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Canadian Pacific film
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55575
- Part Of
- Canadian Pacific Railway fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to the screenplay for the 1948 film "Canadian Pacific" by Jack DeWitt. The film was made in Banff, directed by Nat Holt, and follows the construction of the line through the Rockies in the 1880s.
- Date Range
- [ca.1925]
- Reference Code
- M584 / II / 01
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- GMD
- Organization record
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Canadian Pacific Railway fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Fonds Number
- M584 / V782
- Series
- II : screenplay
- Sous-Fonds
- M584
- Accession Number
- 3502
- Reference Code
- M584 / II / 01
- Date Range
- [ca.1925]
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to the screenplay for the 1948 film "Canadian Pacific" by Jack DeWitt. The film was made in Banff, directed by Nat Holt, and follows the construction of the line through the Rockies in the 1880s.
- Notes
- Record absorbed from old M48.
- Name Access
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Subject Access
- Buildings
- Buildings and facilities
- Camps
- Construction
- Environment
- Huts
- Tourism
- Trains
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Glacier
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Canadian Pacific Railway fonds
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions685
- Part Of
- Canadian Pacific Railway fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of visual and texual material pertaining to the Canadian Pacific Railway and its holdings. Visual material conists of two series. Series I: lantern slides, Series II: prints. Textual material consists of two series. Series I: organizational records, Series II: the 1942 film "Canadian…
- Date Range
- [ca.1900-1950]
- Reference Code
- M584 / V782
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Transparency
- Lantern slide
- Organization record
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Canadian Pacific Railway fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M584 / V782
- Sous-Fonds
- V782
- Accession Number
- 303, 304, 625, 1471, 1086, 1544, 3288, 3502, 6740, 7071, 2014.8366, 2021.18
- Reference Code
- M584 / V782
- Date Range
- [ca.1900-1950]
- Physical Description
- 69 b&w lantern slides, 5 cm of textual records, ca. 309 prints : b&w ; 27.9 x 20.3 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of visual and texual material pertaining to the Canadian Pacific Railway and its holdings. Visual material conists of two series. Series I: lantern slides, Series II: prints. Textual material consists of two series. Series I: organizational records, Series II: the 1942 film "Canadian Pacific" screenplay and associated documents. Visual material includes black and white lantern slides and black and white prints depicting various scenes pertaining to travelling on the Canadian Pacific Railway and depict dining rooms, scnes involving trains and mountains, farming scenes and fields, people in train cars, various cities and towns, figures in natural landscapes, horses and horseback riding, mountains, waterfalls, skiing, ships, CP hotels, and other grand buildings [across Canada] such as Notre Dame Cathedral in Montreal. Textual material includes paper reports [some compiled by Canadian Pacific Hotels Architectural Engineer Ed Steel] detailing various construction and/or renovation projects for hotels, lodges, tea houses, bugalow camps, huts, and backcountry lodges throughout the Canadian Rockies as well as records pertaining to CP hotels in the Canadian Rockies, and the screenplay for "Canadian Pacific."
- Notes
- Slides were stored in rectangular wood box with leather handle on top, and metal handle at one end. White label that says “Lyon & Turnbull 432 04 February 2009” on lid of the box. Old, peeling, and stained label on top under handle, illegible. Faded, peeling labels on front, some words legible: “from the Canadian Pacific…” 2 stained and water damaged labels detached from box appear to be English shipping labels.“10” stamped in black on both ends of box. Stamped in black on rear of box: “Canadian Pacific Rly Co. 62 to 65 Charing Cross, London, S.W. 1. “3” engraved on upper rim of box. Box is divided into 3 sections with removable wood separators, small pieces of felt line 2 sections of the box.
- Name Access
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Subject Access
- Buildings
- Buildings and facilities
- Camps
- Construction
- Environment
- Huts
- Tourism
- Trains
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Glacier
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Language
- Language is English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Content Details
- Prints and some textual records absorbed from old records V121 and M48. Lantern slides donated to the Whyte Museum by Dr. William and Mrs. Wynn Bensen. The slides were purchased by the Bensens from Lyon and Turnbull in Scotland.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Cascade Hydro Plant License Renewal
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57181
- Part Of
- TransAlta Utilities fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of information about the Cascade power plant license renewal through Park Canada, includes reports and newspaper clippings. Also inlcuded is TransAlta. Energy Resources Conservation Board - 1987 Small Power Inquiry.
- Date Range
- 1987 - 1992
- Reference Code
- M592 / 2 - 3
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Part Of
- TransAlta Utilities fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M592 / V815
- Sous-Fonds
- M592
- Accession Number
- 8076
- Reference Code
- M592 / 2 - 3
- GMD
- Textual record
- Date Range
- 1987 - 1992
- Physical Description
- 2 cm textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of information about the Cascade power plant license renewal through Park Canada, includes reports and newspaper clippings. Also inlcuded is TransAlta. Energy Resources Conservation Board - 1987 Small Power Inquiry.
