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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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Surveying the 120th meridian and the great divide : the Alberta/BC boundary survey, 1918-1924
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24952
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Sherwood, Jay
- Publisher
- Halfmoon Bay, BC : Caitlin Press
- Call Number
- 08.3 Sh5s Volume 2
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- Author
- Sherwood, Jay
- Responsibility
- Jay Sherwood
- Publisher
- Halfmoon Bay, BC : Caitlin Press
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 192 p. ; illus.
- Series
- Volume 2
- Subjects
- Surveyors
- Surveys and Mapping
- Surveys
- Great Divide Trail
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- British Columbia - Boundaries
- British Columbia - Surveys and Mapping
- Alberta - B.C. Boundary
- Alberta - Boundaries
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Cautley, Richard William
- History
- History of Alberta
- Abstract
- "Surveying the 120th Meridian and the Great Divide is the second book of a two-part series describing the initial Alberta/BC boundary survey undertaken between 1913-1924. Surveying the 120th Meridian focuses on the years 1918–1924, when the Alberta crew continued the survey of the 120th meridian while the BC crew split off to continue mapping the Great (Continental) Divide. The Alberta/BC boundary survey was a unique Canadian project that combined talented surveyors, high-tech surveying equipment, rugged crew members and Canadian wilderness. This is a story of adventure and danger: the crew climbed mountains and surveyed from the peaks of the Canadian Rockies; slogged through the muskeg north of the Peace River; occasionally crossed rivers at high water; and often worked in the rain, snow or cold. The boundary survey produced the first detailed maps of the terrain along the divide and the first pictures of the northern Canadian Rockies taken from an airplane. But the most important legacy of this project is the collection of approximately 5,000 photographs developed from high-quality glass plate negatives. These photographs provide full panoramas of the Rocky Mountain landscape as it looked over a century ago. Surveying the 120th Meridian and the Great Divide combines the best of these photographs, diary entries and government documents to recount the astonishing journey of the surveyors and their crew members as they explored Canada’s most dramatic landscape."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents
- Maps
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- The Surveyors
- Surveying Methods 1918-1924
- Completion of the Boundary Survey, 1950-1953
- Conclusion
- Geographical Names
- Survey Crews, 1918-1924
- Sources Consulted
- Index
- Notes
- Features visual and textual material from the A.O. Wheeler fonds M546 / V771
- ISBN
- 9780773860091
- Accession Number
- 2019.90
- Call Number
- 08.3 Sh5s Volume 2
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Publisher's website
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Secwe´pemc people, land, and laws = Yeri´7 re Stsq'ey's-kucw
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25682
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2017
- Author
- Ignance, Marianne and Ignance, Ronald E.
- Publisher
- Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press
- Call Number
- 07.2 I1s
- Responsibility
- With contributions by Mike K. Rousseau, Nancy J. Turner, Kenneth Favrholdt, and many Secwe´pemc storytellers, past and present ; foreword by Bonnie Leonard
- Publisher
- Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press
- Published Date
- 2017
- Physical Description
- xxxv, 588 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 25 cm
- Subjects
- Secwepemc
- Indigenous
- History
- British Columbia
- Abstract
