topic:"Lake Minnewanka" found 49 records - Research Collections

Geological map

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24686

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

Published Date: 1971

Publisher: Dept. of Energy, Mines and Resources

Call Number: C7-1.7(b); C7-1.7(c)

Publisher: Dept. of Energy, Mines and Resources

Published Date: 1971

Physical Description: Colour

Scale: 1:50,000

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

Subjects: Lake Minnewanka 1271A (East half); Lake Minnewanka 1271A (West half)

Accession Number: 3000

Call Number: C7-1.7(b); C7-1.7(c)

Collection: Archives Library

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Geological Map

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24687

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

Published Date: 1972

Publisher: G.S.C., Dept of Energy, Mines and Resources

Call Number: C7-1.7(d)

Publisher: G.S.C., Dept of Energy, Mines and Resources

Published Date: 1972

Physical Description: Colour

Scale: 1:50,000

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

Subjects: Lake Minnewanka

Notes: Diagrammatic structure cross-sections A-B, C-D, and E-F, to accompany map 1347A, Lake Minnewanka (East Half)

Accession Number: 5500

Call Number: C7-1.7(d)

Collection: Archives Library

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Geological Map

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24688

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

Published Date: 1972

Publisher: G.S.C., Det. of Energy, Mines and Resources

Call Number: C7-1.7(e)

Publisher: G.S.C., Det. of Energy, Mines and Resources

Published Date: 1972

Physical Description: Colour

Scale: 1:50,000

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

Subjects: Lake Minnewanka 1347A (East half)

Accession Number: 5500

Call Number: C7-1.7(e)

Collection: Archives Library

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

George Paris photographs : [film negatives, group 4]

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions15038

Part Of: George Paris fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of black and white negative photographs that pertain to George Paris family, friends, activities, recreation and sports; Banff people, places and events; Banff area and Canadian Rockies views. Photographs predominantly depict Paris children playing, Banff hot springs, friends of the …

Date Range: 1906-1918

Reference Code: V484 / I / B / NA - 300 to NA - 400

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

101 images

Part Of: George Paris fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V484

Series: V484 / I : Negatives

Sous-Fonds: V484

Sub-Series: V484 / I / B : Film

Reference Code: V484 / I / B / NA - 300 to NA - 400

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1906-1918

Physical Description: 101 photographs : b&w negatives, film ; 11 x 12.2 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of black and white negative photographs that pertain to George Paris family, friends, activities, recreation and sports; Banff people, places and events; Banff area and Canadian Rockies views. Photographs predominantly depict Paris children playing, Banff hot springs, friends of the Paris family, parade, and Sanitarium personnel.

Name Access: Paris, Cyril; Paris, George; Paris, Georgina; Paris, Ida; Paris, Herb; Paris, Ted; Atkin, Gilbert M.; Edwards, Chess

Subject Access: Children; Family; Family and personal life; Personal and Family Life; Winter; Bow River; Boats; Lake Minnewanka; Cascade Mountain; Horses; Dogs; Rundle Mountain; Hot Springs; Automobiles

Geographic Access: Rundle Mountain; Cascade Mountain; Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta; Lake Minnewanka; Bow River

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Title Source: Title based on contents of series. Sub-title reflects imposed division of series contents into manageable units for description purposes

