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History / Biographical: The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) was officially formed in Februray, 1881, to construct a railroad that would link the eastern provinces with British Columbia, a key component of the Canadian Confederation of 1867. Headed by William C. Van Horne as General Manager, the railroad arrived in the Canadian Rockies in 1883 and a siding was established just east of present-day Banff. When railroad workers discovered a natural hot spring on the south side of the Bow River, Van Horne ordered the construction of a hotel that would house visitors brought in by train to visit the springs. Construction of the Banff Springs Hotel finished in 1888 and joined a handful of CPR hotels throughout the Rocky and Selkirk Mountain ranges. The popularity of the hot springs and surrounding area led to the formation of a national park and to the town of Banff. After construction of the railway had completed, the CPR continued to survey and document the Rocky Mountains alongside federal agencies like the Department of the Interior and private outfitters. Utilizing coloured lantern slides the CPR was able to showcase the mountains as both tourist and settlement destinations. Magic lantern shows of these slides could be used for administrative purposes by the company to showcase land holdings and investments or in public shows as advertisements of the new railway.

Scope & Content: Series consists of 14 lantern slides [ca.1900-ca.1925]. Slides are views along the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Name Access: Canadian Pacific Railway

Subject Access: Lantern slide; Education; Tourism; Travel and Exploration; Trains

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada

Language: English

Conservation: All slides were cleaned prior to scanning.

Creator: Canadian Pacific Railway

Biographical Source Notes: https://cpconnectingcanada.ca/#building-the-railway

Title Source: Title based on contents of series

Processing Status: Processed

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Summit Records

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: Series of summit records from various summits produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1916 and 2020. Summit records include entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while at the summit, wil…

Date Range: 1916; 1930-1931; 1959-1968; 1970-1989; 1992 -2020

Reference Code: M200 / V

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Textual record; Organization record

Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: M200; V14; S6

Series: M200 / V: Summit Records

Sous-Fonds: M200

Accession Number: accn. 2023.20; accn. 7779; accn. 2023.10; accn. 2014.8347; accn. 6465; accn. 8002; accn. 2020.05; accn. 2023.19; accn. 2014.8293; accn. 8119; accn. 2023.32; accn. 2023.41; accn. 6623; accn. 6062; accn. 2014.8318; accn. 6767; accn. 2014.8315; accn. 2014.8317; accn. 5680; accn. 2023.16; accn. 2018.9010; accn. 5396; accn. 6459; accn. 2014.8316; accn. 2023.18; accn. 5631; accn. 2013.8245; accn. 2014.8275; accn. 2023.06; accn. 2023.14; accn. 2023.17; accn. 5569; accn. 8113; accn. 6396

Reference Code: M200 / V

GMD: Textual record; Organization record

Responsibility: Registers produced by the Alpine Club of Canada

Date Range: 1916; 1930-1931; 1959-1968; 1970-1989; 1992 -2020

Physical Description: 110 cm of textual records ca. 235 volumes

Scope & Content: Series of summit records from various summits produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1916 and 2020. Summit records include entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while at the summit, wildlife sightings, trail updates, and related topics.

Notes: See file-level entries for inventories of summit registers and notes.

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada

Subject Access: Abbot Pass Hut; Activities; Alberta; Alpine Club of Canada; Backcountry skiing; Backpacking; Banff National Park; Bow Valley; British Columbia; Castle Mountain; Centennial; Climbing; Club; Environment; Environment and Nature; Fay Hut; Fortress Mountain; Glaciers; Hiking; Ice climbing; Kananaskis Country; Mount Assiniboine; Mountain; Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Mountains; National parks and reserves; Parks Canada; Porcupine; Provincial parks and reserves; Rundle Mountain; Ski area; Ski mountaineering; Skiing; Sports and recreation; Summit; Temple Mountain; Trail making; Trails; Travel and Exploration; Winter sports; Yamnuska Mountain

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; British Columbia; Abbot Pass; Assiniboine; Banff National Park; Banff, Alberta; Bugaboos; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Canmore; Cascade Mountain; Castle Mountain, AB; Cathedral Mountain; Glacier; Jasper National Park; Kananaskis Country; Little Yoho Valley; Mount Assiniboine; Mount Baldy; Mount Baker; Mount Cory; Mount Edith; Mount Lefroy; Mount Norquay; Mount Rundle; Mount Temple; Mount Victoria; Mount Yamnuska; Rocky Mountains; Rundle Mountain; Selkirks; Yoho National Park

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Some records have been placed in mylar. Some record have mold, rust or water damage.

