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Highways, motor camps and stopping places in British Columbia

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

Published Date: 1929

Author: Bureau of Provincial Information

Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Printer to the King

Call Number: 02.5 B85h PAM

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Author: Bureau of Provincial Information

Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Printer to the King

Published Date: 1929

Physical Description: 96 pages : illustrations, maps

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

Subjects: Travel; Tourism; Automobiles; Highways; British Columbia; Camps; Maps; Government

Abstract: Pertains to highways, camping, and stopping places in British Columbia as of 1929 - includes maps and descriptions

Contents: British Columbia:; Camps and Fire Precautions; Fishing and Hunting; Island Highway; Vancouver Highways; Dewdney Road; Pacific Highways; Yale Road; Cariboo Road; South Trunk Highway; Kamloops-Okanagan Highway; Trans-provincial Highway; Northern Highway; Okanagan-Arrow-Kootenay Lakes; Columbia Valley Highway

Accession Number: 2014.8336

Call Number: 02.5 B85h PAM

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Mentioned as a "Special Publication" in this document entitled "Publications of the Government of British Columbia 1811-1947"

Websites

http://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/public/pubdocs/bcdocs2010/188940/bc1871_1947.pdf

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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: [1920?]

Author: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Publisher: Toronto and Montreal : Southam Press Limited

Call Number: 02.6 C16thr PAM O.S

Author: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Responsibility: Canadian Pacific Railway News Service

Publisher: Toronto and Montreal : Southam Press Limited

Published Date: [1920?]

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 unattributed photographs.

Contents: The Gap; The Three Sisters, Canmore, ALTA.; Banff, Showing Bow River Bridge; Banff Springs Hotel and Bow River Valley; The Swimming Pool, Banff; Mount Assiniboine; Indian Days at Banff; Lake Minnewanka, near Banff; On the Bow River, Banff; Castle Mountain; Lakes in the Clouds; The Giant Steps, Paradise Valley; Lake Louise; The Great Divide; Moraine Lake and Valley of the Ten Peaks; Paradise Valley; Cathedral Mountain; Spiral Tunnels, Field, B.C.; Mount Stephen and Field, B.C.; Twin Falls and the Yoho Valley; Emerald Lake; Mount Chancellor, Leanchoil; Mount Sir Donald, near Glacier, B.C.; Hell's Gate, Fraser Canyon, B.C.; Descriptive Index

Accession Number: 7889

Call Number: 02.6 C16thr PAM O.S

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 II - from 1917 to 1921

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

Published Date: 1923

Author: Alberta and British Columbia Boundary Commission

Publisher: Ottawa : Kings Printer

Call Number: 03.2 Al1ab A Atlas oversize copy 2 Part II 1917-1921; 03.2 Al1ab A Atlas oversize and report copy 3 Part II 1917-1921

Author: Alberta and British Columbia Boundary Commission

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

Publisher: Ottawa : Kings Printer

Published Date: 1923

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: Atlas and report

Accession Number: 7202; 8114

Call Number: 03.2 Al1ab A Atlas oversize copy 2 Part II 1917-1921; 03.2 Al1ab A Atlas oversize and report copy 3 Part II 1917-1921

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 III - from 1918 to 1924

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

Published Date: 1925

Author: Alberta and British Columbia Boundary Commission

Publisher: Ottawa : Kings Printer

Call Number: 03.2 Al1ab A Atlas oversize copy 2 Part III 1918-1924; 03.2 Al1ab A Atlas oversize and report copy 3 Part III 1918-1924

Author: Alberta and British Columbia Boundary Commission

Responsibility: R.W. Cautley; A.O. Wheeler

Publisher: Ottawa : Kings Printer

Published Date: 1925

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: Atlas and report

Accession Number: 7202; 8114

Call Number: 03.2 Al1ab A Atlas oversize copy 2 Part III 1918-1924; 03.2 Al1ab A Atlas oversize and report copy 3 Part III 1918-1924

Collection: Archives Library

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[Northern Peace River Sheet] Pre-emptor's map

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

Published Date: 1928

Publisher: Department of Lands, B.C.

Call Number: C10-3.3

Publisher: Department of Lands, B.C.

Published Date: 1928

Scale: Scale: 4 miles: 1 inch

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

Subjects: British Columbia; Northern Peace River

Accession Number: 495

Call Number: C10-3.3

Collection: Archives Library

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[British Columbia Game map] Sketch map showing game districts and regulations

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

Published Date: 1926

Publisher: Charles F. Banfield, Victoria

Call Number: C10-11.1

Publisher: Charles F. Banfield, Victoria

Published Date: 1926

Scale: Scale: 1 inch - 64 miles

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

Subjects: British Columbia; Game map

Notes: Game regulations on reverse side of map

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: C10-11.1

Collection: Archives Library

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Map of Canadian Pacific Railway

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

Published Date: 1924, c1911

Publisher: Montreal : C.P.R.

