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1996 information for local tour guides & other nature interpreters
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4802
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Call Number
- 13.113 B22i
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Physical Description
- 1v. (unpaged) : ill
- Subjects
- Banff National Park
- Natural history
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Accession Number
- 6875
- Call Number
- 13.113 B22i
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Management planning newsletter : national historic sites of the mountain parks
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14664
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2005
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Parks Canada
- Call Number
- 13.117 P23m Pam
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Parks Canada
- Published Date
- 2005
- Physical Description
- 12 pages ; illustrations
- Subjects
- Banff National Park
- Cave and Basin
- Historic sites
- Kicking Horse Pass
- Skoki Lodge
- Twin Falls Chalet
- Notes
- Vol.1, no.2 November 2005
- Introduction written by Bill Fisher, executive director, mountain parks, parks Canada. Newsletter outlines the management plans for 15 historic sites in Banff National Park
- Call Number
- 13.117 P23m Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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National historic sites of the mountain parks
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14672
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2006
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Parks Canada
- Call Number
- 13.117 P23n Pam
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Parks Canada
- Published Date
- 2006
- Physical Description
- iii, 80 pages ; illustrations, maps
- Subjects
- Banff National Park
- Cave and Basin
- Historic sites
- Kicking Horse Pass
- Skoki Lodge
- Twin Falls Chalet
- Notes
- Draft management plans - September 2006
- Outlines the management plans for 15 historic sites in Banff National Park including: Jasper House, Jasper Park Information Centre, Yellowhead Pass, Athabasca Pass, Howse Pass, Kootnae House, Kicking Horse Pass, Skoki Ski Lodge, Twin Falls Tea House, Abbot Pass Refuge Cabin, Cave and Basin, Banff Park Museum, Sulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station, First Oil Well in Canada
- Call Number
- 13.117 P23n Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Parks Canada fonds
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- Part Of
- Parks Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of material pertaining to the mountain parks of western Canada. I.A. Banff National Park photograph collection, 1903-1965 (predominant 1920s-1950s), ca.1756 prints and negatives. Pertains mainly to Banff townsite and developments and facilities within the park. Included are private …
- Date Range
- [ca.1887-ca.1995]
- Reference Code
- M317 / S23 / V488
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Video
- Photograph
- Machine-readable data file
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Government record
- Map
- Plan
- Part Of
- Parks Canada fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 317
- S 23
- V 488
- Sous-Fonds
- M 317
- S 23
- V 488
- Accession Number
- 97, 90, 1155, 1270, 1386, 1396, 1487, 1500, 1539, 1552, 1848, 1877, 1911, 1969, 2140, 2147, 2185, 2267, 2342, 2360, 2365, 2382, 2530, 2539, 2683, 2749, 2819, 2938, 2971, 2979, 2990, 2994, 2977, 3026, 3067, 3120, 3238, 3296, 3344, 3368, 3381, 3403, 3458, 3466, 3473, 3624, 3678, 3765, 3783, 3847, 3875, 4008, 5018, 5054, 5085, 5114, 5141, 5222, 5321, 6015, 6372, 6373, 6404, 6410, 6423, 6444, 6699, 6756, 6924, 7057, 7061, 7228, 7351, 8134 (unproc) 7770, 7511, 2015.8407
- Reference Code
- M317 / S23 / V488
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Video
- Photograph
- Machine-readable data file
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Government record
- Map
- Plan
- Other Title Info
- Also known as the Canadian Parks Service collection.
- Date Range
- [ca.1887-ca.1995]
- Physical Description
- ca.13,557 photographs: prints, negatives, transparencies: col.; 35mm, 1 CD-ROM (556 digital scans). -- ca.55 sound recordings: audio tape cassettes, audio tape reel. -- ca.2.5 m textual records. -- 9 motion pictures: si., b&w; 16mm
- History / Biographical
- Parks Canada administers national parks in Canada. The agency has been administered by several government departments and undergone numerous name changes over the years. Most recently it was known as the Canadian Parks Service. Parks Canada is responsible for the administration of mountain parks and, in some cases, townsites within these parks. Until 1990, it administered the town of Banff in Banff National Park. Parks Canada provides a variety of services to visitors and residents pertaining to interpretive and visitor information; trail, resource and wildlife management; fire protection, mountaineering search and rescue and avalanche control; facilities and utilities; townsite services etc.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of material pertaining to the mountain parks of western Canada.
- I.A. Banff National Park photograph collection, 1903-1965 (predominant 1920s-1950s), ca.1756 prints and negatives. Pertains mainly to Banff townsite and developments and facilities within the park. Included are private and government buildings, dwellings, roads and utilities; resource and wildlife development and management; visitor facilities; lodges, hotels and bungalow camps; warden and fire protection activities; Banff events; Norman Sanson trips and expeditions.
- I.B. Banff National Park warden service photographs, motion pictures and documentation pertaining to wardens, warden activities and cabins, wildlife management; ca.11,000 items. Series includes 2 National Parks Service motion pictures "Hunting without a gun",1930 and Stalking big game", 1930.
