topic:"Bow Lake" found 26 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Recreational map : Bow Lake & Saskatchewan Crossing

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1995

Publisher: Calgary : Gem Trek Publishing

Call Number: C6-6.1c

Publisher: Calgary : Gem Trek Publishing

Published Date: 1995

Physical Description: 1 map : col

Scale: 1:70,000

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Bow Lake (region); Saskatchewan Crossing (region); Banff National Park; Title: Bow Lake & Saskatchewan Crossing

Notes: ISBN 1-895526-10-8

Accession Number: 28,000

Call Number: C6-6.1c

Collection: Archives Library

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Recreational map : Bow Lake & Saskatchewan Crossing

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1995

Publisher: Calgary : Gem Trek Publishing

Call Number: C6-6.1c

Publisher: Calgary : Gem Trek Publishing

Published Date: 1995

Physical Description: 1 map : col

Scale: 1:70,000

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Bow Lake (region); Saskatchewan Crossing (region); Banff National Park; Title: Bow Lake & Saskatchewan Crossing

Notes: ISBN 1-895526-10-8

Accession Number: 28,000

Call Number: C6-6.1c

Collection: Archives Library

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Peyto Glacier : general information

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

Published Date: 1975

Author: Sedgwick, John Kent

Publisher: Ottawa : Inland Waters Directorate

Call Number: 03.4 Se2p Pam

Author: Sedgwick, John Kent

Responsibility: J.K. Sedgwick and W.E.S. Henoch

Publisher: Ottawa : Inland Waters Directorate

Published Date: 1975

Physical Description: 30p. : ill., maps

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

Subjects: Bow Lake; Natural history; Peyto, Bill; Simpson, Jimmy

Notes: Bibliography; French version also in library

Accession Number: 3073

Call Number: 03.4 Se2p Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Bow Lake and Glacier

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Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1971

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.009

Description: At the bottom of the print is the brown and tan shore of Bow Lake. Four brownish trees are at the centre of this shore area. Bow lake is turquoise green and takes up the centre portion of the print. It appears as if the shore is at a slightly higher elevation than the lake. At the centre right …

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Bow Lake and Glacier

Date: 1971

Medium: ink on paper

Description: At the bottom of the print is the brown and tan shore of Bow Lake. Four brownish trees are at the centre of this shore area. Bow lake is turquoise green and takes up the centre portion of the print. It appears as if the shore is at a slightly higher elevation than the lake. At the centre right of the print, Bow Glacier is visible. Brown and white mountains extend upwards from the lake across the centre of the print. The sky is pale blue and clear with two narrow streaky clouds, one above the other, extending across the print.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Bow Lake, Bow Glacier

Credit: Gift of George Weber, 1973

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.009

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Letters to Mother [September - December 1942]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 50 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from September 2 to December 31, 1942. Topics include day to day life, weather, cleaning and household chorse, a 3-day trip to the Columbia Icefields to paint/sketch in early September, news pertaining to th…

Date Range: 1942

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 114

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Postcard; Private record

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs

Sous-Fonds: M36

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 114

GMD: Postcard; Private record

Date Range: 1942

Physical Description: 1.2 cm of textual records (56 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 50 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from September 2 to December 31, 1942. Topics include day to day life, weather, cleaning and household chorse, a 3-day trip to the Columbia Icefields to paint/sketch in early September, news pertaining to the war, matters pertaining to the store and apartments on Banff Ave, radio programs [including operas, news, and sports], visits from friends, updates on war-time rations [mostly on food items and gasoline/coal], day trips around Banff National Park to sketch/paint [mostly to Moraine Lake, Lake Louise, and Lake Minnewanka], going to the movies, wildlife, books Catharine and Edith are reading, events and people in Concord [including Russel's activities and promotions in the US Army], various holidays [both Canadian and American], making frames, Catharine's involvement with the Red Cross [including first aid training], Pete being hired by Sir Norman Watson to create letterhead and a Christmas card for Mount Temple Chalet, skiing, slide making and presentations, errand trips to Calgary [mostly to see the dentist], and Christmas activites/parties. Also includes postcards.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Moore, Pearl; Moore, Edmee; Moore, Phil; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Billie; Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.; White, Annie; White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); White, Bubby; Whyte, Dorothy; Stockand, Cameron; Stockand, Lila (White); Ward, Sam; Ward, Louise (Cis); Brewster, Fern; Brewster, Jack Walker; Link, George K. K. (Tommy); Link, Adeline; Campbell, Gray; Campbell, Eleanor; Watson, Sir Norman; Rummel, Elizabeth; Rummel, Lizzie; Rungius, Carl; Noble, George

