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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
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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
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Around the world in a dugout canoe : the untold story of Captain John Voss and the Tilikum

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24995
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2019
Author
MacFarlane, John
Salmon, Lynn J.
Publisher
Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Publishing
Call Number
02.1 M11a
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Author
MacFarlane, John
Salmon, Lynn J.
Responsibility
John M, MacFarlane
Lynn J. Salmon
Publisher
Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Publishing
Published Date
2019
Physical Description
268 p.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Travel
Tourism
Luxton, Norman
Voss, John Claus
Canoeing
Sailing
Abstract
"For three years Voss and the Tilikum, aided by a rotating cast of characters, visited Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Brazil and finally England, weathering heavy gales at sea and attracting large crowds of spectators on shore. The austere on-board conditions and simple navigational equipment Voss used throughout the voyage are a testimony to his skill and to the solid construction of the Nuu-Chah-Nulth vessel. Both Voss and his original mate, newspaperman N.K. Luxton, later wrote about their journey in accounts compromised by poor memories, brazen egos and outright lies. Stories of murder, cannibalism and high-seas terror have been repeated elsewhere without any regard to the truth. Now, over a century later, a full and fair account of the voyage--and the magnitude of Voss’s accomplishment--is at last fully detailed. In this groundbreaking work, marine historians John MacFarlane and Lynn Salmon sift fact from fiction, critically examining the claims of Voss’s and Luxton’s manuscripts against research from libraries, archives, museums and primary sources around the world. Including unpublished photographs, letters and ephemera from the voyage, Around the World in a Dugout Canoe tells the real story of a little-understood character and his cedar canoe. It is an enduring story of courage, adventure, sheer luck and at times tragedy."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents
John Claus Voss -- Treasure Hunting in the Xora -- Norman Kenny Luxton -- “Out-Slocuming” Joshua Slocum -- Preparing to Voyage -- Across the Pacific -- Penrhyn Island and Beyond -- The Mate Walter Louis Begent -- Australia -- New Zealand -- South Africa -- Brazil and up the Atlantic to England -- Repatriation to Victoria -- The Sea Queen, the Tilikum II and Voss’s Last Years.
Notes
Contains materials from the Luxton family fonds from the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies Archives & Library
Signed by John MacFarlane
ISBN
9781550178791
Accession Number
2019.106
Call Number
02.1 M11a
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Link to publication on publisher's website
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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
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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
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Castle in the wilderness : the story of the Banff Springs Hotel

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24950
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2019
Author
Robinson, Bart
Publisher
Banff, AB : Summerthought Publishing
Edition
1st Edition
Call Number
08.5 R55c
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Author
Robinson, Bart
Responsibility
Bart Robinson
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Banff, AB : Summerthought Publishing
Published Date
2019
Physical Description
160 p.; illus.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Hotels
History
Travel
Tourism
Banff Springs Hotel
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
Abstract
A Castle in the Wilderness: The Story of the Banff Springs Hotel is the definitive historical record of one of the world’s most famous mountain resorts. The story navigates the hotel’s early history from its construction by the Canadian Pacific Railway to the glittering era of the 1920s through to the changes of modern times. Local author and historian Bart Robinson has been exploring and writing about the Banff Springs Hotel since the 1970s. In A Castle in the Wilderness he combines a complete hotel history with rich anecdotes and snippets of the past that have enriched Banff and indeed Canada, from the hotel’s links to the construction of the transcontinental rail line to the visits of maharajahs and movie stars.How did such a gracious hotel come to be in the wilds of the Canadian Rockies? How much did it cost to build? Who designed it? Who selected its furnishings? Which famous visitors has it hosted? And why is now known as the Fairmont Banff Springs? These and many more questions are answered in the Castle in the Wilderness. (from publisher's website)
Contents
Introduction
Origins of a Hotel
Grand Designs
Vistas and Vendettas
Growing Pains
Towers and Troubles
Princes and Politicians
Out of the Fire
A Brief But Golden Moment
Tribulations and Triumph
A Second Century
Into the New Millenium
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
Credits
Acknowledgements
About the Author
ISBN
9781926983356
Accession Number
2019.89
Call Number
08.5 R55c
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Link to publishers website where publication can been purchased
Websites
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Chautauqua serenade : violinist Ruth Bowers on tour, 1910-1912

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15271
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2015
Author
Sherwood, Jay
Publisher
Halfmoon Bay, BC : Caitlin Press
Call Number
06.2 Sh5c
Author
Sherwood, Jay
Publisher
Halfmoon Bay, BC : Caitlin Press
Published Date
2015
Physical Description
224 pages, illustrations, maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
British Columbia
Music
Travel
United States
Women
ISBN
9781927575697
Accession Number
P2016 - 73,000 - 02
Call Number
06.2 Sh5c
Collection
Archives Library
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Dining with Canadian Railways : Volume I - Canadian Pacific chinaware

