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All-time high - an unprecedented number of visitors are heading to Banff National Park, with a million more tourists passing through the gates in just the last five years. Has the beloved park reached its limits?
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25147
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- May 2020
- Author
- Stewart, Ryan
- Odynski, Taylor
- Publisher
- Crowfoot Media
- Call Number
- P
1 website
- Author
- Stewart, Ryan
- Odynski, Taylor
- Responsibility
- Ryan Stewart (author)
- Taylor Odynski (illustrator)
- Publisher
- Crowfoot Media
- Published Date
- May 2020
- Physical Description
- p.70 - 75
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Tourism
- Ecology
- Environment
- Banff National Park
- Wildlife
- Town of Banff
- Parks Canada
- Alberta
- Abstract
- Pertains to the rise in visitation to Banff National Park
- 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
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Assessment of long-term terrestrial ecosystem states and processes in Banff National Park and the central Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14666
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- May 1994
- Author
- Kay, Charles E.
- Publisher
- Banff, Alberta : Banff National Park Resource Conservation
- Call Number
- 04 K18as Pam
- Author
- Kay, Charles E.
- Responsibility
- by Charles E. Kay ; Brian Patton ; Cliff A. White
- Publisher
- Banff, Alberta : Banff National Park Resource Conservation
- Published Date
- May 1994
- Physical Description
- xvii pages
- Notes
- Using humans and animals, Kay was able to observe the ecosystem in Banff National Park and the Canadian Rockies
- Call Number
- 04 K18as Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The beaver manifesto
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14183
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2011
- Author
- Hood, Glynnis
- Publisher
- Victoria [B.C.] : RMB
- Call Number
- 04 H76 c.1
- 04 H76 c.2
- Author
- Hood, Glynnis
- Responsibility
- Glynnis Hood
- Publisher
- Victoria [B.C.] : RMB
- Published Date
- 2011
- Physical Description
- ix, 130 p
- ISBN
- 9781926855585
- Accession Number
- 13-2-1 70,500
- P2015-03-31
- Call Number
- 04 H76 c.1
- 04 H76 c.2
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Four Mountain Parks Planning Program
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54919
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a planning scenario draft, response form and information sheet, draft of possible implications, meeting notes and comments, and correspondence between Parks Canada and the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. Content pertains to the Four Mountain Parks Program implemented by Parks…
- Date Range
- 1984-1985
- Reference Code
- M545 / V / 24
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Government record
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M545 / V635
- Series
- M545 / V : Administrative records
- Sous-Fonds
- M545
- Accession Number
- 5939
- Reference Code
- M545 / V / 24
- Date Range
- 1984-1985
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a planning scenario draft, response form and information sheet, draft of possible implications, meeting notes and comments, and correspondence between Parks Canada and the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. Content pertains to the Four Mountain Parks Program implemented by Parks Canada between 1984 and 1985, and related changes adapted by the Trail Riders. Topics include wildlife and resource management, trail use and maintenance, townsite development, hunting and fishing, and other related subjects within Banff, Jasper, Yoho and Kootenay National Parks.
- Notes
- Planning scenario draft has annotations on front cover, annotations and illustrations on second interior page
- Subject Access
- Government
- Environment
- Natural resources
- Townsite development
- Wildlife
- Wildfire
- Conservation
- Ecology
- Fishing
- Forestry
- Hunting
- Land use
- Laws and legislation
- National parks and reserves
- Parks Canada
- Park policy
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Plastic binding removed from planning scenario draft
- Category
- Environment
- Government
- Land, settlement and immigration
- Natural resources
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title copied from contents in file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Friendly forest fire - assessing the benefits seven years later
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue59
- Author
- Rasmussen, Corey
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Fires
- Fire ecology
- Banff National Park
- Notes
- Conservation Magazine, fall-winter 2017
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Home on the range? : a plan to release bison in Banff raises questions about what is natural
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13901
- Author
- MacKinnon, J.B
- Physical Description
- p.25-29 : ill
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Notes
- In Explore : Canada's outdoor magazine, issue 170 (July/August 2011). Article pertains to the "Bison Belong" public campaign launched by the Eleanor Luxton Historical foundation and the history of the bison in Banff National Park
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The language of fire - interview with Parks Canada Gregg Walker
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue916
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- Wilson, Niki
- Publisher
- In Canadian Rockies Annual, Vol. 3, 2018
- Call Number
- P
- Author
- Wilson, Niki
- Editor
- Ward, Meghan J.
- Publisher
- In Canadian Rockies Annual, Vol. 3, 2018
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- p.48-53
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Fire ecology
- Fire fighting
- Fires
- Parks Canada
- Banff National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
- Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park
- Abstract
- Wildfires play an important role in the landscape. But when they burn out of control, professionals dive in to manage them. Fire expert Gregg Walker explains what's really going on amidst the flames
- Language
- English
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Long-Term Ecosystem States and Processes in Banff National Park and the central Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14665
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1999
- Author
- Kay, Charles E.
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Parks Canada
- Call Number
- 04 K18lo Pam
- Author
- Kay, Charles E.
