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At home in nature : a life of unknown mountains and deep wilderness
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25052
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2017
- Author
- Wood, Robert Julian
- Publisher
- [Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
- Call Number
- G512 A84 W66
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- Author
- Wood, Robert Julian
- Publisher
- [Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
- Published Date
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 284 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color)
- Abstract
- Rob Wood grew up in a village on the edge of the Yorkshire Moors, where he eventually developed a preoccupation with rock climbing. After studying architecture for five years at the Architectural Association School in London, England, he made his way to Montreal and ended up in Calgary. During his time in Calgary, Rob became a pioneer of ice climbing and posted numerous first ascents in the Rockies during the early 1970’s. Eventually, life in corporate Alberta proved unfulfilling and Rob realized that he needed to find a place where he could reconnect with nature, which brought him to the remote reaches of Canada’s West Coast. Settling on Maurelle Island, he and his wife built an off-the-grid homestead and focussed on alternative communities and developing a small house-design practice specializing in organic and wholesome building techniques. At Home in Nature is a gentle and philosophical memoir that focuses on living a life deeply rooted in the natural world, where citizens are connected to the planet and individuals work together to help, enhance and make the world a better — and sustainable — place. (from Rocky Mountain Books website)
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Leaving the old country
- Allegiance to nature
- Settling down
- Cosmic shack
- Back to the land community
- Island schooling
- Domestic animals
- Wild animals
- Fiordland boat
- Mystery mountain
- Deep wilderness
- Cancer
- Aorta attack
- Outer islands community
- Off-grib homestead
- Organic house
- Heavy weather
- Flight of the imagination
- Legend of Kayak Bill
- Whirlpools in the tide
- ISBN
- 9781771602501
- Accession Number
- A639
- Call Number
- G512 A84 W66
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Summary on Rocky Mountain Books
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The bold and cold : a history of 25 classic climbs in the Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15286
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2016
- Author
- Pullan, Brandon
- Publisher
- Victoria : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- 01.4 P96b
- Author
- Pullan, Brandon
- Publisher
- Victoria : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2016
- Physical Description
- 264 pages, colour illustrations
- Subjects
- Alberta, Mount
- Assiniboine, Mount
- Banff National Park
- British Columbia
- Bugaboos
- Canmore
- Edith Cavell, Mount
- Robson, Mount
- Rock climbing
- Rocky Mountains, Canada
- Yamnuska, Mount
- ISBN
- 9781771601153
- Accession Number
- P2016 - 73,000 - 03
- Call Number
- 01.4 P96b
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The bold and cold : a history of 25 classic climbs in the Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15365
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2016
- Author
- Pullan, Brandon
- Publisher
- Victoria : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- G510 P85
- Author
- Pullan, Brandon
- Publisher
- Victoria : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2016
- Physical Description
- 264 pages, colour illustrations
- Subjects
- Alberta, Mount
- Assiniboine, Mount
- Banff National Park
- British Columbia
- Bugaboos
- Canmore
- Edith Cavell, Mount
- Robson, Mount
- Rock climbing
- Rocky Mountains, Canada
- Yamnuska, Mount
- ISBN
- 9781771601153
- Accession Number
- AC633
- Call Number
- G510 P85
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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A century of antics, epics, & escapades : the Varsity Outdoor Club, 1917-2017
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19856
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2017
- Author
- Varsity Outdoor Club
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Varsity Outdoor Club, University of British Columbia
- Edition
- centennial edition
- Call Number
- 01.4 C51a
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- Author
- Varsity Outdoor Club
- Edition
- centennial edition
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Varsity Outdoor Club, University of British Columbia
- Published Date
- 2017
- Abstract
- Pertains to the history and achievements of the Varsity Outdoor Club over the last 100 years in celebration of the organizations centennial anniversary. Divided by decade, the book offers the reader a comprehensive analysis of the achievements during each time period. From mountaineering to rock climbing, hiking and sailing, the centennial edition of the Varsity Outdoor Club offers the reader a personal experience in understanding mountain life.
