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Braiding sweetgrass : indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teaching of plants

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2013
Author
Wall Kimmerer, Robin
Publisher
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Milkweed Editions
Call Number
07.2 W15b
Author
Wall Kimmerer, Robin
Publisher
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Milkweed Editions
Published Date
2013
Physical Description
390 pages ; 23 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Indigenous
Traditional Knowledge
Science
Botany
Abstract
As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science. As a Potawatomi woman, she learned from elders, family, and history that the Potawatomi, as well as a majority of other cultures indigenous to this land, consider plants and animals to be our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowing together to reveal what it means to see humans as "the younger brothers of creation." As she explores these themes she circles toward a central argument: the awakening of a wider ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgement and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the world. Once we begin to listen for the languages of other beings, we can begin to understand the innumerable life-giving gifts the world provides us and learn to offer our thanks, our care, and our own gifts in return.
Contents
Planting Sweetgrass ; Skywoman falling ; The council of pecans ; The gift of strawberries ; An offering ; Asters and goldenrod ; Learning the grammar of animacy ; Tending Sweetgrass. Maple sugar moon ; Witch hazel ; A mother's work ; The consolation of water lilies ; Allegiance to gratitude ; Picking Sweetgrass ; Epiphany in the beans ; The three sisters ; Wisgaak Gokpenagen : a black ash basket ; Mishkos Kenomagwen : the teachings of grass ; Maple nation : a citizenship guide ; The honorable harvest ; Braiding Sweetgrass ; In the footsteps of Nanabozho: becoming indigenous to place ; The sound of silverbells ; Sitting in a circle ; Burning cascade head ; Putting down roots ; Umbilicaria : the belly button of the world ; Old-growth children ; Witness to the rain ; Burning Sweetgrass ; Windigo footprints ; The sacred and the superfund ; People of corn, people of light ; Collateral damage ; Shkitagen : People of the seventh fire ; Defeating Windigo ; Epilogue: Returning the gift
ISBN
978-1-57131-356-0
Accession Number
P2022.01
Call Number
07.2 W15b
Collection
Archives Library
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The lost art of reading nature's signs

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2015
Author
Gooley, Tristan
Publisher
New York : The Experiment
Call Number
02.7 G59t
Author
Gooley, Tristan
Publisher
New York : The Experiment
Published Date
2015
Physical Description
xii, 402 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Outdoor life
Survival
Nature
Abstract
Turn every walk into a game of detection. When writer and navigator Tristan Gooley journeys outside, he sees a natural world filled with clues. The roots of a tree indicate the sun's direction; the Big Dipper tells the time; a passing butterfly hints at the weather; a sand dune reveals prevailing wind; the scent of cinnamon suggests altitude; a budding flower points south. To help you understand nature as he does, Gooley shares more than 850 tips for forecasting, tracking, and more, gathered from decades spent walking the landscape around his home and around the world. Whether you're walking in the country or city, along a coastline, or by night, this is the ultimate resource on what the land, sun, moon, stars, plants, animals, and clouds can reveal - if you only know how to look!
Contents
Getting started ; Ground ; Trees ; Plants ; Mosses, algae, fungi and lichens ; A walk with rocks and wildflowers ; Sky and weather ; Stars ; Sun ; Moon ; A night walk ; Animals ; A walk with the Dayak part I ; City, town and village ; A city walk with invisible snakes ; Coast, rivers and lakes ; Snow and sand ; A walk with the Dayak part II ; Rare and extraordinary ; The breakthrough ; Your invisible toolbox
ISBN
9781615192410
Accession Number
P2022.01
Call Number
02.7 G59t
Collection
Archives Library
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Understanding the Banff spring hot springs through karst hydrogeology

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2019
Author
Yonge, Chas
Publisher
Canmore : Charles J. Yonge
Call Number
04 Y8u
Author
Yonge, Chas
Publisher
Canmore : Charles J. Yonge
Published Date
2019
Physical Description
104 pages ; 15 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
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
04 Y8u
Collection
Archives Library
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Iroquois in the west

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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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No map could show them

