objectType:"Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)" found 9 records - Research Collections

20,000 miles : an Englishwoman's impressions in America

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

Published Date: 1939; 1938

Author: Tuke, Ada

Publisher: Southampton : G.F. Wilson

Edition: 2d ed

Call Number: 02.3 T81

Author: Tuke, Ada

Edition: 2d ed

Publisher: Southampton : G.F. Wilson

Published Date: 1939; 1938

Physical Description: 247p. : facsim., map

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

Subjects: Canada

Notes: Rocky Mountains, p.57-59

Accession Number: 19500

Call Number: 02.3 T81

Collection: Archives Library

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Canada : its history, productions and natural resources

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

Published Date: 1886

Author: prepared under the direction of John Carling ; [by George Johnson].

Publisher: Ottawa: Department of Agriculture Canada

Call Number: 08.1 J62c

Author: prepared under the direction of John Carling ; [by George Johnson].

Publisher: Ottawa: Department of Agriculture Canada

Published Date: 1886

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

Subjects: Canada; History-Canada; History

Abstract: Published shortly after Canadian confederation of 1867, the Canadian Handbook was written to commemorate the new European understanding of Canada. The publication is comprehensive, and discusses but is not limited to the following topics, confederation, geology, trade, population, education, agriculture and minerals. The book serves to tell the story of a new united Canada which had not previously existed in the European psyche. Serving as both a handbook and condensed history, the book offers readers a glimpse into early Canada, as well as colonial settlement.

Contents: Climate (pg. 1-13); Extent (pg. 13-16); Historical Sketch (pg. 16-32); Confederation (pg. 33-35); Constitution (pg. 35-42); Population (pg. 42-52); Land (pg. 52-64); Geological Survey (pg. 64-67); Public Debt (pg. 67-69); Revenue and Expenditure (pg. 70-73); Trade and Commerce (pg. 70-73); Transport service (pg. 81-101); Auxiliaries to transport service (pg. 101-105); Savings Banks (pg. 105-107); Cities of Canada (pg. 108-113); Insurance (pg. 114-115); Newspapers (pg. 115-116); Various statistics (pg. 116-118); Manufactures (pg. 118-121); Forests (pg. 121-127); Education (pg. 126-127); Agriculture (pg. 127-131); Minerals (pg. 131-142); Fisheries (pg. 143-145); Shipping (pg. 146); Prices in Canada (pg. 147); Animal life and hunting grounds (pg. 148-160)

Notes: At head of title: Colonial and Indian Exhibition, London, 1886.; Authorship claimed by George Johnson in prefatory note.

Accession Number: 2019.71

Call Number: 08.1 J62c

Collection: Archives Library

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A climber's guide to the Rocky Mountains of Canada

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

Published Date: 1930

Author: Palmer, Howard and J. Monroe Thorington

Publisher: [Philadelphia] American Alpine Club

Edition: second edition

Call Number: 01.4 P18a

Author: Palmer, Howard and J. Monroe Thorington

Responsibility: Howard Palmer and J. Monroe Thorington

Edition: second edition

Publisher: [Philadelphia] American Alpine Club

Published Date: 1930

Physical Description: [244] pages

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

Subjects: American Alpine Club; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Canadian Rockies; Guide; Mountain guides; Canada; Mountaineering

Abstract: Pertains to a comprehensive climbing guide based on the mountains in the Canadian Rockies. The book was likely to be considered an invaluable resource for mountaineers based on the complexity and detail of the information provided. In detail, the guide offers insight into the approximate locations, elevation gains, climbing distances/time, and additional relevant information pertaining to climbing in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.

Contents: Part one: international boundary to Kicking Horse pass; Part two: Kicking Horse pass to Yellowhead pass; Part three: Yellowhead pass to Jasper pass

Accession Number: 2019.48

Call Number: 01.4 P18a

Collection: Archives Library

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Coloured spectacles

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

Published Date: 1938

Author: Niven, Frederick

Publisher: London : Collins

Call Number: 02 N64

Author: Niven, Frederick

Publisher: London : Collins

Published Date: 1938

Physical Description: 352p

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

Subjects: Canada

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: 02 N64

Collection: Archives Library

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Edward W. D. Holway : a pioneer of the Canadian Alps

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

Published Date: 1931

Author: Palmer, Howard

Publisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press

Call Number: 01.4 Pa18e

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Author: Palmer, Howard

Responsibility: Howard Palmer

Publisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press

Published Date: 1931

Physical Description: 81p. : ill., port., map

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Canada; Selkirk Range; Botany

Abstract: Mountaineers will find in this little volume the authentic account of the ascents in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks which made the name of E. W. D. Holway so well known to the climbing fraternity not many years ago. Readers who may never have seen a mountain will enjoy the book simply as the true tale of a remarkable man whogave up commercial pursuits to become a professor of botany and an explorer of little-known Alpine ranges. The book is composed largely of Mr. Holway’s intimate letters and diaries which tell his story with an engaging touch that continually makes light of the dangers, difficulties and hardships inseparable from pioneer work. The trials and tribulations of “backpacking” are graphically portrayed by the author. The book was designed to cover, as a part of a well-rounded biography, the mountaineering experiences of its subject. We think that the task has been well done and commend the work to the attention of readers interested in the Canadian Alps. Mr. Palmer’s book, with an introduction by the late Professor J. Arthur Harris, former head of the Department of Botany at the University of Minnesota, is enriched with illustrations of many of the peaks referred to in the text. It is very well printed and attractive in format. (From American Alpine Club)

Contents: Preface; A pioneer of the Canadian Alps; Earliest climbs; The maturity of mountaineer; The first expedition into the Cariboos; Conclusion; Supplementary letters; List of ascents and explorations by Edward W.D. Holway; Mountaineering papers by Edward W.D. Holway