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- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1983
- Publisher
- Rick/Simon
- Call Number
- V690/PG-1
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- Variant Title
- Brandy Fetching, King Creek, Alberta
- Place
- Edmonton, Canada
- Publisher
- Rick/Simon
- Published Date
- ca. 1983
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Abstract
- Features dog by creek
- Notes
- Annotated
- b&w
- Includes postage stamp
- Accession Number
- 3754
- Call Number
- V690/PG-1
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Unsung : a history of women in American music
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19783
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1980
- Author
- Ammer, Christine
- Publisher
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press
- Call Number
- 08 Am6u
- Author
- Ammer, Christine
- Responsibility
- Christine Ammer
- Publisher
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press
- Published Date
- 1980
- Physical Description
- x, 317 pages ; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Music
- Women
- Mills, Ike
- History
- Abstract
- Pertains to Alma (LaPalme) Mills who performed as a cellist as part of the Musical Art Quartet in 1920 and was a pupil of Charlotte White. Alma LaPalme was married to Ike Mills and they resided in Banff (Chapter 3, page 60)
- Contents
- The First Flowering--At the Organ -- The "Lady Violinists" and Other String Players -- Seated at the Keyboard -- The First "Lady Composers" -- Apartheid--The All-Women's Orchestras -- American Composers in European Idioms -- Grass Roots--Composers in American Idioms -- Opera Composers and Conductors -- Contemporary and Postmodern Idioms--After 1950 -- Electronic Music, Mixed Media, Film, Performance Art -- Today's Orchestras, Conductors, and Instrumentalists -- Teaching Music -- Angels and Advocates -- Women Musicians in Thirteen Major U.S. Orchestras.
- ISBN
- 978-1-48357-699-2
- Accession Number
- p2019-03
- Call Number
- 08 Am6u
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Banff : park of all seasons
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19832
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1980
- Author
- Downs, Art (ed.)
- Publisher
- Surrey (B.C.) : Heritage House
- Call Number
- 13.113 B22d Pam c.3
- Author
- Downs, Art (ed.)
- Responsibility
- Art Downs
- Publisher
- Surrey (B.C.) : Heritage House
- Published Date
- 1980
- Physical Description
- 62p. : ill., ports
- Series
- Frontier series, 10
- Subjects
- Accidents
- Geddes, Malcolm Daniel
- Frank Lloyd Wright Pavilion
- Johnston's Canyon
- Paley
- Skoki
- Elk
- Tourism
- Birds
- History
- Feuz Ernest
- Contents
- hot water from the mountain side
- Banff today
- Wapiti
- Bighorn at Banff
- Gray Jay - friendly symbol of the wilderness
- Notes
- "Fred A. Feuz Salmon Arm" with phone number written on front cover in black ink
- ISBN
- 0-919214-10-X
- Accession Number
- 2019.43
- Call Number
- 13.113 B22d Pam c.3
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The history of the Calgary Mountain Club: Its members and thier activities 1960 - 1986
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19857
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1987
- Author
- Scott, Chic
- Publisher
- Chic Scott
- Call Number
- 01.4 Sco3h
2 websites
- Author
- Scott, Chic
- Responsibility
- Chic Scott
- Publisher
- Chic Scott
- Published Date
- 1987
- Physical Description
- 384 pg
- Subjects
- Scott, Charles (Chic)
- Calgary
- Banff
- Newspapers
- Clubs
- Abstract
- Pertains to the history of the Calgary Mountain Club. Through the use of photographs, written history and newspaper clippings, author Chic Scott works to tell the story of the Calgary Mountain Club. Scott used newspaper clippings extensively, many from local sources such as the Banff Crag and Canyon, the Calgary Herald, the University of Calgary Gazette and the Alberta Report, to tell the story of the Calgary Mountain Club.
- Accession Number
- 2019.57
- Call Number
- 01.4 Sco3h
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- The first URL is linked to the official website of the Calgary Mountain Club, while the second URL is linked to the official website of the author, Chic Scott.
