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Bikepacking in the Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25206
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- Correy, Ryan
- Call Number
- 02.6 C81b
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- Author
- Correy, Ryan
- Responsibility
- Ryan Correy
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- 192 pages
- Subjects
- Biking
- Canadian Rockies
- Travel
- Abstract
- Before his untimely death from cancer in 2018, veteran rider and passionate cyclist Ryan Correy (two-time finisher of the Tour Divide, founder of Bikepack Canada and author of A Purpose Ridden) pedalled his way through the most popular national parks in the Canadian Rockies in order to complete his work on this unique guidebook. Featuring routes in Waterton, Kananaskis, Banff, Kootenay, Yoho, and Jasper, Bikepacking in the Canadian Rockies will take biking enthusiasts on Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert journeys in the following locations: Front Range – 496 km gravel grind down the Alberta foothills High Rockies – 183 km opening sampler for the Great Divide Beaverfoot – 389 km expedition along the Rocky Mountain Trench Devil’s Gap – 214 km backcountry passage into Banff National Park Highwood – 357 km over Highwood Pass into the Crowsnest region Castle – 266 km circumnavigation of Waterton and Castle parks Top of the World – 347 km of remote climbs in the East Kootenays Flathead Valley – 291 km through “Grizzly Bear Alley” in southeast British Columbia Three Point – 173 km hike-a-bike adventure around Kananaskis Icefields Parkway (in winter) – 291 km fat-bike trek up the world-renowned Highway 93 to Jasper The result of Correy’s remarkable dedication is an unparalleled collection of ten ambitious, multi-day routes complete with directional cues, detailed maps, a helpful Bikepacking 101 section, rich photography, and personal stories that will stoke the curiosity of both the beginner and the experienced backcountry rider. (From Rocky Mountain Books)
- Contents
- Foreward
- Preface
- Introduction
- Bikepacking 101
- Intermediate Routes
- Advanced Routes
- Expert Routes
- Appendices
- Acknowledgements
- ISBN
- 9781771602372
- Accession Number
- P2020.7
- Call Number
- 02.6 C81b
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Rocky Mountain Books
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Crack climbing : the definitive guide
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25207
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- Whittaker, Pete
- Publisher
- Seattle, Washington : Mountaineers Books
- Edition
- First
- Call Number
- 02.8 W58c
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- Author
- Whittaker, Pete
- Responsibility
- Pete Whittaker
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Seattle, Washington : Mountaineers Books
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- 302 pages : illustrations (some color)
- Subjects
- Rock climbing
- Travel
- Guidebook
- Abstract
- Crack climbing is a highly technical form of movement in which climbers position their hands, feet, and even their entire body in cracks to make upward progress on rock. An advocate for the sport’s aesthetic lines, physicality, and technical know-how, author Pete Whittaker teaches more than sixty Crack School Masterclasses each year and was featured in the popular climbing film Wide Boyz. This detailed and comprehensive guide teaches step-by-step techniques and tips, including for: Jamming (finger, hand, fist, foot, arm, leg, body) Crack types (chimneys, liebacks, underclings, roof cracks) How to safely lead and place protection Efficient positioning and movement Strength recovery while climbing (From Mountaineers Books website)
- Contents
- Preface
- A Note
- Before We Begin: Key Terms
- Key to Illustrations
- Chapter 1 - Five Rules of Crack Climbing
- Chapter 2 - Finger Cracks
- Chapter 3 - Hand Cracks
- Chater 4 - Fist Cracks
- Chapter 5 - Offwidth Cracks
- Chapter 6 - Squeeze Chimneys
- Chapter 7 - Chimneys
- Chapter 8 - Stemming
- Chapter 9 - Roof Cracks
- Chapter 10 - Placing Gear
- Chapter 11 - Equipment
- Chapter 12 - Taping
- Acknowledgements
- Index
- Notes
- 2020 Banff Mountain Book Competition Winner - Guidebook 2020 National Outdoor Book Awards Honorable Mention - Instructional
- ISBN
- 9781680512151
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 02.8 W58c
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- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Mountaineers Books website
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Journal of a hunter's excursion to the Rocky Mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25225
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- Heber Percy, Algernon
- Publisher
