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Between forest and sky : a fire-tower journal

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13546

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

Published Date: 2--6

Author: Stratton, Sharon

Publisher: Victoria, [B.C.] : Heritage House

Edition: 1st

Call Number: 13.124 St8b

Author: Stratton, Sharon

Edition: 1st

Publisher: Victoria, [B.C.] : Heritage House

Published Date: 2--6

Physical Description: 223 p. : ill., port

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

Subjects: Fire lookouts; Women

ISBN: 9781894974165

Accession Number: 40500 08-02-01

Call Number: 13.124 St8b

Collection: Archives Library

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Calgary's mountain panorama

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11944

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

Published Date: c1990

Author: Birrell, Dave

Publisher: Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books

Call Number: R 02.01 B53

Author: Birrell, Dave

Responsibility: text by Dave Birrell; artwork by Ron Ellis

Publisher: Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: c1990

Physical Description: 95 p. : ill., ports., map

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

Subjects: Fire lookouts; Mines; Quarries; Travel; World War I

Notes: Fold out panorama attached to back cover. Index of peaks at end

ISBN: 0921102127

Accession Number: 5935

Call Number: R 02.01 B53

Collection: Archives Library

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Forest Technology School trail interpretation

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions56315

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs which Ben Gadd collected or produced as part of an interpretive trail guide for the Forest Technology School in Hinton, Alberta in 1992. Photographs depict a fire watchtower, power plant, forest views, and a small lodge or warden cabin near Hinton, Alberta.

Date Range: 1992

Reference Code: V810 / III / D / PA - 12 to 18

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M590; V810; S61

Series: V810 / III : Professional records

Sous-Fonds: V810

Sub-Series: V810 / III / D : Other contracts and projects

Accession Number: 2021.20

Reference Code: V810 / III / D / PA - 12 to 18

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1992

Physical Description: 7 photographs : col. prints ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs which Ben Gadd collected or produced as part of an interpretive trail guide for the Forest Technology School in Hinton, Alberta in 1992. Photographs depict a fire watchtower, power plant, forest views, and a small lodge or warden cabin near Hinton, Alberta.

Notes: Original storage envelope kept in file

Subject Access: Fire lookouts; Natural resources; Environment; Warden cabins; Log structures

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Hinton

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: N/A

Related Material: Corresponding textual material in file M590/III/D/118; Corresponding negatives in file V810/III/D/NA-1 to 6

Category: Environment; Natural resources

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Forest Technology School trail interpretation

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions56316

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs which Ben Gadd collected or produced as part of an interpretive trail guide for the Forest Technology School in Hinton, Alberta in 1992. Photographs depict a fire watchtower, trains, a power plant, forest views, and a small lodge or warden cabin near Hinton, Alberta.

Date Range: 1992

Reference Code: V810 / III / D / NA - 1 to 6

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M590; V810; S61

Series: V810 / III : Professional records

Sous-Fonds: V810

Sub-Series: V810 / III / D : Other contracts and projects

Accession Number: 2021.20

Reference Code: V810 / III / D / NA - 1 to 6

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1992

Physical Description: 24 photographs : 6 col. film strips ; 35 mm

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs which Ben Gadd collected or produced as part of an interpretive trail guide for the Forest Technology School in Hinton, Alberta in 1992. Photographs depict a fire watchtower, trains, a power plant, forest views, and a small lodge or warden cabin near Hinton, Alberta.

Notes: Original storage envelope kept in file

Subject Access: Fire lookouts; Natural resources; Environment; Warden cabins; Log structures; Trains; Transportation

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Hinton

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: N/A

Related Material: Corresponding textual material in file M590/III/D/118; Corresponding negatives in file V810/III/D/PA-12 to 18

Category: Environment; Natural resources

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Joan Vroom interview

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions15276

Part Of: Whyte Museum Oral History Programme collection

Date Range: 1975

Reference Code: S1 / 104

Description Level: 6 / Item

Part Of: Whyte Museum Oral History Programme collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: I. Interviews

Reference Code: S1 / 104

Responsibility: Interviewer: Maryalice Harvey Stewart

Date Range: 1975

Physical Description: 1 sound recording

Subject Access: Bears, Grizzly; Fire lookouts; Log structures; National parks and reserves - Wardens; Vroom, Bill; Warden cabins; Young, Ernie

Finding Aid: Recording summary and reference cassette available

Title Source: Title based on contents of recording

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Nat-Park-Banff Look-out Tunnel Mt.

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions1488

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: Azimuth observations from Tunnel Mountain using a theodolite, which are marked on the photographs, are used for orienting the fire-finder on the lookouts. Lookouts on Mount Rundle, Cascade Mountain, Mount Peeche, Sulphur Mountain, Knob, and Mount Brewster.

Reference Code: V190 / IV.B.iv. - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: IV.B. Warden collection: Warden operations and activities

Reference Code: V190 / IV.B.iv. - 1

Physical Description: 9 negatives: 9.5 x 12 cm.

Scope & Content: Azimuth observations from Tunnel Mountain using a theodolite, which are marked on the photographs, are used for orienting the fire-finder on the lookouts. Lookouts on Mount Rundle, Cascade Mountain, Mount Peeche, Sulphur Mountain, Knob, and Mount Brewster.

Subject Access: Banff National Park; Fire lookouts; Sulphur Mountain lookout; Tunnel Mountain lookout

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

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Outpost of empire : an observation hut in the Rockies

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6620

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

Author: Gissing, Alwin

Call Number: 04.1 G44

Author: Gissing, Alwin

Physical Description: p.854-857

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

Subjects: Aylmer lookout; Fire lookouts

Notes: In Chambers's Journal, November 1934

Accession Number: 18000

Call Number: 04.1 G44

Collection: Archives Library

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Visions of Kerouac

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4348

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

Published Date: 1993

Author: McGoogan, Ken

Publisher: Lawrencetown Beach (N.S.) : Pottersfield Press

Call Number: 05.2 M17

Author: McGoogan, Ken

Publisher: Lawrencetown Beach (N.S.) : Pottersfield Press

Published Date: 1993

Physical Description: 266p

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

Subjects: Fire lookouts

ISBN: 0-919001-75-0

Accession Number: 25500

Call Number: 05.2 M17

Collection: Archives Library

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