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2016
Author
Mort, Helen
Publisher
London : Chatto & Windus
Call Number
05.1 M84n
Author
Mort, Helen
Publisher
London : Chatto & Windus
Published Date
2016
Physical Description
70 pages ; 22 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Women
Poetry
Women's History
Travel
Adventure
Mountaineering
Climbing
Abstract
A Poetry Book Society Recommendation 2016. 'When we climb alone en cordee feminine, we are magicians of the Alps - we make the routes we follow disappear'. The poems of Helen Mort's second collection offer an unforgettable perspective on the heights we scale and the distances we run, the routes we follow and the paths we make for ourselves. Here are odes to the women who dared to break new ground - from Miss Jemima Morrell, a young Victorian woman from Yorkshire who hiked the Swiss Peaks in her skirts and petticoats, to the modern British mountaineer Alison Hargreaves, who died descending from the summit of K2. Distinctive and courageous, these are poems of passion and precipices, of edges and extremes. No Map Could Show Them confirms Helen Mort's position as one of the finest young poets at work today.
Contents
An Easy Day for a Lady ; How to Dress ; Miss Jemima's Swiss Journal ; Ode to Bob ; Height ; The Fear ; Scale ; Beryl the Peril ; My Diet ; Difficult ; The Old Dungeon Ghyll ; Hill ; Black Rocks ; Descent ; Prayer ; Kiss ; Solo ; Nordwand ; Home ; At Night ; Above Cromford ; Route ; Dear Alison ; Engineer ; Lethal Roy ; Bloodhound ; Skirt ; Rachel in Attercliffe ; King's Cross ; Ink ; What Will Happen ; Ablation ; Hathersage ; Kalymnos ; Loutro ; Alport Castles ; Eagle Owl ; Royal Mile ; Kinder Scout ; Murmuration ; Big Lil ; Lil's dream ; What the papers said ; Lil's answer ; Lil's last word ; Tom Hulatt's Mile ; Heinrich Harrer's Motorbike ; How Much Can You Carry? ; Everest ; Oxygen ; Beck Weathers ; Sherpa ; Lene Gamelgaard ; First ; Rope
ISBN
9781784740641
Accession Number
P2022.01
Call Number
05.1 M84n
Collection
Archives Library
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Discovering numbers : english, french, cree

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2019
Author
Auger, Neepin
Publisher
Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
Call Number
07.2 A4o
Author
Auger, Neepin
Publisher
Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2019
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 17 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Language
French
Cree
Children
Learning
Abstract
Neepin Auger's books for children contain original, brightly coloured images and early-education concepts familiar to everyone. In addition to the English words presented, the French and Cree equivalents are also given, making these some of the most dynamic and useful board books on the market, perfectly suitable for the classroom, library and nursery.
ISBN
9781771603317
Accession Number
P2022.01
Call Number
07.2 A4o
Collection
Archives Library
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Discovering people : english, french, cree

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2019
Author
Auger, Neepin
Publisher
Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
Call Number
07.2 A4b
Author
Auger, Neepin
Publisher
Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2019
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 17 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Language
French
Cree
Indigenous
Abstract
Introduces basic words in English, French, and Cree relating to familiar people at home and in the community
ISBN
9781771603270
Accession Number
P2022.01
Call Number
07.2 A4b
Collection
Archives Library
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Discovering words : english, french, cree

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25492
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2016
Author
Auger, Neepin
Publisher
Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
Call Number
07.2 A4a
Author
Auger, Neepin
Publisher
Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2016
Physical Description
30 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 17 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Language
French
Cree
Children
Abstract
Neepin Auger's books for children contain original, brightly coloured images and early education level concepts familiar to everyone. Playful and bold, this dynamic series will educate and entertain preschoolers, parents, and teachers alike. In addition to the English words presented, the French and Cree equivalents are also given, making these some of the most dynamic and useful board books on the market, perfectly suitable for the classroom, library, and nursery.
ISBN
9781771603294
Accession Number
P2022.01
Call Number
07.2 A4a
Collection
Archives Library
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Aloft : Canadian Rockies aerial photography

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2021
Author
Zizka, Paul
Publisher
Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
Call Number
06.4 Z7a
Author
Zizka, Paul
Publisher
Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2021
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Rockies
Photography
Photography, Aerial
Mountains
Nature
Environment
Abstract
An astounding, unique collection of some of the most stunning mountain landscapes in North America. There is a reason why the Canadian Rockies are some of the most photographed mountains in the world. Rugged peaks encircle glacier-fed lakes, rise up like protective walls around tree-filled valleys, and offer a stunning backdrop to open alpine meadows. They have been photographed from the valley bottoms, from the shores of famous lakes, and from the summits of prominent peaks. They are accessible by vehicle, boat, gondola, skis and hiking boots. But a lucky few have photographed the Rockies from the air. In the most comprehensive collection of aerial photos to date, Aloft: Canadian Rockies Aerial Photography by Paul Zizka gives the reader a unique bird's-eye view of this prized mountain range. From vast glaciers to winding rivers, animal overpasses to lakes that look like brilliant spills of turquoise paint on the landscape, these images provide a rare look at mountains that are as grandiose from the skies as they are from their better-known vantage points.
ISBN
9781771603973
Accession Number
P2022.01
Call Number
06.4 Z7a
Location
Reading Room
Collection
Archives Library
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I^ethkai^ha^ yawabi = counting in Stoney