Content Details: LIST OF NEGATIVES (V484/NA - 300 to 400):; 300 Children sitting in boxes in the yard, 1907?; 301 Children on woodpile, [1907?]; 302 [Ida Paris?], with two children and a dog, [1907?]; 303 George Paris with Cyril and Georgia, 1907; 304 Georgia Paris in buggy, 1907; 305 Georgie Paris in the grass, 1907; 306, 307 Ida Paris with Georgia and Cyril, 1907; 308 Ida Paris with Georgie, 1907; 309 Cyril Paris, 1906; 310 George Paris in a fur coat, 1909; 311, 312 Cyril Paris and cat, 1906; 313, 314 Ida Paris and Cyril in boat on Bow River, 1906; 315 Ida Paris and Cyril in the woods, 1906; 316 Ida Paris with rabbits, 1918; 317 Herb and Ted Paris with rabbits, 1918; 318 One of the Paris twins with rabbits, 1918; 319 Paris twins, 1916; 320 Cyril Georgie Ida and one of the twins at Lake Minnewanka with woman, 1918; 321 Georgie, Herb and Ted Paris with woman and girl, 1918; 322 Herb and Ted Paris, 1918; 323 George Paris with Ted and Herb at Lake Minnewanka, 1918; 324 Cyril, Georgie, Ted and Herb Paris sitting on large rock at Lake Minnewanka, 1918; 325 Paris children at Lake Minnewanka, 1918; 326 Georgie Paris at Lake Minnewanka, 1918; 327 [Ida Paris] and Georgia at Lake Minnewanka, 1918; 328, 329 Cyril Paris, another child and a dog back of the Tearoom, 1907; 330 Paris twins with 2 other children, 1918; 331 Ida Paris and her sister with the children in carriage at Lake Minnewanka, 1910; 332, 333 Ida Paris and her sister with their children at Lake Minnewanka, 1910; 334 Ida Paris and her sister Emma with their children on tour boat at Lake Minnewanka, [ca.1910]; 335 Children of Emma (Ida Paris's sister), 1910; 336, 337 Cyril and Georgia Paris with children of Ida sister Emma, 1910; 338 Son of Ida Paris' sister Emma, 1910; 339 Four children playing including [Georgie and Cyril], 1910; 340 [Ida Paris?] watching 4 children playing, 1910; 341 Dr. Atkin and Monty Scarth on Tunnel Mountain, 1912; 342 Georgie, Paris and Monty Scarth on Tunnel Mountain, 1912; 343, 344 Paris tearoom and house, 1912; 345 Ruby Edwards, Georgie Paris, Ida Paris, Cyril Paris, Mrs. Barbour, Ted and Herb Paris, Ted and Murray Barbour at [Banff Springs Hotel?],,1917; 346 Ida Paris and Mrs. Barbour and their children on wooden bridge, 1917; 347 Charlie Barbour, Chess Edwards, Georgie Paris, Ruby Edwards, Cyril Paris, Ted Barbour, Mrs. Barbour, Ida Paris, Herb and Ted Paris, Rupert Edwards 1917; 348, 349 Mrs. Paris and Mrs. Barbour and their children in the woods, 1917; 350, 351 [Mrs. Paris?] and [Mrs. Barbour?] and one child in the woods, 1917; 352 Girls with parasols, 1917; 353 Mrs. Paris and Mrs. Barbour and their children in auto on Banff Avenue, 1917; 354 to 358 [Mrs. Paris? and Mrs. Barbour?] and their children in Hot Springs Pool, 1917; 359 [Bevan Ashton?] and George Paris wearing masks during the flu epidemic of 1918; 360 George and Ida Paris [1918?]; 361 to 363 Ida Paris with Cyril and Georgie, 1907; 364, 365 George and Ida Paris with Cyril and Georgie, 1907; 366, 367 Ida Paris and twins Ted and Herb on boat trip up river, 1917; 368, 369 Ida Paris and twins Ted and Herb in woods, 1917; 370 George Paris at Hot springs, 1918; 371 Georgie Paris in hammock, 1918; 372, 373 Ida Paris and twins Herb and Ted and the Tearoom girls, Mrs. Weiberg in the centre, 1916; 374 Paris tearoom girls; 375 [Paris tea room girls?], [1916?]; 376, 377 First autos in Banff, 1916; 378, 379 Effigy of Kiser [Kaiser] Victory Parade, 1918; 380 Wagon in Victory Parade, 1918; 381 to 383 Group of people at the Sanitarium, 1913; 384 [Man and woman at Sanitarium, 1913?; 385 Manager of Sanitarium [H. Scarth] at Lake Minnewanka, [ca.1918]; 386 Hockey match including Dr. Brett, [ca.1918]; 387 Hockey match, [ca.1918]; 388, 389 John Lawrence (Brett's druggist); 390 [Ruby Edwards and family?], [ca.1918]; 391 [George Paris] with man and woman, [ca.1918]; 392 Baby, [ca.1918]; 393 One of the Tearoom girls in front of a tent, [ca.1918]; 394 Tearoom girls in front of a tent, [ca.1918]; 395 Women sitting on a tree stump, [ca.1918]; 396 Women and child on steps of Cave Tearoom; 397 Paris Tearoom girls [McDonald girls?] on back step, [ca.1918]; 398, 399 Paris Tearoom girls, [ca.1918]; 400 Paris Tearoom girls [Annie, Flossie and Susie?], [ca.1918]

