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An orogenous life: memoir and reader

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19846
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2017
Author
Gadd, Ben
Publisher
Canmore, AB, Canada : Corax Press
Call Number
02.6 G11a
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Author
Gadd, Ben
Responsibility
Ben Gadd
Publisher
Canmore, AB, Canada : Corax Press
Published Date
2017
Physical Description
655 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Naturalists
Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountains Canada
Biography
Alberta
Abstract
Pertains to the experiences of Ben Gadd, an experienced Rocky Mountain naturalist, guide and author. His book combines his personal experiences with the stories and essays of 36 others in order to create a touching, yet compelling story. The book includes a comprehensive selection of photographs, many of which are personal to the author and his family. Being that the author was and continues to be greatly involved with the Canadian Rocky Mountains, the book makes mention of multiple locations in and around the area of Banff such as, Mt. Assiniboine, Banff Mountain Film Festival, Bankhead, Brewster transportation and tours, and Johnston Canyon. The book follows the style of a biography and contains many personal stories and photos from the author and associated family.
Contents
Introduction
Benny
Ben
Cia and Ben
Willy, Cia and Ben
Toby and Willy, Cia and Ben
Index
Other books by Ben Gadd
Notes
Some of the specific references to areas in, and area the Canadian Rocky Mountains are as follows, Mt. Assiniboine (297), Mt. Robson (373), Banff Mountain Film Festival (12, 395, 608), Bankhead (332) and Brewster transportation and tours (463, 469).
ISBN
9780969263142
Accession Number
2019.47
Call Number
02.6 G11a
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
URL pertains to an online website dedicated to Ben Gadd and his continued achievements
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The kicking horse trail, scenic highway from Lake Louise, Alberta to Golden, British Columbia

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19849
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1927
Author
Williams, M.B.
Publisher
[Ottawa], [F.A. Acland, printer]
Call Number
02.6 W66k PAM
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Author
Williams, M.B.
Responsibility
M.B. Williams
Publisher
[Ottawa], [F.A. Acland, printer]
Published Date
1927
Physical Description
47 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
British Columbia
Alberta
Travel
Abstract
Pertains to a Canadian Rocky Mountain travel guide. With the use of both images and text, the author has been successful in compiling a guide for travelling in the Canadian Rockies. The book is written in a narrative voice, as to immerse the reader into the Canadian Rocky Mountain experience. The author cover areas and landmarks ranging from Lake Louise, Alberta to Golden, British Columbia.
Notes
This version contains a unique annotation on the first page dating August 4, 1927 from Fred Johnston
Accession Number
2019.50
Call Number
02.6 W66k PAM
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
The URL is linked to an interactive website in which the reader can learn more about the author and her admiration for Canada’s national parks.
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Old Indian trails : incidents of camp and trail life, covering two years' exploration through the Rocky Mountains of Canada

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19850
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1911
Author
Schaffer, Mary T.S.
Publisher
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1912
Call Number
02.6 Sh1o
Author
Schaffer, Mary T.S.
Responsibility
Mary T.S. Schaffer
Publisher
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1912
Published Date
1911
Physical Description
xiv, 364 pages : frontispiece, illustrations, folded map ; 21 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Travel
Rocky Mountains
Alberta
Schaffer Mary
Abstract
Pertains to the stories of Mary T.S. Schaffer, an American-Canadian naturalist and adventurer, during her time in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Written similar to the format of a diary entry, Schaffer’s book invites the reader to experience the Canadian Rockies from her perspective. She tells of her adventurers, struggles and discoveries during her two year exploration in the Rocky Mountains.
Contents
Expedition of 1907 I.An Explanation II.Trouble at the Start – Bow Valley III.Trailing the North Fork IV.Through unmapped country V.On the search of fortress lake VI.To the base of mount Columbia VII.Back on the old familiar trail VIII.Nashan Valley, Thompson Pass, the Ice-Fields of Mount Columbia IX.Off to the Brazeau Country X.Jonas Pass and a pair of snow-blind eyes XI.On the golden plains of the Saskatchewan XII.The valley of the lakes, then back to cizilisation Expedition of 1908 I.The start II.Back on our old playground – the north fork III.The search for the unmapped lake IV.A maiden voyage on the “new” lake V.The tribulations of the investigator VI.The joys of Pobokton Valley and the Sun Wapta VII.Rock-bluffs, Georges, and residents of the Athabasca VIII.Bound for Mount Robson IX.The Tete jaune Cache X.Going home Index
Accession Number
2019.51
Call Number
02.6 Sh1o
Collection
Archives Library
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The story of the mountains : Banff National Park

