Skip header and navigation

Narrow Results By

10 records – page 1 of 1.

Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1886
Author
Law, William John
Publisher
London : Macmillan
Call Number
DQ81 H3 L3 I
Author
Law, William John
Publisher
London : Macmillan
Published Date
1886
Physical Description
333 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Volume 1 of 2
Subjects
Travel
Alps
Switzerland
Accession Number
AC147
Call Number
DQ81 H3 L3 I
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1886
Author
Law, William John
Publisher
London : Macmillan
Call Number
DQ81 H3 L3 II
Author
Law, William John
Publisher
London : Macmillan
Published Date
1886
Physical Description
312 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Volume 2 of 2
Subjects
Travel
Alps
Switzerland
Accession Number
AC147
Call Number
DQ81 H3 L3 II
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

The Canadian Pacific Railway

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24931
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1888
Publisher
The Illustrated London News
Call Number
02.6 Il6t PAM O.S.
Responsibility
Sketches by Melton Prior
Publisher
The Illustrated London News
Published Date
1888
Physical Description
125 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Travel
Tourism
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
Banff
Glacier House
Abstract
Pertains to the activities of the Canadian Pacific Railway as per Melton Prior who travelled from Montreal to Vancouver on the train and provided a review of the journey which includes sketches of Sir Donald, Great Glacier, Glacier Hotel, Hermit Range, Mount Carroll, Stony Creek Bridge and the interior of a colonial sleeping car.
Notes
In The Illustrated London News, Vol. XCIII, No. 2591, Saturday December 15, 1888, pp. 720 - 722
Accession Number
7864
Call Number
02.6 Il6t PAM O.S.
Collection
Archives Library
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Canadian Pacific Railway : Banff and British Columbia

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24924
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1888
Publisher
The Illustrated London News
Call Number
02.6 Il6c PAM O.S.
Responsibility
Sketches by Melton Prior
Publisher
The Illustrated London News
Published Date
1888
Physical Description
125 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Travel
Tourism
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
Hot springs
Hotels
Sanitarium Hotel
Banff
Glacier House
Abstract
Pertains to the activities of the Canadian Pacific Railway in Banff and Mount Stephen including railway access and hotels, hotsprings, sanitarium with associated sketches.
Notes
In The Illustrated London News, Vol. XCIII, No. 2588, Saturday, November 24, 1888, pp. 613 - 614
Accession Number
7864
Call Number
02.6 Il6c PAM O.S.
Collection
Archives Library
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Exploring the southern Selkirks: including the Valhallas and Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25090
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1980
Author
Carter, John
Leighton, Doug
Publisher
Vancouver, BC: Douglas & McIntyre
Call Number
02.6 C24e
Author
Carter, John
Leighton, Doug
Responsibility
John Carter
Doug Leighton
Publisher
Vancouver, BC: Douglas & McIntyre
Published Date
1980
Physical Description
119 pages: illustrations, maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Travel
Tourism
Rocky and Selkirk Mountains
Guide
Guidebook
Guidebooks
Abstract
Guidebook for exploring the Southern Selkirk mountains, including photographs, maps and trail descriptions
Contents
Preface Introduction The Land The Plant Communities Mammals Birds Fish Man in the Southern Selkirks Winter Activities Wilderness Ethics Trail Descriptions: Kokanee Region Valhalla Region Lardeau Region Bonnington Region The Valhalla Park Proposal Equipment Checklist Information Sources and Resource Agencies Reading List
ISBN
0888942737
Accession Number
2018.9003
Call Number
02.6 C24e
Collection
Archives Library
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

The Great Glacier of the Selkirks

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24915
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1889
Author
Ingersoll, Ernest
Publisher
Harper's Weekly
Call Number
02.6 In4t PAM O.S.
Author
Ingersoll, Ernest
Responsibility
Ernest Ingersoll
Publisher
Harper's Weekly
Published Date
1889
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Glaciers
Selkirk Mountains
Selkirk Mountains - Hermit Range
Selkirk Range
Selkirk Range - B.C.
Hotels
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
Travel
Tourism
Geography
Illecillewaet Glacier
Abstract
Pertains to the Selkirk Mountains, Illecillewaete Glacier, Glacier Creek, Sir Donald, the hotel and Canadian Pacific Railway access to the area as of 1889.
Notes
In Harper's Weekly, Vol. XXXIII No. 1702, August 3, 1889, pp. 616 - 618
Accession Number
7890
Call Number
02.6 In4t PAM O.S.
Collection
Archives Library
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Quest for adventure