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Crossing the pass : new poems from Banff
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19867
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1986
- Author
- Burles, Gordon
- Publisher
- Gordon Burles
- Call Number
- 05.1 B92c Pam
1 website
- Author
- Burles, Gordon
- Responsibility
- Gordon Burles
- Publisher
- Gordon Burles
- Published Date
- 1986
- Physical Description
- 55 pages
- Subjects
- Poetry
- Art
- Banff National Park
- Abstract
- Pertains to the works of Gordon Burles, a poet of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. The poet includes works exclusively from the Banff area and covers topics pertaining to nature, places and people.
- Notes
- Annotated – the author has signed the inside front page with the following, “Best wishes Liz and Ron, from Gordon Burles”
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 05.1 B92c Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- The URL is linked to Gordon Burles archival fonds held at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
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The old cabin : poems from Banff
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19869
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1984
- Author
- Burles, Gordon
- Publisher
- Banff, Alta. : G. Burles
- Call Number
- 05.1 B92o Pam
1 website
- Author
- Burles, Gordon
- Responsibility
- Gordon Burles
- Publisher
- Banff, Alta. : G. Burles
- Published Date
- 1984
- Physical Description
- 50 pages ; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Poetry
- Canadian Rockies
- Banff
- Abstract
- Pertains to the works of Gordon Burles, a poet of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. The poet’ includes works exclusively from the Banff area and covers topics pertaining to nature, places and people.
- Notes
- Annotated – the author has signed the front page with the following, “Best wishes, Liz and Ron, from Gordon Burles”
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 05.1 B92o Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- The URL is linked to the Gordon Burles fonds held at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.
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From barnacle to Banff : a story of the rising of the Rockies from the depth of the ocean to the height of a world famous resort : a tourist's guide to where to go, and what to do in Banff, playground of the Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19872
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1973
- Author
- Thomas, Harriet Hartley
- Publisher
- [Calgary : s.n.]
- Call Number
- 13.113 T36f Pam
- Author
- Thomas, Harriet Hartley
- Responsibility
- Harriet Hartley Thomas
- Publisher
- [Calgary : s.n.]
- Published Date
- 1973
- Physical Description
- 84 p. : ill., 1 map ; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Banff National Park
- Guidebook
- Alberta
- History
- Abstract
- Pertains to the people, stories and historical events that have shaped Banff National Park into becoming the mega tourist attraction it is today. The book features influential figures who have made an impact on the becoming of Banff, as well as many tourist attractions the author encourages people to visit.
- Contents
- Out of the depths (pg. 1)
- Coming of the Indians (pg. 3)
- Explorers and Missionaries (pg. 5)
- Siding 29 (pg. 10)
- The beginning of the tourist trade (pg. 13)
- Sulphur springs (pg. 16)
- Stories of Banff (pg. 27)
- H.M. King George VI's gift (pg. 39)
- The emancipation of the motor car in the park (pg. 43)
- Where to go in Banff (pg. 47)
- The mountains (pg. 75)
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 13.113 T36f Pam
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Mountains and valleys: a guide to the landscape of Waterton Lakes National Park, Waterton Lakes National Park Canadian Sector: Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19873
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1980
- Author
- Gadd, Ben
- Publisher
- Parks Canada
- Call Number
- 13.115 G11m Pam
- Author
- Gadd, Ben
- Responsibility
- Ben Gadd
- Publisher
- Parks Canada
- Published Date
- 1980
- Abstract
- Pertains to the geological history of the mountains within Waterton Lakes National Parks. Topics covered pertain to glacial erosion, glacial deposits, lakes, future glaciation, streams and the deterioration of mountains in Waterton Lakes National Park.
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 13.115 G11m Pam
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Guide to the trails of Banff National Park
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19874
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1972
- Author
- National Parks Service
- Publisher
- [Ottawa] : National Parks Service
- Call Number
- 13.113 N21g Pam
- Author
- National Parks Service
- Publisher
- [Ottawa] : National Parks Service
- Published Date
- 1972
- Physical Description
- 12 p.