- Calgary : Alberta Records Publication Board, Historical Society of Alberta
- Call Number
- P
2 websites
- Author
- Heber Percy, Algernon
- Responsibility
- Algernon Heber Percy
- Publisher
- Calgary : Alberta Records Publication Board, Historical Society of Alberta
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- p. 8 - 23
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Abstract
- Article pertains to Algernon Percy's journal entries from a hunting excursion with his wife Alice Percy to the Jasper area - accessed overland from Red River to Fort Saskatchewan from August 6th 1878 to October 27th 1878 - excerpts from this trip was published by Bennion & Horne for private circulation and a copy is held at the University of Alberta Library
- Notes
- In Alberta History, Summer 2020, Volume 68, Number 3, p. 8 - 23
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- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Historical Society of Alberta website
- Journal can be viewed onlina via Peel
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Our trip around the world
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25248
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- Belczyk, Renate
- Publisher
- [Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
- Call Number
- 02 B41o
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- Author
- Belczyk, Renate
- Responsibility
- Renate Belczyk
- Publisher
- [Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- 208 pages
- Abstract
- A spirited 1950s travelogue that takes the reader around the world during a time when two independent young women travelling alone was considered almost revolutionary. Renate Belczyk was born in Dresden, Germany, in 1932. When she was three years old her family moved to Berlin, where they settled into a small apartment building on the outskirts of the city. It was in this building that she met another adventurous girl, Sigrid, with whom she would travel around the world as young women after the Second World War. Having spent most of their childhood and teenage years climbing trees, swimming, cycling, hiking, and adventuring around Germany the two young women attended a talk by the German writer Heinrich Böll. During his presentation the renowned author suggested to the crowd that they all travel to different countries and make friends with the locals whenever they could, as this would help prevent another war. Renate and Sigrid took this advice to heart, and from that point their adventures together took flight. Starting in 1955 and travelling for three years to England, France, Spain, Portugal, Mexico, Canada, Japan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Egypt, Turkey, Macedonia, and Greece, their adventures together culminated with their joint return to Germany in 1958. In 1959 Renate returned to the Canadian Rockies to work in the backcountry, and in 1960 she married mountaineer Felix Belczyk and settled in Castlegar, BC, where they raised three children. Our Trip Around the World is an endearing snapshot of the postwar era when adventure travel – mountaineering, hiking, hitchhiking, and cycling – was enticing those with adventurous spirits to experience the world like never before. (From publisher's website)
- Contents
- Cover -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Early Years -- Chapter 2: Mexico, 1955-56 -- July 1955 -- September 1955 -- October 1955 -- November 1955 -- December 1955 -- January 1956 -- February 1956 -- March 1956 -- April 1956 -- May 1956 -- June-July 1956 -- Chapter 3: Canada, 1956-57 -- July 1956 -- August 1956 -- September 1956 -- Winter 1956-57 -- Spring 1957 -- May 1957 -- Chapter 4: Japan, 1957 -- May to October, 1957 -- June 1957 -- July 1957 -- Photo Section -- September 1957 -- October 1957 -- Chapter 5: India and Nepal, 1957-58 October 1957 -- November 1957 -- December 1957 -- January 1958 -- Chapter 6: Egypt, Turkey, Greece and Home, 1958 -- February 1958 -- March 1958 -- April 1958 -- May 1958 -- Afterword: A Life of Travel
- ISBN
- 9781771603775
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 02 B41o
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Publisher's website
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Editor's Notebook: Getting Out There
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25289
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- July/August 2021
- Author
- Kylie, Aaron
- Publisher
- Aaron Kylie
- Edition
- Vol. 141
- Call Number
- P
- Author
- Kylie, Aaron
- Edition
- Vol. 141
- Publisher
- Aaron Kylie
- Published Date
- July/August 2021
- Physical Description
- p.8
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Abstract
- Editor, Aaron Kylie's address for the issue discussing Banff National Park with an image at the top of Sulphur Mountain.
