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Ski-runs in the high Alps

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

Published Date: 1913

Author: Roget, F. F.

Publisher: London : T. Fisher Unwin

Call Number: 01.5 R63s

Author: Roget, F. F.

Responsibility: Illustrations by L. M. Crisp

Publisher: London : T. Fisher Unwin

Published Date: 1913

Physical Description: 312 pages

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

Subjects: Skiing; Education; Alps; Switzerland; Skiing, Cross Country; Ski mountaineering

Accession Number: 2023.47

Call Number: 01.5 R63s

Collection: Archives Library

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In praise of Switzerland : being the alps in prose and verse

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

Published Date: 1912

Author: Spender, Harold

Publisher: London : Constable and Company Ltd.

Call Number: 05 Sp3i

Author: Spender, Harold

Publisher: London : Constable and Company Ltd.

Published Date: 1912

Physical Description: 291 pages

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

Subjects: Alps; Literature; Poetry; History; Fiction

Contents: I. The Alps in admiration -- II. The Alps in description -- III. The Alps in adventure, i. The pioneers, ii. The heroes -- The Alps in tragedy -- The Alps in comedy -- The Alps in history -- The Alps in fiction

Accession Number: 2023.47

Call Number: 05 Sp3i

Collection: Archives Library

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Flora of Southern British Columbia and Vancouver Island

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

Published Date: 1915

Author: Henry, Joseph Kaye

Publisher: Toronto : W. J. Gage & Co., Limited

Call Number: 04.1 H39f

Author: Henry, Joseph Kaye

Publisher: Toronto : W. J. Gage & Co., Limited

Published Date: 1915

Physical Description: 363 pages

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

Subjects: Botany; Glossary; British Columbia

Contents: Abbreviations, metric system -- Analytical key to the families -- Tabular analysis -- flora -- glossary -- addenda -- index.

Accession Number: 2023.47

Call Number: 04.1 H39f

Collection: Archives Library

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Through the heart of Canada

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

Published Date: 1913

Author: Yeigh, Frank

Publisher: London : T. Fisher Unwin

Edition: 2nd Edition, 4th Impression

Call Number: 02.4 Ye3 1913 (Great Britain)

Author: Yeigh, Frank

Edition: 2nd Edition, 4th Impression

Publisher: London : T. Fisher Unwin

Published Date: 1913

Physical Description: 319p. : ill

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

Subjects: Alpine Club of Canada; Camps

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: 02.4 Ye3 1913 (Great Britain)

Collection: Archives Library

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The conquest of Mount McKinley

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

Published Date: 1913

Author: Browne, Belmore

Publisher: New York : G. P Putnam's Sons

Call Number: 01.3 B81

Author: Browne, Belmore

Publisher: New York : G. P Putnam's Sons

Published Date: 1913

Physical Description: xvii, 381p. : ill., map

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

Accession Number: 492; 5142 - weed

Call Number: 01.3 B81

Collection: Archives Library

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Report of the Commissioner of Dominion Parks for the year ending March 31, 1913 : Part V Annual Report 1913

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

Published Date: 1914

Author: Canada. Department of the Interior

Call Number: 02.4 C16i Part V 1913

Author: Canada. Department of the Interior

Published Date: 1914

Physical Description: 96p : ill

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

Series: Sessional papers

Subjects: Banff (townsite); Businesses; Government; Hot springs; Indigenous; Mining; National parks; Roads; Surveys; Tourism; Utilities

Contents: Includes extract from address delivered at Ottawa, March 12, 1913 by the Duke of Connaught

Notes: Issued as a separate publication, but is also included in full Department of Interior Report, Volume 1 - 02.4 C16i 1913 volume 1

Accession Number: 7201

Call Number: 02.4 C16i Part V 1913

Collection: Archives Library

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Report of the Commission Appointed to Delimit the Boundary between the Provinces of Alberta and British Columbia - Part I - from 1913 to 1916

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

Published Date: 1917

Author: Alberta and British Columbia Boundary Commission

Publisher: Ottawa : Kings Printer

Call Number: 03.2 Al1ab A Atlas oversize and report copy 3 reference Part I 1913-1916

