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https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24925
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1890
- Author
- J.R.
- Publisher
- Harper's Weekly
- Call Number
- 02.6 R11a PAM O.S
- Author
- J.R.
- Responsibility
- J.R. (author)
- Frederic Remington (illustrator)
- Publisher
- Harper's Weekly
- Published Date
- 1890
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers, British
- Mountaineers, Swiss
- Sir Donald, Mount
- Glacier House
- Travel
- Tourism
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Abstract
- Pertains to Glacier House and the ascent of Sir Donald by Emil Huber and Carl Sulzer from Switzerland and Harry Cooper from England with illustration on page 725
- Notes
- In Harper's Weekly, Vol. XXXIV No. 1760, September 13, 1890, pp. 723 - 725
- Accession Number
- 7979
- Call Number
- 02.6 R11a PAM O.S
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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
- 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.
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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
- 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.
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The Great Glacier and its house : the story of the first center of alpinism in North America, 1885-1925
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20180
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1982
- Author
- Putnam, William Lowell
- Publisher
- New York : American Alpine Club
- Call Number
- 01.4 P98t reference
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- Author
- Putnam, William Lowell
- Responsibility
- Willaim Lowell Putnam
- Publisher
- New York : American Alpine Club
- Published Date
- 1982
- Physical Description
- 23 pages : illustrations, portraits, map
- Subjects
- Glacier House
- Illecillewaet Glacier
- Selkirk Mountains
- Railway routes
- Railway stations
- Railways
- Tourism
- Mountaineering
- American Alpine Club
- History
- Abstract
- he hotel is gone and the passenger trains, now rarely on time, go by only once daily. The Great Glacier has all but vanished. The motor traffic on the fast, modern highway sweeps past in ignorance that this deep, half-forgotten, Illecillewaet valley of the Selkirk Mountains, with its dark forests and glittering summits, was the cradle of professional North American mountaineering and, for several decades, the principal Canadian attraction for climbers from three continents. Surely the time has long since passed for someone to tell the story of the early days when geologists, scientists, alpinists, guides, tourists and more than a few of our continent’s empire builders stopped in Glacier, British Columbia to explore, study, climb, earn a modest living, admire the scenery or just rest from their labors. It is most appropriate that William L. Putnam, one of America’s outstanding experts on the Selkirks, should have undertaken the task of writing a history of the area. It is even more appropriate that this history should have been published by The American Alpine Club, whose first president, Professor Charles E. Fay, spent many sunny days over several seasons scaling the region’s unclimbed summits and, as we learn from the text, many rainy weeks in the Old Glacier House where at idle moments he amused himself by analyzing the comments in the hotel’s guest register. The author has labored hard and gone to great lengths to obtain original source material and to check facts. As might be expected, his story begins with the construction of the Canadian Pacific track through Roger’s Pass; without it, the central Selkirks and the outstanding Matterhorn-like crest of Mount Sir Donald would no doubt still be little known and less visited. The absence of dining cars on the early transcontinental express trains, plus the superb view of what was then the awesome Illecillewaet Glacier, led to the building of a small restaurant-hotel by the track some five miles west of the pass. In time that hotel grew to become the Canadian Pacific’s western show-piece. Tourists, scientists, mountaineers and guides arrived in growing numbers. The peaks were measured and climbed, trails were built, caves explored and an electric generator was constructed to light the premises. A pet bear was even provided on the grounds for the entertainment of guests. Then, slowly, the Great Glacier retreated, the railroad was modernized and rerouted through a five-mile tunnel some distance from the hotel, tourists and climbers alike went off to war on the battlefields of France, and the Canadian Pacific shifted its emphasis to its latter-day attraction at Lake Louise in the nearby Rockies. The old hotel was closed, then torn down, and the valley and its glacier almost forgotten. Such is the skeleton of Putnam’s story. But it is far more. Putnam has labored industriously. He has unearthed, and quoted at length, the original on-the-spot observations of the early visitors in the decades between 1890 and 1920. He has recovered ancient photographs, many excellent, to illustrate the stories and anecdotes he recounts. Thanks to his labor of love, those of us who are familiar only with modern mountaineering now have the opportunity to learn what climbing was like in the good old days around the turn of the century. Despite its deceptive scrapbook style, the work is scholarly. It is also highly nostalgic. The author is at his best with the history of the early climbing. One wishes he had personally said more and quoted less—but, then, many of the quotations are memorable. He might also have omitted, or at least modified, the chapter on distant Mount Sir Sandford, for its story, while essential in any broad account of Selkirk climbing, belongs elsewhere and shifts the focus away from the House and the Glacier at the very moment when the reader has become engrossed in both. But these, however, are minor flaws, overshadowed by good research, an entertaining style, excellent history and magnificent illustrations. Samuel H. Goodhue (from American Alpine Club)
- Contents
- Introduction
- The Railroad Track
- The House
- The Tourists
- First Climbers
- Men of Science
- Alpina Americana
- Britannic Majesty
- Canadians at Last
- Some of the Best
- The Last Big Mountain
- The Rest is Silence
- Appendices
- A: The Guides
- B: Place Names in the Central Selkirks
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes
- Signed by author - addressed to Hans Gmoser
- ISBN
- 0930410130
- Accession Number
- AC637
- Call Number
- 01.4 P98t reference
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Link to book review on American Alpine Club website
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The Great Glacier of the Selkirks
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24915
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1889
- Author
- Ingersoll, Ernest
- Publisher
- Harper's Weekly
- Call Number
- 02.6 In4t PAM O.S.