- Notes
- "In Canadian Geographic, volume 141, issue 4, July/August, 2021"
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- P
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Park bagger : adventures in the Canadian national parks
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25503
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2021
- Author
- Butcher, Marlis
- Publisher
- Victoria, B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- 02.4 B97p
- Author
- Butcher, Marlis
- Publisher
- Victoria, B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2021
- Physical Description
- 445 pages : color illustrations ; 23cm
- Subjects
- Travel
- National parks
- Abstract
- Distributed across the second-largest country in the world, the Canadian national parks can be challenging to get to. In her quest to visit and get to know the parks, Marlis canoed, kayaked, mountain biked, backpacked, hiked, snowshoed, snorkelled, and trekked by whatever means of travel she could devise. Marlis shares her adventures, with the objective to encourage others to explore the national parks and to protect Canada's vast wilderness.
- Contents
- The Northwest ; Aulavik ; Vuntut ; Ivvavik ; Kluane Reserve ; Qausuittuq ; Tuktut Nogait ; Na´a´ts'i hch'oh Reserve ; Nahanni Reserve ; Wood Buffalo ; Thaidene Ne¨ne´ Reserve ; The Western Mountains ; Gwaii Haanas Reserve ; Pacific Rim Reserve ; Gulf Islands Reserve ; Mount Revelstoke ; Glacier ; Kootenay ; Yoho ; Banff ; Jasper ; Waterton Lakes ; The Prairies ; Elk Island ; Prince Albert ; Grasslands ; Riding Mountain ; Central Canada ; Pukaskwa ; Bruce Peninsula ; Georgian Bay Islands ; Point Pele ; Rouge River (Urban) ; St. Lawrence Islands ; La Mauricie ; The Northeast ; Wapusk ; Ukkusiksalik ; Quttinirpaaq ; Sirmilik ; Auyuittuq ; Mealy Mountains Reserve ; Torngat Mountains ; The East Coast ; Terra Nova ; Gros Morne ; Mingan Archipelago Reserve ; Forillon ; Kouchibouguac ; Fundy ; Prince Edward Island ; Cape Breton Highlands ; Kejimkujik ; Sable Island Reserve
- ISBN
- 9781771604789
- Accession Number
- P2022.01
- Call Number
- 02.4 B97p
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When trains rules the Kootenays : a short history of railways in Southeastern British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25533
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2022
- Author
- Gainer, Terry
- Publisher
- Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
- Edition
- First
- Call Number
- 08.5 G12w
- Author
- Gainer, Terry
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2022
- Physical Description
- 240 pages : illustrations
- Series
- When Trains Ruled
- Subjects
- Travel
- Transportation
- Railways
- Railway routes
- History
- Abstract
- When Trains Ruled the Kootenays is the story of how the railways established an extensive and convenient transportation network to haul ore from the mines, move people, and service the communities during the early years of the 20th century in the Kootenay region of British Columbia. Terry Gainer's latest book documents sixty years of change in the railway industry of British Columbia. The evolving transformations of life and landscape noted in the text and photos also reflect a period of rapid change in Canada. Threaded through the narrative are anecdotes from Kootenay pioneers recounting their experiences and the means of transportation of the times. -- Publisher's website
- Contents
- Part I : Rails to the Kootenays: The Kootenays ; The Antagonists ; The Battle Begins : Rails to the West Kootenays ; The Battle Moves East : Rails to the Crowsnest Pass ; Ship Ahoy! The Clash on Kootenay Lake ; The Battle Moves West : Peace at Last? ; Part II : The Trains to Gold and Silver: Nelson Becomes the Hub ; The Trains of the Kootenays ; A Day at the Station ; Trains to Rossland and Trail ; Trains to Castlegar ; Arrowhead and Nakusp : The North Kootenay Gateway ; The Travellers of Yesterday ; Special Trains and Excursions ; Not-So-Special Trains : Canada's Shame, Japanese Canadian Internment ; Into the 20th Century ; The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ; Epilogue - The End of a Dream
- ISBN
- 9781771604017
- Accession Number
- 2022.08
- Call Number
- 08.5 G12w
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- Reading Room