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Birds; Bird watching; Birthday; Books; Bow Lake; Businesses; Canadian Pacific Railway; Children; Christmas; Columbia Icefield; Columbia Icefield Chalet; Community events; Community life; Correspondence; Family; Family and personal life; Films and film making; First Nations; Home; Hospital; Indigenous Peoples; Leisure; Literature; Mountain; Mount Royal Hotel; Mount Temple Chalet; Norquay Ski Hill; Num-Ti-Jah Lodge; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Post Office; Red Cross; Royal Canadian Airforce; RCAF; Scenery; Skiing; Ski areas; Trains; Transportation; Travel; War; Weather; Wildlife; Winter; Winter sports; World War II; WWII

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Bow Lake; Icefield Parkway; Banff National Park; Calgary; Alberta; Concord; Massachusetts; Canada; United States of America

Language: English

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Commemorative Coin Collection

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Date: 1979 – 1983

Material: metal; plastic

Catalogue Number: 105.02.1062 a-e

Description: 5 Banff/Lake Louise souvenir dollar coins in vinyl case. 5 silver dollar coins dating 1979 to 1983, all with lake scenes, Moraine Lake 1979, Lake Minnewanka 1980, Bow Lake 1981, Lake Louise 1982, Vermilion Lakes 1983. All are set in a beige and brown case,a white card is included on the inside list…

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Title: Commemorative Coin Collection

Date: 1979 – 1983

Material: metal; plastic

Description: 5 Banff/Lake Louise souvenir dollar coins in vinyl case. 5 silver dollar coins dating 1979 to 1983, all with lake scenes, Moraine Lake 1979, Lake Minnewanka 1980, Bow Lake 1981, Lake Louise 1982, Vermilion Lakes 1983. All are set in a beige and brown case,a white card is included on the inside listing the 5 scenes and the price 15.00. The case is 13.5 x 11.0,the coins 3.2 in diameter.

Subject: Banff National Park; souvenir; centennial; Moraine Lake; Lake Minnewanka; Bow Lake; Lake Louise; Vermilion Lakes

Credit: Gift of Banff-Lake Louise Chamber of Commerce, Banff, 1986

Catalogue Number: 105.02.1062 a-e

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Identification Sign

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Date: 1940 – 1960

Material: wood

Catalogue Number: 105.05.1024

Description: BOW LAKE with cabin and trees, solid piece of wood. Incised into the wood, centered is a log cabin, with a path leading up to the door, 3 windows and smoke coming out the chimney, trees around the cabin. Along the bottom 2.4 high branch-like letters spell out "Bow Lake".

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Title: Identification Sign

Date: 1940 – 1960

Material: wood

Dimensions: 16.5 x 22.7 cm

Description: BOW LAKE with cabin and trees, solid piece of wood. Incised into the wood, centered is a log cabin, with a path leading up to the door, 3 windows and smoke coming out the chimney, trees around the cabin. Along the bottom 2.4 high branch-like letters spell out "Bow Lake".

Subject: lodges; Bow Lake; tourism; Jim Simpson; Num-ti-jah Lodge

Credit: Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 1975

Catalogue Number: 105.05.1024

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Household Thermometer

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Date: c. 1950

Material: glass; metal; paper

Catalogue Number: 104.30.1002

Description: A picture of Bow Lake with a tepee in right foreground and a deer left foreground has a Fahrenheit thermometer inserted right bottom corner. Gold metal frame with glass.

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Title: Household Thermometer

Date: c. 1950

Material: glass; metal; paper

Dimensions: 20.7 x 25.7 cm

Description: A picture of Bow Lake with a tepee in right foreground and a deer left foreground has a Fahrenheit thermometer inserted right bottom corner. Gold metal frame with glass.