Narrow Results By
All-time high - an unprecedented number of visitors are heading to Banff National Park, with a million more tourists passing through the gates in just the last five years. Has the beloved park reached its limits?
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25147
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- May 2020
- Author
- Stewart, Ryan
- Odynski, Taylor
- Publisher
- Crowfoot Media
- Call Number
- P
1 website
- Author
- Stewart, Ryan
- Odynski, Taylor
- Responsibility
- Ryan Stewart (author)
- Taylor Odynski (illustrator)
- Publisher
- Crowfoot Media
- Published Date
- May 2020
- Physical Description
- p.70 - 75
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Tourism
- Ecology
- Environment
- Banff National Park
- Wildlife
- Town of Banff
- Parks Canada
- Alberta
- Abstract
- Pertains to the rise in visitation to Banff National Park
- Notes
- In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol.05, May 2020
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Website for Crowfoot Media - publishers of Canadian Rockies Annual
Websites
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
"Buffalo Medicine" [charm]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54926
- Part Of
- Parks Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of documents pertaining to the "Buffalo Medicine" charm manufactured and distributed by the Parks publicity bureau from 1920-1922. The charm was a small metal piece housed in a paper pouch and accompanied by a leaflett that related the legend of the charm. The charms were made in batc…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1920-1922]
- Reference Code
- M317 / III / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Published record
- Textual record
1 website
- Part Of
- Parks Canada fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M317 / S23 / V488
- Series
- III. Textual records series
- Sous-Fonds
- M317
- Accession Number
- 8134
- Reference Code
- M317 / III / 1
- Date Range
- [ca. 1920-1922]
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm of textual records (3 pages ; 21.5 x 28 cm and 10.5 x 16.5 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of documents pertaining to the "Buffalo Medicine" charm manufactured and distributed by the Parks publicity bureau from 1920-1922. The charm was a small metal piece housed in a paper pouch and accompanied by a leaflett that related the legend of the charm. The charms were made in batches of 10,000 and were popular collectors items. The first batch made in 1920 were made of alluminum, but the design was changed for the second and final issue. Includes a typed letter to Jim Sime from Fergus Lothian regarding the charm and material related to early Park fire prevention ; the leaflet that accompanied a "Buffalo Medicine" charm ; a typed text page meant to accompany the charm while on display.
- Notes
- The charm and its original pouch are now housed in Heritage Collection.
- Name Access
- Lothian, Fergus
- Sime, Jim
- Subject Access
- Advertising
- Buffalo
- Correspondence
- Fire
- Fire fighters
- Fire wardens
- National parks and reserves
- Parks
- Parks Canada
- Rocky Mountains Park
- Souvenir
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- Charm held in Heritage Collection : 103.01.1043 a,b
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Websites
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Dyed in the green
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25278
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2015
- Author
- Mercer, George
- Publisher
- [North Saanich, British Columbia] : [George Mercer]
- Call Number
- 05.4 M46d
1 website
- Author
- Mercer, George
- Responsibility
- George Mercer
- Publisher
- [North Saanich, British Columbia] : [George Mercer]
- Published Date
- 2015
- Physical Description
- 361 pages
- Subjects
- Fiction
- Parks Canada
- National parks
- Abstract
- National Park Warden Ben Matthews expected challenges with his new posting at Cape Breton Highlands, but he got more than he bargained for. Facing a notorious poacher and the local communities who viewed poaching as a way of life, Ben and the park wardens are drawn into an intricate game of cat and mouse that takes a turn no one could have imagined. Set along the world-famous Cabot Trail, this is a gripping story about protecting one of Canada's special places. (From McNally Robinson website)
- Notes
- Book one in the Dyed in the green series
- ISBN
- 9780987975409
- Call Number
- 05.4 M46d
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Author's website
Websites
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2017
- Author
- Mercer, George
- Publisher
- [North Saanich, British Columbia] : [George Mercer]
- Call Number
- 05.4 M46j
1 website
- Author
- Mercer, George
- Responsibility
- George Mercer
- Publisher
- [North Saanich, British Columbia] : [George Mercer]
- Published Date
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 321 pages
- Abstract
- Explore the first fiction series about Canada's National Parks. Jasper Wild is the third story in the Dyed in the Green mystery series about the challenges facing our contry's special places, and the people working tirelessly to protect these national treasures. After helping scuttle plans to slaughter Wood Buffalo National Park's entire bison population, Ben Matthews and Kate Jones end up in Jasper. Distracted by rumours of a new mine on the park's boundary, Ben and Kate help uncover a plot to build a backcountry lodge in Jasper's wilderness, leaving no stone unturned to stop an international mining giant who conspires with government politicians and Parks management to carve off a piece of the park for himself. (From McNally Robinson website)
- Notes
- Book three in the Dyed in the green series
- ISBN
- 9780987975447
- Call Number
- 05.4 M46j
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Author's website
Websites
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Outlier : how a Chicago man hampered his own rescue from the Columbia Icefield, and what searchers learned from him
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20018
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 2014
- Author
- Wilson, Niki
- Call Number
- P
1 website
- Author
- Wilson, Niki
- Responsibility
- Niki Wilson
- Published Date
- 2014
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Abstract
- Pertians to the attempted rescue of George Joachim over nine days from the Columbia Icefield and the search and rescue statistical models used by Parks Canada.