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19863
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1960
Author
Belyea, Helen R.
Publisher
Ottawa [Queen's Printer]
Call Number
13.115 B41s Pam
Variant Title
The story of the mountains in Banff National park
Author
Belyea, Helen R.
Responsibility
Helen R. Belyea
Publisher
Ottawa [Queen's Printer]
Published Date
1960
Physical Description
42 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Geology
Banff National Park
Rocky Mountains Canada
Rocky Mountains
Alberta
Abstract
Pertains to the history of Banff National Park. The author, Helen R. Belyea, provides a comprehensive description and glossary pertaining to the type of rocks that makes up the mountains in Banff National Park. Additionally, she highlights specific areas of geological interest such as, but not limited to the following: Hoodoos viewpoint, Sulphur Mountain, Lake Minnewanka, Mount Norquay and the Hot Springs. Due to the nature of the publication, that being a Geological Survey of Canada, the author includes an excerpt on rock formation for each area marked as one of geological interest.
Contents
The rocks (pg. 4)
The building of the mountains (pg. 12)
Mountain sculpture (pg.13)
Drainage patterns (pg. 17)
Glossary of terms (pg. 18)
References (pg. 23)
Local points of geological interest (pg. 24)
Photographs (pg. 43)
Accession Number
2017.8683
Call Number
13.115 B41s Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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Historic sites of Alberta

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19870
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1963
Author
Dempsey, Hugh A.
Publisher
Edmonton : Alberta Government Travel Bureau
Edition
Sixth Edition
Call Number
08.2 D39h Pam
Author
Dempsey, Hugh A.
Responsibility
Hugh A. Dempsey
Edition
Sixth Edition
Publisher
Edmonton : Alberta Government Travel Bureau
Published Date
1963
Physical Description
64 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 25 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Alberta
History of Alberta
History
Fur trade
North-West Mounted Police
Missionaries
Riel rebellions
Abstract
Pertains to a series of notable and historically significant sites located across Alberta. The book is divided into nine categories pertaining to influential people and events, such as the Riel Rebellion and the North-West Mounted Police. Within each category, the author Hugh A. Dempsey, has included the names and locations of many historical sites in Alberta, be that a sign, a cairn or other form of historical remembrance.
Contents
Introduction (pg.3)
Indians (pg. 5)
The fur trade (pg. 12)
The missionaries (pg. 24)
American posts (pg. 29)
North-west Mounted Police (pg. 35)
Riel rebellion (pg. 39)
The pioneers (pg. 43)
Historic events (pg. 50)
Transportation (pg. 57)
Index (pg. 61)
Map (pg. 63)
Accession Number
2017.8683
Call Number
08.2 D39h Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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From barnacle to Banff : a story of the rising of the Rockies from the depth of the ocean to the height of a world famous resort : a tourist's guide to where to go, and what to do in Banff, playground of the Rockies

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19872
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1973
Author
Thomas, Harriet Hartley
Publisher
[Calgary : s.n.]
Call Number
13.113 T36f Pam
Author
Thomas, Harriet Hartley
Responsibility
Harriet Hartley Thomas
Publisher
[Calgary : s.n.]
Published Date
1973
Physical Description
84 p. : ill., 1 map ; 23 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Banff National Park
Guidebook
Alberta
History
Abstract
Pertains to the people, stories and historical events that have shaped Banff National Park into becoming the mega tourist attraction it is today. The book features influential figures who have made an impact on the becoming of Banff, as well as many tourist attractions the author encourages people to visit.
Contents
Out of the depths (pg. 1)
Coming of the Indians (pg. 3)
Explorers and Missionaries (pg. 5)
Siding 29 (pg. 10)
The beginning of the tourist trade (pg. 13)
Sulphur springs (pg. 16)
Stories of Banff (pg. 27)
H.M. King George VI's gift (pg. 39)
The emancipation of the motor car in the park (pg. 43)
Where to go in Banff (pg. 47)
The mountains (pg. 75)
Accession Number
2017.8683
Call Number
13.113 T36f Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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One man's mountains : Joe Weiss in Jasper