- Subject Access
- Calgary Power Ltd.
- TransAlta Utilites
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Banff
- Calgary
- Category
- Commerce and industry
- Environment
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Environental Assessment for the Renewal of Cascade Power Facility
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57182
- Part Of
- TransAlta Utilities fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of an Environmental Assessment for the Renewal of the FInal Water Power License for the Cascade Power Facility and Operation. Prepared for TransAlta Utilities Coporation. Prepared by Dames and Moore, August 1992
- Date Range
- 1992
- Reference Code
- M592 / 4 - 5
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Part Of
- TransAlta Utilities fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M592 / V815
- Sous-Fonds
- M592
- Accession Number
- 8076
- Reference Code
- M592 / 4 - 5
- GMD
- Textual record
- Date Range
- 1992
- Physical Description
- 4 cm textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of an Environmental Assessment for the Renewal of the FInal Water Power License for the Cascade Power Facility and Operation. Prepared for TransAlta Utilities Coporation. Prepared by Dames and Moore, August 1992
- Subject Access
- Calgary Power Ltd.
- TransAlta Utilites
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Banff
- Calgary
- Category
- Commerce and industry
- Environment
- Processing Status
- Processed
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History of Cascade Power Plant
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- Part Of
- TransAlta Utilities fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of information about the Cascade power plant, includes records reharding the whole Lake Minnewanka area. Also included is a historical background on hydroelectric plants in the Calgary Power system.
- Date Range
- 1941 - 1992
- Reference Code
- M592 / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Part Of
- TransAlta Utilities fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M592 / V815
- Sous-Fonds
- M592
- Accession Number
- 8076
- Reference Code
- M592 / 1
- GMD
- Textual record
- Date Range
- 1941 - 1992
- Physical Description
- 2 cm textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of information about the Cascade power plant, includes records reharding the whole Lake Minnewanka area. Also included is a historical background on hydroelectric plants in the Calgary Power system.
- Subject Access
- Calgary Power Ltd.
- TransAlta Utilites
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Banff
- Calgary
- Category
- Commerce and industry
- Environment
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- TransAlta Utilities fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 19 maps/blueprints - Banff/Lake Louise route plan, 1961; Transmission Line, 1992; Lake Minnewanka - Bow River, 1992; blueprint map of Banff National Park area.
- Date Range
- 1961 - 1992
- Reference Code
- M592 / 7 - 8
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Part Of
- TransAlta Utilities fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M592 / V815
- Sous-Fonds
- M592
- Accession Number
- 8076
- Reference Code
- M592 / 7 - 8
- GMD
- Textual record
- Date Range
- 1961 - 1992
- Physical Description
- 4 cm textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 19 maps/blueprints - Banff/Lake Louise route plan, 1961; Transmission Line, 1992; Lake Minnewanka - Bow River, 1992; blueprint map of Banff National Park area.
- Subject Access
- Calgary Power Ltd.
- TransAlta Utilites
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Banff
- Calgary
- Category
- Commerce and industry
- Environment
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Property Reports
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55573
- Part Of
- Canadian Pacific Railway fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to reports pertaining to various properties throughout the Canadian Rockies. Some of the reports were compiled by Canadian Pacific Hotels Architectural Engineer Ed Steel. Reports outline the costs of materials and goods needed for or provided by bungalow camps, lodges, tea houses, bac…
- Date Range
- [ca.1925]
- Reference Code
- M584 / I / 01 - 07
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- GMD
- Organization record
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Canadian Pacific Railway fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Fonds Number
- M584 / V782
- Series
- I : organizational records
- Sous-Fonds
- M584
- Accession Number
- 303, 304, 1471, 1086, 1544, 3288, 6740, 7071, 2021.18
- Reference Code
- M584 / I / 01 - 07
- Date Range
- [ca.1925]
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to reports pertaining to various properties throughout the Canadian Rockies. Some of the reports were compiled by Canadian Pacific Hotels Architectural Engineer Ed Steel. Reports outline the costs of materials and goods needed for or provided by bungalow camps, lodges, tea houses, backcountry camps, huts, and hotels, as well as dimensions of new additions to buildings/camps. Properties include Banff Springs Hotel, Chateua Lake Louise, Calgary Palliser Hotel and Station, Glacier House, Lake O'Hara, Yoho Valley, Radium Hot Springs, Moraine Lake, Lake Agnes, Plain of Six Glaciers, Mt. Assiniboine, Lake Windermere Ranch, Saddleback Rest House, Abbott Pass Hut, Sunshine Valley, Mystic Lake, Shadow Lake, Castle Mountain, Emerald Lake, and more.
