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Weathered wood : anecdotes and history of the Banff-Sunshine area
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6073
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1977
- Author
- Brewster, Forrest Oliver (Pat)
- Publisher
- Banff : Banff Crag & Canyon
- Call Number
- 08.3 B22b
- Publisher
- Banff : Banff Crag & Canyon
- Published Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 64p. : ill., port
- Subjects
- Brewster family
- Dairies
- Mining
- Skiing
- Notes
- Contents: Sunshine area: William Twin (p.9-14); Sir George Simpson (p.15-22); Simpson Register (p.22); George Mercer Dawson (p.23-24); Joe Heely and George Brewster (p.25-28); Bill Peyto (p.29-43); A.O. Wheeler (p.45-49);Sunshine route and early days of skiing: Bill Neish (p.49-51); Arthur Unwin (p.52-54);Gus Johnson, Conrad Kain and Hilliard Hartin (p.53); Dick Smith (p.55-59); Lou Crosby (p. 60-61) .Mount Brewster and Brewster Rock (p.62-64)
- Accession Number
- 6340
- 10500
- 13500
- Call Number
- 08.3 B22b
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Banff, the Rockies and the West : tales of the early days
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6075
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1984
- Author
- Brewster, Forrest Oliver (Pat)
- Publisher
- Banff : Dorothy Cranstone
- Call Number
- 08.3 B22bb
- Publisher
- Banff : Dorothy Cranstone
- Published Date
- 1984
- Physical Description
- 64, 64, 64p. : ill., ports., facsim
- Subjects
- Brewster family
- Notes
- Combines Weathered Wood, They Came West and Wild Cards which are primarily reminiscences of Banff local pioneer Pat Brewster where he relates stories about Banff citizens and visitors and the background history of streets and other places in the area, including Sunshine
- Contents: Book 1 - Weathered wood: anecdotes and history of the Banff-Sunshine area: William Twin (p.9-14); Sir George Simpson (p.15-22); Simpson Register (p.22); George Mercer Dawson (p.23-24); Joe Heely and George Brewster (p.25-28); Bill Peyto (p.29-43); A.O. Wheeler (p.45-49);Sunshine route and early days of skiing: Bill Neish (p.49-51); Arthur Unwin (p.52-54);Gus Johnson, Conrad Kain and Hilliard Hartin (p.53); Dick Smith (p.55-59); Lou Crosby (p. 60-61) .Mount Brewster and Brewster Rock (p.62-64)
- Contents: Book 2 - They came west: Pat's tales of the early days: Pat Brewster as a five year old (p.11-16); Ed Loder (p.12); Howard Whitmere of Brewster Dairy (p.19-21); Mrs. Irving and daughter, the spiritualists (p.19-20); Princess Patricia and the Duke of Connaught visit of 1914 (p.21-22); Frank Oliver , newspaperman (p.21-27); ; stories of George Brewster (p.28-47) inclulding George Brewster and Tom Wilson at Silver City and social scene at the Montreal Hotel and the courting of David McDougall's daughter and niece, and stories of George in Finlay River in the Peace River area and prospecting in the Nordegg and Ghost Lake areas and resulting tensions with indians (p. 41-45) Kid Price, prospector (p.39-40); North-west Mounted Police (p.47-51): Fred Bagley, Sergeant Browning, Sergeant Taylor, Sergeant Casey Oliver, Inspector Harper, Michael Denis "Paddy" Ryan, Constable Stanley, Frank Bouchet (who was admitted to the Hockey Hall of Fame); locations of barracks (p.50-52); hockey (p.53-55) including Fred Pratt and photograph of the Banff Sulphur Rocks hockey team; Philip Moore, Powderface and the King of Siam (p.56-57); Cobb family (p.59); history of Banff's Lynx Street (p.61)
- Contents: Book 3 - Wild Cards: F.O. "Pat" Brewster tales of Banff and the Rockies: Fred Tabuteau (p.6-14); Dr. Robert George Brett (p.10-11); Gordon Reed, Stewart Armour and Norman Luxton's bear (p.15); Mountain goat and hunting stories (p.18-26); Jim Brewster (p.27-31); Marquis Albizzi (p.32-46); Edward Feuz story of porcupine (p.47-48); Bill Davie (p.49-59); Guy Weadick (p.59-64)
- Accession Number
- 3987
- Call Number
