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Banff flood hazard study : bow river and forty mile and echo creeks
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14692
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 25 March 2013
- Author
- North Hydraulic Consultants Ltd
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta : Northwest Hydraulic Consultants Ltd
- Call Number
- 03.5 N82b Pam
- Responsibility
- prepared for Albert Environment and Sustainable Resource Development ; prepared by Northwest Hydraulic Consultants Ltd
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta : Northwest Hydraulic Consultants Ltd
- Published Date
- 25 March 2013
- Physical Description
- 6 pages
- Series
- NHC project No. 100047
- Notes
- Photocopy of the original report
- Report written three months before the major flood in Southern Alberta on June 20, 2013
- Call Number
- 03.5 N82b Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Becoming water : glaciers in a warming world
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14438
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2012
- Author
- Demuth, Michael
- Publisher
- Victoria [B.C.] : RMB
- Call Number
- 03.4 D4b c.1
- 03.4 D4b c.2
- Author
- Demuth, Michael
- Responsibility
- Michael Demuth
- Publisher
- Victoria [B.C.] : RMB
- Published Date
- 2012
- Physical Description
- ix, 135 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
- Subjects
- Climate
- Climatology
- Glaciers
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references
- ISBN
- 9781926855721
- Accession Number
- P2015-03-31
- tbd
- Call Number
- 03.4 D4b c.1
- 03.4 D4b c.2
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The flood of 2013 : a summer of angry rivers in southern Alberta
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14439
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2013
- Author
- Calgary Herald
- Publisher
- Toronto : Greystone Books
- Call Number
- 03.5 C3f
- Author
- Calgary Herald
- Responsibility
- by the Calgary Herald ; foreword by Naheed Nenshi
- Publisher
- Toronto : Greystone Books
- Published Date
- 2013
- Physical Description
- 130 pages, 5 pages of plates : chiefly illustrations (colour), maps (colour) ; 23 cm.
- Subjects
- Alberta
- Climate
- Climatology
- Disasters
- Floods
- Notes
- The staff at the Calgary Herald wrote the text and took and compiled the photographs.
- Contains: The raging waters -- Devastation and destruction -- The cleanup -- Helping hands and heroes -- How Albertans saw it -- Hell or high water.
- ISBN
- 9781771640305
- Accession Number
- P2015-03-31
- Call Number
- 03.5 C3f
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Fortress Mountain Summit Registers and Notes
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57667
- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- Files consist of summit notes and summit registers from Fortress Mountain produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1992 and 2005. Summit records include entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurr…
- Date Range
- 1992-1999
- 2002-2005
- Reference Code
- M200 / V / A / 34 to 36
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Organization record
- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M200
- V14
- S6
- Series
- M200 / V: Summit Records
- Sous-Fonds
- M200
- Sub-Series
- M200 / V / A: Identified Summit Records
- Accession Number
- accn. 2023.10
- accn. 7779
- Reference Code
- M200 / V / A / 34 to 36
- Responsibility
- Summit Registers and Notes produced by Alpine Club of Canada
- Date Range
- 1992-1999
- 2002-2005
- Physical Description
- 3 volumes 4 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- Fortress Mountain is located in Kananaskis Country, near Spray Valley, Banff National Park and Peter Lougheed Provincial Park. It was originally a mountain ski resort. The films, Inception, The Bourne Legacy, The Claim, The Revenant and others were filmed in the area. Canadian climate researchers have used the area of Fortress Mountain Resort to study the effects of climate change in the area.
- Scope & Content
- Files consist of summit notes and summit registers from Fortress Mountain produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1992 and 2005. Summit records include entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while at the summit, wildlife sightings, trail updates, and related topics. Files include: M200 / V / A / 34: Fortress Mountain Summit register Aug. 16, 1992 - Aug. 13, 1995 M200 / V / A / 35: [Fortress Mountain? 1995 - 1999] M200 / V / A / 36: Fortress Mountain Sep 15, 2002 - Aug 13, 2005
- Name Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Subject Access
- Alberta
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Avalanches
- Backcountry skiing
- Backpacking
- Banff National Park
- Bow Valley
- Climatology
- Climbing
- Conservation
- Environment
- Environment and Nature
- Films and film making
- Fortress Mountain
- Helicopters
- Hiking
- Mountain
- Mountaineers
- Mountaineering
- Mountains
- National parks and reserves
- Parks
- Provincial parks and reserves
- Ski mountaineering
- Skiing
- Sports and leisure
- Sports and recreation
- Summit
- Trails
- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Kananaskis Country
- Rocky Mountains
- Spray Valley
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Mandarin
- Japanese
- Korean
- Related Material
- M235
- Biographical Source Notes
- Fortress Mountain and the false promise of public participation in Alberta, March 2020, Shaun Fluker, In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 28, No.1, March 2020, p. 6 - 8, The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal. Whyte Archives Library Call Number: P
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Legacy in time : three generations of mountain photography in the Canadian West
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14441
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Author
- Vaux, Henry
- Publisher
- Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- 06.4 V46l c.1
- 06 V46l c.2
- Author
- Vaux, Henry
- Responsibility
- Henry Vaux Jr.
- Publisher
- Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 125 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits, maps ; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Climatology
- Environment
- Glaciers
- Hydrology
- Photographers
- Photography
- Rocky Mountains, Canada
- Vaux family
- Notes
- Includes bibliography references
- Repeat photography of glacier formations in the mountains of Western Canada, comparing the photographs taken by Vaux family members in the late 19th and early 20th century with photographs taken by Henry Vaux Jr. of in the early 21st century
- ISBN
- 9781771600606
- Accession Number
- P2015-01-20
- tbd
- Call Number
- 06.4 V46l c.1
- 06 V46l c.2
- Collection
- Archives Library
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On the rocks : the local impacts of glacial melt
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20030
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 2015
- Author
- Payne, Colin
- Call Number
- P
1 website
- Author
- Payne, Colin
- Responsibility
- Colin Payne
- Published Date
- 2015
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Abstract
- Pertains to the de-glaciation of Western Canada during the 21st century with the Athabasca Glacier as the example
- Notes
- In Highline Magazine, Iss. 16, Fall 2015, p. 40 - 45
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Highline website
Websites
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Peyto : a hotbed of glacier science
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19950
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 2012
- Author
- Martel, Lynn
- Call Number
- P
1 website
- Author
- Martel, Lynn
- Responsibility
- Lynn Martel
- Published Date
- 2012
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Abstract
- Pertians to Peyto Glacier and glacier monitoring programs through Natural Resources Canada
- Notes
- In Highline Magazine, Vol.4, Iss.1, Winter 2012, p.36-41
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Highline website
Websites
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