- Subjects
- Guidebook
- Banff National Park
- Abstract
- Pertains to the names, distances, locations and average hiking times for trails in and around Banff National Park. Additionally, the pamphlet contains information pertaining to parking, potential wildlife encounters and what visitors can expect from each trail. The trails include, but are not limited to the following; Tunnel Mountain Summit, Lake Minnewanka, Sundance Canyon, Cory Pass, Bourgeau Lake, Shadow Lake and Parker Ridge
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 13.113 N21g Pam
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Perspectives : Canada's mountain national parks
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19875
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1974
- Author
- [Indian and Northern Affairs, Parks Canada]
- Publisher
- [Ottawa : Indian and Northern Affairs, Parks Canada]
- Call Number
- 13.113 P21p Pam
- Variant Title
- Perspectives : les parcs nationaux des montagnes du Canada
- Publisher
- [Ottawa : Indian and Northern Affairs, Parks Canada]
- Published Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- [20] p. : ill., map ; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Mountain Park
- Jasper National Park
- Banff National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Glacier National Park
- Waterton Lakes National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Guide
- Parks Canada
- Abstract
- Pertains to the guidelines and the brief histories of various peaks within Canada’s Mountain National Parks. The pamphlet features a guidelines section which focuses on concerns such as wildlife, fire safety, fishing and camping. Additionally, the pamphlet contains a brief history and other pertinent information for the following parks: Mount Revelstoke National Park, Glacier National Park, Yoho National Park, Kootenay National Park, Jasper National Park, Banff National Park and Waterton Lakes National Park.
- Notes
- The pamphlet is in both French and English
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 13.113 P21p Pam
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National parks and new initiatives in British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19876
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1985
- Author
- Stiven, Shelagh and Bruce Downie
- Publisher
- Victoria, B.C. : National and Provincial Parks Association of Canada, B.C. Chapter,
- Call Number
- 13.1 St5n Pam
- Responsibility
- Shelagh Stiven and Bruce Downie
- Publisher
- Victoria, B.C. : National and Provincial Parks Association of Canada, B.C. Chapter,
- Published Date
- 1985
- Physical Description
- 39 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
- Subjects
- National parks
- British Columbia
- National parks and reserves
- National and Provincial Parks Association of Canada
- Abstract
- Pertains to the introductions, character, cultural features and the current status and relevant issues of several Canadian National Parks. Additionally, the pamphlet contains information on Natural Areas of Canadian Significance (NACS), specifically pertaining to terrestrial NACS and marine NACS. The intent of the pamphlet was to bring public awareness to the current status and initiatives in British Columbia, while encouraging the public to get involved.
- Contents
- Introduction (pg. 5)
- Parks Canada programs (pg. 6)
- Exisiting National Parks in British Columbia (pg. 9)
- Parks Canada interests in British Columbia (pg. 26)
- Role of the public (pg. 36)
- General references (pg. 40)
- ISBN
- 0920570100
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 13.1 St5n Pam
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Waterton National Park : land of the shining mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19877
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1980
- Author
- Downs, Art
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd.
- Surrey, Frontier Books
- Call Number
- 13.117 D65w Pam
- Author
- Downs, Art
- Responsibility
- Art Downs
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd.
- Surrey, Frontier Books
- Published Date
- 1980
- Physical Description
- 62 pg.
- Subjects
- Waterton
- National parks
- Buffalo
- Abstract
- Pertains to a series of short essays written by various authors documenting the evolution of Waterton, the buffalo and the mountains. The pamphlet talks about the early beginnings of Waterton and its transition into a National Park. Additionally, the pamphlet includes information pertaining to the history and ultimate destruction of the buffalo population in the Rocky Mountains. Finally, the pamphlet includes a short segment on the mountains, their origins, and the changes they continue to undergo.
- Contents
- Where prairie meets the mountains: a park is born (pg. 6)
- Campsite visitors (pg. 32)
- Waterton today (pg. 42)
- The buffalo (pg. 52)
- Origin of the mountains (pg.56)
- ISBN
- 919214150
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 13.117 D65w Pam
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Weathered wood : anecdotes and history of the Banff-Sunshine area
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19880
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1977
- Author
- Brewster, F.O. 'Pat'
- Publisher
- [Banff? Alta. : s.n.]