- Contents
- Foreward
- A history older than ours
- Table of contenets
- Timeline
- 1917 - 1939
- 1940's
- 1950's
- 1960's
- Buildering by Ard Ardvin
- 1970's
- Conservation and advocacy in VOC
- 1980's
- Women in the VOC
- 1990's
- Huts
- Nerdiness in the VOC
- 2000's
- VOC portrait: Roland Burton
- VOC marriage proposals
- 2010's
- Beyond 2017
- Acknowledgements
- A note on sources
- Appendix: executive lists
- ISBN
- 9781775043003
- Accession Number
- 2019.56
- Call Number
- 01.4 C51a
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- The attached URL pertains to the Varsity Outdoor Clubs official website
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A century of antics, epics & escapades : the Varsity Outdoor Club, 1917-2017
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19924
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2017
- Author
- Varsity Outdoor Club
- Publisher
- Vancouver, B.C. ; University of British Columbia's Varsity Outdoor Club
- Call Number
- G505 V37 A58
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- Author
- Varsity Outdoor Club
- Responsibility
- Varsity Outdoor Club
- Publisher
- Vancouver, B.C. ; University of British Columbia's Varsity Outdoor Club
- Published Date
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 252 p. : illus. (colour)
- Abstract
- The Varsity Outdoor Club has turned 100. To celebrate the rich history of the clubs wilderness (mis-)adventures we’ve independently published the best of our collective stories from the last century into one beautiful coffee table book. The VOC has been intimately tied with the history of hiking, skiing, mountaineering and exploration of Southwestern British Columbia and beyond. From building a wooden cabin on the untamed wilds of Grouse Mountain (in the 1920s), to the first ski crossing of the now ultra-classic, “Neve Traverse” in Garibaldi Park, to modern adventures pushing how far and how fast we can go. Each chapter explores the decades from 1917 to 2017, combining primary written accounts, stunning photos and oral histories of the members into a larger unfolding narrative of the ever-evolving relationship between adventurers and nature. (from Varsity Outdoor Club website)
- Contents
- Foreward
- A history older than ours
- Table of contents
- Timeline
- 1917-1939 - Maps: VOC areas & traverses over time
- 1940s - Decades of Garibaldi Park
- 1950s - Decades of Loganeering
- 1960s - Buildering; decades of socializing
- 1970s - Conservation and advocacy in the VOC; Decades of transportation
- 1980s - Women in the VOC; decades of adventure
- 1900s
- Huts
- Nerdiness in the VOC; Maps: selection of traverses since 2000s & climbing pilgrimages
- 2000s
- VOC portrait: Roland Burton
- VOC marriage proposals
- 2010s
- Beyond 2017
- Acknowledgements
- A note on sources
- Appendix: executive lists
- ISBN
- 9781775043003
- Accession Number
- AC635
- Call Number
- G505 V37 A58
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Varsity Outdoor Club website - publication information
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Chautauqua serenade : violinist Ruth Bowers on tour, 1910-1912
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15271
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2015
- Author
- Sherwood, Jay
- Publisher
- Halfmoon Bay, BC : Caitlin Press
- Call Number
- 06.2 Sh5c
- Author
- Sherwood, Jay
- Publisher
- Halfmoon Bay, BC : Caitlin Press
- Published Date
- 2015
- Physical Description
- 224 pages, illustrations, maps
- Subjects
- British Columbia
- Music
- Travel
- United States
- Women
- ISBN
- 9781927575697
- Accession Number
- P2016 - 73,000 - 02
- Call Number
- 06.2 Sh5c
- 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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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2013
- Author
- Oakey-Baker, Sue
- Publisher
- Surrey, B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- G512 O25
- Author
- Oakey-Baker, Sue
- Publisher
- Surrey, B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2013
- Physical Description
- 366 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour portraits
- Subjects
- British Columbia
- K2
- ISBN
- 9781927330708
- Accession Number
- AC609
- Call Number
- G512 O25
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Furrows in the sky : the adventures of Gerry Andrews
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15269
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2012
- Author
- Sherwood, Jay
- Publisher
- Victoria : Royal BC Museum Publishing
- Call Number
- 03.7 Sh5f
- Author
- Sherwood, Jay
- Publisher
- Victoria : Royal BC Museum Publishing
- Published Date
- 2012
- Physical Description
- 239 pages, illustrations, maps
- Subjects
- Aerial Photography
- British Columbia
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Field
- Forestry
- Surveyors
- World War II
- ISBN
- 9780772664914
- Accession Number
- P2016 - 73,000 - 02
- Call Number
- 03.7 Sh5f
- 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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