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A forest fire in the Rocky Mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15102
- Published Date
- 1890
- Physical Description
- p.128, ill.
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Notes
- In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.IV, no.86, (February 1890)
- photograph on p.128, description on p.119 under "Our Engravings"
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Summer suns in the far west : a holiday trip to the Pacific slope
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3559
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1890
- Author
- Blaikie, W. G
- Publisher
- London : Thomas Nelson
- Call Number
- 02.3 B57
- Author
- Blaikie, W. G
- Publisher
- London : Thomas Nelson
- Published Date
- 1890
- Physical Description
- 160p : ill
- Subjects
- British Columbia
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Accession Number
- 337
- Call Number
- 02.3 B57
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Explorations in Alaska and North-west British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13788
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1891
- Author
- Seton-Karr, Heywood Walter
- Publisher
- Royal Geographical Society
- Call Number
- GB500 S48
- Author
- Seton-Karr, Heywood Walter
- Publisher
- Royal Geographical Society
- Published Date
- 1891
- Physical Description
- incl. map
- Subjects
- Geography
- Mountains
- Alaska
- British Columbia
- Accession Number
- AC608
- Call Number
- GB500 S48
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Canada's El Dorado
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20164
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1892?
- Author
- Ralph, Julian
- Call Number
- 07.2 R11c Pam
- Author
- Ralph, Julian
- Responsibility
- Julian Ralph
- Published Date
- 1892?
- Subjects
- British Columbia
- Travel
- Abstract
- Pertains to a Julian Ralph publication, where he shares his input and observations of the Indigenous Peoples of North America.
- Accession Number
- 3069 a
- Call Number
- 07.2 R11c Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Map of the Kootenay District - A mining recording divisions map
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24533
- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1897
- Publisher
- Dept. of Lands and Works, Victoria
- Call Number
- C10-6.3
- Publisher
- Dept. of Lands and Works, Victoria
- Published Date
- 1897
- Scale
- Scale: 12 miles - 1 inch
- Subjects
- Central British Columbia
- Notes
- Photostatic copy from Public Archives
- Accession Number
- 675
- Call Number
- C10-6.3
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Central British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24534
- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1940
- Publisher
- Dept. of Lands, B.C.
- Call Number
- C10-6.5
- Publisher
- Dept. of Lands, B.C.
- Published Date
- 1940
- Scale
- Scale: 1:1,000,000
- Subjects
- Central British Columbia
- Accession Number
- 540
- 3349?
- Call Number
- C10-6.5
- Collection
- Archives Library
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[British Columbia, Highways] Alberta Motor Association
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24512
- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1941
- Call Number
- C10-1.1
- Published Date
- 1941
- Scale
- 1 inch-40 miles
- Subjects
- British Columbia
- Highways
- Notes
- Tourist information for 1941 on reverse side of map
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- C10-1.1
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The Okanagan Valley
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacthac.05.03
- Date
- 1941
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HaC.05.03
- Description
- Countryside scene, green farm fields and orchards in foreground, trees and buildings in mid-distance, hills in background. One large tree in foreground at left, another on on the right.
- Title
- The Okanagan Valley
- Date
- 1941
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Description
- Countryside scene, green farm fields and orchards in foreground, trees and buildings in mid-distance, hills in background. One large tree in foreground at left, another on on the right.
- Subject
- landscape
- British Columbia
- Okanagan
- Credit
- Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
- Catalogue Number
- HaC.05.03
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Victoria British Columbia : souvenir map and tourist guide of Victoria, also road map of Vancouver Island
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20004
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1945?
- Publisher
- Canada : Illustrated Civic Map Service
- Call Number
- 02.5 C48v Pam
- Publisher
- Canada : Illustrated Civic Map Service
- Published Date
- 1945?
- Subjects
- Travel
- Victoria
- British Columbia
- Maps
- Abstract
- Pertains to a map and tourist guide of Victoria, British Columbia. Additionally, the booklet contains a road map of Vancouver Island. The inside of the map has been annotated by Bert Rigall. Readers can expect an illustrated souvenir map and guide of Victoria.
- Notes
- Annotation – the map has been annotated by Bert Rigall
- Accession Number
- 7201
- Call Number
- 02.5 C48v Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Geology and mineral deposits of northern British Columbia west of the Rocky mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19994
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1946
- Author
- Armstrong, J. E.
- Publisher
- Ottawa, E. Cloutier, printer to the Kin
- Call Number
- 03.1 Ar1g
- Author
- Armstrong, J. E.
- Responsibility
- J. E. Armstrong
- Publisher
- Ottawa, E. Cloutier, printer to the Kin
- Published Date
- 1946
- Physical Description
- 3 preliminary leaves, 46 pages illustrations (maps) 25 cm.
- Subjects
- Geology
- Geology - British Columbia
- Abstract
- Pertains to the geology and mineral deposits of Northern British Columbia and West of the Rocky Mountains. Through the practice of mining, prospecting and geological exploration, we have been able to vastly increase our understanding of geological material. The publication focuses on both general geology and economic geology. Additionally, the publication offers information pertaining to the history of mining, and the ways in which it has transformed our understanding of geological material.
- Contents
- Preface (pg. v)
- Introduction (pg. 1)
- Physiography (pg. 3)
- General geology (pg. 6)
- Precambrain (pg. 6)
- Palaeozoic (pg. 7)
- Mesozoic (pg. 8)
- Cenozoic (pg. 10)
- Tertiary (pg. 10)
- Quaternary (pg. 11)
- Intrusive rocks (pg. 11)
- Structural geology (pg. 13)
- History of mining (pg. 14)
- Economic geography (pg. 16)
- Summary of economic geology (pg. 16)
- Relation of metalliferous deposits to intrusions (pg. 16)
- Relation of metalliferous deposits to structure (pg. 17)
- Mineral deposits (pg. 18)
- Placer gold (pg. 18)
- Lode gold (pg. 22)
- Atlin and Stikine mining dividions (pg. 22)
- Cariboo mining division (pg. 23)
- Omineca mining division (pg 24.)
- Portland canal mining division (pg. 24)
- Queen Charlotte mining division (pg. 25)
- Skeena mining division (pg. 25)
- Silver-lead-zinc (pg. 25)
- Portland Canal area (pg. 26)
- Quartz veins containing one or more of the metals, silvers, lead, and zinc (pg. 26)
- Silver-barite-jasper deposits (pg. 26)
- Silver-lead deposits (pg. 27)
- Hazelton-Smithers area (pg. 27)
- Canadian National Railway belt from Houston to Burns Laek (pg. 27)
- Ingenika River (pg. 28)
- Copper (pg. 28)
- Mercury (pg. 29)
- Tungsten (pg. 30)
- Molybdenum (pg. 31)
- Antimony (pg. 31)
- Manganese (pg. 31)
- Chromium (pg. 31)
- Mica (pg. 32)
- Iron (pg. 32)
- Pyrite (pg. 32)
- Coal (pg. 32)
- Jurassic or Lower Cretaceous coal (pg. 32)
- Tertiary coal (pg. 33)
- Bibliography (pg. 35)
- Notes
- At head of title: Canada. Dept. of mines and resources. Mines and geology branch
- Accession Number
- 7201
- Call Number
- 03.1 Ar1g
- Collection
- Archives Library
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