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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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Geographic Board of Canada Map

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

Published Date: 1927

Publisher: Geographic Board of Canada

Call Number: C6-7.5(a)

Publisher: Geographic Board of Canada

Published Date: 1927

Scale: 35 miles to 1 inch

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

Subjects: Alberta

Notes: Illustrating "Place Names of Alberta"

Accession Number: 576

Call Number: C6-7.5(a)

Collection: Archives Library

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Geographic Board of Canada Map

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

Published Date: 1927

Publisher: Geographic Board of Canada

Call Number: C6-7.5(a)

Publisher: Geographic Board of Canada

Published Date: 1927

Scale: 35 miles to 1 inch

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

Subjects: Alberta

Notes: Illustrating "Place Names of Alberta"

Accession Number: 576

Call Number: C6-7.5(a)

Collection: Archives Library

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[Alberta]

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

Published Date: 1927

Publisher: Dept. of the Interior, Ottawa

Call Number: C9-1.2

Publisher: Dept. of the Interior, Ottawa

Published Date: 1927

Physical Description: 1 map: col

Scale: Scale: 12 1/2 miles: 1 inch

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

Subjects: Alberta

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: C9-1.2

Collection: Archives Library

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Sotvel's map of Alberta

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

Published Date: 1922

Publisher: Winnipeg : Stovel

Call Number: C9-1.22

Publisher: Winnipeg : Stovel

Published Date: 1922

Physical Description: 1 map : col

Scale: Scale: 2 3/4 inches = 40 miles

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

Subjects: Alberta

Notes: Shows Alberta from U.S. border to north of Lesser Slave Lake

Accession Number: 7687

Call Number: C9-1.22

Collection: Archives Library

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Report of the Provincial Museum of Natural History for the year 1921

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

Published Date: 1922

Author: Province of British Columbia

Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [printed by William H. Cullin, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.]

Call Number: 04 P94r 1921

Author: Province of British Columbia

Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [printed by William H. Cullin, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.]

Published Date: 1922

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

Subjects: Museums; Anthropology; Zoology; Entomology; Botany; Paleontology

Abstract: Pertains to the commissioner report on the events carried out by the Provincial Museum of Natural history, for the year of 1921. Published in 1922, the Province of British Columbia published the report in an effort to reflect on events from the previous calendar year. The objectives of the report were to secure and preserve specimens reflecting the natural history of British Columbia, collect anthropological material from Indigenous Peoples, and obtain information on natural sciences that could subsequently be shared with the public. The reports were comprehensive in nature and covered but were not exclusive to, topics relating to the following fields of study; anthropology, zoology, entomology, ornithology, botany, paleontology and archaeology. In addition, the reports included a segment on visitors, staff changes, activities and new accessions that had taken place over the last year. Readers can expect a comprehensive report on the annual undertakings of the Provincial Museum of Natural History.

Contents: Objects (pg. 7); Admission (pg. 7); Visitors (pg. 7); Activities (pg. 7); Loan Collection of Lepidoptera (pg. 8); Mammals (pg. 8); List of Chipmunks in the Province of British Columbia (pg. 8); A Remarkable Case of External Hind Limbs in a Humpback Whale (pg. 9); Ornithology (pg. 11); Notes on the Occurrence of the White-winged Dove (Melopelia asiatica) (pg. 11); Accessions (pg. 11); Botany (pg. 13); Entomology (pg. 17); The Pterophoridae of British Columbia (pg. 34)

Accession Number: 7201 deaccessioned

Call Number: 04 P94r 1921

Collection: Archives Library

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Report of the Provincial Museum of Natural History for the year 1922

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

Published Date: 1923

Author: Province of British Columbia

Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [printed by William H. Cullin, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.]

Call Number: 04 P94r 1922

Author: Province of British Columbia

Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [printed by William H. Cullin, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.]

Published Date: 1923

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

Subjects: Museums; Anthropology; Zoology; Entomology; Botany; Paleontology

Abstract: Pertains to the commissioner report on the events carried out by the Provincial Museum of Natural history, for the year of 1922. Published in 1923, the Province of British Columbia published the report in an effort to reflect on events from the previous calendar year. The objectives of the report were to secure and preserve specimens reflecting the natural history of British Columbia, collect anthropological material from Indigenous Peoples, and obtain information on natural sciences that could subsequently be shared with the public. The reports were comprehensive in nature and covered but were not exclusive to, topics relating to the following fields of study; anthropology, zoology, entomology, ornithology, botany, paleontology and archaeology. In addition, the reports included a segment on visitors, staff changes, activities and new accessions that had taken place over the last year. Readers can expect a comprehensive report on the annual undertakings of the Provincial Museum of Natural History.

