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Solitary rambles and adventures of a hunter in the prairies

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1969
Author
Palliser, John
Publisher
Edmonton : Hurtig
Call Number
04.2 P17
Author
Palliser, John
Publisher
Edmonton : Hurtig
Published Date
1969
Physical Description
xxi, 326p. : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Travel
Notes
Facsimile reprint of 1853 London edition
Library also has 1857 edition, with title: The solitary hunter
Accession Number
400
5500
Call Number
04.2 P17
Collection
Archives Library
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The discovery of the North-west Passage by H.M.S. "Investigator," Capt. R. M'Clure, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854.

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1969
Author
M'Clure, Robert Le M.
Publisher
Rutland, Vt., Tuttle
Call Number
02.4 M11t
Author
M'Clure, Robert Le M.
Responsibility
Robert Le M. M'Clure
Publisher
Rutland, Vt., Tuttle
Published Date
1969
Physical Description
xxxv, 405 pages illustrations, folded map 20 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Travel
Abstract
Pertains to the story of Robert Le M. M’Clure, the man credited with travelling the North-West Passage. The publication provides a review of early Canadian travel, and the places European travelers experienced. Specifically, the book talks about the Investigator, the ship that helped M’Clure’s crew explore new terrain. The author shares tales of success, heartbreak and resilience, as the crew battled against the forces of nature, and their inexperience in this new travel.
Contents
Preface to the new edition (pg. xv)
Preface (pg. xxvii)
List of Illustrations (;g. xxxi)
A list of H.M.S. "Investigator" (pg. xxxiii)
Chapter I - Introduction (pg. 1)
Chapter II - Return of the Arctic Squadron of 1848, and immediate Reequipment of the "Enterprise" and "Investigator" (pg. 17)
Chapter III - Slow sailing of the Arctic Ships (pg. 23)
Chapter IV - Voyage continued to Honolulu (pg. 31)
Chaoter V - The "Investigator" gives up the hope of meeting the "Enterprise," and departs alone (pg. 55)
Chapter VI - The narrative of Captain Maguire (pg. 66)
Chapter VII - A thunder-storm (pg. 80)
Chapter VIII - Approach to Cape Bathurst (pg. 89)
Chapter IX - Cape Bathurst left (pg. 99)
Chapter X - Signs of a rapidly approaching winter (pg. 108)
Chapter XI - Severe pressure on the ice (pg. 119)
Chapter XII - New Year's Day 1851 (pg. 151)
Chapter XIII - Signs of summer increase (pg. 175)
Chapter XIV - The "Investigator" bears up, and goes round the South End of Banks Land (pg. 201)
Chapter XV - The New Year, 1852 (pg. 227)
Chapter XVI - The "Enterprise" (pg. 251)
Chapter XVII - Captain M'Clure proceeds to Melville Island to see Captain Kellett (pg. 276)
Chapter XVIII - Gloomy prospect in the Autumn of 1854 (pg. 307)
Appendix (pg. 351)
Notes
Reprint of the 1856 ed., with a new pref. by William C. Wonders.
Accession Number
2019.71
Call Number
02.4 M11t
Collection
Archives Library
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A frontier guide to the Dewdney Trail, Rock Creek to Salmo

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1969
Publisher
Calgary, Alberta : Frontier Publishing Ltd.
Edition
Frontier Book No. 20
Call Number
08.1 F92a
Edition
Frontier Book No. 20
Publisher
Calgary, Alberta : Frontier Publishing Ltd.
Published Date
1969
Physical Description
48 pages illustrations 21 cm.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Travel
History
History-Canada
Abstract
"In the early days of British Columbia, the land lying along the American border from Rock Creek to Salmo was almost forgotten territory. In the beginning, the fur trade followed the lines of least resistance and these led southward by valley and river to United States soil. With the discovery of gold, copper and silver in the Boundary country, a subtle struggle between American and Canadian influence developed - each striving to draw a trade from the area. Over the years, the history of the region has been woven around the struggle between the powerful American magnet of roads and railroads to draw Boundary country into its orbit and the Canadian efforts to divert this traffic into an east-west pattern. The two major weapons in the hands of the Canadians were the Dewdney Trail of 1865 and the Kettle Valley Railroad. This, our eight Frontier Guide, is the attempt to portray the development of the Boundary country in relation to the roles played by the Dewdney Trail and the fabulous Kettle Valley Line."
Notes
Abstract taken directly from publication
Accession Number
3069 a
Call Number
08.1 F92a
Collection
Archives Library
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A frontier guide to the Dewdney Trail : Hope to Rock Creek

