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[untitled - corner of Caribou Street and Banff Avenue with Mount Royal Hotel and Mount Rundle Banff, Alberta, Canada]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19587
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1960
- Publisher
- The Coast Publishing Co., Ltd.
- Call Number
- V86/PG-1
1 image
- Responsibility
- Kodach & Rome Card
- Place
- Vancouver, Canada Printed in U.S.A.
- Publisher
- The Coast Publishing Co., Ltd.
- Published Date
- ca. 1960
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Notes
- colour
- Accession Number
- 1195
- Call Number
- V86/PG-1
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- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1964
- Author
- Oxborough, Dorothy
- Publisher
- Double L Color Productions Ltd.
- Call Number
- V375/PG-8
1 image
- Variant Title
- Canadian Indian Child
- Author
- Oxborough, Dorothy
- Responsibility
- Evergreen Press Limited
- Place
- Made in Canada
- Publisher
- Double L Color Productions Ltd.
- Published Date
- ca. 1964
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Notes
- colour
- Accession Number
- 17000
- Call Number
- V375/PG-8
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- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1968
- Author
- Oxborough, Dorothy
- Publisher
- Double L Color Productions Ltd.
- Call Number
- V375/PG-10
1 image
- Variant Title
- Canadian Indian Child
- Author
- Oxborough, Dorothy
- Responsibility
- Evergreen Press Limited
- Place
- Made in Canada
- Publisher
- Double L Color Productions Ltd.
- Published Date
- ca. 1968
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Notes
- colour
- Accession Number
- 17000
- Call Number
- V375/PG-10
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- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1961
- Author
- McDowall, Jack
- Publisher
- Pacific Colour Service Limited
- Call Number
- V616/PG-5
1 image
- Variant Title
- Summer Snow at Lake Louise, Alberta
- Author
- McDowall, Jack
- Responsibility
- The Keystone Press Ltd.
- Place
- Vancouver, Canada
- Publisher
- Pacific Colour Service Limited
- Published Date
- ca. 1961
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Notes
- colour
- Accession Number
- 3364
- Call Number
- V616/PG-5
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- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1968
- Publisher
- Grant-Mann Lithographers Ltd.
- Call Number
- V648-PG-5
1 image
- Variant Title
- Cascade Hotel
- Place
- Vancouver
- Publisher
- Grant-Mann Lithographers Ltd.
- Published Date
- ca. 1968
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Abstract
- (duplicate copy)
- Notes
- colour
- Accession Number
- 4095
- Call Number
- V648-PG-5
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- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1960
- Publisher
- Byron Harmon Photos
- Call Number
- V466/PG-B99h-2
1 image
- Variant Title
- Banff Chair Lift on Mt. Norquay [Mount Norquay]
- Responsibility
- Scenic Art
- Place
- Banff, Canada Richmond, California Printed in U.S.A.
- Publisher
- Byron Harmon Photos
- Published Date
- ca. 1960
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Abstract
- Features Mount Rundle and the Bow Valley in background
- Notes
- Annotated
- colour
- scenes in natural Colour
- Includes postage stamp
- Accession Number
- 6394
- Call Number
- V466/PG-B99h-2
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- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1960
- Publisher
- Byron Harmon Photos
- Call Number
- V466/PG-B99h-7
1 image
- Variant Title
- Lake Louise - Mount Lefroy and Victoria Glacier - showing the Iceland Poppies which grow in abundance at this famed resort
- Responsibility
- Scenic Art
- Place
- Banff, Canada Berkeley, Calif. Printed in U.S.A.
- Publisher
- Byron Harmon Photos
- Published Date
- ca. 1960
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Notes
- Annotated
- colour
- scenes in natural Colour
- Includes postage stamp
- Accession Number
- 4015
- Call Number
- V466/PG-B99h-7
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- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1960
- Publisher
- The Coast Publishing Co.
- Call Number
- V466/PG-C63-27
1 image
- Variant Title
- Canadian Rockies, Lake Louise and Victoria Glacier
- Place
- Vancouver, Canada
- Publisher
- The Coast Publishing Co.
- Published Date
- ca. 1960
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Notes
- Annotated
- colour
- kodachrome
- Includes postage stamp
- Accession Number
- 6394
- Call Number
- V466/PG-C63-27
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- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1963
- Publisher
- The Coast Publishing Co., Ltd.
- Call Number
- V466/PG-C63-28
1 image
- Variant Title
- Canadian Rockies, Lake Louise and the Swimming Pool
- Place
- Vancouver, Canada Printed in U.S.A.
