topic:"Climatology" found 30 records - Research Collections

Fortress Mountain Summit Registers and Notes

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: Files consist of summit notes and summit registers from Fortress Mountain produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1992 and 2005. Summit records include entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurr…

Date Range: 1992-1999; 2002-2005

Reference Code: M200 / V / A / 34 to 36

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Organization record

Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M200; V14; S6

Series: M200 / V: Summit Records

Sous-Fonds: M200

Sub-Series: M200 / V / A: Identified Summit Records

Accession Number: accn. 2023.10; accn. 7779

Reference Code: M200 / V / A / 34 to 36

GMD: Textual record; Organization record

Responsibility: Summit Registers and Notes produced by Alpine Club of Canada

Date Range: 1992-1999; 2002-2005

Physical Description: 3 volumes 4 cm of textual records

History / Biographical: Fortress Mountain is located in Kananaskis Country, near Spray Valley, Banff National Park and Peter Lougheed Provincial Park. It was originally a mountain ski resort. The films, Inception, The Bourne Legacy, The Claim, The Revenant and others were filmed in the area. Canadian climate researchers have used the area of Fortress Mountain Resort to study the effects of climate change in the area.

Scope & Content: Files consist of summit notes and summit registers from Fortress Mountain produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1992 and 2005. Summit records include entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while at the summit, wildlife sightings, trail updates, and related topics. Files include: M200 / V / A / 34: Fortress Mountain Summit register Aug. 16, 1992 - Aug. 13, 1995 M200 / V / A / 35: [Fortress Mountain? 1995 - 1999] M200 / V / A / 36: Fortress Mountain Sep 15, 2002 - Aug 13, 2005

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada

Subject Access: Alberta; Alpine Club of Canada; Avalanches; Backcountry skiing; Backpacking; Banff National Park; Bow Valley; Climatology; Climbing; Conservation; Environment; Environment and Nature; Films and film making; Fortress Mountain; Helicopters; Hiking; Mountain; Mountaineers; Mountaineering; Mountains; National parks and reserves; Parks; Provincial parks and reserves; Ski mountaineering; Skiing; Sports and leisure; Sports and recreation; Summit; Trails; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff National Park; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Kananaskis Country; Rocky Mountains; Spray Valley

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English; Mandarin; Japanese; Korean

Related Material: M235

Category: Environment; Exploration and travel; Sports, recreation and leisure

Biographical Source Notes: Fortress Mountain and the false promise of public participation in Alberta, March 2020, Shaun Fluker, In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 28, No.1, March 2020, p. 6 - 8, The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal. Whyte Archives Library Call Number: P

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Geochemistry of karst waters in North America : proceedings of the 6th International Congress of Speleology, Olomouc, U.S.S.R., 1976

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

Published Date: 1976

Author: Harmon, Russell S

Publisher: Prague : Academia

Call Number: 03.5 H22g Pam

Author: Harmon, Russell S

Responsibility: Russell S. Harmon, D.C. Ford [et al.]

Publisher: Prague : Academia

Published Date: 1976

Physical Description: p.103-114

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

Subjects: Climatology

Notes: Bibliography

Accession Number: 3052

Call Number: 03.5 H22g Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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I. B. Waterton Park Flood, June 8-9, 1964

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Part Of: Charlie Russell fonds

Scope & Content: Subseries consists of 18 black and white 4x5 negatives pertaining to documentation of the Waterton Lakes flood of 1964.

Date Range: 1964

Reference Code: V557 / I / B

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Part Of: Charlie Russell fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: V557

Series: I

Sous-Fonds: V557

Sub-Series: B

Accession Number: 7728

Reference Code: V557 / I / B

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1964

Physical Description: 18 photographs: 18 negatives: b&w; 4x5.

Scope & Content: Subseries consists of 18 black and white 4x5 negatives pertaining to documentation of the Waterton Lakes flood of 1964.

Name Access: Russell, Andrew Charles (Charlie)

Subject Access: Climatology; Environment

Geographic Access: Waterton; Waterton Lakes National Park; Anthracite; Canada

Language: English

Finding Aid: Revised digital and original handwritten in case file

Creator: Charlie Russell

Category: Environment

Title Source: Label on original 4x5 box negatives were housed in (label housed with negatives in mylar sleeve).

Processing Status: Processed

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The ice age problem

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

Published Date: 1941

Author: Knoche, Walter

Publisher: Washington (D.C.) : Smithsonian Institution

Call Number: 03.5 K75 Pam

Author: Knoche, Walter

Publisher: Washington (D.C.) : Smithsonian Institution

Published Date: 1941

Physical Description: 5p

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

Series: Smithsonian miscellaneous collections, vol.99, no.22

Subjects: Climatology; Glaciers; Radiation

Accession Number: 10000

Call Number: 03.5 K75 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Interglacial chronology of the Rocky and MacKenzie Mountains based upon 230 (Th) - 234 (U) dating of Calcite speleothems

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

Published Date: 1977

Author: Harmon, Russell S

Call Number: 03.2 H22i Pam

Author: Harmon, Russell S

Responsibility: by Russell S. Harmon, Derek C. Ford, and Henry P. Schwarcz

Published Date: 1977

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

Subjects: Climatology; Karst

Notes: From Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v.14, no. 11, 1977

Call Number: 03.2 H22i Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Legacy in time : three generations of mountain photography in the Canadian West

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

Published Date: 2014

Author: Vaux, Henry

Publisher: Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books

Call Number: 06.4 V46l c.1; 06 V46l c.2

Author: Vaux, Henry

Responsibility: Henry Vaux Jr.

Publisher: Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: 2014

Physical Description: 125 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits, maps ; 23 cm

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

Subjects: Climatology; Environment; Glaciers; Hydrology; Photographers; Photography; Rocky Mountains, Canada; Vaux family

Notes: Includes bibliography references; Repeat photography of glacier formations in the mountains of Western Canada, comparing the photographs taken by Vaux family members in the late 19th and early 20th century with photographs taken by Henry Vaux Jr. of in the early 21st century