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1969?
Publisher
Calgary, Alta. : Frontier Publishing
Edition
Frontier Book No. 19
Call Number
08.2 F92a
Edition
Frontier Book No. 19
Publisher
Calgary, Alta. : Frontier Publishing
Published Date
1969?
Physical Description
56 pages.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Travel
History
History of Alberta
Abstract
"Highway No.3 is a ribbon of concrete that winds through some of the most dramatic scenery in Western Canada. At times it courses between valley walls lush with vegetation and history, adn at others it climbs mountain sides to meander gracefully over the top of the world. It was originally called the Dewdney Trail and it ran from Hope, through Rock Creek and on to Wild Horse Camp, 6 miles northeast of Cranbrook. Today, with a few variations of route, it follows the old trail and has become in every sense of the word the New Dewdney Trail. In this, our seventh Frontier Guide, we are attempting to trace the story adn the history of both the old trail and the new , from Hope to Rock Creek. In companion volumes, we hope to complete the trail from Rock Creek to Salmo adn from Salmo to Wild Horse."
Notes
Abstract taken from publication directly
Accession Number
3069 a
Call Number
08.2 F92a
Collection
Archives Library
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By canoe from Toronto to Fort Edmonton in 1872, among the Iroquois and Ojibways

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1968
Publisher
Toronto : Canadiana House
Edition
Facsimile reprint
Call Number
08.5 B99 Pam
Responsibility
by an anonymous traveller
Edition
Facsimile reprint
Publisher
Toronto : Canadiana House
Published Date
1968
Physical Description
74p. : ill., port., map
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Indians
Travel
Accession Number
543
Call Number
08.5 B99 Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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Bow Valley Camera Club fonds