- Author
- Ingersoll, Ernest
- Responsibility
- Ernest Ingersoll
- Publisher
- Harper's Weekly
- Published Date
- 1889
- Subjects
- Glaciers
- Selkirk Mountains
- Selkirk Mountains - Hermit Range
- Selkirk Range
- Selkirk Range - B.C.
- Hotels
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Travel
- Tourism
- Geography
- Illecillewaet Glacier
- Abstract
- Pertains to the Selkirk Mountains, Illecillewaete Glacier, Glacier Creek, Sir Donald, the hotel and Canadian Pacific Railway access to the area as of 1889.
- Notes
- In Harper's Weekly, Vol. XXXIII No. 1702, August 3, 1889, pp. 616 - 618
- Accession Number
- 7890
- Call Number
- 02.6 In4t PAM O.S.
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Picturesque California : The Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Slope
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24928
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1894
- Author
- Muir, John (editor)
- Ingersoll, Ernest (author)
- Publisher
- San Francisco, New York : J. Dewing Company, Publishers
- Call Number
- 02.6 In4p PAM O.S.
- Responsibility
- John Muir (editor)
- Ernest Ingersoll (author)
- Eminent American Artists (photos, photogravures, wood engravings derived from paintings)
- Publisher
- San Francisco, New York : J. Dewing Company, Publishers
- Published Date
- 1894
- Physical Description
- 16 pages
- Series
- California Series No. 32, April 23, 1894
- Subjects
- Travel
- Tourism
- Rocky Mountains
- Art
- Fraser, John Arthur
- Notman, William & Son
- Banff
- Canmore
- Kamloops
- Vancouver
- Victoria
- Sir Donald, Mount
- Bow River
- Hot springs
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Emerald Lake
- Selkirk Mountains
- Selkirk Mountains - Hermit Range
- Asulkan Glacier
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Abstract
- Pertains to the Canadian Rockies as authored by Ernest Ingersoll with introduction by John Muir including a variety of sketches of Sir Donald, Bow River, Canmore, the Great Glacier, hot springs, open pool, Mount Burgess and Emerald Lake, Bow Falls and Banff Springs Hotel, the Selkirks and Hermit Mountain, Cheops, Asulkan Glacier, Stanley Park, Victoria, Shushwap Mission at Kamloops, and the Canadian Pacific Docks at Vancouver.
- Notes
- Part XXVI - The Canadian Rockies by Ernest Ingersoll
- Accession Number
- 7901
- Call Number
- 02.6 In4p PAM O.S.
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The Rocky Mountains of Canada in colour
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15474
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- pre 1945 (1st Edition)
- pre 1945 (2nd Edition)
- post 1945 (3rd Edition)
- post 1945 (4th Edition)
- Author
- Associated screen news limited
- Publisher
- Montreal : Associated Screen News Limited
- Edition
- 1st
- 2nd
- 3rd
- 4th
- Call Number
- 06 Ro59m c.1 PAM 3rd edition
- 06 Ro59m c.2 PAM 4th edition
- 06 Ro59m c.3 PAM 1st edition
- 06 Ro59m c.4 PAM 2nd edition
- 06 Ro59m c.5 PAM 3rd edition
- 06 Ro59m c.6 PAM 4th edition
- Variant Title
- In colour The Rocky Mountains of Canada
- Responsibility
- Associated Screen News Limited
- Edition
- 1st
- 2nd
- 3rd
- 4th
- Publisher
- Montreal : Associated Screen News Limited
- Published Date
- pre 1945 (1st Edition)
- pre 1945 (2nd Edition)
- post 1945 (3rd Edition)
- post 1945 (4th Edition)
- Physical Description
- 18 leaves : chiefly color illustrations
- Subjects
- Photography
- Rocky Mountains, Canada
- Tourism
- Travel
- Souvenir stores
- Alberta
- Mountains
- Three Sisters
- Rundle Mount
- Town of Banff
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Bow Valley
- Cascade Mountain
- Temple, Mount
- Lake Louise
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Lefroy Glacier
- Victoria Glacier
- Lakes in the Clouds
- Moraine Lake
- Takakkaw Falls
- Yoho
- Yoho National Park
- Great Divide Trail
- Spiral Tunnels
- Field
- Field, British Columbia
- Abstract
- Pertains to popular views of the Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Contents
- The Three Sisters
- Mount Rundle and Vermilion Lake
- Town of Banff
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Bow Valley
- Cascade Mountain
- Mount Assiniboine
- Castle Mountain
- Mount Temple
- Lake Louise
- Mount Lefroy and Victorial Glacier
- Lakes in the Clouds
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Moraine Lake and Valley of the Ten Peaks
- Takakkaw Falls, Yoho Valley
- The Great Divide
- Spiral Tunnels
- Field, British Columbia, and Mount Stephen
- Notes
- Printed in Canada
- Accession Number
- 2014.8385
- 2019.84
- Call Number
- 06 Ro59m c.1 PAM 3rd edition
- 06 Ro59m c.2 PAM 4th edition
- 06 Ro59m c.3 PAM 1st edition
- 06 Ro59m c.4 PAM 2nd edition
- 06 Ro59m c.5 PAM 3rd edition
- 06 Ro59m c.6 PAM 4th edition
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This wild spirit : women in the Rocky Mountains of Canada
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2006
- Author
- Skidmore, Colleen
- Publisher
- Edmonton : University of Alberta
- Call Number
- 08.3 Sk3t
- Copy 2 Reference Room Browser's Shelf
- Author
- Skidmore, Colleen
- Responsibility
- edited by Colleen Skidmore
- Publisher
- Edmonton : University of Alberta
- Published Date
- 2006
- Physical Description
- 295p. : ill., maps
- Series
- Mountain cairns : a series on the history and culture of the Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Subjects
- Adams, Mollie
- Glacier House
- Engelhard, Georgia Cromwell
- Henshaw, Julia W.