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20157
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1981
Author
Bonington, Chris
Publisher
New York : Clarkson N. Potter, Inc.
Call Number
02.1 B64q
Author
Bonington, Chris
Responsibility
Chris Bonington
Publisher
New York : Clarkson N. Potter, Inc.
Published Date
1981
Physical Description
448 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits (some color)
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Travel
History
Sailing
Mountaineering
Hiking
Abstract
Pertains to the travels of Thor Heyerdahl, John Ridgeway, Chay Blyth, John Fairfax, Sylvia Cook, Francis Chichester, Robin Knox-Johnston, David Lewis, Wilfred Thesiger, John Blashford-Snell, Mike Jones, Maurice Herzog, John Hunt, Herbert Tichy, Walter Bonatti, Hermann Buhl, Reinhold Messner, Vivian Fuchs, Edmund Hillary, Wally Herbert, Naomie Uemura, Max Anderson, Ben Abruzzo, Larry Newman, Neil Armstrong, Geoff Yeadon, Oliver Statham
Contents
Introduction
Oceans:
1) Kon-tiki
2) Rowing the Atlantic
3) Across Two Oceans
4) The Man Who Raced Himself
5) Golden Globe
6) Ice Bird
Deserts:
7) The Empty Quarter
Rivers:
8) The Blue Nile
Mountains:
9) Annapurna, the First 1800
10) The Challenge of Everest
11) Cho Oyu
12) The Bonatti Pillar
13) Board Peak
14) Annapurna, South Face
15) Diamir - Messner on Nanga Parbat
The Poles:
16) The Crossing of Antarctica
17) The Last Great Polar Journey
18) Solo to the Pole
Air:
19) Double Eagle
Space:
20) First on the Moon
Beneath the Earth:
21) Dead Man's Handshake
Facets of Adventure
A Chronology of Adventure since 1945
Glossary
Select Bibliography
Picture Credits
Index
Notes
Addressed to Hans Gmoser from Philippe Delesalle - dated 1983
ISBN
0517546965
Accession Number
AC637
Call Number
02.1 B64q
Collection
Archives Library
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Sitting in the club car and drinking rum and karma-kola

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3023
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1986
Author
Jiles, Paulette
Publisher
Winlaw (B.C.) : Polestar Press
Call Number
05.2 J56
Author
Jiles, Paulette
Publisher
Winlaw (B.C.) : Polestar Press
Published Date
1986
Physical Description
105p. : plan
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Travel
Notes
Plan of CPR dome car, p. 3
ISBN
0-919591-13-2
Accession Number
6964
Call Number
05.2 J56
Collection
Archives Library
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Where mountains live : twelve great treks of the world

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20156
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1987
Author
Le Bon, Leo
Publisher
New York, N.Y. : Aperture : Distributed in the U.S. by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Call Number
G504 W44 L43
Author
Le Bon, Leo
Responsibility
Leo Le Bon
Publisher
New York, N.Y. : Aperture : Distributed in the U.S. by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published Date
1987
Physical Description
144 pages : color illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
China
Bhutan
Nepal
Peru
Chile
Photography
Hiking
Travel
Abstract
Pertains to trekking in China, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Tanzania with many photographs and expedition planners for each geographical area.
Contents
Foreward by Sir Edmund Hillary
Introduction
China:
Chapter One - The Karakoram Trek to K2
Chapter Two - Everest: The Kangshung Trek
Chapter Three - The Minya Konka Trek
Trekking in China - Expedition Planners
Bhutan:
Chapter Four - The Chomolhari Trek
The Chomolhari Trek - Expedition Planner
Nepal:
Chapter Five - Around Annapurna
Chapter Six - The Kanjiroba Trek
Trekking in Nepal - Expedition Planners
India:
Chapter Seven - The Trans-Himalaya Trek
Chapter Eight - From Kishtwar to Zanskar
Trekking in India - Expedition Planners
Peru:
Chapter Nine - The Cordillera Blanca Traverse
Chapter Ten - The Inca Highlands Trail
Trekking in Peru - Expedition Planners
Chile and Argentina:
Chapter Eleven - Trekking in Patagonia
Trekking in Patagonia - Expedition Planner
Tanzania:
Chapter Twelve - The Kilimanjaro Trek
The Kilimanjaro Trek - Expedition Planner
Photography Notes
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Notes
Signed by author - addressed to Hans Gmoser
ISBN
0893812420
Accession Number
AC637
Call Number
G504 W44 L43
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

With ice-axe and camera in the Rocky Mountains

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24926
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1889
Publisher
The Graphic
Call Number
02.6 G75w PAM O.S.
Responsibility
Rev. W. Spotswood Green (sketches)
Rev. H. Swanzy (photographs)
Publisher
The Graphic
Published Date
1889
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Glacier House
Travel
Tourism
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
Lake Louise
Lake Louise District
Selkirk Mountains
Selkirk Range
Abstract
Pertains to Glacier House and a paper read at the Royal Geographical Society by Rev. W. Spotswood Green who traversed the Selkirks accompanied by Rev. H. Swanzy in 1889 with accompanying photographs/sketches of Beaver Creek, snow shed, Glacier House kitchen staff, aftermath of a snow slide, Mount Bonney, Lower Columbia Lake, goats, Mount Lefroy and Lake Louise, and an avalanche.
Notes
In The Graphic, October 19, 1889, pp. 484 - 486
Accession Number
7830
Call Number
02.6 G75w PAM O.S.
Collection
Archives Library
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

10 records – page 1 of 1.

Back to Top