- Notes
- Some records absorbed from old M48.
- Name Access
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Subject Access
- Buildings
- Buildings and facilities
- Camps
- Construction
- Environment
- Huts
- Tourism
- Trains
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Glacier
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- TransAlta Utilities fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook containing photographs of different hydroelcrtic dams in Canada. Includes the Waterton Dam, Belly River Hydro Power, and Old Man Dam. Also included are photographs of Alberta Renewable energy - wind turbine and solar energy powering a pump and motor.
- Date Range
- 1991 - 1992
- Reference Code
- M592 / 6
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Part Of
- TransAlta Utilities fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M592 / V815
- Sous-Fonds
- M592
- Accession Number
- 8076
- Reference Code
- M592 / 6
- GMD
- Textual record
- Date Range
- 1991 - 1992
- Physical Description
- 1 cm textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook containing photographs of different hydroelcrtic dams in Canada. Includes the Waterton Dam, Belly River Hydro Power, and Old Man Dam. Also included are photographs of Alberta Renewable energy - wind turbine and solar energy powering a pump and motor.
- Subject Access
- Calgary Power Ltd.
- TransAlta Utilites
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Banff
- Calgary
- Waterton National Park
- Category
- Commerce and industry
- Environment
- Processing Status
- Processed
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TransAlta Utilities fonds
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57178
- Part Of
- TransAlta Utilities fonds
- Scope & Content
- Records from TransAlta Utilities (formerly Calgary Power), 1939 - 1992, ca. 13 cm.: 1 binder: Summary - Environmental Assessment for the Renewal of Final Water Power Licence for the Cascade Power Facility and Operation, August 1992 ; 3 cm. of text - TransAlta. Energy Resources Conservation Board - …
- Date Range
- 1939 - 1992
- Reference Code
- M592 / V815
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Textual record
- Part Of
- TransAlta Utilities fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M592 / V815
- Sous-Fonds
- M592 / V815
- Accession Number
- 8076
- Reference Code
- M592 / V815
- GMD
- Textual record
- Date Range
- 1939 - 1992
- Physical Description
- 28 cm textual records
- 29 photographs : b&w and col.
- History / Biographical
- Calgary Power Company was founded by banker W. Max Aitken in 1903. Aitken, who later became Lord Beaverbrook, reorganized a number of utilities as a subsidiary of his Royal Securities Company. He was joined in this venture by his friend and mentor R. B. Bennett, who served as Canadian Prime Minister from 1930 until 1935.Calgary Power Company was founded by banker W. Max Aitken in 1903. Aitken, who later became Lord Beaverbrook, reorganized a number of utilities as a subsidiary of his Royal Securities Company. He was joined in this venture by his friend and mentor R. B. Bennett, who served as Canadian Prime Minister from 1930 until 1935. Calgary Power changed its name to TransAlta Utilities in 1981. With a service area that had outgrown Calgary decades earlier, the company's new name reflected its province-wide operation. By 1985, TransAlta provided 81 percent of the province's electricity needs. TransAlta Utilities Corporation is the largest investor-owned electric utility in Canada. TransAlta supplies electric energy to over 630,000 customers, which amounts to approximately 70 percent of Alberta's electricity consumption.
- Scope & Content
- Records from TransAlta Utilities (formerly Calgary Power), 1939 - 1992, ca. 13 cm.: 1 binder: Summary - Environmental Assessment for the Renewal of Final Water Power Licence for the Cascade Power Facility and Operation, August 1992 ; 3 cm. of text - TransAlta. Energy Resources Conservation Board - 1987 Small Power Inquiry ; 1992 - Cascade licence renewal - includes 1992, .5 cm. - includes newsclippings, handwritten notes - draft renewal license ; Cascade project license renewal; 1) scrapbook - photos with captions, 20 photos, 1992; 2) miscellaneous tour photographs, 1991-1992, 29 photos, includes Waterton Dam, Belly River, Oldman Dam; 3) 4 maps/blueprints - Banff/Lake Louise route plan, 1961; Transmission Line, 1992; Lake Minnewanka - Bow River, 1992; blueprint map of Banff National Park area ; History of Cascade - reports: 1944 audit of construction of Minnewanka storage & power development; history - letters from Canadian government, 1939-1949.
- Subject Access
- Calgary Power Ltd.
- TransAlta Utilites
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Banff
- Calgary
- Category
- Commerce and industry
- Environment
- Biographical Source Notes
- https://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/74/TRANSALTA-UTILITIES-CORPORATION.html
- Processing Status
- Processed
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