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

George Paris photographs : [film negatives, group 9]

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions15043

Part Of: George Paris fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of black and white negative photographs that pertain to George Paris family, friends, activities, recreation and sports; Banff people, places and events; Banff area and Canadian Rockies views. Photographs predominantly depict Paris family and dogs, winter street scenes, Lake Minnewan…

Date Range: 1898, [ca.1911]-1927

Reference Code: V484 / I / B / NA - 801 to NA - 835

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Negative; Photograph

42 images

Part Of: George Paris fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V484

Series: V484 / I : Negatives

Sous-Fonds: V484

Sub-Series: V484 / I / B : Film

Reference Code: V484 / I / B / NA - 801 to NA - 835

GMD: Negative; Photograph

Date Range: 1898, [ca.1911]-1927

Physical Description: 35 negatives [42 photographs] : b&w negatives, film ; 15 x 9 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of black and white negative photographs that pertain to George Paris family, friends, activities, recreation and sports; Banff people, places and events; Banff area and Canadian Rockies views. Photographs predominantly depict Paris family and dogs, winter street scenes, Lake Minnewanka dam before and after construction.

Name Access: Paris, Cyril; Paris, Ida; Paris, George; Paris, Georgina; Paris, Herb; Paris, Ted; White, Dave; White, Cliff

Subject Access: Dams; Banff; Family; Lake Minnewanka; Lake Minnewanka Power Development; Dogs; Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Automobiles

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta; Lake Minnewanka; Devil's Canyon

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Title Source: Title based on contents of series. Sub-title reflects imposed division of series contents into manageable units for description purposes

Content Details: LIST OF NEGATIVES (V484/NA - 801 to 835):; 801, 802 [Cyril Paris?], [ca.1926]; 803 Ida Paris, [ca.1926]; 804 [Ida and Georgie?] Paris, [ca.1926]; 805 Ida, Cyril, Ted and Herb Paris with woman, [ca.1926]; 806 Ida, Cyril, Ted and Herb Paris, [ca.1926]; 807 Ida, Cyril, Georgie, Herb and Ted Paris, [ca.1926]; 808 Group including Ida, Georgie, and Cyril Paris, [ca.1926]; 809 Boys, [ca.1926]; 810 Ida Paris with three friends, [ca.1926]; 811 Ida Paris and friend, [ca.1926]; 812 Ida, Cyril, Herb and Ted Paris, [ca.1926]; 813 Group of people, [ca.1926]; 814 Views on a ship, [ca.1926]; 815 Mr. and Mrs. Dave White, Ida Paris, Cliff White in potato patch, 1927; 816 [Bankhead band?] on Banff Avenue; 817 Children; 818 Child in front of Brewster Hall; 819 Woman and child; 820 Men in front of Brewster Hall; 821 Banff Avenue in winter; 822, 823 Man with snow covered auto on Banff Avenue; 824 Snow covered auto on Banff Avenue; 825 Sid Collins and dog "Pig" in boat on creek with Mount Rundle in the background, 1898; 826 Group by summit cairn - first climb of the Alpine Club over 10,000 feet with Wheeler; 827 to 829 Devil's Canyon before the dam; 830 [Devil's Canyon?]; 831 Calgary Power dam on Devil's Canyon at Lake Minnewanka; 832 Lake Minnewanka and Mount Inglismaldie; 833 Trees; 834 R.C.M.P. members at side of barracks; 835 Banff Avenue, [ca.1911]

