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Banff, the health resort

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

Published Date: [1920]

Call Number: 02.6 B22b PAM

Published Date: [1920]

Physical Description: 30 pages : b&w illustrations

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

Subjects: Banff; Health; Resorts; Tourism

Abstract: Pertains to Banff as a health resort with a short write up of available amenities and many black and photographs of popular sites in Banff and area.

Contents: Banff, Alberta; Mount Edith; Bankhead, Alberta; Sanitarium Hotel and Sulphur Mountain; Pacific Coal Company's Plant, Bankhead, Alberta; The Hot Springs and Bow Valley; Cascade Mountain; C.P.R. Hotel, Banff; Sulphur Fountain - Winter; Lake Minnewanka; C.P.R. Hotel and Bow Valley from Sulphur Mountain; Falls of the Cascade; Panoramic View of Banff from top of Sulphur Mountain; Bathing at the Hot Sulphur Springs in Winter; Glacier Headwaters of the Cascade; Government Museum, Park Superintendent's Office, Buffalo; Bow RIvewr and Massive Range; Aspen Avenue, below C.P.R. Hotel; Mount Rundle, height 9665 feet; Bow River Falls; Hoodoo at Lake Minnewanka; Cascade or Devil's Canyon; On the Trail; Bathing - Hot Springs at Cave and Basin, Bathing - Hot Sulphur at Cave and Basin; The Bow Valley from C.P.R. Hotel; Observatory - Top of Sulphur Mountain; Scene near Banff; The Edith Peaks; Goat Mountain; Bridge Scene at Foot of Cascade Mountain

Accession Number: 2019.84

Call Number: 02.6 B22b PAM

Collection: Archives Library

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Picturesque California : The Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Slope

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

Published Date: 1894

Author: Muir, John (editor); Ingersoll, Ernest (author)

Publisher: San Francisco, New York : J. Dewing Company, Publishers

Call Number: 02.6 In4p PAM O.S.

Author: Muir, John (editor); Ingersoll, Ernest (author)

Responsibility: John Muir (editor); Ernest Ingersoll (author); Eminent American Artists (photos, photogravures, wood engravings derived from paintings)

Publisher: San Francisco, New York : J. Dewing Company, Publishers

Published Date: 1894

Physical Description: 16 pages

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

Series: California Series No. 32, April 23, 1894

Subjects: Travel; Tourism; Rocky Mountains; Art; Fraser, John Arthur; Notman, William & Son; Banff; Canmore; Kamloops; Vancouver; Victoria; Sir Donald, Mount; Bow River; Hot springs; Banff Springs Hotel; Emerald Lake; Selkirk Mountains; Selkirk Mountains - Hermit Range; Asulkan Glacier; Canadian Pacific Railway; Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Abstract: Pertains to the Canadian Rockies as authored by Ernest Ingersoll with introduction by John Muir including a variety of sketches of Sir Donald, Bow River, Canmore, the Great Glacier, hot springs, open pool, Mount Burgess and Emerald Lake, Bow Falls and Banff Springs Hotel, the Selkirks and Hermit Mountain, Cheops, Asulkan Glacier, Stanley Park, Victoria, Shushwap Mission at Kamloops, and the Canadian Pacific Docks at Vancouver.

Notes: Part XXVI - The Canadian Rockies by Ernest Ingersoll

Accession Number: 7901

Call Number: 02.6 In4p PAM O.S.

Collection: Archives Library

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Banff ...

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1925

Publisher: Ottawa : Topographical Survey of Canada

Call Number: C3-1.5

Publisher: Ottawa : Topographical Survey of Canada

Published Date: 1925

Physical Description: 1 map : col

Scale: 1:190,080

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Banff

Accession Number: 3349

Call Number: C3-1.5

Collection: Archives Library

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Banff area, Alberta

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

Published Date: 1927

Author: Warren, Percival S.

Publisher: Ottawa, F.A. Acland, printer

Call Number: 03.2 W25b Pam

Author: Warren, Percival S.

Responsibility: Percival S. Warren

Publisher: Ottawa, F.A. Acland, printer

Published Date: 1927

Physical Description: 3 preliminary leaves, 94 pages including frontispiece (plates I) [II]-VII plates, tables, folded map 25 cm.

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

Subjects: Geology; Banff; Paleontology; Fossils; Geography; Geological Survey of Canada

Abstract: Pertains to an in depth analysis of geological features in and around Banff, as well as a descriptive segment on new fossil species. The geological features pertains to both the mountains in and around Banff, as well as a separate discussion on economic geology.

Contents: Introduction (pg. 1); Physiography (pg. 4); General geology (pg. 4); Description of new species of fossils (pg. 44); Economic geology (pg. 93); Index to fossils (pg. 93)