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Alberta trees of renown : an honour roll of Alberta trees

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

Published Date: 1986

Edition: 2d ed

Call Number: 04.1 Al1t 1986

Responsibility: a project of Alberta Forestry Association ...

Edition: 2d ed

Published Date: 1986

Physical Description: 63p. : ill

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

Subjects: Blazes; Brewster family; Maligne Lake; Moberly family; Pinto Lake

ISBN: 0-86499-320-X

Accession Number: 5240

Call Number: 04.1 Al1t 1986

Collection: Archives Library

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Banff, the Rockies and the West : tales of the early days

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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

Author: Brewster, Forrest Oliver (Pat)

Publisher: Banff : Dorothy Cranstone

Published Date: 1984

Physical Description: 64, 64, 64p. : ill., ports., facsim

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

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)