- Responsibility
- by Charles E. Kay ; Cliff A. White and Ian R. Pengelly ; Brian Patton
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Parks Canada
- Published Date
- 1999
- Physical Description
- xiv pages
- Series
- National Parks Occasional Paper ; No. 9
- Notes
- Photocopy of National Parks Occasional Paper No. 9
- Using humans and animals, Kay was able to observe the ecosystem in Banff National Park and the Canadian Rockies
- ISBN
- 0662268008
- Call Number
- 04 K18lo Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Park Warden Journals [1/3]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions15854
- Part Of
- Bo Holroyd fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of journals which present Bo Holroyd's personal record of daily work activities as park warden at Waterton Lakes National Park, 1920 to 1929. Significant observations on ungulate populations, game, wildlife management, weather, warden service duties, leave and time off, reporting to h…
- Date Range
- 1920-1929
- Reference Code
- M495 / 1 to 9
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Diary
- Government record
- Textual record
8 images
8 Electronic Resources
- Part Of
- Bo Holroyd fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M495
- Series
- I. Park warden series
- Sous-Fonds
- M495
- Accession Number
- 4011
- Reference Code
- M495 / 1 to 9
- Date Range
- 1920-1929
- Physical Description
- 13 cm of textual records (9 volumes ; 17 x 20.5 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of journals which present Bo Holroyd's personal record of daily work activities as park warden at Waterton Lakes National Park, 1920 to 1929. Significant observations on ungulate populations, game, wildlife management, weather, warden service duties, leave and time off, reporting to head office in Calgary, and programs and human activity in the park are included. File is 1/3
- Notes
- Journal for 1928 missing prior to accession. Blank pages not scanned.
- Name Access
- Holroyd, Bo
- Subject Access
- Animals
- Bighorn Sheep
- Boats
- Bridges
- Buildings and facilities
- Cabins and shelters
- Camps
- Conservation
- Dairies
- Ecology
- Environment and Nature
- Forestry
- Parks
- Parks Canada
- Records
- Trail making
- Trails
- Warden cabins
- Wardens
- Weather
- Wildlife
- Geographic Access
- Waterton
- Waterton National Park
- Calgary
- Lethbridge
- Pincher Creek
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- M495 / 6 - secure front cover with acid-free paper and/or string. Avoid handling. M495 / 7 - secure front cover with acid-free paper and/or string. Avoid handling.
- Related Material
- Constitutes Series I of the Bo Holroyd fonds
- Creator
- Holroyd, Bo
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file.
- Content Details
- LIST OF SUBJECTS :
- Overnight patrols
- Horse breeding
- Fire report investigation
- Backcountry patrol
- Trail measurement using a mileage wheel
- Trail crew supervision
- Supplies delivery to trail crew
- Pack box construction
- Search and rescue for lost and injured persons
- Horse breaking
- Annual trail maintenance
- Boundary patrols
- Parks Act enforcement
- Teamster assistance
- Fire pump maintenance
- Fish stocking of lakes and streams
- Predator control measures
- Fence construction and maintenance
- Firewood cutting
- Telephone line repair
- Park boundary line cutting
- Pack-saddle bag construction
- Building construction and maintenance
- Campground clean-up
- Salt lick maintenance
- Game observation
- Bear management
- Fire suppression
- Court duty
- Wildlife control
- Permit issuing - dry timber
- Permit issuing - interim camping
- Trainee supervision
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Park warden journals [2/3]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions15855
- Part Of
- Bo Holroyd fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of journals which present Bo Holroyd's personal record of daily work activities as park warden at Waterton Lakes National Park, 1920 to 1929. Significant observations on ungulate populations, game, wildlife management, warden service duties, and programs and human activity in the park…
- Date Range
- 1930-1939
- Reference Code
- M495 / 10 to 19
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Diary
- Government record
- Textual record
10 images
10 Electronic Resources
- Part Of
- Bo Holroyd fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M495
- Series
- I. Park warden series
- Sous-Fonds
- M495
- Accession Number
- 4011
- Reference Code
- M495 / 10 to 19
- Date Range
- 1930-1939
- Physical Description
- 13 cm of textual records (10 volumes ; 17 x 21 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of journals which present Bo Holroyd's personal record of daily work activities as park warden at Waterton Lakes National Park, 1920 to 1929. Significant observations on ungulate populations, game, wildlife management, warden service duties, and programs and human activity in the park are included. File is 2/3
- Notes
- Blank pages not scanned.
- Name Access
- Holroyd, Bo
- Subject Access
- Animals
- Bighorn Sheep
- Boats
- Bridges
- Buildings and facilities
- Cabins and shelters
- Camps
- Conservation
- Dairies
- Ecology
- Environment and Nature
- Forestry
- Parks
- Parks Canada
- Records
- Trail making
- Trails
- Warden cabins
- Wardens
- Wildlife
- Geographic Access
- Waterton
- Waterton National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Blank pages not scanned
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- LIST OF SUBJECTS :
- * Correspondence
- * Stores inventories
- * Fire equipment inventories
- * Report preparation
- * Horse purchases
- * Warden diary review
- * Town fire brigade instruction
- * Patrols
- * Trail and telephone line inspections
- * Timber cruising
- * Phone line repair
- * Financial estimation
- * Fire hazard inspection of townsite buildings
- * Sending water and milk samples for testing
- * Timber cutting operations review
- * Timber scaling
- * Haying supervision at Park farm
- * Phone line construction
- * Trail crew supervision
- * Inspections of trails, phone lines, cabins with Superintendent
- * Horse vaccinations
- * Measurement and photographing of cabins and outbuildings
- * Shipping hides to National Museum
- * Hiring blacksmith
- * Court duty
- * Wildlife management and control
- * Trainee supervision
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
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