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Part Of
Bow Valley Camera Club fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of 1 photograph album of 72 prints. Photographs contain captions by members of the camera club, pertaining to the flowers of Banff National Park. Album is dedicated to Peter Whyte.
Date Range
1968
Reference Code
V280
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Album
Photograph print
Part Of
Bow Valley Camera Club fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
V 280
Sous-Fonds
V 280
Accession Number
7723 (unproc)
Reference Code
V280
GMD
Photograph
Album
Photograph print
Date Range
1968
Physical Description
1 photograph album: 72 prints, col.
History / Biographical
The Bow Valley Camera Club 's history is not well documented, but evidence from newsletters show that it was active from at least 1968 to 1970. The Bow Valley Camera Club Bulletin lists executive members during these years as: Bob Smith, Bill de Haan, Joyce Cole, Mary Smith, Eileen Brierley, and George Atkinson.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of 1 photograph album of 72 prints. Photographs contain captions by members of the camera club, pertaining to the flowers of Banff National Park. Album is dedicated to Peter Whyte.
Name Access
Bow Valley Camera Club
Subject Access
Arts
Community life
Environment
Sports, recreation and leisure
Language
Language is English
Finding Aid
No finding aid
Related Material
Bow Valley Camera Club Bulletin 1968-1970 is located in the info-file under "Clubs and Organizations."
Creator
Bow Valley Camera Club
Category
Environment
Sports, recreation and leisure
Arts
Biographical Source Notes
Accession record notes
Title Source
Title based on contents of fonds
Processing Status
Unprocessed
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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1967
Author
Larsen, Henry A., Frank R. Sheer and Edvard Omholt-Jensen
Publisher
Toronto, Montreal, McClelland and Stewart
Call Number
02.5 L32t
Author
Larsen, Henry A., Frank R. Sheer and Edvard Omholt-Jensen
Responsibility
Henry A. Larsen, Frank R. Sheer and Edvard Omholt-Jensen
Publisher
Toronto, Montreal, McClelland and Stewart
Published Date
1967
Physical Description
223 pages illustrations, portraits 24 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Travel
Canada
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Abstract
Pertains to the autobiography of Henry A. Larsen, a Canadian explorer, seaman and member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The publication tells of Larsen’s heroism and expertise that ultimately saved his life, in the most trying of circumstances. The authors tell of Larsen’s relationship with the Inuit Indigenous Peoples in Northern Canada and the ways in which they respected him. Written much like a diary, The Big Ship offers compelling detail on the extravagant life of Larsen and his crew, as they battled the open sea in hopes of finding adventure.
Contents
1. The first day in the mounted police -- 2. The early years -- 3. The Indian girl, the sea devil and "The general" -- 4. Steam -- 5. Fourth mate Larsen -- 6. North with Klengenberg -- 7. Herschel Island for the first time -- 8. Visit to Klengenberg's home -- 9. Tragic voyage to the west -- 10. Frozen in for the winter -- 11. More about life on Herschel -- 12. Seal hunt -- 13. New summer in the north -- 14. Canadian citizen -- 15. The ship and the crew -- 16. Maiden voyage to the north -- 17. My northern service starts -- 18. Skipper in the mounted police -- 19. In the ice -- 20. My first sled trip with the RCMP -- 21. Promotion and return to civilization -- 22. To the north again -- 23. Life in the arctic -- 24. In winter quarters -- 25. Dog life in the arctic -- 26. Eskimo love and drama -- 27. The fourth Christmas in the north -- 28. Daily life in the Igloo -- 29. Old and new medicine man -- 30. Southern interlude and marriage -- 31. Fourth voyage to the north -- 32. Marital complications among the Eskimo -- 33. An eventful winter -- 34. Guest of honour in the igloo -- 35. Visit from the south -- 36. About Quarlilaak, Mukkaani and Angulalik -- 37. Hanorie Umiarjuak -- 38. Niviassiag's curse -- 39. Superstition, infanticide and shipwreck -- 40. Reunion with my wife and first meeting with an unknown daughter -- 41. Among the inland Eskimo -- 42. Birth in the igloo -- 43. The great assignment -- 44. Toward the great adventure -- 45. The summer of broken expectations -- 46. A very close shave -- 47. A tragic loss -- 48. The story of a cannon -- 49. Easter with Father Henri -- 50. Afloat again -- 51. Bellot Strait : the last ordeal -- 52. Return to civilization -- 53. A summer voyage to the eastern arctic -- 54. Westward through the northwest passage -- 55. Honours and promotions -- 56. The last arctic voyage with the St. Roch -- 57. The men who speak the truth -- 58. Budget problems and words of caution -- 59. The St. Roch ends her career -- 60. The last years in the force.m
Accession Number
2019.71
Call Number
02.5 L32t
Collection
Archives Library
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Yukon Alpine Centennial Expedition scrapbook