Related Material: M235

Category: Environment; Exploration and travel; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of series

Processing Status: Processed

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Property Reports

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Part Of: Canadian Pacific Railway fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to reports pertaining to various properties throughout the Canadian Rockies. Some of the reports were compiled by Canadian Pacific Hotels Architectural Engineer Ed Steel. Reports outline the costs of materials and goods needed for or provided by bungalow camps, lodges, tea houses, bac…

Date Range: [ca.1925]

Reference Code: M584 / I / 01 - 07

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Organization record; Textual record

Part Of: Canadian Pacific Railway fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: M584 / V782

Series: I : organizational records

Sous-Fonds: M584

Accession Number: 303, 304, 1471, 1086, 1544, 3288, 6740, 7071, 2021.18

Reference Code: M584 / I / 01 - 07

GMD: Organization record; Textual record

Date Range: [ca.1925]

Physical Description: 5 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File pertains to reports pertaining to various properties throughout the Canadian Rockies. Some of the reports were compiled by Canadian Pacific Hotels Architectural Engineer Ed Steel. Reports outline the costs of materials and goods needed for or provided by bungalow camps, lodges, tea houses, backcountry camps, huts, and hotels, as well as dimensions of new additions to buildings/camps. Properties include Banff Springs Hotel, Chateua Lake Louise, Calgary Palliser Hotel and Station, Glacier House, Lake O'Hara, Yoho Valley, Radium Hot Springs, Moraine Lake, Lake Agnes, Plain of Six Glaciers, Mt. Assiniboine, Lake Windermere Ranch, Saddleback Rest House, Abbott Pass Hut, Sunshine Valley, Mystic Lake, Shadow Lake, Castle Mountain, Emerald Lake, and more.

Notes: Some records absorbed from old M48.

Name Access: Canadian Pacific Railway

Subject Access: Buildings; Buildings and facilities; Camps; Construction; Environment; Huts; Tourism; Trains; Transportation

Geographic Access: Banff National Park; Jasper National Park; Yoho National Park; Glacier; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Canadian Pacific film

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Part Of: Canadian Pacific Railway fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to the screenplay for the 1948 film "Canadian Pacific" by Jack DeWitt. The film was made in Banff, directed by Nat Holt, and follows the construction of the line through the Rockies in the 1880s.

Date Range: [ca.1925]

Reference Code: M584 / II / 01

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Organization record; Textual record

Part Of: Canadian Pacific Railway fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: M584 / V782

Series: II : screenplay

Sous-Fonds: M584

Accession Number: 3502

Reference Code: M584 / II / 01

GMD: Organization record; Textual record

Date Range: [ca.1925]

Physical Description: 5 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File pertains to the screenplay for the 1948 film "Canadian Pacific" by Jack DeWitt. The film was made in Banff, directed by Nat Holt, and follows the construction of the line through the Rockies in the 1880s.

Notes: Record absorbed from old M48.

Name Access: Canadian Pacific Railway

Subject Access: Buildings; Buildings and facilities; Camps; Construction; Environment; Huts; Tourism; Trains; Transportation

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Jasper National Park; Yoho National Park; Glacier; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Travel and home records

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Series consists of scrapbooks, albums, photographs and textual records pertaining to Eleanor Luxton's domestic and international travels, and Eleanor's life in Banff. Includes records pertaining to Japan, Panama, Hawaii, and China; local events, including the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian Days and…

Date Range: [ca.1900] - 1992

Reference Code: LUX / II / E

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Textual record; Photograph; Print; Negative; Transparency

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / E : Travel and home records

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / E

GMD: Textual record; Photograph; Print; Negative; Transparency

Date Range: [ca.1900] - 1992

Physical Description: 27.5 cm of textual records (5 scrapbooks ; 0.5 cm newspaper clippings) -- 7 albums -- 1,345 photographs (1,083 b&w and col. prints ; 257 b&w and col. negatives ; 5 col. transparency slides)

Scope & Content: Series consists of scrapbooks, albums, photographs and textual records pertaining to Eleanor Luxton's domestic and international travels, and Eleanor's life in Banff. Includes records pertaining to Japan, Panama, Hawaii, and China; local events, including the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian Days and a celebration marking the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II; Canadian trips, including the Okanagan region, Seebe and Jasper National Park; and the Luxton family home in Banff.

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Travel; Exploration; Home

Geographic Access: Canada; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Alberta; British Columbia; Banff; Quebec; United States of America; Panama; Japan; China

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life; Exploration, discovery and travel

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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