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- Archives Library
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Rare merit : women in photography in Canada, 1840-1940
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25534
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2022
- Author
- Skidmore, Colleen
- Publisher
- Vancouver, British Columbia : UBC Press
- Call Number
- 08.1 Sk3r
- Author
- Skidmore, Colleen
- Publisher
- Vancouver, British Columbia : UBC Press
- Published Date
- 2022
- Physical Description
- 356 pages
- Subjects
- Photography
- Women
- History-Canada
- Travel
- Abstract
- As Canada took shape in the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, the camera was there throughout as both a witness to the colonialism, capitalism, and gendered and racialized social organization, and as a protagonist. And women across the country, whether residents or visitors, photographed people and places that were entirely new to the lens. Rare Merit examines how they did so, why their images look the way they do, and the meanings their work carries. Studio portraitists, travel documentarians, photojournalists, fine artists, hobbyists, and photographic printers make up the assembly, beginning with the arrival in Nova Scotia of North America’s first professional woman photographer, the American daguerreotypist Mrs. Fletcher. Colleen Skidmore surveys the professional lives and photographs of nearly eighty women who followed her, from Lucy Maude Montgomery on Prince Edward Island to Élise Livernois in Quebec City, and from Margaret Bourke-White in the Arctic to Hannah Maynard on Vancouver Island. Why women? Why not women? Presenting the exceptional range of their work, Rare Merit proves that women’s practices and images--knowingly omitted from founding narratives of photographic history--were diverse, compelling, widespread, and influential. Whenever and wherever women photographers lived, travelled, and worked, their impact undermined the status quo. -- Provided by publisher
- Contents
- The Daguerreans, 1841-61 ; The Livernois Studio, 1854-74 ; Notman's Printing Room, 1860-80 ; The Maynard Studio, 1862-1912 ; The Moodie Studio, 1895-1905 ; Travel, Photography, and Photojournalism, 1872-1940 ; Commercial Studio Photographers,1860-1940 ; Artists and Amateurs, 1890-1940
- ISBN
- 9780774867054
- Accession Number
- 2022.09
- Call Number
- 08.1 Sk3r
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- Reading Room
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Mount assiniboine : the story
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25540
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- Scott, Chic
- Publisher
- Banff, A.B. : Assiniboine Publishing
- Edition
- First
- Call Number
- 08.3 Sco3m
- Author
- Scott, Chic
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Banff, A.B. : Assiniboine Publishing
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- 336 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps (chiefly colour), portraits (some colour) ; 32 cm
- Subjects
- Assiniboine, Mount
- Tourism
- History-Canada
- Mountaineering
- Climbing
- Hiking
- Camping
- Backcountry
- Travel
- Abstract
- This book tells the story of the history of Mount Assiniboine and the surrounding area. Mount Assiniboine is a beautiful mountain located in Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park in south eastern British Columbia. -- Provided by publisher
- Contents
- First Nations History at Mount Assiniboine ; Part One: The Discovery of Mount Assiniboine (1800-1910) ; Part Two: The Wheeler Years (1913-1927) ; Part Three: Strom's Half-century: Part I (1928-1950) ; Part Four: Strom's Half-century: Part 2 (1950-1983) ; Part Five: The Renner Years (1983-2010) ; Part Six: A New Generation Takes Over
- ISBN
- 9780981105932
- Accession Number
- P2022.06
- Call Number
- 08.3 Sco3m
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Connecting the Kootenays : the Kootenay Lake ferries, a hundred years of service 1921-2020
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25567
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- January 2022
- Author
- Cone, Michael A.
- Publisher
- Nelson, British Columbia : Michael A. Cone
- Call Number
- 08.5 C75c
- Author
- Cone, Michael A.
