rouge River (Urban) ; St. Lawrence Islands ; La Mauricie ; The Northeast ; Wapusk ; Ukkusiksalik ; Quttinirpaaq ; Sirmilik ; Auyuittuq ; Mealy Mountains Reserve ; Torngat Mountains ; The East Coast ; Terra Nova ; Gros Morne ; Mingan Archipelago Reserve ; Forillon ; Kouchibouguac ; Fundy ; Prince Edward Island ; Cape Breton Highlands ; Kejimkujik ; Sable Island Reserve
ISBN
9781771604789
Accession Number
P2022.01
Call Number
02.4 B97p
Collection
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Connecting the Kootenays : the Kootenay Lake ferries, a hundred years of service 1921-2020

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
January 2022
Author
Cone, Michael A.
Publisher
Nelson, British Columbia : Michael A. Cone
Call Number
08.5 C75c
Author
Cone, Michael A.
Publisher
Nelson, British Columbia : Michael A. Cone
Published Date
January 2022
Physical Description
354 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Transportation
Water Travel
Travel
Kootenay Lake
Boat
Ferry
History
Abstract
Connecting the Kootenays chronicles the history of the Kootenay Lake ferry service from its modest beginnings in 1921 through to its 100th anniversary in 2020. -- From back cover
Contents
The Great Trunk Road (1908-1921) ; The Canadian Pacific Railway Fills the Gap (1884-1913) ; The Nasookin: Queen of Kootenay Lake (1913-1930) ; Nelson to Kuskanook: A Trip to Remember (1921-1930) ; The Provinical Government Steps In (1931) ; The Great Depression and the Second World War (1931-1947) ; Saying Goodbye to the Nasookin (1947-1956) ; A New Ferry and a New Route (1947-1954) ; The Auxiliary Ferry: The Balfour (1954) ; Growing Pains for the Two-Ferry Service and the Opening of the "Skyway" (1955-1963) ; Labour Strife, Major Rebuilds and Looking beyond the New Millennium (1964-1999) ; The Osprey 2000, Privitization and Facing Challenges Ahead (2000-2020)
ISBN
9781778350511
Accession Number
P2022.12
Call Number
08.5 C75c
Collection
Archives Library
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