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Sport climbs in the Canadian Rockies

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

Published Date: 2016

Author: Martin, John; Jones, Jon

Publisher: Surrey, B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books

Edition: 7th ed.

Call Number: F1077 M37 S66

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Author: Martin, John; Jones, Jon

Edition: 7th ed.

Publisher: Surrey, B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: 2016

Physical Description: 560 p. : ill., maps, ports

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Guidebook; Canadian Rockies

Abstract: "Originally published in 1995, Sport Climbs in the Canadian Rockies continues to be the quintessential guidebook that both local and visiting climbers reach for when travelling to Western Canada. Featuring over 23,000 routes located throughout the Bow Valley, including climbs at Banff, Canmore, Lake Louise, Kananaskis Country and the Ghost River region, this comprehensive new edition features 7 new areas, 500 new routes, the latest updates, full-colour photos, maps and over 300 marked topos. All routes are completely indexed, including first ascent information." - from back cover

Contents: Introduction; Key to main climbing areas; Quaite Valley; Acephale; Heart Creek; McGillivray Slabs; Ha Ling Peak; Grassi Lakes; Old Goat Crag; Whiteman Crag; Kanga Crag and Eeor; Tunnel Mountain; Spray Slabs; Rundle Ridge; Raven Crag; Sunshine Rock; Brewster Crag; Bighorn Crag; Mount Bourgeau; Lake Louise; Paradise Wall; Grand Sentinel; Lost Lemon Crag; Silver City; Guides Rock; Cascadia; Coral Crag; Black Feather Canyon; Carrot Creek; The Stoneworks; Couger Canyon; Echo Canyon; Bataan; Grotto Canyon; Steve Canyon; Kid Goat and Nanny Goat; The Ghose; Barrier Mountain; Mount Baldy Crag; Porcupine Creek; Wasootch Slabs; Cowbell Crag; Burstall Slabs; Moose Mountain (Canyon Creek); Prairie Creek; Half Moon Crag; The White Buddha; Index showing first ascents

ISBN: 9781771601009

Accession Number: AC634

Call Number: F1077 M37 S66

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

URL Notes: Publishers website

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Cabin at Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Marion Boyd Allen (1862 – 1941, American)

Date: 1925

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: AbM.02.01

Description: General colours: brown, green, purple and red. Central image is a log cabin coming out from left side. The front door is framed on either side by colourful hanging clothes and Aivo chairs, one on each side. In the background to the right is another cabin. Behind and above are trees, a patch of grey…

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Artist: Marion Boyd Allen (1862 – 1941, American)

Title: Cabin at Lake O'Hara

Date: 1925

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 20.2 x 25.6 cm

Description: General colours: brown, green, purple and red. Central image is a log cabin coming out from left side. The front door is framed on either side by colourful hanging clothes and Aivo chairs, one on each side. In the background to the right is another cabin. Behind and above are trees, a patch of grey sky in the upper right corner and a purple mountain face in the upper left.The painting was originally given by the artist, to Syd Graves (who managed Lake O’Hara for many years). It was then given to Bill Brewster, who gave it to Rita Crick, who gave it to the Peter Whyte Gallery.

Subject: architecture; cabin; landscape; Canadian Rockies; Lake O'Hara area

Credit: Gift of Rita Crick, 1978

Catalogue Number: AbM.02.01

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Crowsnest Pass

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Artist: George James Angliss (1921 – 1991, Canadian )

Date: c. 1984

Medium: oil on linen

Catalogue Number: AgG.02.01

Description: Off in the distance is wall of blue mountains. Darker blue areas on the mountains represent the tree line. In the middle and foreground are rolling areas of yellow land separated by rows and lines of dark green trees. The sky is covered in white clouds with bits of blue showing through.

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Artist: George James Angliss (1921 – 1991, Canadian )

Title: Crowsnest Pass

Date: c. 1984

Medium: oil on linen

Dimensions: 46.0 x 61.0 cm

Description: Off in the distance is wall of blue mountains. Darker blue areas on the mountains represent the tree line. In the middle and foreground are rolling areas of yellow land separated by rows and lines of dark green trees. The sky is covered in white clouds with bits of blue showing through.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Crowsnest Pass

Credit: Gift of Kay Angliss, Penticton, 1998

Catalogue Number: AgG.02.01

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Summit of the Rockies and Mt. Field

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Artist: James Alfred Aitken (1846 – 1897, Scottish)

Date: c. 1886

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: AiJ.05.01

Description: The scene is comprised mainly of a mountain and a lake. The lake takes up approx. 1/2 of the work, and is cropped in the brc by the frame. The blc is the shoreline of the lake. On the right and left side of the piece, just above the lake, the beginning of two treed mountain sides head out of the…

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Artist: James Alfred Aitken (1846 – 1897, Scottish)