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19896
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1979
Author
Collinson, Helen
Publisher
Edmonton : The University of Alberta Collections
Author
Collinson, Helen
Responsibility
Helen Collinson
Publisher
Edmonton : The University of Alberta Collections
Published Date
1979
Physical Description
43 pages : illustrations ; 20 x 23 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Weiss, Joe
Photography
Jasper
Jasper National Park
Pictorial works
Bibliography
Exhibition catalogue
Alberta
Canadian Rockies
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Accession Number
2019.64
Collection
Archives Library
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Back over the trail: a history of the Huxley area

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19897
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
[1967]
Author
Copiled by the Acadia Women's Institute of Huxley, Alberta
Publisher
The Acadia Women's Institute
Call Number
08.2 Ac1b
Author
Copiled by the Acadia Women's Institute of Huxley, Alberta
Publisher
The Acadia Women's Institute
Published Date
[1967]
Physical Description
203 pages illustrations, folded map 27 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Pioneer life
Alberta
Alberta - History
Edmonton
Abstract
Pertains to a series of stories, poems, cemetery records, illustrations and other forms of material used in telling the history of Huxley, Alberta. Compiled by the Acadia Women’s Institute of Huxley, Alberta, the book is composed of the lived experiences and collective memory of those who made an impact in the area. The book celebrates the work of earlier pioneers, who set the foundations for future generations in and around Huxley, Alberta. The Acadia Women’s Institute celebrates their heritage and the ways in which the stories of the past have influenced the contemporary narrative.
Contents
Early history of the district (pg. 9)
Huxley (pg. 14)
Elnora (pg. 18)
The town of Trochu (pg. 19)
Lakeview (pg. 20)
Arthurvale (pg. 21)
Mail service (pg. 23)
The Highlands Ranch post office (pg. 23)
Perbeck post office (pg. 23)
Churches (poem) (pg. 24)
The first Sunday School in the Acadia District (pg. 24)
Beginning of Acadia Church (pg. 26)
St. Hilda's, Arhurvale, 1907-1967 (pg. 27)
The Huxley United Church (pg. 30)
The Church in Huxley (pg. 30)
From the Huxley Cemetery records (pg. 31)
Honor roll (pg. 32)
The co-op movement (pg. 34)
Huxley anniversary (pg. 36)
The Acadia Women's Institute (pg. 36)
The Huxley 4-H Beef Club history (pg. 39)
The Huxley Girls' Club (pg. 40)
The Loyalty Sewing Circle (pg. 41)
The loyalty U.F.W.A. (pg. 42)
Good sports (pg. 43)
Early memories of the Hogadone District (pg. 45)
Some early farming experience (pg. 50)
A look at the past (pg. 53)
The Kennedy Diaries (pg. 55)
The things they remember (pg. 60)
Acadia school (pg. 63)
The Aurthurville School (pg. 64)
The Florence School District and some of it's early citizens (pg. 67)
The beginning of the Hogadone School District (pg. 68)
The Loyalty School (pg. 69)
From loyalty to lake success (pg. 71)
The McKinlay Mine (pg. 73)
Yard's Coal Mine (pg. 74)
The coming of the railroad (pg. 74)
Spring snow storm 1919 (pg. 75)
Bridge fire - Grand Trunk Railway (pg. 76)
The telephone story (pg. 76)
Acadia W.I. Burn's supper (pg. 77)
Poetry (pg. 78)
George Adams (pg. 81)
Ed Anderson (pg. 81)
The Anderson Story (pg. 82)
A history of George A. Bampfield (pg. 84)
The Barne's story (pg. 86)
Robert Berry family (pg. 87)
Mitchener A. Bigelow (pg. 88)
William Bill (pg. 91)
The Blair story (pg. 92)
The Browns' story (pg. 93)
The Burch family (pg. 94)
The Camerons of Innisfail (pg. 94)
