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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.150
Description
Colour: green, purple. Across the bottom and angling up left is grass with trees, three at left and two at right, along the river's edge. The green river comes in from the right side, goes left and then up right side to disappear into the far shore of dark trees. The right shore juts in from that s…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Alexander River
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
30.5 x 28 cm
Description
Colour: green, purple. Across the bottom and angling up left is grass with trees, three at left and two at right, along the river's edge. The green river comes in from the right side, goes left and then up right side to disappear into the far shore of dark trees. The right shore juts in from that side, halfway up. In the background across the top are purple mountains. Five peaks meet a green grey sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
river
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.150
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Date
1920 – 1935
Material
wood; antler; metal
Catalogue Number
108.04.0002
Description
Cane (or short alpenstock) with a very smoothly polished wooden shaft and a black cast iron pointed tip. A black chamois antelope antler forms a sharp hook attached to the shaft. Black printing on the handle reads “Staubagh.”
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Title
Alpenstock
Date
1920 – 1935
Material
wood; antler; metal
Dimensions
8.0 (widest point) x 92.0 cm
Description
Cane (or short alpenstock) with a very smoothly polished wooden shaft and a black cast iron pointed tip. A black chamois antelope antler forms a sharp hook attached to the shaft. Black printing on the handle reads “Staubagh.”
Subject
hiking
Philip Moore
organizations, Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
108.04.0002
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At the Base of Cory Mountain

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1927 – 1928
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.377
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
At the Base of Cory Mountain
Date
1927 – 1928
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
22.0 x 27.5 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.377
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Artist
Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)
Date
c. 1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
BwB.02.01
Description
General colour: blue, purple, green. Creek is surrounded on all sides by snow covered rocks and shrubs. The water comes down from the upper right of center to the lower center and of right near the bottom. In the lower left corner is a bare branched bush. Across the top is snow covered evergreens. …
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Artist
Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)
Title
Baker Creek
Date
c. 1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
90.2 x 100.2 cm
Description
General colour: blue, purple, green. Creek is surrounded on all sides by snow covered rocks and shrubs. The water comes down from the upper right of center to the lower center and of right near the bottom. In the lower left corner is a bare branched bush. Across the top is snow covered evergreens. Clear sky and a distant hill in the upper right corner.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
winter
Baker Creek
Credit
Gift of Evelyn Browne, Durham, USA, 1968
Catalogue Number
BwB.02.01
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Banff, Highland Gathering, Sept. 3-5, 1928

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Artist
Richard Jack (1866 – 1952, Canadian)
Date
c. 1928
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
JkR.02.03
Description
A Scottish Highland gathering taking place on the grounds of the Banff Springs Hotel. In the foreground are men in traditional Scottish dress. To the left of the image is a bagpiper. In the background on the right side of the image is the Banff Springs Hotel. A crowd is gathered at the edge of …
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Artist
Richard Jack (1866 – 1952, Canadian)
Title
Banff, Highland Gathering, Sept. 3-5, 1928
Date
c. 1928
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
75.5 x 60.3 cm
Description
A Scottish Highland gathering taking place on the grounds of the Banff Springs Hotel. In the foreground are men in traditional Scottish dress. To the left of the image is a bagpiper. In the background on the right side of the image is the Banff Springs Hotel. A crowd is gathered at the edge of an open space where the men in kilts are standing. Mount Rundle rises up behind the Hotel. A flagpole, trees and coloured tents are dispersed through the crowd in the middle of the painting.
Subject
architecture
Banff Springs Hotel
landscape
Canadian Rockies
activity
Highland Gathering
Credit
Gift of Joan Fitt, Calgary, 2001
Catalogue Number
JkR.02.03
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Banff National Park, Yoho Park and Kootenay Park

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Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Published Date
1929
Publisher
Canadian Pacific Railway
Call Number
C3-6.3(a)
Publisher
Canadian Pacific Railway
Published Date
1929
Physical Description
Colour
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Subjects
Canadian Rockies
Notes
Panoramic map showing main and branch lines of C.P.R.
3 duplicates in Map Room
Accession Number
131
110
1120
3072
Call Number
C3-6.3(a)
Collection
Archives Library
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Bear Street Alley, Sulphur Mountain