- Poetry
- Schaffer, Mary
- Swift, Suzette Chalifoux
- Sharples family
- Tourism
- Vaux family
- Whyte, Catharine Robb
- Young, Julia
- Notes
- Includes bibliography and index
- Partial contents: Includes excerpts from writings by Victorian and Edwardian era women describing their travel to the Canadian Rockies, including Lady Agnes Macdonald, Mrs. Arthur Spragge, The Countess of Aberdeen, Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson, Sara Jeanette Duncan (Mrs. Everard Cotes), Mrs. George Cran, and Mrs. Humphrey Ward
- Includes poetry by Rhoda W. Edwards, Moira O'Neill, Lynda R. Woods, and Elizabeth Ferguson
- Includes Jasper's first lady [act two] / Elsie Park Gowan; Hunter of Peace [prologue and act one, scene one] / Sharon Stearns
- ISBN
- 13:978-0-88864-466-4
- Accession Number
- 7638 (2 copies)
- Call Number
- 08.3 Sk3t
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This wild spirit : women in the Rocky Mountains of Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14789
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2006
- Author
- Skidmore, Colleen
- Publisher
- Edmonton : University of Alberta
- Call Number
- G512 S55
- Author
- Skidmore, Colleen
- Responsibility
- edited by Colleen Skidmore
- Publisher
- Edmonton : University of Alberta
- Published Date
- 2006
- Physical Description
- 295p. : ill., maps
- Series
- Mountain cairns : a series on the history and culture of the Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Subjects
- Adams, Mollie
- Glacier House
- Engelhard, Georgia Cromwell
- Henshaw, Julia W.
- Poetry
- Schaffer, Mary
- Swift, Suzette Chalifoux
- Sharples family
- Tourism
- Vaux family
- Whyte, Catharine Robb
- Young, Julia
- Notes
- Includes bibliography and index
- Partial contents: Includes excerpts from writings by Victorian and Edwardian era women describing their travel to the Canadian Rockies, including Lady Agnes Macdonald, Mrs. Arthur Spragge, The Countess of Aberdeen, Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson, Sara Jeanette Duncan (Mrs. Everard Cotes), Mrs. George Cran, and Mrs. Humphrey Ward
- Includes poetry by Rhoda W. Edwards, Moira O'Neill, Lynda R. Woods, and Elizabeth Ferguson
- Includes Jasper's first lady [act two] / Elsie Park Gowan; Hunter of Peace [prologue and act one, scene one] / Sharon Stearns
- ISBN
- 13:978-0-88864-466-4
- Accession Number
- AC612
- Call Number
- G512 S55
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The West the railroads made
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14453
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2008
- Author
- Schwantes, Carlos A
- Publisher
- Seattle : University of Washington Press in association with Washington State Historical Society and the John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library at the St. Louis Mercantile Library
- Call Number
- 08.5 S3w
- 08.5 S3w reference copy
- Author
- Schwantes, Carlos A
- Responsibility
- Carlos A. Schwantes, James P. Ronda
- Publisher
- Seattle : University of Washington Press in association with Washington State Historical Society and the John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library at the St. Louis Mercantile Library
- Published Date
- 2008
- Physical Description
- xx, 229 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps (some colour) ; 27 cm
- Subjects
- Canadian National Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Cascade Mountains
- Columbia River
- Glacier National Park (U.S.)
- Indians
- Tourism
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contains: The magician's rod : railroads, the West, and Manifest destiny -- Space race ; or a tale of rival cities -- Tracking a transformation -- Lords of creation -- Manifest destinies : the railroad west and the modern world
- ISBN
- 9780295987699
- Accession Number
- P2015-03-31
- 2024.26
- Call Number
- 08.5 S3w
- 08.5 S3w reference copy
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