- Secwe´pemc People, Land, and Laws is a journey through the 10,000-year history of the Interior Plateau nation in British Columbia Told through the lens of past and present Indigenous storytellers, this volume details how a homeland has shaped Secwe´pemc existence while the Secwe´pemc have in turn shaped their homeland. Marianne and Ronald Ignace, with contributions from ethnobotanist Nancy Turner, archaeologist Mike Rousseau, and geographer Ken Favrholdt, compellingly weave together Secwe´pemc narratives about ancestors' deeds, and demonstrate how these stories are the manifestation of Indigenous laws (stsq'ey') for social and moral conduct among humans and all sentient beings on the land, and for social and political relations within the nation and with outsiders. Breathing new life into stories about past transformations, the authors place these narratives in dialogue with written historical sources, and knowledge from archaeology, ethnography, linguistics, earth science, and ethnobiology. In addition to a wealth of detail about Secwe´pemc land stewardship, the social and political order, and spiritual concepts and relations embedded in the Indigenous language, the book shows how between the mid-1800s and 1920s the Secwe´pemc people resisted devastating oppression, the theft of their land, and fought to maintain political autonomy while tenaciously continuing to maintain a connection with their homeland, ancestors, and laws. An exemplary work in collaboration, Secwe´pemc People, Land, and Laws points to the ways in which Indigenous laws and traditions can guide present and future social and political process among the Secwe´pemc and with settler society. -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents
- [English table of contents]. The time of the ancient transformers -- What archaeology tells us about the initial peopling and life of Secwepemcu´l´ecw / Mike K. Rousseau and Marianne Ignace -- The Shuswap language -- How we look(ed) after our land / with Nancy J. Turner -- Trade, travel, and transportation / Marianne Ignace and Kenneth Favrholdt -- Secwe´pemc sense of place -- The Secwe´pemc Nation and its boundaries -- How we are relatives to one another -- Secwe´pemc chiefship and political organization -- Secwe´pemc spirituality and how it was hidden in the church -- The unfolding of dispossession during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- The Indian rights movement of the early twentieth century -- Stories from the past, laws and rights for the future. The sounds of Secwepemctsi´n written in the practical alphabet xxii -- Yeri´7 re sqweqwentsi´n-kt
- An opening prayer xxv-xxvi -- Re sk`ele´p ell re sqle´lten
- Story of coyote and salmon 36-38 -- Tsxli´tentem re sk`ele´p / Coyote and his hosts 63-72 -- 4. Secwepemctsi´n : The Shuswap language 121-144 -- Xelxli´p, xelxele´q
- Coyote juggle his eyes 149-152 -- Le q´7e´ses re spi´xems re nuxwnu´xwenxw
- Women's hunting long time ago 174-175 -- Secwe´pemc words for "beaver" 178 -- Secwe´pemc calendar and seasonal round based on names and activities of Skeetchestn area 196-197 -- Lilly Harry's account of annual resource gathering 198-202 -- Me7 qweqwentsi´n-kt
- A meal prayer 205-206 -- [Food division] 207-208 -- [Example of mixed economy] 211-213 -- Secwe´pemc landscape terms and lexical suffixes 237-239 -- Story of Se´sqem 241-247 -- [Song, referred to as "Secwe´pemc national anthem"] 251-252 -- [North Thompson River, place-terminology] 253-254 -- The use of directional terms in talking about the landscapes 254-259 -- [Secwe´pemc views of territory and its split up into bands] 287-288 -- Stseq.qi´qe
- Story of Balancing Rock 301-304 -- Snine7e´llcw
- Owl's nest 304-309 -- Story of Tessie 309-311 -- ["Secwe´pemc welcome song"] 318 -- Secwe´pemc kinship and in-law terms 323-325 -- Sekla´cwa7
- Story of muskrat 326-333 -- Reqets`we´ ye ell re sni´ne
- The chipmunk and owl story 333-336 -- [Account of arranged marriages, 1930s-1940s] 342-346 -- [Views on marrying white men] 348-349 -- Re sqle´lten
- Story of the salmon 349-353 -- Names and name giving 353-356 -- Re scwicwe´ye ell re skelkle´ts
- Story of ant and grasshopper 357-359 -- ["Indian courts"] 377-379 -- Pe´xwem
- Ways to heal 392-393 -- Sni´ne
- Story of owl 395-398 -- Ctsrm`
- Having a sweat 399 -- Catholic prayers in Secwepemctsi´n 411-418 -- Re q´we´ leqs ell re si´ntse7
- The priest and the altar boy 421-423 -- [The story of Petese´q] 481-483 -- Qweni´meqll
- Story of mosquito 492-496 -- Sku´7pecen
- Story of porcupine 496-500.
- ISBN
- 9780773551305
- Accession Number
- P2022.13
- Call Number
- 07.2 I1s
- Location
- Reading Room
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Trail blazers : from highway dream to hiking destination [DVD video]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14409
- Medium
- Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
- Published Date
- 2011
- Publisher
- British Columbia? : JPS Mediaworks
- Call Number
- 01.4 T7 DVD
- Responsibility
- Monkman Expeditions Ltd
- Publisher
- British Columbia? : JPS Mediaworks
- Published Date
- 2011
- Physical Description
- 1 digital video disc : sound, colour ; 12 cm.