- I.C. Lantern slides, 2 sets (accn.3783); includes CPR lecture set, ca.1915, 145 items, and Canadian Rockies lecture set, ca.1920, 54 items, accompanied by lecture notes (stored with textual material M317).
- I.D. Cave and Basin project; copies of mainly snapshot prints acquired by the Cave and Basin restoration and re-development project, 1981-1985, from various individuals, 204 items.
- I.E. Yoho National Park collected photographs, ca.90 photographs : prints, pertain to Yoho National Park landscape, scenery, railway, places and facilities, including Field. Accompanied by 3 letters. Collected from numerous donors, including Kevin Hargadon, T. Lees, Ernie Plant, F. W. Yeats and Millie Adamson.
- I.F. Other, ca.90 items?; prints, transparencies, copy negatives, video recording. Includes: colour transparencies by Jack Holroyd and Bruce Gordon, 1966-1974, re Banff buildings and Protection Mountain mine; photographs of Bankhead, its people and activities used for project Bankhead: The Twenty Year Town by Ben Gadd, 1989; video recording, "Saskatchewan Glacier Clean-up 1994"; VHS cassette copy of National Parks of Canada films produced in the 1930s, including Winter Wonderland, Skiing at Lake Louise, Skiing in Cloudland, Sunshine and Powder Snow, When Winter Comes and "She Climbs to Conquer" by William J. Oliver featuring Georgia Engelhard and Swiss Guide, Ernest Feuz, 1932. CD-ROM includes scanned images from a photograph album "Public Works Projects 1930s Banff National Park" ; Tom Boon's photographs of Mount Royal Hotel fire, 1967, and photograph of C.A. (Alfred) Boon, Union Oil representative at Field and Banff, 1935.
- II. Sound recordings series, 1977-1985, ca.55 sound recordings : audio tape cassettes, audio tape reel. Series consists of: A. Yoho National Park human history study, 1977, 20 cassettes. B. Memoirs of the Warden Service oral history project, 1984, 15 interviews (29 cassettes). Project was conducted by Maryalice Harvey Stewart. Accompanied by report. C. Other, 1980-1985, 3 items, includes rededication ceremonies for Kootenay National Park and for the Park Museum, Banff, also recording pertaining to the Castleguard Caves.
- III. Textual records series, [ca.1887]-1994, ca.250 cm of textual records. Series consists of unpublished reports and management plans; visitor registers, summit registers, cabin and fire lookout registers (some with photographs); register of pack parties, Banff National Park, 1922-1933; maps and plans, including annotated warden service maps; warden records; surveyor notebooks; and transcripts and ephemera pertaining to ceremonies and events. Reports pertain to archaeological sites and research, national parks history, warden service, coal mining in the Bankhead area, predator studies, Cave and Basin, Radium Hot Springs, Ya Ha Tinda Ranch and other sites.
- Notes
- Original photograph album of the scanned images on CD-ROM is located in the Warden's office, Banff National Park Archival Room, cabinet 4, entitled "Public Works Projects 1930s Banff National Park"
- Name Access
- Parks Canada
- Subject Access
- Banff National Park - Wardens
- Bankhead
- Buildings and facilities
- Commerce and industry
- Environment
- Government
- Natural resources
- Science and technology
- Surveying
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Separate finding aid database Parks Canada M317 S23 V488: file level description, includes processed and unprocessed
- Finding aids and reference tools: electronic series description
- basic description for processed material
- basic description for Series I.A. Banff National Park photograph collection (accn.3783)
- accession record copies for unprocessed material
- sound recording summaries and reference copy recordings
- modern reference prints for Cave and Basin photographs
- Related Material
- Related records can be found in Rocky Mountains Park fonds (M410)
- Alpine hut registers for ACC huts managed for a time by Parks Canada are in M200 / I.C.1. Alpine Club of Canada, Hut and clubhouse registers
- Creator
- Parks Canada
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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Parks Canada's response to the Bow Valley Study, January 24, 1997
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2999
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1997
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Call Number
- 13.112 B22bbvr Pam
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Published Date
- 1997
- Physical Description
- 29p
- Subjects
- Banff National Park
- Accession Number
- 6960
- Call Number
- 13.112 B22bbvr Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Public hearing report : mountain parks and Lake Louise area
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue7521
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1974
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Call Number
- 13.112 P23p Pam
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Published Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 24p
- Subjects
- Banff National Park
- Highways
- Jasper National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Lake Louise
- Yoho National Park
- Call Number
- 13.112 P23p Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Reintroduction plan : plains bison in Banff National Park
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14669
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- March 2015
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Publisher
- Banff : Parks Canada
- Call Number
- 13.112 P23r Pam
- Author
- Parks Canada
- Publisher
- Banff : Parks Canada
- Published Date
- March 2015
- Physical Description
- 12 pages
- Subjects
- Banff National Park
- Buffalo
- Notes
- This proposal outlines the reasons why and plans to reintroduce bison back into Banff National Park
- Call Number
- 13.112 P23r Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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