topic:"Canadian Rockies " found 21 records - Research Collections

Lake Agnes, Canadian Rockies

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Artist: Louis Akhi

Date: 1910

Medium: oil on canvas on board

Catalogue Number: AkL.02.01

Description: A mountain top view of Lake Agnes in the Canadian Rockies. In the foreground on the right are trees and land sloping to the left of the image. Behind the lake in the background are mountains with snow and a medium to light toned sky above.

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Artist: Louis Akhi

Title: Lake Agnes, Canadian Rockies

Date: 1910

Medium: oil on canvas on board

Dimensions: 40.3 x 30.4 cm

Description: A mountain top view of Lake Agnes in the Canadian Rockies. In the foreground on the right are trees and land sloping to the left of the image. Behind the lake in the background are mountains with snow and a medium to light toned sky above.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Lake Agnes

Credit: Gift of George K.K. (Tommy) Link, Tucson, USA, 1979

Catalogue Number: AkL.02.01

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Mt. Resplendent

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Artist: Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)

Date: 1914

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: JaA.03.15

Description: A stylistically loose drawing of a mountain scene. The view is looking in between two mountains who are cropped at either side of the page. In between them is one mountain who's peak is in the left third of the page. Trees are scattered across the mountains in the foreground.

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Artist: Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)

Title: Mt. Resplendent

Date: 1914

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 19.0 x 25.3 cm

Description: A stylistically loose drawing of a mountain scene. The view is looking in between two mountains who are cropped at either side of the page. In between them is one mountain who's peak is in the left third of the page. Trees are scattered across the mountains in the foreground.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Mount Resplendent

Credit: Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1997

Catalogue Number: JaA.03.15

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Mountains near Jasper, 1914

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Artist: John William Beatty (1869 – 1941, Canadian)

Date: 1914

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: BeJ.02.01

Description: Oil painting depicting a mountain scene near Jasper. A dark green mountain in the foreground slopes up to the left of the image. In the bottom right corner, small brushstrokes of deep indigo blue are visible. Beyond the slope of this mountain, other mountains are visible in the distance. They a…

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Artist: John William Beatty (1869 – 1941, Canadian)

Title: Mountains near Jasper, 1914

Date: 1914

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 35 x 39 cm

Description: Oil painting depicting a mountain scene near Jasper. A dark green mountain in the foreground slopes up to the left of the image. In the bottom right corner, small brushstrokes of deep indigo blue are visible. Beyond the slope of this mountain, other mountains are visible in the distance. They are painted in shades of mauve and blue. The mountain at the centre of the painting is capped by snow. The sky is a grey mauve colour.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Jasper National Park

Credit: Purchased from Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 2003

Catalogue Number: BeJ.02.01

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Resplendent

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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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Prints

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Part Of: John Williams fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 41 b&w prints pertaining to various trail rides and backcountry horseriding trips with the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies.

Date Range: 1910 - ca.1944

Reference Code: V208 / PA - 01 to PA - 41

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

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Part Of: John Williams fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V208

Sous-Fonds: V208

Accession Number: 6591; 5653

Reference Code: V208 / PA - 01 to PA - 41

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1910 - ca.1944

Physical Description: 41 photographs : b&w ; 21.4 x 16.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 41 b&w prints pertaining to various trail rides and backcountry horseriding trips with the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies.

Name Access: Williams, John; Gibbon, John Murray

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Camps; First Nations; Horse packing; Horseback riding; Horses; Indigenous Peoples; Landscapes; Mountains; Outfitters, trail guides and packers; Pack trips; Stoney Nakoda; Teepees; Tipi; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: English

Creator: Williams, John

Category: Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Unidentified people on horseback

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of an unidentified woman riding a dark horse behind an unidentified man on a painted horse, taken from below - "Look like Bill Oliver photos (Calgary) He was CPR photographer at time [/] Bow Lake trip - Trail Ride Year?" written on the back in pencil

Date Range: [ca. 1910-1925]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 738

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 738

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1910-1925]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of an unidentified woman riding a dark horse behind an unidentified man on a painted horse, taken from below - "Look like Bill Oliver photos (Calgary) He was CPR photographer at time [/] Bow Lake trip - Trail Ride Year?" written on the back in pencil

Subject Access: Animals; Horses; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies

Geographic Access: Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Group on horseback

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of unidentified people on horseback riding up a steep rocky slope, possibly as part of a Trail Riders trip - taken from above

Date Range: [ca. 1910-1925]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 747

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 747

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1910-1925]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of unidentified people on horseback riding up a steep rocky slope, possibly as part of a Trail Riders trip - taken from above

Subject Access: Animals; Horses; Horseback riding; Mountains; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Group on horseback

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of unidentified people on horseback riding along the shore of Bow Lake, possibly part of a Trail Riders trip

Date Range: [ca. 1910-1925]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 748

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 748

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1910-1925]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back); b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of unidentified people on horseback riding along the shore of Bow Lake, possibly part of a Trail Riders trip

Subject Access: Animals; Horses; Horseback riding; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies

Geographic Access: Bow Lake; Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Jock McCowan scrapbook

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Part Of: McCowan (family) fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, brochures, business cards, and advertisements for businesses around Banff and Lake Louise. Includes a mix of magazine and newspaper clippings in both black and white and in colour, postcards, advertising for hotels like the King Edward Hotel, Hom…

Date Range: 1913 - 1981

Reference Code: M135 / II / A / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: McCowan (family) fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V407 / M135

Series: M135 / II - Textual Materials

Sous-Fonds: M135

Sub-Series: V407 / II / A - Scrapbooks

Accession Number: 7730

Reference Code: M135 / II / A / 1

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: 1913 - 1981

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records (26 pages ; 30 x 37 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, brochures, business cards, and advertisements for businesses around Banff and Lake Louise. Includes a mix of magazine and newspaper clippings in both black and white and in colour, postcards, advertising for hotels like the King Edward Hotel, Homestead Inn, Mount Royal Hotel, Castle Mountain Lodge, and the Chateau Lake Louise, and a cover of the Sky Line Trail Hiker bulletin featuring members of the Royal Family.