Narrow Results By
Lost obelisks of the Rockies - Jerry Auld walks through history and into the alpine to discover a piece of Alberta's heritage, finding evidence that hasn't seen sunlight since it was first placed
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25136
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- May 2020
- Author
- Auld, Jerry
- Publisher
- Crowfoot Media
- Call Number
- P
1 website
- Author
- Auld, Jerry
- Publisher
- Crowfoot Media
- Published Date
- May 2020
- Physical Description
- p.76 - 81
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Cautley, Richard William
- Surveyors
- Surveys
- Surveys and Mapping
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Abstract
- Pertains to small brass obelisks placed along the British Columbia and Alberta border as part of Alberta's demarcation from the North West Territories in 1905 with the survey beginning in 1913, executed by A.O. Wheeler and Richard Cautley
- 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This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and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.
Report of the Commission Appointed to Delimit the Boundary between the Provinces of Alberta and British Columbia - Part I - from 1913 to 1916
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25065
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1917
- Author
- Alberta and British Columbia Boundary Commission
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Kings Printer
- Call Number
- 03.2 Al1ab A Atlas oversize and report copy 3 reference Part I 1913-1916
- Responsibility
- R.W. Cautley
- J.N Wallace
- A.O. Wheeler
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Kings Printer
- Published Date
- 1917
- Physical Description
- 1 atlas : illustrations ; 1 report
- Subjects
- Monuments and historic markers
- Surveys
- Boundaries
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- British Columbia - Boundaries
- British Columbia - Surveys and Mapping
- Alberta - B.C. Boundary
- Alberta - Boundaries
- Alberta British Columbia Boundary Commission
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Cautley, Richard William
- Wallace, James Nevin
- Atlases
- Maps
- Notes
- Report and oversize atlas
- Accession Number
- 8114
- Call Number
- 03.2 Al1ab A Atlas oversize and report copy 3 reference Part I 1913-1916
- Collection
- Archives Library
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Report of the Commission Appointed to Delimit the Boundary between the Provinces of Alberta and British Columbia - Part II - from 1917 to 1921
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24922
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1923
- Author
- Alberta and British Columbia Boundary Commission
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Kings Printer
- Call Number
- 03.2 Al1ab A Atlas oversize copy 2 Part II 1917-1921
- 03.2 Al1ab A Atlas oversize and report copy 3 Part II 1917-1921
- Responsibility
- R.W. Cautley
- J.N Wallace
- A.O. Wheeler
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Kings Printer
- Published Date
- 1923
- Physical Description
- 1 atlas : illustrations ; 1 report
- Subjects
- Monuments and historic markers
- Surveys
- Boundaries
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- British Columbia - Boundaries
- British Columbia - Surveys and Mapping
- Alberta - B.C. Boundary
- Alberta - Boundaries
- Alberta British Columbia Boundary Commission
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Cautley, Richard William
- Wallace, James Nevin
- Atlases
- Maps
- Notes
- Atlas and report
- Accession Number
- 7202
- 8114
- Call Number
- 03.2 Al1ab A Atlas oversize copy 2 Part II 1917-1921
- 03.2 Al1ab A Atlas oversize and report copy 3 Part II 1917-1921
- Collection
- Archives Library
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Report of the Commission Appointed to Delimit the Boundary between the Provinces of Alberta and British Columbia - Part III - from 1918 to 1924
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24923
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1925
- Author
- Alberta and British Columbia Boundary Commission
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Kings Printer
- Call Number
- 03.2 Al1ab A Atlas oversize copy 2 Part III 1918-1924
- 03.2 Al1ab A Atlas oversize and report copy 3 Part III 1918-1924
- Responsibility
- R.W. Cautley
- A.O. Wheeler
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Kings Printer
- Published Date
- 1925
- Physical Description
- 1 atlas : illustrations ; 1 report
- Subjects
- Monuments and historic markers
- Surveys
- Boundaries
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- British Columbia - Boundaries
- British Columbia - Surveys and Mapping
- Alberta - B.C. Boundary
- Alberta - Boundaries
- Alberta British Columbia Boundary Commission
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Cautley, Richard William
- Wallace, James Nevin
- Atlases
- Maps
- Notes
- Atlas and report
- Accession Number
- 7202
- 8114
- Call Number
- 03.2 Al1ab A Atlas oversize copy 2 Part III 1918-1924
- 03.2 Al1ab A Atlas oversize and report copy 3 Part III 1918-1924
- Collection
- Archives Library
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Surveying the 120th meridian and the great divide : the Alberta/BC boundary survey, 1918-1924
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24952
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Sherwood, Jay
- Publisher
- Halfmoon Bay, BC : Caitlin Press
- Call Number
- 08.3 Sh5s Volume 2
1 website
- Author
- Sherwood, Jay
- Responsibility
- Jay Sherwood
- Publisher
- Halfmoon Bay, BC : Caitlin Press
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 192 p. ; illus.