Call Number: C11-3.14

Publisher: Montreal : C.P.R.

Published Date: 1924, c1911

Physical Description: 1 map : col

Scale: 1 cm = 25 miles

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

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway

Notes: Corrected to 1924

Accession Number: 20,500

Call Number: C11-3.14

Collection: Archives Library

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Canadian Pacific Railway and connecting lines

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

Published Date: 1927

Publisher: [Montreal] : C.P.R.

Call Number: C11-3.17

Publisher: [Montreal] : C.P.R.

Published Date: 1927

Physical Description: 1 map : col

Scale: 1 inch = 110 miles

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

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway

Accession Number: 6596

Call Number: C11-3.17

Collection: Archives Library

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Canadian Pacific Railway and connecting lines

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

Published Date: 1928, c1927; Checked for C.P.R. Lines Nov. 1928

Publisher: [Montreal] : C.P.R.

Call Number: C3-6.3c

Responsibility: Canadian Pacific Railway

Publisher: [Montreal] : C.P.R.

Published Date: 1928, c1927; Checked for C.P.R. Lines Nov. 1928

Physical Description: 1 map : col

Scale: 1 inch = 110 miles

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

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway

Notes: On reverse: The Canadian Rockies

Accession Number: 6596

Call Number: C3-6.3c

Collection: Archives Library

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The Canadian Rockies : Rocky Mountains Park, Yoho Park, Kootenay Park

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

Published Date: 1928, c1927

Author: Wheeler, Arthur Oliver

Publisher: [Montreal] : Canadian Pacific Railway

Call Number: C3-6.3c

Author: Wheeler, Arthur Oliver

Publisher: [Montreal] : Canadian Pacific Railway

Published Date: 1928, c1927

Physical Description: 1 map : col

Scale: 1 inch = 5 miles

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

Subjects: Rocky Mountains, Canada; Canadian Pacific Railway; Wheeler, Arthur Oliver

Notes: Compiled and drawn under the supervision of A.O. Wheeler; On reverse: Canadian Pacific Railway and connecting lines

Accession Number: 6596

Call Number: C3-6.3c

Collection: Archives Library

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Picturesque scenes of mirror-like lakes, snow capped mountains, rushing rivers and fertile valleys along the line of the Kettle Valley route

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

Published Date: [1921?]

Publisher: [Canada] : Published for Canadian Pacific Railway News Service

Call Number: 06.4 C16p

Variant Title: Over the Kettle Valley Route : British Columbia

Publisher: [Canada] : Published for Canadian Pacific Railway News Service

Published Date: [1921?]

Physical Description: 21 leaves : chiefly illustrations ; 25 x 31 cm

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

Subjects: British Columbia; Kettle Valley Railway; Photography; Vancouver - British Columbia

Abstract: Pertains to a picturesque collection of photographs from locations in British Columbia. Some of what the photographs capture pertain to mountains, lakes, hotels, and the Kettle Valley railway. The first two pages of the publication pertain to a descriptive index that helps the reader better understand the context for each photograph.

Accession Number: 7201

Call Number: 06.4 C16p

Collection: Archives Library

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The kicking horse trail, scenic highway from Lake Louise, Alberta to Golden, British Columbia

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

Published Date: 1927

Author: Williams, M.B.

Publisher: [Ottawa], [F.A. Acland, printer]

Call Number: 02.6 W66k PAM

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Author: Williams, M.B.

Responsibility: M.B. Williams

Publisher: [Ottawa], [F.A. Acland, printer]

Published Date: 1927

Physical Description: 47 pages

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

Subjects: British Columbia; Alberta; Travel

Abstract: Pertains to a Canadian Rocky Mountain travel guide. With the use of both images and text, the author has been successful in compiling a guide for travelling in the Canadian Rockies. The book is written in a narrative voice, as to immerse the reader into the Canadian Rocky Mountain experience. The author cover areas and landmarks ranging from Lake Louise, Alberta to Golden, British Columbia.

Notes: This version contains a unique annotation on the first page dating August 4, 1927 from Fred Johnston

Accession Number: 2019.50

Call Number: 02.6 W66k PAM

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: The URL is linked to an interactive website in which the reader can learn more about the author and her admiration for Canada’s national parks.