- Notes
- In Highline Magazine, Vol. 6, Iss. 1, Winter 2014, p. 32 - 39
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Highline website
Websites
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Plight of the Whitebark Pine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19818
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- May 2019
- Author
- Los, Fraser
- Publisher
- Crowfoot Media
- Call Number
- P
1 website
- Author
- Los, Fraser
- Publisher
- Crowfoot Media
- Published Date
- May 2019
- Physical Description
- p.22-23
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Abstract
- Pertains to a collaborative project with Parks Canada as part of a country-wide Conservation and and Restoration program to create white pine blister rust resistant Whitebark Pines to replant in their natural ranges in Glacier National Park and Mount Revelstoke National Park.
- Notes
- In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol.04, May 2019
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Website for Crowfoot Media - publishers of Canadian Rockies Annual
Websites
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Rocky Mountain Rangers : guardians of the wild
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25012
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- The Wardens
- Golemba, Lia (illustrator)
- Publisher
- [Calgary], Alberta : Red Barn Books
- Call Number
- 06.2 W21g (copy 1)
- 06.2 W21g ref. (copy 2)
1 website
- Publisher
- [Calgary], Alberta : Red Barn Books
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations, colour map
- Abstract
- Rocky Mountain Rangers: Guardians of the Wild’ is based on the music of Alberta band, The Wardens, with illustrations by award-winning artist Lia Golemba. Ideal for ages 4 + (Kindergarten to Grade 4), this uniquely Canadian book aims to bring the majesty of the Rockies to kids across the country, inspire a love of the outdoors, and pride in our natural heritage. (from Red Barn Books website)
- ISBN
- 9781999108700
- Accession Number
- P2020-1
- Call Number
- 06.2 W21g (copy 1)
- 06.2 W21g ref. (copy 2)
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Summary on Red Barn Books website
Websites
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
With the Maligne herd gone ... Jasper's caribou crisis deepens
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25214
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- Campbell, Carolyn
- Publisher
- The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
- Call Number
- P
1 website
- Author
- Campbell, Carolyn
- Responsibility
- Carolyn Campbell
- Publisher
- The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- pg. 7 - 8
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Caribou
- Maligne Lake
- Jasper National Park
- Wildlife
- Wildlife corridors
- Wildlife management
- Foothills
- Parks Canada
- Abstract
- Pertains to the extirpation of the Maligne caribou herd in Jasper National Park. Outlines the ongoing issues leading to extirpation and calls for immediate action to stop extinction
- Notes
- In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 28, No.3, September 2020
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Digital copy available
Websites
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2016
- Author
- Mercer, George
- Publisher
- [North Saanich, British Columbia] : [George Mercer]
- Call Number
- 05.4 M46w
1 website
- Author
- Mercer, George
- Responsibility
- George Mercer
- Publisher
- [North Saanich, British Columbia] : [George Mercer]
- Published Date
- 2016
- Physical Description
- 342 pages
- Subjects
- Fiction
- Parks Canada
- Bison
- National parks
- Abstract
- When National Park Warden Ben Matthews transfers from Cape Breton Highlands to Wood Buffalo, he finds himself in the middle of a controversial proposal to slaughter the park’s entire bison population. Frustrated by Park’s bureaucracy and the devious efforts of the pro-slaughter camp, Ben helps uncover the truth about the park’s bison and the mysterious disappearance of a trapper who could influence the final outcome. Set in Canada’s largest national park and the second largest national park in the world, Wood Buffalo is a compelling story of one fight against the many forces threatening our special places (From Good Reads website)
- Notes
- Book two in the Dyed in the green series
- ISBN
- 9780987975423
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 05.4 M46w
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Author's website
Websites
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