- Subjects
- British Columbia
- Monkman Pass Highway
- Trails
- Notes
- Summary: The story of the Monkman Memorial Pass will connect generations of people who have ever lived near or visited Monkman Pass. It is a story about the pride and determination of a community of people who wanted a better life. It is about the ideals of hard work, cooperation, and freedom. With adventurer Simon Ratcliffe as your host, you will explore history through some of British Columbia's most rugged and beautiful back country. Experience the legacy of Alex Monkman, and his dream to lead his community through the mountains of prosperity.
- narrated by Simon Ratcliffe
- Call Number
- 01.4 T7 DVD
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The sacred headwaters : the fight to save the Stikine, Skeena, and Nass
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14442
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2011
- Author
- Davis, Wade
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Greystone Books
- Call Number
- 04 D29s
- Author
- Davis, Wade
- Responsibility
- Wade Davis; principal photography, Carr Clifton ; foreword, David Suzuki ; afterword, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ; with contributions by Trevor Frost and Paul Colangelo ; additional photography, Paul Colangelo ... [et al.]
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Greystone Books
- Published Date
- 2011
- Physical Description
- viii, 145 pages : colour illustrations, maps, portraits ; 26 cm
- ISBN
- 9781553658801
- Accession Number
- P2015-03-31
- Call Number
- 04 D29s
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Conrad Kain : letters from a wandering mountain guide, 1906-1933
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14535
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Author
- Kain, Conrad
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press
- Call Number
- 01 K12c
- 01 K12c c.2
- 01 K12c c.3
- Author
- Kain, Conrad
- Responsibility
- edited with an introduction by Zac Robinson ; translated by Maria and John Koch
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press
- Published Date
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 468 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Commission
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Biography
- Kain, Conrad
- Malek, Amelie
- Mountaineering
- Mountain guides
- Pistor, Dr. Erich
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Notes
- Partial contents: Foreword : Conrad Kain, guide and mountaineer / Chic Scott; Epilogue: The Kain-Malek correspondence: provenance, 1934-2005 / Don Bourdon
- ISBN
- 9781772120042
- Accession Number
- 2015-8404
- P2015.06.30
- P2015-06-30
- Call Number
- 01 K12c
- 01 K12c c.2
- 01 K12c c.3
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Great bear wild : dispatches from a Northern Rainforest
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14604
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Author
- McAllister, Ian
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Greystone Books
- Call Number
- 04.2 M12g
- Author
- McAllister, Ian
- Responsibility
- Ian McAllister ; foreword by Robert F. Kennedy Jr
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Greystone Books
- Published Date
- 2014
- Physical Description
- xiv, 183 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 29 cm
- Subjects
- Bears
- British Columbia
- Forests
- Notes
- The Great Bear Rainforest is the fabled region that stretches up the rugged Pacific coast from the top of Vancouver Island to southern Alaska. A longtime resident of the area, award-winning photographer and conservationist Ian McAllister takes us on a deeply personal journey from the headwaters of the Great Bear Rainforest's unexplored river valleys down to where the ocean meets the rainforest and finally to the hidden depths of the offshore world. Along the way, we meet the spectacular wildlife that inhabits the Great Bear Rainforest--in a not-so-unusual week, McAllister quietly observes twenty-seven bears fishing for salmon, three of which are the famed pure white grizzlies, Kermodes. McAllister introduces us to the First Nations people who have lived there for millennia and have become his close friends and allies, and to the scientists conducting groundbreaking research and racing against time to protect the rainforest from massive energy projects."--From publisher
- ISBN
- 9781771640459
- Accession Number
- P2015-09-03
- Call Number
- 04.2 M12g
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- Archives Library
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Historic Tofino : a walking tour
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14611
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2011
- Author
- Mason, Adrienne
- Publisher
- Tofino, B.C. : Postelsia Press
- Call Number
- 08.2 M38h Pam
- Author
- Mason, Adrienne
- Responsibility
- [Adrienne Mason]
- Publisher
- Tofino, B.C. : Postelsia Press
- Published Date
- 2011
- Physical Description
- 43 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits ; 22 cm
- Subjects
- British Columbia
- Tourism
- Tours
- Walking
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references
- Text runs parallel to spine
- ISBN
- 9780986505836
- Accession Number
- 8530
- Call Number
- 08.2 M38h Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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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"
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- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Among the Selkirks
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15113
- Responsibility
- Wiliiam S. Green
- Published Date
- 21st June 1890
- Physical Description
- p.395
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Notes
- In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.IV, no.103, (June 1890)
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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