- Series
- Volume 2
- Subjects
- Surveyors
- Surveys and Mapping
- Surveys
- Great Divide Trail
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- British Columbia - Boundaries
- British Columbia - Surveys and Mapping
- Alberta - B.C. Boundary
- Alberta - Boundaries
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Cautley, Richard William
- History
- History of Alberta
- Abstract
- "Surveying the 120th Meridian and the Great Divide is the second book of a two-part series describing the initial Alberta/BC boundary survey undertaken between 1913-1924. Surveying the 120th Meridian focuses on the years 1918–1924, when the Alberta crew continued the survey of the 120th meridian while the BC crew split off to continue mapping the Great (Continental) Divide. The Alberta/BC boundary survey was a unique Canadian project that combined talented surveyors, high-tech surveying equipment, rugged crew members and Canadian wilderness. This is a story of adventure and danger: the crew climbed mountains and surveyed from the peaks of the Canadian Rockies; slogged through the muskeg north of the Peace River; occasionally crossed rivers at high water; and often worked in the rain, snow or cold. The boundary survey produced the first detailed maps of the terrain along the divide and the first pictures of the northern Canadian Rockies taken from an airplane. But the most important legacy of this project is the collection of approximately 5,000 photographs developed from high-quality glass plate negatives. These photographs provide full panoramas of the Rocky Mountain landscape as it looked over a century ago. Surveying the 120th Meridian and the Great Divide combines the best of these photographs, diary entries and government documents to recount the astonishing journey of the surveyors and their crew members as they explored Canada’s most dramatic landscape."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents
- Maps
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- The Surveyors
- Surveying Methods 1918-1924
- Completion of the Boundary Survey, 1950-1953
- Conclusion
- Geographical Names
- Survey Crews, 1918-1924
- Sources Consulted
- Index
- Notes
- Features visual and textual material from the A.O. Wheeler fonds M546 / V771
- ISBN
- 9780773860091
- Accession Number
- 2019.90
- Call Number
- 08.3 Sh5s Volume 2
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Publisher's website
Websites
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Surveying the Great Divide : the Alberta/BC Boundary Survey, 1913-1917
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15485
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2017
- Author
- Sherwood, Jay
- Publisher
- Halfmoon Bay, BC : Caitlin Press
- Call Number
- 08.3 Sh5s Volume 1
- Author
- Sherwood, Jay
- Responsibility
- Jay Sherwood
- Publisher
- Halfmoon Bay, BC : Caitlin Press
- Published Date
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 176 pages, illustrations, maps
- Series
- Volume 1
- Subjects
- Cautley, Richard William
- Deville, Edouard
- Geological Survey of Canada
- Hope, Charles Vincent
- Kain, Conrad
- Place names
- Surveyors
- Wallace, James Nevin
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- World War I
- Abstract
- "In 1917, during Canada's 50th anniversary, there was little celebration in the country as it entered the fourth year of World War I. This conflict had a tremendous economic and emotional impact on the various levels of government in the country and on the lives of many people in Canada. In western Canada, despite the turmoil and uncertain outcome of the war, one of the country's major surveying projects continued. In 1913 the Alberta, British Columbia, and Dominion governments began surveying and marking the boundary between the two provinces along the Rocky Mountains. British Columbia's representative, A.O. Wheeler, scaled many of the peaks along the Great Divide and did the phototopographic surveying. R.W. Cautley, the representative for the Alberta and Dominion governments, mapped the boundary through the economically important mountain passes. During the years of 1913-1917, the Boundary Commission surveyors mainly covered the area from Kicking Horse Pass to the United States border."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents
- Map of the Passes Surveyed 1913-1917
- The Rocky Mountains 1917
- Background
- Cast of Characters
- Surveying Methods
- 1913
- 1914
- 1915
- 1916
- 1917
- Geographical Names
- Afterword
- Survey Crews
- Acknowledgements
- Sources
- Index
- Notes
- Includes photographs from the "Mountain Legacy Project" repeat photography
- ISBN
- 978-1-987915-52-5 (softcover)
- Accession Number
- gratis October 2017
- Call Number
- 08.3 Sh5s Volume 1
- Collection
- Archives Library
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.