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1922 – 1933
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.534
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Bear Street Alley, Sulphur Mountain
Date
1922 – 1933
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
30.2 x 40.4 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
winter
town, Banff
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.534
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.149
Description
Colour: green, grey, blue. The lower area is a river running from the lower right corner up left to center. Snow banks on either side give way to a rocky hillside on the left and a row of trees to the right. Behind in the centre is a treed slope going right to mountain and left to a distant mountai…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Below Bow Falls
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
21.6 x 16.8 cm
Description
Colour: green, grey, blue. The lower area is a river running from the lower right corner up left to center. Snow banks on either side give way to a rocky hillside on the left and a row of trees to the right. Behind in the centre is a treed slope going right to mountain and left to a distant mountain. Blue sky along the top.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountains
falls
winter
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.149
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Part Of
Dorothy Wardle fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 139 pages of handwritten research notes, correspondence, and newspaper clippings, H35 x W30 cm or smaller. File pertains to Dorothy's research on Banff and surrounding area, Parks Canada, Department of the Interior, and the history of the Canadian Rocky Mountains in general. Record…
Date Range
ca. 1870 - ca. 1998
1870s-1880s
ca.1918 - ca. 1960s
1986-1998
1986
1990
1993
1995
1997-1998
Reference Code
M521 / I / A / 3-4
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Newspaper clipping
Private record
Textual record
Part Of
Dorothy Wardle fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M521 / V75
Series
M521 / I : Dorothy Wardle Personal Papers
Sous-Fonds
M521
Sub-Series
M521 / I / A : Research and Writing
Accession Number
7504
Reference Code
M521 / I / A / 3-4
GMD
Newspaper clipping
Private record
Textual record
Date Range
ca. 1870 - ca. 1998
1870s-1880s
ca.1918 - ca. 1960s
1986-1998
1986
1990
1993
1995
1997-1998
Physical Description
2 cm of textual records (139 pages ; 30 x 35 cm or smaller)
Scope & Content
File consists of 139 pages of handwritten research notes, correspondence, and newspaper clippings, H35 x W30 cm or smaller. File pertains to Dorothy's research on Banff and surrounding area, Parks Canada, Department of the Interior, and the history of the Canadian Rocky Mountains in general. Records were filed in an envelope that was titled "Book Notes." Notable people include James Wardle, J.B. Harkin, Pat Brewster, Arthur Unwin, Dr. Brett, Norman Sanson, and Bill Peyto, among others. Notable places and topics include the organization of the Department of the Interior, the Banff-Windemere Highway, Rocky Mountain Park and Park Wardens, Kootenay National Park fires, coal and precious metal mines (e.g. Bankhead, Silver City), trail riding and hiking, research about James Wardle and his accomplishments, Ya-Ha-Tinda, and various parks (e.g. Glacier, Revelstoke, Elk Island, Kootenay, and Yoho). Other records include a handwritten letter to the Auld family in Scotland (cousins of Sheila Ritchie) with a story about Glenbow and a highland cow from Oban, Scotland; personal reflections on the Banff area and mountains in general; notes that Dorothy took while doing research at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies and the Banff Public Library; and a variety of newspaper clippings.
Notes
Includes request slips and stationary from the archives at the Whyte Museum.
Potentially includes a handwritten list of Dorothy's written works.
Newspaper clippings primarily from the Times Colonist, which is published in Victoria, British Columbia.
Name Access
Wardle, Dorothy
Wardle, James M.
Harkin, J. B. (James Bernard)
Brewster, Pat
Peyto, Bill
Brett, Robert George
Sanson, Norman
Subject Access
Banff
Banff National Park
Banff Public Library
National parks and reserves
Newspaper
Parks Canada
Park policy
Research
Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
Wardens
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
Ya-Ha-Tinda Ranch
Hiking
Community life
History
Mines and mineral resources
Geographic Access
Alberta
Banff
Banff National Park
Bankhead
British Columbia
Canada
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Castle Mountain
Glacier National Park
Kootenay National Park
Silver City
Victoria
Yoho National Park
Scotland
Revelstoke
Language
English
Conservation
Some of the slips of paper are taped together. Was unable to remove them without damaging the materials. May present conservation issues in the future.
Creator
Wardle, Dorothy
Category
Sports, recreation and leisure
Transportation
Politics
Natural resources
Family and personal life
Exploration, discovery and travel
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Title was written on an envelope containing these materials.
Processing Status
Processed
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Artist
Fitzpatrick
Date
1920 – 1930
Medium
ink on heavy paper
Catalogue Number
FiP.03.06
Description
A view of Bow lake, a teepee with a man in front of it, off right centre. Taken from a Byron Harmon photograph.
Artist
Fitzpatrick
Title
Bow Lake
Date
1920 – 1930
Medium
ink on heavy paper
Dimensions
27.8 x 41.7 cm
Description
A view of Bow lake, a teepee with a man in front of it, off right centre. Taken from a Byron Harmon photograph.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
lake
Credit
Gift of Don Harmon, Banff, 1978
Catalogue Number
FiP.03.06
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