Contents: Staff of the Museum (pg. 6); Objects (pg. 7); Admission (pg. 7); Visitors (pg. 7); Activities (pg. 7); Anthropology (pg. 8); Accessions (pg. 10); Botany (pg. 13); Ornithology (pg. 16); Notes on the occurrence of the Plumed Egret (pg. 16); Notes on the Iceland Gull (pg. 17); Notes on the occurrence of the White Pelican (pg. 18); Notes on the occurrence of the Brown Pelican (pg. 18); Entomology (pg. 18); British Columbia insects new to science (pg. 19); Lepidoptera not previously recorded from British Columbia (pg. 22); Rare and uncommon Lepidoptera taken in British Columbia during 1922 (pg. 23); Microlepidoptera (pg. 26); Illustrated Lepidoptera (pg. 31); Notes and Corrections (pg. 35)

Accession Number: 7201

Call Number: 04 P94r 1922

Collection: Archives Library

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Report of the Provincial Museum of Natural History for the year 1925

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

Published Date: 1926

Author: Province of British Columbia

Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [printed by Charles F. Banfield, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.]

Call Number: 04 P94r 1925

Author: Province of British Columbia

Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [printed by Charles F. Banfield, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.]

Published Date: 1926

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

Subjects: Museums; Anthropology; Zoology; Entomology; Botany; Paleontology

Abstract: Pertains to the commissioner report on the events carried out by the Provincial Museum of Natural history, for the year of 1925. Published in 1926, the Province of British Columbia published the report in an effort to reflect on events from the previous calendar year. The objectives of the report were to secure and preserve specimens reflecting the natural history of British Columbia, collect anthropological material from Indigenous Peoples, and obtain information on natural sciences that could subsequently be shared with the public. The reports were comprehensive in nature and covered but were not exclusive to, topics relating to the following fields of study; anthropology, zoology, entomology, ornithology, botany, paleontology and archaeology. In addition, the reports included a segment on visitors, staff changes, activities and new accessions that had taken place over the last year. Readers can expect a comprehensive report on the annual undertakings of the Provincial Museum of Natural History.

Contents: Staff of the museum (pg. 6); Objects (pg. 7); Admission (pg. 7); Visitors (pg. 7); Activities (pg. 7); Anthropology (pg. 9); Petroglyphs (pg. 9); Palaentology (pg. 10); Botany (pg. 10); Marine Zoology (pg. 17); Amphibians and Reptiles (pg. 21); Coleoptera (pg. 24); Accessions (pg. 34); Publications received from other Museums (pg. 37); In Memoriam (pg. 38)

Accession Number: 7201

Call Number: 04 P94r 1925

Collection: Archives Library

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Report of the Provincial Museum of Natural History for the year 1928

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

Published Date: 1929

Author: Province of British Columbia

Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [printed by Charles F. Banfield, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.]

Call Number: 04 P94r 1928

Author: Province of British Columbia

Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [printed by Charles F. Banfield, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.]

Published Date: 1929

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

Subjects: Museums; Anthropology; Zoology; Entomology; Botany; Paleontology

Abstract: Pertains to the commissioner report on the events carried out by the Provincial Museum of Natural history, for the year of 1928. Published in 1929, the Province of British Columbia published the report in an effort to reflect on events from the previous calendar year. The objectives of the report were to secure and preserve specimens reflecting the natural history of British Columbia, collect anthropological material from Indigenous Peoples, and obtain information on natural sciences that could subsequently be shared with the public. The reports were comprehensive in nature and covered but were not exclusive to, topics relating to the following fields of study; anthropology, zoology, entomology, ornithology, botany, paleontology and archaeology. In addition, the reports included a segment on visitors, staff changes, activities and new accessions that had taken place over the last year. Readers can expect a comprehensive report on the annual undertakings of the Provincial Museum of Natural History.

Contents: Staff of the museum (pg. 6); Admission (pg. 6); Inception and History of Provincial Musuem (pg. 7); Objects (pg. 8); Visitors (pg. 9); Activities (pg. 9); Anthropology and Archaeology (pg. 10, 23); Palaeontology (pg. 22, 23); Botany (pg. 15); Marine Zoology (pg. 12, 25); Entomology (pg. 24); Amphibians (pg. 24); Ornithology (pg. 24); Mammology (pg. 23); Accesions (pg. 23); Publications received from other Museums (pg. 26)

Accession Number: 7201

Call Number: 04 P94r 1928

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)

Accession Number: 2017.8683

Call Number: 03.2 W25b Pam

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.