- Edition
- second edition
- Call Number
- 08.3 B74w Pam
- Author
- Brewster, F.O. 'Pat'
- Responsibility
- F.O. 'Pat' Brewster
- Edition
- second edition
- Publisher
- [Banff? Alta. : s.n.]
- Published Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 64 p. : ill., ports. ; 21 cm
- Abstract
- Pertains to the people and experiences which had influenced the author, Pat Brewster, a lifelong Banff resident, during the course of his life. Brewster refers to men such as Bill Peyto and Sir George Simpson and the ways in which their work had influenced his life, through both direct and indirect contact. Additionally, the author shares personal stories about his experience skiing and the development of Sunshine Ski area.
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- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 08.3 B74w Pam
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Peyto Glacier : general information
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19881
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1975
- Author
- Sedgwick, J.K and W.E.S. Henoch
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Inland Waters Directorate
- Call Number
- 03.4 Se1p Pam
- Responsibility
- J.K. Sedgwick and W.E.S. Henoch
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Inland Waters Directorate
- Published Date
- 1975
- Physical Description
- 30 pages ; map
- Subjects
- Peyto Glacier
- Glaciers
- Abstract
- Pertains to information regarding the geology, climate, landforms and glaciological research concerning Peyto Glacier. Additionally, the pamphlet includes a large map showing the glaciological divisions surrounding Peyto Glacier.
- Notes
- The pamphlet includes a large map pertaining to the glaciological divisions surrounding Peyto Glacier
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- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 03.4 Se1p Pam
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A frontier guide to Calgary-Banff highway
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19883
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1977
- Author
- Frontier Publishing Ltd.
- Publisher
- [Calgary], [Frontier Pub.]
- Call Number
- 08.5 F92a Pam
- Author
- Frontier Publishing Ltd.
- Publisher
- [Calgary], [Frontier Pub.]
- Published Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 56 pages illustrations 21 cm
- Subjects
- Highways
- Highways - Alberta
- Guide
- Abstract
- Pertains to the changing forms of transportation between Calgary and Banff. The pamphlet discusses the origins and installment of the CPR, as well as the development of the highway between Banff and Calgary. The guide talks about the ways in which transportation has changed, in addition to the influential people such as Matthew Cochrane, who have facilitated said changes.
- ISBN
- 0919214177
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 08.5 F92a Pam
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Indians in the Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19886
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1985
- Author
- Whyte, Jon
- Publisher
- Banff, Alta., Canada : Altitude Pub.
- Call Number
- 07.2 W62i
- Author
- Whyte, Jon
- Responsibility
- Jon Whyte
- Publisher
- Banff, Alta., Canada : Altitude Pub.
- Published Date
- 1985
- Physical Description
- 128 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Abstract
- Pertains to the history and movement of Indigenous Peoples into the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Written through a colonial perspective, author Jon Whyte offers his insight into Indigenous culture and the ways in which settlers were dependent on traditional Indigenous knowledge upon their arrival in North America. The book follows the migration of Indigenous Peoples into the valley of the Rocky Mountains.
- Contents
- Foreward (pg. 7)
- Introduction (pg. 11)
- The first hundred centuries (pg. 15)
- The mountain peoples (pg. 23)
- Strangers in the land (pg. 37)
- Calling cards 1840-1870 (pg. 41)
- The art of beadwork (pg. 51)
- Capital in reserve (pg. 55)
- Civilization: its discontents (pg. 61)
- Indian Days (pg. 71)
- All our yesterdays (pg. 81)
- Portfolio (pg. 85)
- Epilogue (pg. 122)
- Acknowledgments (pg. 123)
- Bibliography (pg. 127)
- About the author (pg. 128)
- ISBN
- 0919381154
- Accession Number
- 2019.60
- Call Number
- 07.2 W62i
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A Frontier guide to mystic Jasper and the Yellowhead Pass
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19891
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1973
- Author
- Anderson, Frank W.
- Publisher
- Aldergrove, B.C. : Frontier Pub
- Call Number
- 08.3 J31a c.2 Pam
- Author
- Anderson, Frank W.
