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A climber's guide to the Rocky Mountains of Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19847
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1930
- Author
- Palmer, Howard and J. Monroe Thorington
- Publisher
- [Philadelphia] American Alpine Club
- Edition
- second edition
- Call Number
- 01.4 P18a
- Responsibility
- Howard Palmer and J. Monroe Thorington
- Edition
- second edition
- Publisher
- [Philadelphia] American Alpine Club
- Published Date
- 1930
- Physical Description
- [244] pages
- Subjects
- American Alpine Club
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Canadian Rockies
- Guide
- Mountain guides
- Canada
- Mountaineering
- Abstract
- Pertains to a comprehensive climbing guide based on the mountains in the Canadian Rockies. The book was likely to be considered an invaluable resource for mountaineers based on the complexity and detail of the information provided. In detail, the guide offers insight into the approximate locations, elevation gains, climbing distances/time, and additional relevant information pertaining to climbing in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
- Contents
- Part one: international boundary to Kicking Horse pass
- Part two: Kicking Horse pass to Yellowhead pass
- Part three: Yellowhead pass to Jasper pass
- Accession Number
- 2019.48
- Call Number
- 01.4 P18a
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Banff National Park, Yoho Park and Kootenay Park
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue21448
- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1930
- Publisher
- C.P.R.
- Call Number
- C3-6.3(b)
- Publisher
- C.P.R.
- Published Date
- 1930
- Physical Description
- Colour
- Subjects
- Canadian Rockies
- Notes
- Panoramic map showing main and branch lines of C.P.R. Railway
- Accession Number
- 1230
- Call Number
- C3-6.3(b)
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.17
- Description
- General colour: teal green lake, purple tan mountains, grey clouds. Lower right corner there is a group of scraggly trees on rock. The lake fills the lower third. Two bars of sand and grass come in from either side. The mountains sweep up to bluestery clouds which come down over the peeks.
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- Title
- Bow Lake
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 33.9 x 44.1 cm
- Description
- General colour: teal green lake, purple tan mountains, grey clouds. Lower right corner there is a group of scraggly trees on rock. The lake fills the lower third. Two bars of sand and grass come in from either side. The mountains sweep up to bluestery clouds which come down over the peeks.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.17
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Bungalow Camp at Yoho, Whiskey Falls
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.02.034
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.034
- Description
- Colour: green, blue, brown. In the lower third there are numerous small cabins clustered in amongst trees and grass at the base of a mountain which on the right side is grassy slopes with a stream running down a crevice. On the left are trees becoming more blue as they go into the distance and up t…
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- Title
- Bungalow Camp at Yoho, Whiskey Falls
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 39.5 x 49.9 cm
- Description
- Colour: green, blue, brown. In the lower third there are numerous small cabins clustered in amongst trees and grass at the base of a mountain which on the right side is grassy slopes with a stream running down a crevice. On the left are trees becoming more blue as they go into the distance and up the mountain. Beyond in the upper left corner is a purple mountain face and clouds with a patch of blue upper center.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.034
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- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.001
- Description
- Colour: green, blue. The lower quarter is a green lake, the bottom edge being the near shore with two short trees at the right side. The far shore is green and blue trees with a rode jutting out on the left side that is lit by the sun from the right. Upper half is grey, purple mountains and a patch…
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- Title
- Lake O'Hara
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Description
- Colour: green, blue. The lower quarter is a green lake, the bottom edge being the near shore with two short trees at the right side. The far shore is green and blue trees with a rode jutting out on the left side that is lit by the sun from the right. Upper half is grey, purple mountains and a patch of sky along the upper edge right of center.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- lake
- Lake O’Hara
- Credit
- Gift of Forrest (Pat) Oliver Brewster, Banff, 1967
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.001
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- oil on masonite
- Catalogue Number
- JkR.02.01
- Description
- A realistic rendering of Lake O'Hara, the lake, green/blue in colour with white covers the foreground, the mountain and glacier fill most of the remaining picture with just a little sky showing. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition or publication of the collection,…
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- Title
- Lake O'Hara
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- oil on masonite
- Dimensions
- 20.5 x 30.5 cm
- Description
- A realistic rendering of Lake O'Hara, the lake, green/blue in colour with white covers the foreground, the mountain and glacier fill most of the remaining picture with just a little sky showing. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition or publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Centre catalogue numbers: 81 0337 A; 20689
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- JkR.02.01
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Mount Biddle near Lake O'Hara
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.036
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.036
- Description
- Sheer face of Mount Biddle in shadow with peaks in sunshine.
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- Title
- Mount Biddle near Lake O'Hara
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 15.9 x 15.9 cm
- Description
- Sheer face of Mount Biddle in shadow with peaks in sunshine.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Mt. Biddle
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.036
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.044
- Description
- Hazy image of Yoho area.
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- Title
- Yoho
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 20.3 x 25.4 cm
- Description
- Hazy image of Yoho area.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Yoho
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.044
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Near Yoho Camp
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.335
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.335
- Description
- Two evergreen trees on the left, one evergreen tree and one stump on the right, flat grassy area in foreground, row of trees in background.
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- Title
- Near Yoho Camp
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 12.3 x 17.9 cm
- Description
- Two evergreen trees on the left, one evergreen tree and one stump on the right, flat grassy area in foreground, row of trees in background.
- Subject
- landscape
- forest
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.335
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- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas on cardboard
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.306
- Description
- Yellow to blue-green meadow lower third of painting, small (path) centre moves to left corner, two small structures centre left, blue-green mass of trees through centre, grey cloud-covered mountains upper third of painting to light grey sky.
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- Title
- Yoho Camp
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas on cardboard
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- Yellow to blue-green meadow lower third of painting, small (path) centre moves to left corner, two small structures centre left, blue-green mass of trees through centre, grey cloud-covered mountains upper third of painting to light grey sky.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.306
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