- Publisher
- The Coast Publishing Co., Ltd.
- Published Date
- ca. 1963
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Notes
- Annotated
- colour
- Accession Number
- 6394
- Call Number
- V466/PG-C63-28
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The hungry spirit : selected plays and prose by Elsie Park Gowan
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19787
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1992
- Author
- Day, Moira (editor)
- Publisher
- Edmonton : NeWest Press
- Call Number
- 05.3 Da33t
1 website
- Author
- Day, Moira (editor)
- Responsibility
- Edited by Moira Day
- Publisher
- Edmonton : NeWest Press
- Published Date
- 1992
- Physical Description
- 328 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Abstract
- Pertains to Elsie Park Gowan who was an adjudicator and instructor at the Banff School of Fine Arts between 1930 and 1958.
- Contents
- Homestead -- The hungry spirit -- Back to the kitchen, women! -- The last caveman -- High green gate -- Breeches from Bond Street -- Woman in the twentieth century -- The freedom of Mrs. Rodway.
- ISBN
- 0-920897-19-3
- Accession Number
- p2019-07
- Call Number
- 05.3 Da33t
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Biographical information found in the Canadian Encyclopedia
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Mountaineering : the freedom of the hills
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19829
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1960
- Author
- The Mountaineers, Seattle
- Publisher
- Seattle : The Mountaineers
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Call Number
- 01 M86 1963
- Author
- The Mountaineers, Seattle
- Responsibility
- planned by the Climbing Committee of the Mountaineers
- Harvey Manning, chairman of editors
- editorial committee: John R. Hazle and others
- illus: Donna Balch Cook and Robert Cram
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Publisher
- Seattle : The Mountaineers
- Published Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- x, 430p. : ill
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Manuals
- Equipment
- Camping
- Travel
- Rock climbing
- Snow
- Ice
- Ice climbing
- First aid
- Geology
- Abstract
- Pertains to how to safely mountaineer with a focus on North America as per the Mountaineers Climbing Committee
- Contents
- Preface
- Part One - Approaching the Peaks
- Equipment
- Camping and Sleeping
- Alpine Cuisine
- Wilderness Travel
- Navigation in the Hills
- Part Two - Rock Climbing
- Routefinding on Rock
- Balance
- Counterforce
- Roped Climbing
- Belaying
- Pitoncraft and Rappels
- Part Three - Snow and Ice Climbing
- Snow
- Ice
- Glaciers
- Arrests and Belays
- Part Four - Safe Climbing
- The Climbing Party and its Leadership
- Climbing Dangers
- First Aid
- Alpine Rescue
- Part Five - The Climbing Environment
- Mountain Geology
- The Cycle of Snow
- Mountain Weather
- Appendix - Food Requirements for Climbers
- ISBN
- 0916890015
- Accession Number
- 2019.43
- Call Number
- 01 M86 1963
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Glacier and Mount Revelstoke National parks: where rivers are born
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19860
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1965
- Author
- Baird, David M.
- Publisher
- Ottawa, Geological survey of Canada, Dept. of mines and technical surveys
- Call Number
- 13.115 B11g Pam
- Author
- Baird, David M.
- Responsibility
- David M. Baird
- Publisher
- Ottawa, Geological survey of Canada, Dept. of mines and technical surveys
- Published Date
- 1965
- Physical Description
- v, 104 pages illustrations, maps (1 folded color). 18 cm.
- Subjects
- Geology
- Geology - British Columbia
- Mount Revelstoke National Park
- Glacier National Park
- British Columbia
- Banff National Park
- Abstract
- Pertains to the geology of Glacier and Mount Revelstoke National parks. While providing an overview of the geology, the author also provides the reader with specific details making the experience well rounded. The content pertains to the Rocky Mountains and makes specific mention to Banff and Banff National park
- Contents
- Introduction
- Divides
- Boundaries of the parks
- Origin of the mountains
- The rocks
- The sculpturing of the mountains
- Regional differences in the mountains
- Shapes of mountains
- Roadlog and points of interest along the Trans-Canada Highway
- Epilogue
- Index
- Notes
- The page numbers for the following locations listed in the abstract are as follows; Banff (37), Banff National Park (vi, 4, 19, 37 and 40)
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- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 13.115 B11g Pam
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Canada's quiet place
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19862
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1964
- Author
- Canada National and Historic Parks Branch
- Publisher
- [Ottawa] : [Queen's Printer]
- Call Number
- 13.117 B72c Pam
- Publisher
- [Ottawa] : [Queen's Printer]
- Published Date
- 1964
- Physical Description
- 9 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, map
- Abstract
- Pertains to a guidebook aimed at preserving Canadas National Parks. Includes tips to reduce harm to wildlife, the environment and others, while encouraging visitors to enjoy the beauty of the National Parks.