Author: Alberta and British Columbia Boundary Commission

Responsibility: R.W. Cautley; J.N Wallace; A.O. Wheeler

Publisher: Ottawa : Kings Printer

Published Date: 1917

Physical Description: 1 atlas : illustrations ; 1 report

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

Subjects: Monuments and historic markers; Surveys; Boundaries; Alberta; British Columbia; British Columbia - Boundaries; British Columbia - Surveys and Mapping; Alberta - B.C. Boundary; Alberta - Boundaries; Alberta British Columbia Boundary Commission; Wheeler, Arthur Oliver; Cautley, Richard William; Wallace, James Nevin; Atlases; Maps

Notes: Report and oversize atlas

Accession Number: 8114

Call Number: 03.2 Al1ab A Atlas oversize and report copy 3 reference Part I 1913-1916

Collection: Archives Library

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The Great Dominion : Canada - Supplement to the Illustrated London News

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

Published Date: 1912

Publisher: The Illustrated London News

Call Number: 02.4 Il6g PAM O.S.

Publisher: The Illustrated London News

Published Date: 1912

Physical Description: 28 pages

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

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway; Great Divide Trail; Highways; Highways - Alberta; Mountaineering; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies; Tourism; Travel

Abstract: Pertains to Canada as of 1912 with articles on Duke of Connought, Canadian Pacific Railway "All Red Tour Through Canada" from Yarmouth to Alberni, the proposed construction of "The Motor Highway of the Great Divide" from Calgary to Banff and onto through the Columbia Valley, "On Dizzy Heights of the Dominion : Mountaineering in Canada" which explains trail riding options available to tourists in the Rocky Mountains and some mountain scenes entitled "The Charm of the Dominion : Beauty Rugged and Pastoral"

Notes: In The Illustrated London News, Vol. CXL, No. 3803 , Saturday, March 9, 1912, pp. i - xxviii

Accession Number: 7864

Call Number: 02.4 Il6g PAM O.S.

Collection: Archives Library

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Through the Canadian Pacific Rockies : a series of views illustrating the chief points of interest and the glorious mountain scenery seen in a journey through the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains

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

Published Date: [1910?]

Author: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Publisher: Montreal : The Gazette Printing Co., Limited

Call Number: 02.6 C16thr PAM O.S

Author: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Responsibility: Canadian Pacific Railway News Service

Publisher: Montreal : The Gazette Printing Co., Limited

Published Date: [1910?]

Physical Description: [26] leaves : chiefly illustrations (some color)

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

Subjects: Travel; Canadian Pacific Railway; Canadian Pacific Railway Company; Canadian Pacific Rockies; Art; Tourism

Abstract: Pertains to areas of interest along the Canadian Pacific Railway through the Rocky Mountains via paintings by Chester W. Simpson, Carl Rungius, and unattributed photographs.

Contents: Three Sisters; The Beginning of the Rockies; The Gap; Banff; The Swimming Pool at Banff; Cascade Mountain; Buffalo at Banff; Mount Assiniboine; On the Trail; Castle Mountain; Chateau Lake Louise; Lakes in the Clouds; Moraine Lake; The Great Divide; Lake Louise; Lake O'Hara; Cathedral Mountain; Spiral Tunnels at Field; Mount Stephen, Field, B.C.; The Van Horne Range; The Twin Falls, Yoho Valley; Takakkaw Falls; Emerald Lake; Connaught Tunnel; The Yoho Glacier; Albert Canyon; Hells Gates, Fraser Canyon; Yale, B.C.; Descriptive Index

Accession Number: 7889

Call Number: 02.6 C16thr PAM O.S

Collection: Archives Library

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Dogs of the North

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

Published Date: 1914

Author: Browne, Belmore

Publisher: Outing

Call Number: 02.3 B35d PAM

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Author: Browne, Belmore

Responsibility: Belmore Browne

Publisher: Outing

Published Date: 1914

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

Subjects: Dogs; Dogsledding; Travel; Alaska; Alaska, United States; Browne, Belmore; Authors; Hunting; Art; Artists

Abstract: Pertains to the use of dogs for travel and moving freight in Alaska as observed by Belmore Browne during his travels - includes illustrations by Belmore Browne