Title: Summit of the Rockies and Mt. Field

Date: c. 1886

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: The scene is comprised mainly of a mountain and a lake. The lake takes up approx. 1/2 of the work, and is cropped in the brc by the frame. The blc is the shoreline of the lake. On the right and left side of the piece, just above the lake, the beginning of two treed mountain sides head out of the picture frame. These two slopes frame a clear mountain in the background which is centered in the middle of the piece. They sky is quite cloudy.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Mt. Field

Credit: Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1997

Catalogue Number: AiJ.05.01

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The Rockies in Summer

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Artist: Aleen Aked (1907 – 2003, Canadian)

Date: c. 1939

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: AkA.02.01

Description: Painting of mountains in summertime. At the bottom of the mountains are hills that become rocky at the centre of the image. Impasto is noticeable at the centre of the painting.

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Artist: Aleen Aked (1907 – 2003, Canadian)

Title: The Rockies in Summer

Date: c. 1939

Medium: oil on canvas board

Description: Painting of mountains in summertime. At the bottom of the mountains are hills that become rocky at the centre of the image. Impasto is noticeable at the centre of the painting.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; summer

Credit: Purchased from The Collector’s Gallery, Calgary, 2004

Catalogue Number: AkA.02.01

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Lake Louise

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Artist: Aleen Aked (1907 – 2003, Canadian)

Date: c. 1939

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: AkA.02.02

Description: A classic view of Lake Louise. Dark green trees and mountainsides are on either side of the painting. Victoria Glacier is painted in shades of tan and slate. Bright turquoise Lake Louise is in the bottom foreground.

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Artist: Aleen Aked (1907 – 2003, Canadian)

Title: Lake Louise

Date: c. 1939

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 66.5 x 79.5 cm

Description: A classic view of Lake Louise. Dark green trees and mountainsides are on either side of the painting. Victoria Glacier is painted in shades of tan and slate. Bright turquoise Lake Louise is in the bottom foreground.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Lake Louise

Credit: Purchased from The Collector’s Gallery, Calgary, 2004

Catalogue Number: AkA.02.02

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In the Rockies

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Artist: Aleen Aked (1907 – 2003, Canadian)

Date: c. 1939

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: AkA.02.04

Description: Trees in foreground on either side of image. Open area leads to a river, mountains in background.

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Artist: Aleen Aked (1907 – 2003, Canadian)

Title: In the Rockies

Date: c. 1939

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 30.4 x 40.5 cm

Description: Trees in foreground on either side of image. Open area leads to a river, mountains in background.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Purchased from The Collector’s Gallery, Calgary, 2005

Catalogue Number: AkA.02.04

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Lake Agnes, Canadian Rockies

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Artist: Louis Akhi

Date: 1910

Medium: oil on canvas on board

Catalogue Number: AkL.02.01

Description: A mountain top view of Lake Agnes in the Canadian Rockies. In the foreground on the right are trees and land sloping to the left of the image. Behind the lake in the background are mountains with snow and a medium to light toned sky above.

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Artist: Louis Akhi

Title: Lake Agnes, Canadian Rockies

Date: 1910

Medium: oil on canvas on board

Dimensions: 40.3 x 30.4 cm

Description: A mountain top view of Lake Agnes in the Canadian Rockies. In the foreground on the right are trees and land sloping to the left of the image. Behind the lake in the background are mountains with snow and a medium to light toned sky above.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Lake Agnes

Credit: Gift of George K.K. (Tommy) Link, Tucson, USA, 1979

Catalogue Number: AkL.02.01

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Sunrise - Lake Louise

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Artist: Douglas Allen (1935 – )

Date: 1982

Medium: commercial reproduction on paper

Catalogue Number: AlD.04.01

Description: Lake Louise in foreground. Victoria Glacier, Mt. Lefroy and Mt. Victoria in background. Glacier is pink.

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Artist: Douglas Allen (1935 – )

Title: Sunrise - Lake Louise

Date: 1982

Medium: commercial reproduction on paper

Dimensions: 39.3 x 43.0 cm

Description: Lake Louise in foreground. Victoria Glacier, Mt. Lefroy and Mt. Victoria in background. Glacier is pink.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Lake Louise; Victoria Glacier; Mount Lefroy; Mount Victoria

Credit: Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003

Catalogue Number: AlD.04.01

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Tunnel Contour in Four Parts

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Artist: Stephen Andrews (1922 – 1995, Canadian)

Date: 1977

Medium: acrylic; wax on paper

Catalogue Number: AnS.12.01 a-d

Description: General colour: green. Superimposed on horizontal lines placed at regular intervals up the picture, are curved lines indicating topographic or contour symbols. When all four are hung together the lines meet to form one autonomous image.