- Responsibility
- Frank W. Anderson
- Publisher
- Aldergrove, B.C. : Frontier Pub
- Published Date
- 1973
- Physical Description
- 56 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21 cm.
- Subjects
- Jasper
- Jasper National Park
- History
- Rocky Mountains and Jasper Parks
- Rocky Mountains
- Yellowhead Pass
- Abstract
- Pertains to the history, and early events that led to the creation of Jasper National Park. The author, Frank Anderson, encourages readers to delve into the history surrounding the unmarked territory in Jasper. Through discussion of the Fur Trade era, the Railroad era and the Peaceful era, the author demonstrates the ways in which Jasper has since evolved from its earlier beginnings.
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- 2017.8683
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- 08.3 J31a c.2 Pam
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Lake Louise, Moraine Lake : interpreting the mountain landscape
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19892
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1974
- Author
- Kucera, Richard E.
- Publisher
- Victoria, B.C. : Evergreen Press
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Call Number
- 03.2 K95l Pam
- Author
- Kucera, Richard E.
- Responsibility
- Richard E. Kucera
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Publisher
- Victoria, B.C. : Evergreen Press
- Published Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 61 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Banff National Park
- Lake Louise
- Moraine Lake
- Abstract
- Pertains to the geological effects that have been essential in the natural process of creating both Lake Louise and Moraine Lake. Through a deeper analysis of topics such as landscape creation, glaciation patterns and debris slopes, the reader is afforded an opportunity to better understand the mountains, and the reasons as to why they exist as they do. The book offers a greater understanding of mountain landscapes and the forces needed to facilitate their existence.
- Contents
- Introduction (pg. 5)
- Discovery (pg. 5)
- Early Investigations (pg. 6)
- Mapping the rocks (pg. 7)
- Mountain building (pg. 12)
- Creation of the landscape (pg. 17)
- Early glaciations (pg. 18)
- Lake Agnes (pg. 21)
- Lake Louise (pg. 25)
- Victoria Glacier (pg. 27)
- Wenkchemna Glacier (pg. 39)
- Why are lakes coloured? (pg. 44)
- Debris slopes (pg. 45)
- Snow Avalanches (pg. 50)
- Neptuak Landslide (pg. 52)
- Moraine Lake Landslide (pg. 57)
- Acknowledgements (pg. 60)
- Selected references (pg. 61)
- Map - trails and geomorphic features (pg. 62 and 63)
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- 2017.8683
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- 03.2 K95l Pam
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Animals of the Burgess Shale : Yoho National Park, British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19894
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1988
- Author
- Environment Canada
- Publisher
- Environment Canada and Canadian Parks Service
- Call Number
- 04 E1a Pam
- Author
- Environment Canada
- Publisher
- Environment Canada and Canadian Parks Service
- Published Date
- 1988
- Subjects
- Burgess Shale
- Yoho National Park
- Fossils
- Abstract
- Pertains to a pamphlet detailing the animal species that have been discovered in the Burgess Shale in British Columbia. Located in Yoho National Park, the Burgess Shale is a fossil-bearing deposit that was originally founded by Charles Walcott. The pamphlet tells of Walcott’s history and the early beginnings following his findings, as well as the species that inhabited the area millions of years prior.
- Notes
- Front reads: Exquisitely detailed fossils found in layer of shale in Yoho National Park open a window on life on Earth 530 millions years ago
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- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 04 E1a Pam
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One man's mountains : Joe Weiss in Jasper
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19896
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1979
- Author
- Collinson, Helen
- Publisher
- Edmonton : The University of Alberta Collections
- Author
- Collinson, Helen
- Responsibility
- Helen Collinson
- Publisher
- Edmonton : The University of Alberta Collections
- Published Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 43 pages : illustrations ; 20 x 23 cm
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Weiss, Joe
- Photography
- Jasper
- Jasper National Park
- Pictorial works
- Bibliography
- Exhibition catalogue
- Alberta
- Canadian Rockies
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Accession Number
- 2019.64
- Collection
- Archives Library
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