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2019
Author
Wesley, Natasha
Wesley, Tanisha
Publisher
Calgary, Alta. : Durvile
Call Number
05 W51i Reference copy 05 W51o copy 2
  1 website  
Author
Wesley, Natasha
Wesley, Tanisha
Publisher
Calgary, Alta. : Durvile
Published Date
2019
Physical Description
29 pages : color illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
First Nations
Stoney Nakoda
Languages
Animals
Teachers
Abstract
This simple yet precious Îethkaîhâ book of numbers provides a beautiful narrative of counting. Author Natasha Wesley and her artist sister, Tanisha Wesley, portray the numbers 1 to 20 through their way of life. -- Back cover
Notes
The mentors and publishers of this series have supported the First Nations authors to share their stories under the guidance of traditional language speakers and Elders.
ISBN
9781999294748
Accession Number
P2020.09
P2022.01
Call Number
05 W51i Reference copy 05 W51o copy 2
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Treaty 7 Language Books via Calgary Public Library
Websites
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I^ya^ Sa Wiya^ Wahogu-kiybi Cha = red mountain woman receives a teaching

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25495
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2019
Author
Fox, Tina and Wesley, Tanisha
Publisher
Calgary, Alta. : Durvile
Call Number
05 F83i reference copy 05 F83i copy 2
  1 website  
Author
Fox, Tina and Wesley, Tanisha
Publisher
Calgary, Alta. : Durvile
Published Date
2019
Physical Description
29 pages : color illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
First Nations
Stoney Nakoda
Languages
Animals
Teachers
Abstract
In this traditional Iyethka Nakoda story, Red Mountain Woman shares a traditional teaching that she learned from her Grandmother about protocol, respect, and sharing. -- Back cover
Notes
The mentors and publishers of this series have supported the First Nations authors to share their stories under the guidance of traditional language speakers and Elders.
ISBN
9780969448976
Accession Number
P2020.11
P2022.01
Call Number
05 F83i reference copy 05 F83i copy 2
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Treaty 7 Language Books via Calgary Public Library
Websites
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First Peoples in Canada

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2004
Author
McMillian, Alan D., Yellowhorn, Eldon
Publisher
Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre
Call Number
07.2 M23f
Author
McMillian, Alan D., Yellowhorn, Eldon
Publisher
Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre
Published Date
2004
Physical Description
x, 387 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Indigenous
Anthropology
Archaeology
Abstract
Aboriginal issues feature prominently on the Canadian agenda, from land claims agreements to self-government to resource rights, and First Peoples in Canada sets the context for the evolving relationship between Canada and the Aboriginal communities whitin its borders. This comprehensive book, widely used as a basic text in universities and colleges, now incorporates a Native perspective with new research from archaeology, anthropology, ethnography and history to tell the story of Aboriginal people from ancient times to the present. Generously illustrated with many maps, drawings and photographs, these pages clearly detail the rich cultures of all First Nations in this country. -- From back cover
Contents
Anthropological research and Aboriginal people ; The Atlantic Provinces ; The Iroquoians of the Eastern woodlands ; The Algonquians of the Eastern woodlands and Eastern Subarctic ; The Plains ; The Plateau ; The Northwest coast ; The Western Subarctic ; The Arctic ; The Metis ; Aboriginal people and Canada: emerging relations
ISBN
9781553650539
Accession Number
P2022.01
Call Number
07.2 M23f
Collection
Archives Library
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Parks, peace, and partnership : global initiatives in transboundary conservation

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25497
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2012
Author
Quinn, Micheal S.
Publisher
Calgary : University of Calgary Press
Call Number
13.0 Q4 copy 2 13.0 Q4
Author
Quinn, Micheal S.
Responsibility
edited by Michael S. Quinn, Len Broberg, and Wayne Freimund
Publisher
Calgary : University of Calgary Press
Published Date
2012
Physical Description
xxxiii, 542 p. : ill., maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
National parks
Environmental conservation
First Nations - (SEE ALSO Indians)
Chief Mountain
ISBN
9781552386422
Accession Number
12-17-12 70,000
P2022.01
Call Number
13.0 Q4 copy 2 13.0 Q4
Location
Reading Room
Collection
Archives Library
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All that glitters : a climber's journey through addiction and depression