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

George Paris photographs : [glass negatives]

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions15034

Part Of: George Paris fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of black and white glass negative photographs that pertain to George Paris family, friends, activities, recreation and sports; Banff people, places and events; Banff area and Canadian Rockies views. Photographs depict the Banff townsite, winter sports, views from mountain summits, and…

Date Range: 1893-1911

Reference Code: V484 / I / A / NG - 1 to NG - 106

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Negative; Photograph

106 images

Part Of: George Paris fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V484

Series: V484 / I : Negatives

Sous-Fonds: V484

Sub-Series: V484 / I / A : Glass

Reference Code: V484 / I / A / NG - 1 to NG - 106

GMD: Negative; Photograph

Date Range: 1893-1911

Physical Description: 106 photographs : b&w negatives, glass ; 16.3 x 12 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of black and white glass negative photographs that pertain to George Paris family, friends, activities, recreation and sports; Banff people, places and events; Banff area and Canadian Rockies views. Photographs depict the Banff townsite, winter sports, views from mountain summits, and the Sanitarium Hotel.

Notes: Duplicate positive glass slide of NG-101 depicting black bear

Name Access: Paris, Cyril; Paris, George; Paris, Ida; Edwards, Ralph; Brewster, Fern; Graves, Syd Brewster; Roper, Raymond Montague; Brett, Reginald H. (Harry); Lang, Harry; Paris, Herb; Paris, Ted; Ashton, Philip; Paris, Georgina; Galletly, David Drummond

Subject Access: Cave and Basin; Hot Springs; Banff; Banff Spring Hotel; Banff Springs Hotel; Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel; Bow River Bridge; Bow River; Mountain; Snowshoes and snowshoeing; Lake Minnewanka; Sanitarium Hotel; Sulphur Mountain; Bow River Boat House; Tunnel Mountain lookout; Hoodoos; Cascade Mountain; Vermillion Lakes; Curling; Boats; Canoes and canoeing; Fishing; Hospital; Skating; Bow Falls; Hockey; Horses; Family and personal life; Family; Dogs; Animal Paddock; Buffalo

Geographic Access: Alberta; Assiniboine; Banff; Banff National Park; Canmore; Devil's Canyon; Lake Minnewanka; Mount Assiniboine; Mount Edith; Mount Rundle

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Title Source: Title based on contents of series and sub-series

