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The Great Dominion : Canada - Supplement to the Illustrated London News

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24927
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1912
Publisher
The Illustrated London News
Call Number
02.4 Il6g PAM O.S.
Publisher
The Illustrated London News
Published Date
1912
Physical Description
28 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Great Divide Trail
Highways
Highways - Alberta
Mountaineering
Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
Tourism
Travel
Abstract
Pertains to Canada as of 1912 with articles on Duke of Connought, Canadian Pacific Railway "All Red Tour Through Canada" from Yarmouth to Alberni, the proposed construction of "The Motor Highway of the Great Divide" from Calgary to Banff and onto through the Columbia Valley, "On Dizzy Heights of the Dominion : Mountaineering in Canada" which explains trail riding options available to tourists in the Rocky Mountains and some mountain scenes entitled "The Charm of the Dominion : Beauty Rugged and Pastoral"
Notes
In The Illustrated London News, Vol. CXL, No. 3803 , Saturday, March 9, 1912, pp. i - xxviii
Accession Number
7864
Call Number
02.4 Il6g PAM O.S.
Collection
Archives Library
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Artist
Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)
Date
1914
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
JaA.03.04
Description
Pencil sketch of a mountain which dominates centre background, middle to foreground slope indicating a gradual rise. Drawn on light sketchbook paper, top edge serated, br and bl edges rounded
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Artist
Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)
Title
Resplendent
Date
1914
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
20.6 x 27.8 cm
Description
Pencil sketch of a mountain which dominates centre background, middle to foreground slope indicating a gradual rise. Drawn on light sketchbook paper, top edge serated, br and bl edges rounded
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Naomi Jackson Groves, Ottawa, 1989
Catalogue Number
JaA.03.04
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1927
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.09
Description
The mountains dominate the picture, of blue/purple tones. Left foreground is a small lake with reflections of the mountains, immediate right foreground has yellow/brown tones, treed shoreline. Little sky showing, cloudy. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition publica…
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Moraine Lake
Date
1927
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
42.2 x 57.0 cm
Description
The mountains dominate the picture, of blue/purple tones. Left foreground is a small lake with reflections of the mountains, immediate right foreground has yellow/brown tones, treed shoreline. Little sky showing, cloudy. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Centre catalogue numbers: 81 0334 A; 20687.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountains
lake
Credit
Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.09
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1929
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.01
Description
General colour: blue. The lake at the bottom is banked on the right by trees and on the left in the distance by a mountain face rising out of the water. Glacier is center with five peaks visible: The central one being left of center at the very top. Sky is yellow grey and mostly in the upper right …
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Title
Moraine Lake
Date
1929
Dimensions
40.3 x 51.9 cm
Description
General colour: blue. The lake at the bottom is banked on the right by trees and on the left in the distance by a mountain face rising out of the water. Glacier is center with five peaks visible: The central one being left of center at the very top. Sky is yellow grey and mostly in the upper right corner.
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.01
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.02
Description
General colour: blue. A foreground rock cliff goes up right side from the lower corner. Center mountain face has a jagged ridge. Clouds come down to the peak at the upper right of center, edge. In the lower left corner is a distant mountain. Blue sky with one cloud fills the upper left area. There …
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1929
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
55.0 x 43.5 cm
Description
General colour: blue. A foreground rock cliff goes up right side from the lower corner. Center mountain face has a jagged ridge. Clouds come down to the peak at the upper right of center, edge. In the lower left corner is a distant mountain. Blue sky with one cloud fills the upper left area. There is also a patch of blue in the upper right corner.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountains
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.02
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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
Author
Palmer, Howard and J. Monroe Thorington
Responsibility
Howard Palmer and J. Monroe Thorington
Edition
second edition
Publisher
[Philadelphia] American Alpine Club
Published Date
1930
Physical Description
[244] pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
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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Adventures of an alpine guide

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26177
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1932
Author
Klucker, Christian
Publisher
London : John Murray
Edition
1st (English)
Call Number
01.2 K71a
Author
Klucker, Christian
Responsibility
Translation by Erwin and Pleasaunce Von Gaisberg. Edited with additional chapters by H. E. G. Tyndale
Edition
1st (English)
Publisher
London : John Murray
Published Date
1932
Physical Description
329 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Guide
Klucker, Christian
Alps
Whymper, Edward
Canadian Rockies
Mont Blanc
Mountaineering
Accession Number
2023.47
Call Number
01.2 K71a
Collection
Archives Library
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Artist
Guy Wesley
Date
1934
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WeG.03.01
Description
Colour: pencil on white. Flowers and grass fill the lower quarter. The Lake is above and in the background are two treed slopes which rise up on either side of a glacier at center. Clouds and sky fill the top quarter.
Artist
Guy Wesley
Title
Untitled
Date
1934
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
14.8 x 22.3 cm
Description
Colour: pencil on white. Flowers and grass fill the lower quarter. The Lake is above and in the background are two treed slopes which rise up on either side of a glacier at center. Clouds and sky fill the top quarter.
Subject
landscape, mountain
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Gordon E Lock, 1968
Catalogue Number
WeG.03.01
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Artist
Guy Wesley
Date
1936
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WeG.03.02
Description
Colour: pencil on white. Central image is a road from lower left corner to center up to mid center of the picture. The road shadowed by grass and trees on either side. Three mountains appear in the background.
Artist
Guy Wesley
Title
Untitled
Date
1936
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
17.4 x 14.9 cm
Description
Colour: pencil on white. Central image is a road from lower left corner to center up to mid center of the picture. The road shadowed by grass and trees on either side. Three mountains appear in the background.
Subject
landscape, mountain
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Gordon E Lock, 1968
Catalogue Number
WeG.03.02
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Artist
Guy Wesley
Date
1936
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WeG.03.03
Description
Colour: pencil on white. Central image is a waterfall with rocks on either side and mountains in the background at centre. Trees on an island come in from the left side. Shools of rock run horizontally along the bottom and here and there up to the falls.
Artist
Guy Wesley
Title
Untitled
Date
1936
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
14.7 x 22.4 cm
Description
Colour: pencil on white. Central image is a waterfall with rocks on either side and mountains in the background at centre. Trees on an island come in from the left side. Shools of rock run horizontally along the bottom and here and there up to the falls.
Subject
landscape, mountain
river
waterfall
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Gordon E Lock, 1968
Catalogue Number
WeG.03.03
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