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2022
Author
Talbot, Margo
Publisher
Victoria, B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books
Call Number
01.4 T14a c.1
01.4 T14a c.2
01.4 T14a c.3
Author
Talbot, Margo
Publisher
Victoria, B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2022
Physical Description
186 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Biography
Talbot, Margo
Abstract
Born and raised in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Margo Talbot grew up with a distant mother who “ruled the household with her eyes”; a father who opted to spend much of his time away from home; and four siblings struggling to deal with their particular domestic situation. As a result of her family’s dysfunction and her own growing mental illness, young Margo rarely smiled, had difficulty connecting with others, and was plagued with a black wave of anger and sadness that overshadowed much of the world around her. In time, drugs, alcohol, sex, and violence became her primary ways to connect with herself and others. From the depths of suicidal depression and a conversation with Death, Talbot eventually found solace and redemption in both the healing power of nature and the glory of climbing frozen landscapes in some of the world’s most pristine and challenging environments. Heartbreaking, honest, energizing, and inspiring All That Glitters is a remarkable memoir that shines a fresh light of hope on mental illness.-- From back cover
ISBN
9781771604338
Accession Number
70,000 12-07-16
P2015-03-31
P2022.01
Call Number
01.4 T14a c.1
01.4 T14a c.2
01.4 T14a c.3
Collection
Archives Library
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Canadian Rockies geology road tours

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2009
Author
Gadd, Ben
Publisher
Jasper, AB : Corax Press
Call Number
03.2 G11c c. 2
Author
Gadd, Ben
Publisher
Jasper, AB : Corax Press
Published Date
2009
Physical Description
576 pages : ill., maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Guidebooks
Notes
Includes index. On cover: The complete roadside guide: fossils, formations, folds and faults; presented in plain English; over 250 great stops; fully illustrated; works with odometer and GPS! Includes bibliogaphical references: p. 560-561.
ISBN
9780969263128
Accession Number
P2022.01
Call Number
03.2 G11c c. 2
Location
Reading Room
Collection
Archives Library
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Popular day hikes : Canadian Rockies

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25501
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2019
Author
Daffern, Tony
Publisher
Victoria, B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books
Edition
Second
Call Number
02.6 D13p
Author
Daffern, Tony
Edition
Second
Publisher
Victoria, B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2019
Physical Description
144 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Guidebook
Hiking
Canadian Rockies
Banff and Vicinity
Lake Louise
Moraine Lake
Kootenay National Park
Yoho National Park
Jasper National Park
Abstract
Popular Day Hikes: Canadian Rockies covers 37 popular, accessible trails in one of the world's most stunningly beautiful natural environments. Featuring easy short-day walks, more-strenuous full-day hikes and the occasional easy scramble in areas around Banff, Lake Louise and Moraine Lake, the Icefields Parkway, Kootenay National Park, Yoho National Park and Jasper, this colourful guide contains something for everyone. Some of the trips included are: Spray River Loop Sunshine Meadows Stanley Glacier Lake Agnes Plain of Six Glaciers Larch Valley Yoho Valley to Twin Falls Parker Ridge Valley of the Five Lakes Sulpher Skyline Trail Each hike includes: detailed directions to trailheads colour maps and photographs seasonal information round-trip distances trail commentary difficulty ratings. -- From back cover
Contents
Banff Area
Kootenay National Park
Lake Louise and Moraine Lake
Yoho National Park
Icefields Parkway
Jasper Area
ISBN
9781771602679
Accession Number
P2022.01
Call Number
02.6 D13p
Collection
Archives Library
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The mountains of Banff National Park : a roadside guide to the peaks

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Birrell, Dave
Publisher
Alberta : Dave Birrell
Call Number
02.6 B53t
Author
Birrell, Dave
Publisher
Alberta : Dave Birrell
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
118 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Guidebook
Mountains
Banff National Park
Abstract
Through photographs, viewing tips and maps, this books will help you identify 126 peaks that are seen from the highways of Banff National Park. Knowing more about these mountains will make your visit much more reqrding. You'll learn about their naming history and the people, history, geology, and stories connected with each mountain. If you want to get to know your favourites even better, hikes that will lead you to the best trail views are suggested. Read about these outstanding peaks that we see from the highways and then keep the book in your vehicle as a hand reference. -- From back cover
ISBN
9780986533716
Accession Number
P2022.01
Call Number
02.6 B53t
Collection
Archives Library
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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
Archives Library
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An ecology of gratitude : writing your way to what matters