Content Details: LIST OF NEGATIVES (V484/NG - 1 to 106):; 1 Interior of cave at Cave and Basin sulphur springs, Banff; 2 Banff Springs Hotel from Tunnel Mountain, [ca.1904]; 3 Cascade Mountain and Bow River bridge, 1904?; 4 Mount Rundle and Bow River bridge, 1904; 5 Group on snowshoes; 6 Banff Springs Hotel and Mount Rundle, 1904?; 7 Sanitarium Hotel after heavy snowfall, 1903; 8 Brett House and Sanitarium Hotel, 1898; 9 Brett House, 1903?; 10 Brett House, 1903; 11 Sulphur Mountain Observatory, 1903; 12 Bow River Boat House at sunset; 13 Grand View Villa at the Upper Hot Springs, 1905; 14 Paris house-under construction on Banff Avenue, 1902; 15 N.W.M.P. barracks at Banff?; 16 Sanitarium Hotel and Bow River bridge, 1908; 17 Ida and Cyril Paris behind buildings at Lake Minnewanka, 1904; 18 [Casey Oliver?] and interior of Brett Drug Store; 19 Brett Drug Store (first drug store in Banff); 20 Charlie Barbour and Miss Thomson in school room, [ca.1905]; 21 Tunnel Mountain, east side, and Bow Valley looking east; 22 Hoodoos on Tunnel Mountain, Banff; 23 Mount Rundle from the Cave and Basin Road, 1900; 24 Cascade Mountain and Bow River after rainstorm, 1902; 25 North face of Mount Rundle from Loop Drive; 26 Mount Edith and the Bow River; 27 Mount Rundle and Forty Mile Creek; 28 Middle hot springs before it caved in, 1898; 29 Mount Rundle and Forty Mile Creek in winter; 30 Vermilion Lake in winter; 31 Taxidermist Bob Robertson with large sheep head; 32 Curling at Banff Front to back: Arthur Saddington, Ralph Edwards, Bill Mather; 33 Group on the porch of the Brett Sanitarium Hotel, 1893; 34 Hartley going over Bow Falls in boat, 1902; 35 George Paris skating on old curling rink, 1901; 36 Ida Paris and Mrs. Hatfield boating on Echo Creek, [ca.1900]; 37 Ida Paris in canoe on Echo Creek ca, 1900; 38 Ida Paris in boat on Forty Mile Creek, 1899; 39 Ida Paris fishing from boat on channel between First and Second Vermilion Lakes (Boulder Creek), 1899; 40 George Paris fishing from boat on channel between First and Second Vermilion Lakes, 1899; 41, 42 Group outside hospital. Front: Fern Brewster, Claude Frost, Vivian Galletly holding Adeline Fulcher, Jack Frost (Brewster), Syd Frost (later Mrs. Syd Graves). Back row: Ethel Fulcher Ronald, Ida Paris holding Cyril, Mrs. William Frost (later Mrs. Bill Brewster), Mrs. Celia (Lowther) Harrison, Mrs. Jim Brewster, 1904; 43 George and Ida Paris, 1903; 44 George Paris skating an Forty Mile Creek, 1905; 45 George Paris snowshoeing on the Bow River, 1901; 46 Bodyguard (Sikhs) of Duke of Cornwall and York (later King George V) during Banff visit, 1901; 47 [Three nurses?] and Chinese man [at Brett Hospital?]; 48 Dr. White, [Raymond Rooper?], Dr. R. G. Brett, Mrs. Brett's sister, Mrs. Brett, Harry Brett at the Brett home, [ca.1903]; 49 George Paris skating on the Bow River, 1905; 50 George Paris skating on Willow Creek, 1905; 51 Ida Paris and others in the Basin, 1900; 52 George Paris skating on the Bow River, [ca.1905]; 53 George Paris snowshoeing on Bow Falls, 1902; 54 Nurse McLauchlin and another nurse in Sanitarium Hospital; 55 Sydney Frost (Brewster) (later Mrs. Syd Graves); 56 Dr. White, Marion Cardell, Mrs. Brett, Dr. R. G. Brett, Mrs. Brett's sister, [ca.1903]; 57 Sid Baker on snowshoes; 58 Group at Lake Minnewanka: Ida Paris with Cyril, Mrs. Fulcher with Ronald, Miss Thompson, Charley Barbour, and two girls, 1904; 59 Ida Parts and Cyril, 1904; 60 Hockey game on Banff's first skating rink on the Bow River, 1894; 61 Chinese laundrymen [or cooks?] at the Sanitarium Hotel, [ca.1898]; 62 Raymond Rooper with baby and dog, ca. 1903; 63 Raymond Rooper and Mrs. Donna Rooper, ca. 1903; 64 Ida Paris with Cyril and Nurse McLauchlin, 1904; 65 Ida Paris, Guusie Atkinson, Harry Lang and Harry Symonds with Cyril Paris, 1904; 66 Cyril Paris in baby carriage, 1904; 67 Ida Paris and Kit Storry, 1903; 68 Herb and Ted Parts with nurses, 1911; 69 Ida Paris with kitten Murphy; 70 [Cyril Paris?] in the backyard, 1905?; 71 Nurse Natress and three guests at the Sanitarium Hotel; 72 Mrs. Brett, Dr. White, Marion Cardell, Dr. Brett, and woman, [ca.1903]; 73 Ida Paris and three ladies on horses on top of Sulphur Mountain, 1901; 74 Frank, Cyril (baby), Ida and George Paris, 1905; 75 Ida and Cyril Paris, 1904; 76 Ida and Georgie Paris, 1909; 77 George and Ida Paris with baby Cyril, 1905; 78 Phillip Ashton with Cyril, Ida and Georgie Paris, 1909; 79 Ida and Cyril Paris, 1905; 80 Ida Winberg (Paris), Charlie Barbour, Ruby Bryant during picnic on the river, 1902; 81 Ida Paris with Cyril and Nurse McLauchlin, 1904; 82 Echo Creek, 1899; 83 Camp near Mount Assiniboine during pack trip led by Bill Peyto, 1900; 84 Bow River and boathouse at Banff; 85 Cerulean Lake; 86 The Three Sisters; 87 View of the summit of Mount Rundle showing Sulphur Mountain and the Bow Valley; 88 Devil's Canyon; 89 Basin end bathhouse with D. D. Galletly; 90 View looking west from Banff? after snowstorm, 1906; 91 Old Banff bridge, Banff town site and Cascade Mountain, 1898; 92 View from summit of Mount Rundle, 1898; 93 View from summit of Mount Rundle showing Mount Assiniboine and Sulphur Range, 1899; 94 Falls at Upper Hot Springs, 1898; 95 Mount Rundle reflected in the Bow River; 96 Lime kiln on Tunnel Mountain above Deer Street, 1897; 97 View from Sulphur Mountain showing Banff town site, Cascade Mountain, Tunnel Mountain, and the Bow Valley, 1898; 98 Town of Banff from Tunnel Mountain, [ca.1900]; 99 Cascade Mountain, Bow River bridge and town of Banff, {ca.1900]; 100 View of Banff town site and fire at Bankhead from the Sanitarium Hotel, 1905; 101 Fred Ballard's bear; 102 Dr. Brett's greyhounds; 103 Goats in animal paddocks; 104 Mountain sheep head; 105 Buffalo herd with Mount Rundle in the background, 1901; 106 Buffalo herd, 1900