L. Dickson Campbell (pg. 101)
The Calder Brothers (pg. 101)
John Mitchell Cumming (pg. 101)
The Collins (pg. 104)
Patrick Cooney (pg. 104)
Tom Corrigan (pg. 105)
The Cooper story (pg. 105)
Leon Craig (pg. 106)
The Caldwells (pg. 106)
A. Davies (pg. 107)
The Aubrey "Jack" Davies story (pg. 107)
The Delaney story (pg. 110)
Louis and Antoinette Demers - Their story (pg. 111)
Marion Denburger (pg. 113)
Mr. William J. Delmage (pg. 113)
Mr. Thomas D'Arcy (pg. 113)
William Donor (pg. 114)
E. J. "Ned" Dodd (pg. 114)
The Dowell family (pg. 114)
W. E. Earl (pg. 116)
The Ross H. Ells story (pg. 116)
The Ellehill story (pg. 117)
Dave Felch (pg. 117)
The Fraser story (pg. 118)
The Vincent Gabb Story (pg. 118)
Mrs. Gall (pg. 119)
The Gauthier story (pg. 120)
Old man Giles (pg. 120)
Aloysius Ginther (pg. 122)
Jacob Goetz (pg. 122)
Herry Griffith (pg. 123)
Ben Hanson story (pg. 123)
J. B. harding (pg. 125)
Mr. Edward Heer (pg. 126)
The Howard story (pg. 126)
David Howell (pg. 127)
The Hepburn story (pg. 127)
Albert Hibbert (pg. 129)
The Hogg story (pg. 129)
G.R. Hogg (pg. 132)
The Hoppins and their neighbours of Bygone Days (pg. 134)
The Innis Homestead (pg. 140)
Charles Irving (pg. 140)
Emil Johan Eberg Jensen (pg. 140)
The Kelly family (pg. 141)
Otto Knievel (pg. 141)
History of Kachel brothers (pg. 141)
Runnals, Pickering and Wm. Kennedy families (pg. 142)
Mr. A. A. Kellet - Englishmne and Artist (pg. 142)
Bachelors (pg. 142)
D. J. Kennedy (pg. 142)
A tribute to anton Larson (pg. 143)
The Larson story (pg. 144)
Tom Lauder (pg. 146)
The Lloyd family (pg. 146)
Tom Main (pg. 147)
Jimmy Marshall (pg. 147)
The Maxwell Brothers (pg. 148)
The McComb story (pg. 149)
The McRae family (pg. 150)
The history of Mr. and Mr.s Gordron McRae (pg. 151)
Highlights from a homsteader (pg. 154)
Claude Maddox (pg. 156)
The McEwen story (pg. 156)
The Orval McArthur story (pg. 158)
History of W. J. Moran (pg. 159)
The Mitchell story (pg. 161)
Mrs. Carl Nelson's story (pg. 162)
The Oak family (pg. 163)
The John O'Gorman story (pg. 164)
The Paterson brothers (pg. 165)
John Pearse (pg. 165)
The Pearson family (pg. 166)
O. T. Peterson (pg. 167)
The Malcolm family (pg. 168)
C.W. Arthur (pg. 169)
The George MacArthur story (pg. 170)
The John McNiece story (pg. 171)
The Murray family (pg. 171)
Peebles History (pg. 172)
Jens Petersen (pg. 172)
Sam Robinson Homestead (pg. 173)
Dan Reschke (pg. 173)
A. E. Robinson (pg. 174)
The Robertson family (pg. 175)
History of Scott brothers (pg. 177)
The Soppits (pg. 177)
Mr. Louis Scheunert (pg. 177)
Scheunert - Ganz (pg. 178)
Dave Street (pg. 180)
Mrs. Seidel tells of her first Christmas in Alberta (pg. 180)
Jim Winter (pg. 181)
Reminiscences of a pioneer (pg. 181)
The screens (pg. 182)
Shaw (pg. 183)
The Stankievech family (pg. 184)
The Stephenson story (pg. 185)
The John Strachan family (pg. 186)
Henry Sailer (pg. 186)
The Stasel story (pg. 187)
The Dr. Snyder story (pg. 188)
"The Silvers" (pg. 189)
The Stringer family (pg. 191)
John William Trebell (pg. 191)
The Velge family in their later years (pg. 192)
The Vik story (pg. 193)
The Wagstaff family (pg. 193)
Joseph Wamp (pg. 194)
Lewis Yost (pg. 194)
Elmer Meding (pg. 195)
The Winther story (pg. 195)
Joseph Wohl (pg. 195)
The Wik family (pg. 196)
The Tanners Emigrate (pg. 196)
George R. Walker (pg. 198)
The Weis story (pg. 199)
Wickiser (pg. 199)
Sketches of early ranching days - Wyndham (pg. 199)
Looking back (pg. 201)
The Wolverton story (pg. 202)
Accession Number
2019.64
Call Number
08.2 Ac1b
Collection
Archives Library
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Senator Jean Le´on Co^te´ : pioneer land surveyor and early legislator : a personal biography