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Part Of
Alpine Club of Canada fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and other publications about the Yukon Alpine Centennial Expedition from 19 June to 13 August, 1967. Inserts refer to fold-out newspaper clippings and occasionally entire articles and pages throughout the scrapbook.
Date Range
1967
Reference Code
M200 / AC 004M / 4
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Scrapbook
  1 image     1 Electronic Resource  
Part Of
Alpine Club of Canada fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M200 / S6 / V14
Series
I.A.2.d.ii. Administration: expeditions - Yukon Alpine Centennial Expedition
Sous-Fonds
AC 004M
Accession Number
.
Reference Code
M200 / AC 004M / 4
GMD
Scrapbook
Date Range
1967
Physical Description
4.5 cm of textual records (108 pages ; 30 x 36.5 cm)
History / Biographical
The Alpine Club of Canada was founded in 1906 as a national organization dedicated to climbing, mountaineering, mountain safety, and environmental preservation. It continues to operate throughout Canada and has a headquarters located in Canmore, Alberta.
Scope & Content
File consists of a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and other publications about the Yukon Alpine Centennial Expedition from 19 June to 13 August, 1967. Inserts refer to fold-out newspaper clippings and occasionally entire articles and pages throughout the scrapbook.
Name Access
Alpine Club of Canada
Subject Access
Anniversary
Backpacking
Centennial
Climbing
Exploration
History
Hiking
Mountaineering
Mountaineers
Travel
Geographic Access
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Ontario
Canada
Language
English
French
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Unprocessed
Electronic Resources

m200_ac_004m_4_pdf.pdf

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Yukon Alpine Centennial Expedition photographs

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Part Of
Alpine Club of Canada fonds
Scope & Content
Includes photographs are by expedition members, including Hogo Hohener and Mary Fallis. Also includes views by Photo Importing Agencies Ltd. re presentations on behalf of expedition.
Date Range
1967
Reference Code
V14 / AC 001P / 09-10
V14 / AC 055P / 28
V14 / AC 123P / 01-19, 23
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Print
  1 image  
Part Of
Alpine Club of Canada fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M200 / S6 / V14
Series
I.A.2.d.ii. Administration: expeditions - Yukon Alpine Centennial Expedition
Sous-Fonds
V14
Accession Number
5200
Reference Code
V14 / AC 001P / 09-10
V14 / AC 055P / 28
V14 / AC 123P / 01-19, 23
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Print
Date Range
1967
Physical Description
ca.125 photographs (22 prints, 4 negatives, 1 album of 84 prints)
Scope & Content
Includes photographs are by expedition members, including Hogo Hohener and Mary Fallis. Also includes views by Photo Importing Agencies Ltd. re presentations on behalf of expedition.
Name Access
Alpine Club of Canada
Subject Access
Abbot Pass Hut
Activities
Administration
Advertising
Alpine Club of Canada
Alpine Club House
Cabins
Cabins and shelters
Camps
Club
Competition
Discovery and exploration
Environment
Environment and Nature
Exploration
Guide
Guides
Hiking
Huts
Mountain
Mountain guides
Mountaineering
Mountaineers
Mountains
National parks and reserves
Organizations
Photography
Scenery
Sports and recreation
Summit
Geographic Access
Yukon
Canada
Access Restrictions
Access to negatives is by appointment only
Language
English
Title Source
Title based on material
Processing Status
Processed
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Book report notebook

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Part Of
Maryalice Harvey Stewart fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of one spiral notebook titled "Part I - Book Report", dated 1965, with annotations by Maryalice Harvey Stewart. Content includes research notes pertaining to various historic people from the Banff area, a rough sketch of Castle Peak and Devil's Head, and notes on other assorted topics…
Date Range
1965
Reference Code
M9 / I / B / 14
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Part Of
Maryalice Harvey Stewart fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M9
S13
V605
Series
M9 / I : Professional records
Sous-Fonds
M9
Sub-Series
M9 / I / B : Research and other professional records
Accession Number
7412
Reference Code
M9 / I / B / 14
GMD
Textual record
Date Range
1965
Physical Description
1 cm of textual records (1 volume : 15 x 22.5 cm)
Scope & Content
File consists of one spiral notebook titled "Part I - Book Report", dated 1965, with annotations by Maryalice Harvey Stewart. Content includes research notes pertaining to various historic people from the Banff area, a rough sketch of Castle Peak and Devil's Head, and notes on other assorted topics related to Banff and the Canadian Rockies.
Notes
Some pages in notebook are loose
Name Access
Stewart, Maryalice Harvey
Subject Access
Research
Environment
Mountains
Geography
Biography
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Language
English
Category
Environment
Land, settlement and immigration
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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