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Banff in the Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12124
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- [ca.1900]
- Author
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Call Number
- 08.5 B22i Pam
- Author
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Published Date
- [ca.1900]
- Physical Description
- 15 p. : ill
- Subjects
- Guidebooks
- Tourism
- Travel
- Accession Number
- 35500
- Call Number
- 08.5 B22i Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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John L. Stoddard's lectures
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25073
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1901
- Author
- Stoddard, John L.
- Publisher
- Boston : Balch Bros.
- Call Number
- 02 St6j Volume 3
- 02 St6j Volume 4
- 02 St6j Volume 6
- 02 St6j Volume 7
- 02 St6j Volume 9
- 02 St6j Volume 10
- 02 St6j Supplementary Volume 1
- Author
- Stoddard, John L.
- Publisher
- Boston : Balch Bros.
- Published Date
- 1901
- Physical Description
- 7 volumes : illustrations, portraits
- Abstract
- Lectures pertaining to the travels of John Lawson Stoddard
- Contents
- Volume 3 - Japan (two lectures), China
- Volume 4 - India (two lectures), The Passion Play
- Volume 6 - Berlin, Vienna, St. Petersburg, Moscow
- Volume 7 - The Rhine, Belgium, Holland, Mexico
- Volume 9 - Scotland, Englad, London
- Volume 10 - California, Colorado, Yellowstone Park
- Supplementary Volume 1 - Ireland (two lectures), Denmark, Sweden
- Notes
- Incomplete set - missing Volume 1 - Norway, Switzerland, Athens, Venice (in Alpine Club of Canada Library D919 S8); Volume 2 - Constantinople, Jerusalem, Egypt; Volume 5 - Paris, La belle France, Spain; Volume 8 - Florence, Naples, Rome; Volume 11 - Photographs, Supplementary Volume 2 - Canada (two lectures), Malta, Gibralter (separate in Archives Library 02.4 St6j); Supplementary Volume 3 - South Tyrol, Around Lakd Garda, The Dolomites; Supplementary Volume 4 - Sicily, Genoa, A drive through the Engadine; Supplementary Volume 5 - Lake Como, The upper Danube, Bohemia
- Stoddard Edition Limited to Five Hundred Copies No. 305
- Accession Number
- 2020.20
- Call Number
- 02 St6j Volume 3
- 02 St6j Volume 4
- 02 St6j Volume 6
- 02 St6j Volume 7
- 02 St6j Volume 9
- 02 St6j Volume 10
- 02 St6j Supplementary Volume 1
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- Archives Library
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1904
- Author
- Martin-Conway, W.
- Publisher
- London: Adam and Charles Black
- Call Number
- 02.2 M36a
- Author
- Martin-Conway, W.
- Responsibility
- Painted by A. D. McCormick
- Publisher
- London: Adam and Charles Black
- Published Date
- 1904
- Physical Description
- 294 pages
- Subjects
- Exploration
- Switzerland
- Art
- Travel
- Accession Number
- 2023.47
- Call Number
- 02.2 M36a
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Solitary rambles and adventures of a hunter in the prairies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6889
- 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
- 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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By canoe from Toronto to Fort Edmonton in 1872, among the Iroquois and Ojibways
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue8061
- 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
- Accession Number
- 543
- Call Number
- 08.5 B99 Pam
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Mountaineering : the freedom of the hills
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19829
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1960
- Author
- The Mountaineers, Seattle
- Publisher
- Seattle : The Mountaineers
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Call Number
- 01 M86 1963
- Author
- The Mountaineers, Seattle
- Responsibility
- planned by the Climbing Committee of the Mountaineers
- Harvey Manning, chairman of editors
- editorial committee: John R. Hazle and others
- illus: Donna Balch Cook and Robert Cram
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Publisher
- Seattle : The Mountaineers
- Published Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- x, 430p. : ill
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Manuals
- Equipment
- Camping
- Travel
- Rock climbing
- Snow
- Ice
- Ice climbing
- First aid
- Geology
- Abstract
- Pertains to how to safely mountaineer with a focus on North America as per the Mountaineers Climbing Committee
- Contents
- Preface
- Part One - Approaching the Peaks
- Equipment
- Camping and Sleeping
- Alpine Cuisine
- Wilderness Travel
- Navigation in the Hills
- Part Two - Rock Climbing
- Routefinding on Rock
- Balance
- Counterforce
- Roped Climbing
- Belaying
- Pitoncraft and Rappels
- Part Three - Snow and Ice Climbing
- Snow
- Ice
- Glaciers
- Arrests and Belays
- Part Four - Safe Climbing
- The Climbing Party and its Leadership
- Climbing Dangers
- First Aid
- Alpine Rescue
- Part Five - The Climbing Environment
- Mountain Geology
- The Cycle of Snow
- Mountain Weather
- Appendix - Food Requirements for Climbers
- ISBN
- 0916890015
- Accession Number
- 2019.43
- Call Number
- 01 M86 1963
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In the heart of the Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19853
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1905
- Author
- Outram, James
- Publisher
- London : Macmillan & Co., LTD
- Call Number
- 02.6 O1i
- Author
- Outram, James
- Responsibility
- James Outram
- Publisher
- London : Macmillan & Co., LTD
- Published Date
- 1905
- Physical Description
- 466 pages
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Rocky Mountains
- Rocky Mountains Canada
- Outram, James
- Travel
- Mountaineers Canadian
- Mountaineers, British
- Great Britain
- Abstract
- Pertains to the experiences of James Outram, an English mountaineer and author. With a specific chapter dedicated to Banff, the author offers insight into what he considered to be the ‘training’ area of the Rocky Mountains, that being Banff itself. Due to his comprehensive climbing experience, the author is able to provide the reader with specific details pertaining to the Canadian Rocky Mountains based on his personal experience and adventures.
- Contents
- I. The mountains and their history
- II. Banff the beautiful
- III. Mt. Assiniboine
- IV. Lake Louise
- V. The tragedy on Mt. Lefroy
- VI. The valley of the ten peaks
- VII. Field and Mt. Stephen
- VIII. The Yoho Valley
- IX. The ottertail group
- X. The valley of the upper bow
- XI. The sources of the North Saskatchewan
- XII. Mt. Forbes
- XIII. The mountains of the West Branch
- XIV. Mt. Bryce
- XV. Farther north
- Notes
- Chapter dedicated to Banff contained in the following page numbers ; 27 -37
- Accession Number
- 2019.54
- Call Number
- 02.6 O1i
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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
- 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
- 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
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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.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19957
- 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
- 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
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A frontier guide to the Dewdney Trail, Rock Creek to Salmo
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20158
- 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.
- 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
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