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Artist: Stephen Andrews (1922 – 1995, Canadian)

Title: Tunnel Contour in Four Parts

Date: 1977

Medium: acrylic; wax on paper

Dimensions: 76.0 x 55.7 cm

Description: General colour: green. Superimposed on horizontal lines placed at regular intervals up the picture, are curved lines indicating topographic or contour symbols. When all four are hung together the lines meet to form one autonomous image.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Mount Rundle; cartography; topography

Credit: Purchased from Stephen Andrews, Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: AnS.12.01 a-d

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Untitled [Mt. Assiniboine]

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Artist: G. H. W Ashley (1908 – , Canadian)

Date: 1932

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: AsH.02.01

Description: Mt. Assiniboine and Lake Magog.

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Artist: G. H. W Ashley (1908 – , Canadian)

Title: Untitled [Mt. Assiniboine]

Date: 1932

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 41.0 x 48.5 cm

Description: Mt. Assiniboine and Lake Magog.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Mount Assiniboine; Lake Magog

Credit: Gift of Douglas Hare, Banff, 1997

Catalogue Number: AsH.02.01

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Maligne Lake, Jasper, 1935

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Artist: Frederick Banting (1891 – 1941, Canadian)

Date: 1935 – 1935

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: BaF.02.01

Description: Maligne Lake with Spirit Island at centre foreground. The lake takes up half of the painting, while the mountains and sky fill the other half.

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Artist: Frederick Banting (1891 – 1941, Canadian)

Title: Maligne Lake, Jasper, 1935

Date: 1935 – 1935

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 44.2 x 44.2 cm

Description: Maligne Lake with Spirit Island at centre foreground. The lake takes up half of the painting, while the mountains and sky fill the other half.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Maligne Lake; Spirit Island

Credit: Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1997

Catalogue Number: BaF.02.01

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Mountains near Jasper, 1914

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Artist: John William Beatty (1869 – 1941, Canadian)

Date: 1914

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: BeJ.02.01

Description: Oil painting depicting a mountain scene near Jasper. A dark green mountain in the foreground slopes up to the left of the image. In the bottom right corner, small brushstrokes of deep indigo blue are visible. Beyond the slope of this mountain, other mountains are visible in the distance. They a…

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Artist: John William Beatty (1869 – 1941, Canadian)

Title: Mountains near Jasper, 1914

Date: 1914

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 35 x 39 cm

Description: Oil painting depicting a mountain scene near Jasper. A dark green mountain in the foreground slopes up to the left of the image. In the bottom right corner, small brushstrokes of deep indigo blue are visible. Beyond the slope of this mountain, other mountains are visible in the distance. They are painted in shades of mauve and blue. The mountain at the centre of the painting is capped by snow. The sky is a grey mauve colour.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Jasper National Park

Credit: Purchased from Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 2003

Catalogue Number: BeJ.02.01

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Perspective Range

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Artist: Lorne Beug (1948 – , Canadian)

Date: 1982

Medium: ceramic

Catalogue Number: BeL.06.01

Description: A pie-shaped sculpture of a mountain range. The mountains gradually get taller, the shortest ones being at the tip of the wedge. On one side of the mountain range is a patchwork of prairies. On the other side is the Pacific Ocean. Along the bottom and back of the sculpture, the strata of the ea…

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Artist: Lorne Beug (1948 – , Canadian)

Title: Perspective Range

Date: 1982

Medium: ceramic

Dimensions: 31.75 x 21.59 x 44.45 cm

Description: A pie-shaped sculpture of a mountain range. The mountains gradually get taller, the shortest ones being at the tip of the wedge. On one side of the mountain range is a patchwork of prairies. On the other side is the Pacific Ocean. Along the bottom and back of the sculpture, the strata of the earth is visible. The mountains are snow-capped and rivers run down either side of them, perhaps representing the Great Divide.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; prairies; Pacific Ocean; rivers; Great Divde

Credit: Gift of Lorne Beug, Regina, 2001

Catalogue Number: BeL.06.01

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Cascade in the Selkirks

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: BeS.02.03

Description: Small river or creek runs over rocks in Selkirk Mountains area.

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Title: Cascade in the Selkirks

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 23.5 x 15.8 cm

Description: Small river or creek runs over rocks in Selkirk Mountains area.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Selkirk Mountains; river

Credit: Purchased from The Collector’s Gallery, Calgary, 2003

Catalogue Number: BeS.02.03

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White Mountain

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: BeS.02.04

Description: Two trees stand in the foreground at the left of the painting. They stand on the bank of a river that runs through the centre of the image. More trees and bushes are on the opposite side of the river. Taking up the upper portion is a mountain (White Mountain) that is grey-blue. It appears to be…

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Title: White Mountain

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 13.3 x 18.8 cm

Description: Two trees stand in the foreground at the left of the painting. They stand on the bank of a river that runs through the centre of the image. More trees and bushes are on the opposite side of the river. Taking up the upper portion is a mountain (White Mountain) that is grey-blue. It appears to be somewhat hazy. A pale blue sky makes up the very upper part of the image.