- Publisher
- Nelson, British Columbia : Michael A. Cone
- Published Date
- January 2022
- Physical Description
- 354 pages
- Abstract
- Connecting the Kootenays chronicles the history of the Kootenay Lake ferry service from its modest beginnings in 1921 through to its 100th anniversary in 2020. -- From back cover
- Contents
- The Great Trunk Road (1908-1921) ; The Canadian Pacific Railway Fills the Gap (1884-1913) ; The Nasookin: Queen of Kootenay Lake (1913-1930) ; Nelson to Kuskanook: A Trip to Remember (1921-1930) ; The Provinical Government Steps In (1931) ; The Great Depression and the Second World War (1931-1947) ; Saying Goodbye to the Nasookin (1947-1956) ; A New Ferry and a New Route (1947-1954) ; The Auxiliary Ferry: The Balfour (1954) ; Growing Pains for the Two-Ferry Service and the Opening of the "Skyway" (1955-1963) ; Labour Strife, Major Rebuilds and Looking beyond the New Millennium (1964-1999) ; The Osprey 2000, Privitization and Facing Challenges Ahead (2000-2020)
- ISBN
- 9781778350511
- Accession Number
- P2022.12
- Call Number
- 08.5 C75c
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Lights to guide me home : a journey off the beaten track in life, love, adventure and parenting
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25655
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2022
- Author
- Ward, Meghan J. Ward
- Publisher
- Calgary, Alberta : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- 02 W21l
- Author
- Ward, Meghan J. Ward
- Publisher
- Calgary, Alberta : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2022
- Physical Description
- xxv, 291 pages : map ; 22 cm
- Abstract
- Meghan J. Ward was 21 years old when she journeyed across the country for a summer job in the Canadian Rockies. As an inexperienced hiker from the suburbs of the nation’s capital, she knew she was in for an adventure. But what she didn’t know was that her move to the mountains would result in a 90-degree turn towards a life she never expected. In the Rockies, Meghan fell in love with the wilderness, the high elevations, and a man whose way of life expanded her horizons. As that summer drew to a close, she took her first of many courageous steps off the beaten path to create the life of her choosing—one that brought her a sense of purpose and meaning, and a new set of challenges. In Lights to Guide Me Home Meghan takes us on a trip around the world while chronicling her transitions through some of life’s major milestones. From Costa Rica to Nepal, Rapa Nui to Malta, Meghan explores what it means to carve out her own identity amidst family expectations, her responsibilities as a parent to young children, and her marriage to an ambitious travel and landscape photographer. Whom will she discover beneath these entanglements? -- From publisher
- ISBN
- 9781771603591
- Accession Number
- P2022.14
- Call Number
- 02 W21l
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In the name of wild : one family, five years, ten countries, and a new vision of wildness
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25721
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2022
- Author
- Vannini, Phillip and April
- Publisher
- Vancouver ; Toronto : On Point Press, an imprint of UBC Press
- Call Number
- 02 V33i
- Author
- Vannini, Phillip and April
- Responsibility
- With Autumn Vannini
- Publisher
- Vancouver ; Toronto : On Point Press, an imprint of UBC Press
- Published Date
- 2022
- Physical Description
- xii, 244 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
- Subjects
- Travel
- Wilderness
- Wildlife
- Canada
- Europe
- Japan
- Iceland
- New Zealand
- Patagonia
- Abstract
- Five continents. Ten countries. Twenty Natural World Heritage sites in five years. In the Name of Wild is the story of what happened when one family set out to learn what wildness means to people around the world. What draws us to seek out wild places? Do they mean the same to everyone? Part travelogue, part ethnography, this book takes us on a journey into the lives of the people who call places such as Tasmania, Patagonia, and Iceland home. They reveal that wildness isn't about the absence of people. It's about connections, kinship, and coexistence with the land. -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents
- "Wild" can be a challenging word: Galápagos -- "Wild" can be an adjective: Tasmania -- Wild can be ephemeral: Aotearoa-New Zealand -- Wild can change: South Tyrol -- Wild can be reimagined: Belize -- Wild can be a foreign concept: Japan -- Wild can be alive: Patagonia -- Wild can be photogenic: Iceland -- Wildlife can be us: Thailand -- Wild can be someone's home: Canada.
