topic:"Columbia" found 25 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

At home in nature : a life of unknown mountains and deep wilderness

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2017

Author: Wood, Robert Julian

Publisher: [Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.

Call Number: G512 A84 W66

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Author: Wood, Robert Julian

Publisher: [Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.

Published Date: 2017

Physical Description: 284 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color)

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Mountaineering; Architecture; Autobiography; Alberta; British Columbia

Abstract: Rob Wood grew up in a village on the edge of the Yorkshire Moors, where he eventually developed a preoccupation with rock climbing. After studying architecture for five years at the Architectural Association School in London, England, he made his way to Montreal and ended up in Calgary. During his time in Calgary, Rob became a pioneer of ice climbing and posted numerous first ascents in the Rockies during the early 1970’s. Eventually, life in corporate Alberta proved unfulfilling and Rob realized that he needed to find a place where he could reconnect with nature, which brought him to the remote reaches of Canada’s West Coast. Settling on Maurelle Island, he and his wife built an off-the-grid homestead and focussed on alternative communities and developing a small house-design practice specializing in organic and wholesome building techniques. At Home in Nature is a gentle and philosophical memoir that focuses on living a life deeply rooted in the natural world, where citizens are connected to the planet and individuals work together to help, enhance and make the world a better — and sustainable — place. (from Rocky Mountain Books website)

Contents: Acknowledgements; Introduction; Leaving the old country; Allegiance to nature; Settling down; Cosmic shack; Back to the land community; Island schooling; Domestic animals; Wild animals; Fiordland boat; Mystery mountain; Deep wilderness; Cancer; Aorta attack; Outer islands community; Off-grib homestead; Organic house; Heavy weather; Flight of the imagination; Legend of Kayak Bill; Whirlpools in the tide

ISBN: 9781771602501

Accession Number: A639

Call Number: G512 A84 W66

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

URL Notes: Summary on Rocky Mountain Books

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The bold and cold : a history of 25 classic climbs in the Canadian Rockies

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2016

Author: Pullan, Brandon

Publisher: Victoria : Rocky Mountain Books

Call Number: G510 P85

Author: Pullan, Brandon

Publisher: Victoria : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: 2016

Physical Description: 264 pages, colour illustrations

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Alberta, Mount; Assiniboine, Mount; Banff National Park; British Columbia; Bugaboos; Canmore; Edith Cavell, Mount; Robson, Mount; Rock climbing; Rocky Mountains, Canada; Yamnuska, Mount

ISBN: 9781771601153

Accession Number: AC633

Call Number: G510 P85

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Camp-fires in the Canadian Rockies

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1906

Author: Hornaday, William Temple

Publisher: New York : Scribner

Call Number: F1090 H6; F1090 H6 copy 2 - Duplicate located in regular stacks

Author: Hornaday, William Temple

Responsibility: illustrations by John M. Phillips

Publisher: New York : Scribner

Published Date: 1906

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: British Columbia; Hunting

Call Number: F1090 H6; F1090 H6 copy 2 - Duplicate located in regular stacks

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Canadian mountain place names : the Rockies and Columbia mountains

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2006

Author: Boles, Glen W.

Publisher: Surrey, B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books

Call Number: G510 B65

Author: Boles, Glen W.

Responsibility: Glen W. Boles [artwork and photographs], Roger W. Laurilla [photographs], William L. Putnam [text]

Publisher: Surrey, B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: 2006

Physical Description: 279p. : ill. , map

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: British Columbia; Rocky Mountains, Canada; Guidebooks; Hiking; Mountaineering; Skiing

ISBN: 978-1-894765-79-4

Call Number: G510 B65

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Canadian Rockies Climbing Report

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: June 21 1972

Call Number: F1090 J37

Responsibility: Japanese University student climbing group

Published Date: June 21 1972

Physical Description: 51 pages, ill.

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Banff; British Columbia; Columbia Icefield; Japanese; Rock climbing

Notes: Report of Japanese University students of their trip to Western Canada (Alberta, BC) and their climbing expepditions in the Rocky Mountains. Includes articles written by students about their experiences, a full itinerary of their trip, diagrams of Columbia Icefield traverse, photos and cost of trip.; Article about Banff

Call Number: F1090 J37

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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A century of antics, epics & escapades : the Varsity Outdoor Club, 1917-2017

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2017

Author: Varsity Outdoor Club

Publisher: Vancouver, B.C. ; University of British Columbia's Varsity Outdoor Club

Call Number: G505 V37 A58

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Author: Varsity Outdoor Club

Responsibility: Varsity Outdoor Club

Publisher: Vancouver, B.C. ; University of British Columbia's Varsity Outdoor Club

Published Date: 2017

Physical Description: 252 p. : illus. (colour)

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Mountaineering; Clubs; British Columbia; History; Conservation; Women; Maps

Abstract: The Varsity Outdoor Club has turned 100. To celebrate the rich history of the clubs wilderness (mis-)adventures we’ve independently published the best of our collective stories from the last century into one beautiful coffee table book. The VOC has been intimately tied with the history of hiking, skiing, mountaineering and exploration of Southwestern British Columbia and beyond. From building a wooden cabin on the untamed wilds of Grouse Mountain (in the 1920s), to the first ski crossing of the now ultra-classic, “Neve Traverse” in Garibaldi Park, to modern adventures pushing how far and how fast we can go. Each chapter explores the decades from 1917 to 2017, combining primary written accounts, stunning photos and oral histories of the members into a larger unfolding narrative of the ever-evolving relationship between adventurers and nature. (from Varsity Outdoor Club website)

Contents: Foreward; A history older than ours; Table of contents; Timeline; 1917-1939 - Maps: VOC areas & traverses over time; 1940s - Decades of Garibaldi Park; 1950s - Decades of Loganeering; 1960s - Buildering; decades of socializing; 1970s - Conservation and advocacy in the VOC; Decades of transportation; 1980s - Women in the VOC; decades of adventure; 1900s; Huts; Nerdiness in the VOC; Maps: selection of traverses since 2000s & climbing pilgrimages; 2000s; VOC portrait: Roland Burton; VOC marriage proposals; 2010s; Beyond 2017; Acknowledgements; A note on sources; Appendix: executive lists