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19899
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1992
Author
Co^te´, Jean G.
Publisher
[Edmonton] : J. G. Co^te´
Call Number
08.1 C63s
Author
Co^te´, Jean G.
Responsibility
Jean G Co^te´
Publisher
[Edmonton] : J. G. Co^te´
Published Date
1992
Physical Description
32, 32 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., plan, port. ; 23 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Biography
Alberta
Surveyors
Abstract
Pertains to the story and ways in which Jean G. Co^te´, an early land surveyor, legislator and pioneer, helped shaped Alberta’s early identity. Some of the topics discussed in the book are as follows, family, politics, early surveying and Cote’s contribution to Alberta’s Research Council. As a legislator, Cote was influential in the development of Alberta’s Tar Sands. Additionally, the foreword has been written by E.J. Hart, the previous director of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, thus drawing a connection to the Canadian Rocky Mountains but more specifically, Banff.
Contents
Introduction (pg. 1)
Ancestry and Youth (pg. 1)
First trip west in 1886 (pg. 2)
Ottawa College (pg. 3)
Alaska-Canada Boundary Survey 1893-1895 (pg. 4)
Dawson City, Yukon 1899. Partnerhip with Cautley Brothers (pg. 6)
Edmonton, N.W.T. 1903-4 (pg. 9)
Surveys aroudn Edmonton - E.Y. & P.RY (pg. 10)
Marriage in Quebec City to Cecile Gagnon, 1907 (pg. 11)
New survey partnerships (pg. 13)
Politics, 1909 (pg. 14)
Early recollections (pg. 15)
Prairie suveys (pg. 17)
Cabinet Minister 1918-1921 (pg. 18)
Development of Tar Sands and other natural resources (pg. 19)
Alberta Research Council (pg. 20)
Post-War Election 1921 (pg. 21)
Surveying 1921-1923 (pg. 22)
Appointment to the Senate (pg. 23)
Last summer in the Laurentians (pg. 24)
Postscript (pg. 26)
Jean Leon Cotes Descendants (pg. 28)
Acknowledgements (pg. 30)
Bibliography (pg. 31)
Notes
Text is in both English and French
Annotated by author - Inside cover reads: "To EJ. "Ted" Hart. With many thanks for your superb forword to this book. Jean G. Cote"
ISBN
1895850010
Accession Number
2019.64
Call Number
08.1 C63s
Collection
Archives Library
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Pack saddles to Te^te Jaune Cache

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19908
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1973
Author
MacGregor, James Grierson
Publisher
Edmonton : Hurtig.
Call Number
08.3 M11p
Author
MacGregor, James Grierson
Responsibility
James Grierson MacGregor
Publisher
Edmonton : Hurtig.
Published Date
1973
Physical Description
256 pages : map ; 20 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Jasper
Tete Jaune Cache
Candian
Pioneer life
Alberta
Abstract
Pertains to the story of James Shand Harvey, an early settler who pioneered in what is now Jasper National Park. Author James G. MacGregor, has successfully captured the story of Harvey and the opening of the Canadian West. He discusses the trials and tribulations early pioneers experienced in the areas we so often take for granted. MacGregor has captured an authentic understanding of pioneer life and the ways in which James Shand Harvey successfully opened the Canadian West.
ISBN
0888300662
Accession Number
2019.64
Call Number
08.3 M11p
Collection
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