- ISBN
- 9780774890403
- Accession Number
- P2023.11
- Call Number
- 02 V33i
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Dominion : the railway and the rise of Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26203
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2023
- Author
- Bown, Stephen R.
- Publisher
- [Toronto] : Doubleday Canada
- Call Number
- 08.5 B68d
- Author
- Bown, Stephen R.
- Publisher
- [Toronto] : Doubleday Canada
- Published Date
- 2023
- Physical Description
- 400 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Abstract
- Stephen R. Bown continues to revitalize Canadian history with this thrilling account of the engineering triumph that created a nation. In The Company, his bestselling work of revisionist history, Stephen Bown told the dramatic, adventurous and bloody tale of Canada's origins in the fur trade. With Dominion he continues the nation's creation story with an equally thrilling and eye-opening account of the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. In the late 19th century, demand for fur was in sharp decline. This could have spelled economic disaster for the venerable Hudson's Bay Company. But an idea emerged in political and business circles in Ottawa and Montreal to connect the disparate British colonies into a single entity that would stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific. With over 3,000 kilometers of track, much of it driven through wildly inhospitable terrain, the CPR would be the longest railroad in the world and the most difficult to build. Its construction was the defining event of its era and a catalyst for powerful global forces. The times were marked by greed, hubris, blatant empire building, oppression, corruption and theft. They were good for some, hard for most, disastrous for others. The CPR enabled a new country, but it came at a terrible price. In recent years Canadian history has been given a rude awakening from the comforts of its myths. In Dominion, Stephen Bown again widens our view of the past to include the adventures and hardships of explorers and surveyors, the resistance of Indigenous peoples, and the terrific and horrific work of many thousands of labourers. His vivid portrayal of the powerful forces that were molding the world in the late 19th century provides a revelatory new picture of modern Canada's creation as an independent state."-- Provided by publisher.
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- 9780385698726
- Accession Number
- P2023.25
- Call Number
- 08.5 B68d
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Jon Whelan fonds
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- Jon Whelan fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of research materials, publications, ephemera, and other materials collected by Jon Whelan. Fonds includes three Canadian Pacific bell boy log books, 1970-1980; five bound scrapbooks with collected newspaper clippings, ca.1880-1890; and collected advertisements and articles pertainin…
- Date Range
- [1880-2022]
- Reference Code
- M595 / V818
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Textual record
- Photograph
- Newspaper clipping
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Album
- Part Of
- Jon Whelan fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M595
- V818
- Sous-Fonds
- M595
- V818
- Accession Number
- 2022.39
- Reference Code
- M595 / V818
- Date Range
- [1880-2022]
- Physical Description
- 3 bankers boxes
- History / Biographical
- Jon Whelan (1952-2022) was a researcher, historian, and collector based in Banff, Alberta. Jon had a special interest in topics related to Banff National Park and Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Jon conducted independent research, as well as research for various authors and historians, from the 1980s onwards. Jon was also an active participant in municipal politics in Banff. "For most of Jon’s life, he was engaged in community affairs and fearless in voicing an opinion. He was successful in raising public awareness and his tenacity achieved a personal goal, which was to initiate the use of video for regular Town of Banff council meetings. He dedicated himself to the concerns of Banff residents." -Barry Kelly, Rocky Mountain Outlook, July 30, 2022
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of research materials, publications, ephemera, and other materials collected by Jon Whelan. Fonds includes three Canadian Pacific bell boy log books, 1970-1980; five bound scrapbooks with collected newspaper clippings, ca.1880-1890; and collected advertisements and articles pertaining to Canadian Pacific, Banff, travel and tourism within Canada, and related subjects.
- Name Access
- Whelan, Jon
- Subject Access
- Research
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Tourism
- Travel
- Recreation
- Publication
- Newspaper
- History
- Community events
- Reproduction Restrictions
- restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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