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 13.117 B72c Pam
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The story of the mountains : Banff National Park
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19863
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1960
- Author
- Belyea, Helen R.
- Publisher
- Ottawa [Queen's Printer]
- Call Number
- 13.115 B41s Pam
- Variant Title
- The story of the mountains in Banff National park
- Author
- Belyea, Helen R.
- Responsibility
- Helen R. Belyea
- Publisher
- Ottawa [Queen's Printer]
- Published Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- 42 pages
- Abstract
- Pertains to the history of Banff National Park. The author, Helen R. Belyea, provides a comprehensive description and glossary pertaining to the type of rocks that makes up the mountains in Banff National Park. Additionally, she highlights specific areas of geological interest such as, but not limited to the following: Hoodoos viewpoint, Sulphur Mountain, Lake Minnewanka, Mount Norquay and the Hot Springs. Due to the nature of the publication, that being a Geological Survey of Canada, the author includes an excerpt on rock formation for each area marked as one of geological interest.
- Contents
- The rocks (pg. 4)
- The building of the mountains (pg. 12)
- Mountain sculpture (pg.13)
- Drainage patterns (pg. 17)
- Glossary of terms (pg. 18)
- References (pg. 23)
- Local points of geological interest (pg. 24)
- Photographs (pg. 43)
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 13.115 B41s Pam
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Canada's mountain national parks : Banff, Jasper, Glacier, Kootenay, Mount Revelstoke, Waterton Lakes, Yoho
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19864
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1966
- Author
- Scharff, Robert
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Evergreen Press Limited
- Toronto : Musson Book Company
- Call Number
- 13.113 Sch1c Pam
- Author
- Scharff, Robert
- Responsibility
- by Robert Scharff, in association with the Natural and Historic Resources Branch, Dept. of Northern Affairs and Natural Resources
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Evergreen Press Limited
- Toronto : Musson Book Company
- Published Date
- 1966
- Physical Description
- vii, 184 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 22 cm
- Subjects
- National parks
- Banff National Park
- Guide
- Jasper National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Glacier National Park
- Mount Revelstoke National Park
- Waterton Lakes National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Abstract
- Pertains to a guide on Canada’s National Parks. This comprehensive guide offers readers a brief history of each Mountain National Park, as well as other useful information pertaining to risk reduction, camping, environmental preservation, wildlife preservation and sightseeing. Additionally, Robert Scharff includes information regarding activities that may be of interest to visitors such as cycling, canoeing, climbing, hiking, trail riding and more. Refers to Banff, Jasper, Glacier, Kootenay, Mount Revelstoke, Waterton Lakes and Yoho National Parks.
- Contents
- Chapter one - introduction to the mountain national parks (pg. 1)
- Chapter two - sightseeing in the parks (pg. 34)
- Chapter three - seeing the wilderness areas of the park (pg. 87)
- Chapter four - plant life in the parks (pg. 110)
- Chapter five - wildlife and birds in the parks (pg. 119)
- Chapter six - fishing in the parks (pg. 142)
- Chapter seven - winter in the parks (pg. 149)
- Chapter eight - accomodations and service in the parks (pg. 158)
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 13.113 Sch1c Pam
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The Kicking Horse River touring guide : Yoho National Park
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19865
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1992
- Author
- Environment Canada., Canadian Parks Service.
- Publisher
- Environment Canada
- Call Number
- 13.113 E1k Pam
- Publisher
- Environment Canada
- Published Date
- 1992
- Physical Description
- 19 pages
- Abstract
- Pertains to a touring guide concerning regulations, safety and information on the Kicking Horse River in Yoho National Park. The guide offers a comprehensive outline of permitted activities and expectations of tourists visiting Yoho National Park. Within the guide is a dedicated section on river safety and the ways in which visitors can be aware of the potential risks associated with water activities. Additionally, the guide shares notable hiking trails, and canoeing areas that are better suited to tourists. Above all, the Kicking Horse River touring guide seeks to inform visitors and ensure safety regulations are established.