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Lake

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions52097

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a lake - possibly Minnewanka - with logs on shore in foreground - mountains in background

Date Range: [ca. 1926-1950]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 319

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 3 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Various Views of Banff and Area

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 319

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1926-1950]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a lake - possibly Minnewanka - with logs on shore in foreground - mountains in background

Subject Access: Lake Minnewanka; Mountains

Geographic Access: Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Lake Minnewanka

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsmb.05.02

Artist: Bern Smith (1928 – 2009, Canadian)

Date: 1990

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SmB.05.02

Description: Colours are predominantly green, grey, purple, brown, blue and white. The foreground, which is one-third of painting, is snow, ice on the shores of blue water, mid-to right are different sizes and colours of boulders. Pine trees with sparse and feathery needles rise from behind the boulders and rea…

1 image

Artist: Bern Smith (1928 – 2009, Canadian)

Title: Lake Minnewanka

Date: 1990

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 29.5 x 34.9 cm

Description: Colours are predominantly green, grey, purple, brown, blue and white. The foreground, which is one-third of painting, is snow, ice on the shores of blue water, mid-to right are different sizes and colours of boulders. Pine trees with sparse and feathery needles rise from behind the boulders and reach up to the sky on viewer’s right hand side. The tree furthest to the right reaches the top of the painting. Trees on the shoreline stretch across the middle and rise uphill to almost the top of the painting on viewer’s left. A rocky ridge can be seen on the slope leading up to the left. The sky is white, grey, some blue and brown clouds, suggesting impending snow.

Subject: landscape; mountain lake; Canadian Rockies; Lake Minnewanka

Credit: Purchased from Brett Smith, 108 Mile Ranch, 2009

Catalogue Number: SmB.05.02

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Lake Minnewanka

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions56928

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 10 b&w prints of Lake Minnewanka. Includes mostly images of tour boats on the lake, some with big horn sheep in the foreground - also includes one contact sheet.

Date Range: 1973

Reference Code: V190 / VI / L / ii / PA - 01 to PA - 10

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

10 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, L : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: ii : Lake Minnewanka

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / L / ii / PA - 01 to PA - 10

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1973

Physical Description: 10 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 10 b&w prints of Lake Minnewanka. Includes mostly images of tour boats on the lake, some with big horn sheep in the foreground - also includes one contact sheet.