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2021
Author
Widmer-Carson, Lorraine
Publisher
Banff, Alberta : Lorraine Widmer-Carson
Call Number
05 W63p
Author
Widmer-Carson, Lorraine
Publisher
Banff, Alberta : Lorraine Widmer-Carson
Published Date
2021
Physical Description
191 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Nature
Writing
Abstract
An Ecology of Gratitude is an inspirational and practical guide that encourages readers to slow down, pay attention and write their way to what matters. Structured as a 30-day series of anecdotes, field notes and writing prompts, author Lorraine Widmer-Carson embroiders the science of gratitude with personal stories of lived experience, urging readers to open their eyes to wonders, revel in possibilites, and move toward a better tomorrow. -- From back cover
Contents
Introduction ; Day 1: Enter with a positive state of mind ; Day 2: Get comfortable being by yourself ; Day 3: Make your new habit desirable and relevant to your identity ; Day 4: The science of gratitude (and one of my most grateful moments) ; Day 5: Testing the gratitude waters in community ; Day 6: About those voices in your head ; Day 7: What will motivate you to take up your pen and open the journal today? ; Day 8: Check in and make notes to yourself ; Day 9: Gratitude and emotional ecology ; Day 10: Emodiversity - accepting that life brings blessings and curses ; Day 11: Watching nature, a source of wonder and awe ; Day 12: Kindness as a revolutionary force, part ; Day 13: Kindness as a revolutionary force, part 2 ; Day 14: Managing memories ; Day 15: Grief sits right beside gratitude ; Day 16: Condolences precede thanksgiving, words of Chief Jake Swamp ; Day 17: Invite your ideal travelling companion to share your head space ; Day 18: Other ways of remembering, including songs and smell ; Day 19: Gratitude, life purpose and well-being ; Day 20: Who can help you stay your course? You can ; Day 21: Competition vs. co-operation ; Day 22: Snakes, ladders and laddership ; Day 23: What story do you want your money to tell? ; Day 24: Join me in imagining... ; Day 25: Gratitude and systems change ; Day 26: The challenge - go back seven generations ; Day 27: The response - with help from Uncle Hugh ; Day 28: The gratitude letter - the most profound practice ; Day 29: Writing an apology or forgiveness letter ; Day 30: BHAGs and WOOP's ; Afterword
ISBN
9781777778507
Accession Number
P2022.01
Call Number
05 W63p
Collection
Archives Library
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Confessions of a ski bum : the Icefields Parkway Lake Louise to Bow Summit

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2018
Author
Baranow, Marcus
Publisher
Lake Louise, Alberta : Get to the Mountains Publishing
Call Number
01 B23i
Author
Baranow, Marcus
Publisher
Lake Louise, Alberta : Get to the Mountains Publishing
Published Date
2018
Physical Description
251 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Confessions of a Ski Bum
Subjects
Skiing
Lake Louise
Lake Louise region
Bow Lake (region)
Winter Sports
Guidebook
Abstract
A modern backcountry ski guide for the roadside areas found along The Icefields Parkway in Banff National Park. Includes detailed descriptions, directions, terrain photos and maps of hundreds of options from chill yoyo laps to committing, no fall, ski lines.-- from back cover
Contents
East Side ; Hector South Ridge ; Hector South Peak ; Mount Hector Roadside ; Hector Pass ; Noseeum Creek ; Mosquito Creek ; Helen Creek ; Helen Shoulder ; Crystal Ridge Roadside ; Crystal Ridge Backside ; Cirque Forepeak ; Observation Sub Peak ; Observation Peak ; The Pulpit Knobs ; Pulpit 1 Knob ; Pulpit 2 Knob ; Pulpit 3 Knob ; Pulpit 4 Knob ; Pulpit 5 Knob ; Pulpit 6 Knob ; Bow Peak Roadside ; Crowfoot Pass ; Bow Lakeside ; Ferris Glacier ; Wapta Icefield ; Mount Jimmy Jr. ; Bow Summit ; Day Traverses
ISBN
9780991748518
Accession Number
P2022.01
Call Number
01 B23i
Collection
Archives Library
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