- 08.3 B22bb
- Collection
- Archives Library
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They came west
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6076
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1979
- Author
- Brewster, Forrest Oliver (Pat)
- Publisher
- Banff : Banff Crag & Canyon
- Call Number
- 08.3 B22bt c.1
- 08.3 B22bt c.2
- 08.3 B22bt c.3
- 08.3 B22bt c.4
- Responsibility
- editing and design: Jon Whyte
- Publisher
- Banff : Banff Crag & Canyon
- Published Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 62p. : ill., port., facsim
- Notes
- Cover title: They came west : Pat's tales of the early days
- Contents: When I was five - includes Bill Brewster and brother John Brewster in 1886, Ed Loder lime kiln, story of Pat Brewster haircut with an axe;t Brewster as a five year old (p.11-16); Ed Loder (p.12); Howard Whitmere of Brewster Dairy (p.19-21); Mrs. Irving and daughter, the spiritualists (p.19-20); Princess Patricia and the Duke of Connaught visit of 1914 (p.21-22); Frank Oliver , newspaperman (p.21-27); ; stories of George Brewster (p.28-47) inclulding George Brewster and Tom Wilson at Silver City and social scene at the Montreal Hotel and the courting of David McDougall's daughter and niece, and stories of George in Finlay River in the Peace River area and prospecting in the Nordegg and Ghost Lake areas and resulting tensions with indians (p. 41-45) Kid Price, prospector (p.39-40); North-west Mounted Police (p.47-51): Fred Bagley, Sergeant Browning, Sergeant Taylor, Sergeant Casey Oliver, Inspector Harper, Michael Denis "Paddy" Ryan, Constable Stanley, Frank Bouchet (who was admitted to the Hockey Hall of Fame); locations of barracks (p.50-52); hockey (p.53-55) including Fred Pratt and photograph of the Banff Sulphur Rocks hockey team; Philip Moore, Powderface and the King of Siam (p.56-57); Cobb family (p.59); history of Banff's Lynx Street (p.61)
- Accession Number
- 3201
- 5533
- 7989
- 2014.8385
- 2019.68
- Call Number
- 08.3 B22bt c.1
- 08.3 B22bt c.2
- 08.3 B22bt c.3
- 08.3 B22bt c.4
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The great mountain
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12315
- Author
- Fay, Samuel Prescott
- Responsibility
- by S. Prescott Fay with Bradford Angler
- Physical Description
- p. 42-47 : ill
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Brewster, Fred
- Mount Sir Alexander
- Notes
- In Beaver, [no. 288], (Autumn 1957); part 2 of 2 article
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The great mountain
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12317
- Author
- Fay, Samuel Prescott
- Responsibility
- by S. Prescott Fay with Bradford Angler
- Physical Description
- p. 34-39 : ill., map
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Brewster, Fred
- Mount Sir Alexander
- Notes
- In Beaver, [no. 288], (Summer 1957); part 1 of 2 article
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The forgotten explorer : Samuel Prescott Fay's 1914 expedition to the northern Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13793
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2009
- Author
- Fay, Samuel Prescott
- Publisher
- Surrey, BC : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- 02.6 F29f
- Author
- Fay, Samuel Prescott
- Responsibility
- edited by Charles Helm & Mike Murtha
- Publisher
- Surrey, BC : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2009
- Physical Description
- xlix, 292 p. : ill., maps, ports
- Notes
- "Foreword by Robert William Sandford"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-284) and index
- Journal pertains to Fay's five month horse trip of 1200 kilometeres from Jasper to Hudson's Hope, collecting and recording wildlife for the US Biological Survey
- ISBN
- 9781897522554
- Accession Number
- 60,000 2010-03-24
- Call Number
- 02.6 F29f
- Collection
- Archives Library
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