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- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 13.113 E1k Pam
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The North Saskatchewan River touring guide : Banff National Park
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19866
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1993
- Author
- Environment Canada., Canadian Parks Services
- Publisher
- Environment Canada
- Call Number
- 13.113 E1n Pam
- Publisher
- Environment Canada
- Published Date
- 1993
- Physical Description
- 19 pages
- Abstract
- Pertains to the safety regulations, tourist information and brief history of the North Saskatchewan River in Banff National Park. In making the guide, Environment Canada sought to educate visitors in order to ensure their safety needs were met. The pamphlet includes information pertaining to the history, climate, hiking trails, water access and travel in and around the North Saskatchewan River. The guide was created in cooperation with the Canadian Heritage Rivers System, an organization that seeks to educate the public on the topic of rivers.
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- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 13.113 E1n Pam
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Tears for old Lacerta : new poems
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19868
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1990
- Author
- Burles, Gordon
- Publisher
- Banff, Alta. : G. Burles
- Call Number
- 05.1 B92t Pam
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- Author
- Burles, Gordon
- Responsibility
- Gordon Burles
- Publisher
- Banff, Alta. : G. Burles
- Published Date
- 1990
- Physical Description
- 92 pages
- Subjects
- Poetry
- Art
- Rocky Mountains Canada
- Abstract
- Pertains to the works of Gordon Burles, a poet of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. The poet’s work reflects a somber undertone, and covers topics pertaining to people, places, and nature.
- Notes
- Annotated – the author has signed the front page with the following, “To Liz – best wishes, from Gordon Burles”
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 05.1 B92t 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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Historic sites of Alberta
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19870
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1963
- Author
- Dempsey, Hugh A.
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Alberta Government Travel Bureau
- Edition
- Sixth Edition
- Call Number
- 08.2 D39h Pam
- Author
- Dempsey, Hugh A.
- Responsibility
- Hugh A. Dempsey
- Edition
- Sixth Edition
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Alberta Government Travel Bureau
- Published Date
- 1963
- Physical Description
- 64 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 25 cm
- Subjects
- Alberta
- History of Alberta
- History
- Fur trade
- North-West Mounted Police
- Missionaries
- Riel rebellions
- Abstract
- Pertains to a series of notable and historically significant sites located across Alberta. The book is divided into nine categories pertaining to influential people and events, such as the Riel Rebellion and the North-West Mounted Police. Within each category, the author Hugh A. Dempsey, has included the names and locations of many historical sites in Alberta, be that a sign, a cairn or other form of historical remembrance.
- Contents
- Introduction (pg.3)
- Indians (pg. 5)
- The fur trade (pg. 12)
- The missionaries (pg. 24)
- American posts (pg. 29)
- North-west Mounted Police (pg. 35)
- Riel rebellion (pg. 39)
- The pioneers (pg. 43)
- Historic events (pg. 50)
- Transportation (pg. 57)
- Index (pg. 61)
- Map (pg. 63)
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 08.2 D39h Pam
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A guide to geology for visitors in Canada's national parks
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19884
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1963
- Author
- Baird, David M.
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Roger Duhamel, Queen's Printer
- Call Number
- 13.115 B11a Pam
- Author
- Baird, David M.
- Responsibility
- David M. Baird
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Roger Duhamel, Queen's Printer
- Published Date
- 1963
- Physical Description
- 153 pages
- Subjects
- Geology
- Guide
- National parks
- Abstract
- Pertains to the geological information and processes that have occurred in order to yield the Canadian Rocky Mountains. In an effort to attract and inform visitors, author and scientist, David M. Baird, has opted to share the geological forces that have created the mountains we know today. Baird takes the reader through a comprehensive analysis of the forces needed to create the beauty of the terrain. He does so with the hopes of facilitating a much deeper appreciation for both the beauty, and natural processes needed to yield a mountain range as extensive as the Canadian Rockies.
- Contents
- Introduction (pg. 7)
- Rocks and the origin of the earth (pg. 15)
- Minerals (pg. 28)
- Erosion and sculpturing of the land (pg. 36)
- Wind as an agent of erosion (pg. 42)
- Underground water (pg. 48)
- Rivers (pg. 54)
- Oceans and shorelines (pg. 73)
- Glaciers (pg. 92)
- Islands (pg. 114)
- Lakes (pg. 117)
- Geological time (pg. 123)
- Earth's architecture (pg. 132)
- The formation of mountains (pg. 141)
- Economic geology (pg. 145)
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 13.115 B11a Pam
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