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19845
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2018
Author
Smith, Will
Publisher
[Nanaimo, British Columbia], Canada : David William (Will) Smith and Ralph Beaumont
Call Number
08.5 Sm5d
  1 website  
Author
Smith, Will
Responsibility
Will Smith
Publisher
[Nanaimo, British Columbia], Canada : David William (Will) Smith and Ralph Beaumont
Published Date
2018
Physical Description
[248 pages] : illustrations (some colour), map
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Railways
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
Restaurants
Travel
Canada
Industry
History
History-Canada
Hotels
Abstract
Pertains to the chinaware used by the Canadian Pacific Railway on affiliated trains, steamships, hotels, restaurants, airlines with focus on history and specific patterns used on ceramics
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Scope and arrangement of book
Chapter 2 - Research sources
Chapter 3 - Railway
Chapter 4 - Steamships
Chapter 5 - Hotels, resorts and restaurants
Chapter 6 - Airline
Chapter 7 - The evolution of CPR's chinaware logos
Chapter 8 - The scope of chinaware and its movement withing CPR's operations
Chapter 9 - Where did al that chinaware go?
Chapter 10 - Souvenir chinaware
Chapter 11 - Fakes and reproductions
Chapter 12 - Market value
Chapter 13 - Interpreting the individual pattern listing
Chapter 14 - Railway, steamship, hotel and restaurant patterns
Chapter 15 - Affiliated Dominion Atlantic & Quebec Central patterns
Chapter 16 - Airline patterns
Appendix A - Manufacturers and their abbreviation codes
Appendix B - Patterns by manufacturer
Appendix C - Patterns by decade of introduction
Appendix D - Patterns by CPR operations
Appendix E - Hotels, resorts, bungalow camps and rest/tea houses by province
Appendix F - Railway station restaurants by province: 1892, 1907, 1920 & 1956
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Index
ISBN
9781999382100
Accession Number
2019.27
Call Number
08.5 Sm5d
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Credit Valley Railway Company Ltd. distributes publication
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Explorers' sketchbooks : the art of discovery & adventure

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19920
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2017
Author
Lewis-Jones, Huw
Herbert, Kari
Publisher
San Francisco, California : Chronicle Books
Edition
1st ed.
Call Number
N L49 E97
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Author
Lewis-Jones, Huw
Herbert, Kari
Responsibility
Huw Lewis-Jones and Kari Herbert
Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
San Francisco, California : Chronicle Books
Published Date
2017
Physical Description
320 p. : illus. (colour)
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Art
Travel
Maps
Botany
Ecology
Anthropology
Tourism
Abstract
The sketchbook has been the one constant in explorers' kits for centuries of adventure. Often private, they are records of immediate experiences and discoveries, and in their pages we can see what the explorers themselves encountered. This remarkable book showcases 70 such sketchbooks, kept by intrepid men and women as they journeyed perilous and unknown environments—frozen wastelands, high mountains, barren deserts, and dense rainforests—with their senses wide open. Figures such as Charles Darwin and Sir Edmund Hillary are joined here by lesser-known explorers such as Adela Breton, who braved the jungles of Mexico to make a record of Mayan monuments. Here are profiles, expedition details, and the artwork of pioneering explorers and mapmakers, botanists and artists, ecologists and anthropologists, eccentrics and visionaries. Here is the art of discovery. (from publisher's website)
Contents
Foreward
Introduction
The sketchbooks
Biographies
Selected reading
Illustration credits
Acknowledgements
Index
Notes
Signed by Huw Lewis-Jones "Banff 2017"
ISBN
9780452158273
Accession Number
AC635
Call Number
N L49 E97
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
URL Notes
Publisher's website
Websites
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Family walks and hikes in the Canadian Rockies. Volume 1 : Bragg Creek - Kananaskis - Bow Valley - Banff National Park

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25204
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2019
Author
Nugara, Andrew
Publisher
[Victoria, BC] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
Call Number
02.6 N89f Vol. 1
  1 website  
Author
Nugara, Andrew
Responsibility
Andrew Nugara
Publisher
[Victoria, BC] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
Published Date
2019
Physical Description
xx, 156 pages) : color illustrations, color maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Hiking
Travel
Banff National Park
Kootenay National Park
Highways
Highways - Alberta
Kananaskis Country
Maps
Lake Louise
Lake Louise - Roads & Trails
Abstract
Family Walks and Hikes is an exciting new series of books written specifically for outdoor enthusiasts of all ages and abilities. These accurate, attractive guides feature expertly curated routes, informative maps, and colour photographs. The first book for the Canadian Rockies in the series brings together an inspiring collection of comfortable walks and spectacular hikes for visitors and locals looking for unique, guided wanderings in a number of diverse locations in the Rockies, including: Elbow Falls Powderface Ridge Troll Falls Elbow Lake Grotto Canyon Grassi Lakes Tunnel Mountain Johnston Canyon Stanley Glacier Plain Of Six Glaciers Bow Summit Ranging from charmingly easy to moderately challenging, these hikes are all accessible from reliable roads and popular staging areas. In addition, each hike is accompanied by a clear, colourful map, step by step directions, and full-colour photographs. Each route includes: detailed directions to trailheads colour maps and photographs seasonal information round-trip distances trail commentary difficulty ratings (from Rocky Mountain Books website)
Contents
Introduction
Area Maps
Highway 66, The Elbow
Highway 40 South, Kananaskis Trail
Highway 1, Bow Valley, Canmore, Highway 742 South
Banff
Kootenay National Park
Lake Louise
Icefield Parkway (Highway 93 North(
Important Contacts
Acknowledgements
ISBN
9781771602242
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
02.6 N89f Vol. 1
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Publishers website
Websites
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