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An impending water crisis in Canada's western prairie provinces

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2006
Author
Schindler, D.W.
Donahue, W.F.
Publisher
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Call Number
03.5 Sc1a PAM
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Author
Schindler, D.W.
Donahue, W.F.
Responsibility
D.W. Schindler
W.F. Donahue
Publisher
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Published Date
2006
Physical Description
6 pages ; illustrations , maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Water
Watersheds
Climate
Climate change
Climatology
Western Canada
Glaciers
Rivers
Lakes
Abstract
Canada is usually considered to be a country with abundant freshwater, but in its western prairie provinces (WPP), an area 1/5 the size of Europe, freshwater is scarce. European settlement of the WPP did not begin until the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Fortuitously, the period since European settlement appears to have been the wettest century of the past two millennia. The frequent, long periods of drought that characterized earlier centuries of the past two millennia were largely absent in the 20th century. Here, we show that climate warming and human modifications to catchments have already significantly reduced the flows of major rivers of the WPP during the summer months, when human demand and in-stream flow needs are greatest. We predict that in the near future climate warming, via its effects on glaciers, snowpacks, and evaporation, will combine with cyclic drought and rapidly increasing human activity in the WPP to cause a crisis in water quantity and quality with far-reaching implications.
Notes
In PNAS May 9, 2006 103 (19) 7210-7216
Call Number
03.5 Sc1a PAM
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Available online via PNAS's website
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Part Of
Jim Brewster family fonds
Scope & Content
Item consists of a small photo album bound in maroon leather with "Photographs" stamped on the front. Written on the inside of the front cover is "Tressa Brewster Banff, Alta" in black ink - Lade "Tressa" Brewster (nee Bagley) was Jim Brewster's first wife and mother of Fern. Photographs pertain to…
Date Range
[ca. 1900-1915]
Reference Code
V90 / IV / PD - 1
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
Part Of
Jim Brewster family fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M439 / V90
Series
IV. Brewster family
Sous-Fonds
V90
Accession Number
2021.26
Reference Code
V90 / IV / PD - 1
GMD
Photograph
Date Range
[ca. 1900-1915]
Physical Description
1 album (50 photographs : b&w ; 14.8 x 12.3 cm)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
Item consists of a small photo album bound in maroon leather with "Photographs" stamped on the front. Written on the inside of the front cover is "Tressa Brewster Banff, Alta" in black ink - Lade "Tressa" Brewster (nee Bagley) was Jim Brewster's first wife and mother of Fern. Photographs pertain to landscapes taken throughout Alberta, mostly in and around Banff National Park, mounted on pages with built-in windows - some are annotated.
Name Access
Brewster, Tressa (Lade)
Subject Access
Activities
Animals
Banff Jasper Highway
Buildings
Buildings and facilities
Deer
Elk
Environment and Nature
Family and personal life
Glaciers
Landscapes
Mount Assiniboine
Mountains
Photography
Rivers
Scenery
Temple Mountain
Wildlife
Geographic Access
Banff
Lake Louise
Bow Lake
Assiniboine
Banff National Park
Alberta
Canada
Language
English
Conservation
Leather of cover worn along edges, many photographs severely faded, some warped, spine coming loose at the binding towards the back.
Biographical Source Notes
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50087841/tressa-brewster
Title Source
Title based on item
Processing Status
Processed
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Camps of the Alpine Club of Canada Album

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Part Of
Alpine Club of Canada fonds
Scope & Content
Item consists of 1 photograph album compiled by Frank W. Freeborn of New York City for the Alpine Club of Canada. The album pertains to various ACC camp trips from 1906 to 1913 throughout the Rocky Mountains, including the Lake O'Hara, Yoho Valley, Moraine Lake, and Banff town areas, and includes b…
Date Range
1906-1913
Reference Code
V14 / AC 55P / PD - 13
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Album
Photograph
  1 image     1 Electronic Resource  
Part Of
Alpine Club of Canada fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M200 / S6 / V14
Series
IV.B. Other material: photographic
Sous-Fonds
V14
Accession Number
5200
Reference Code
V14 / AC 55P / PD - 13
GMD
Album
Photograph
Date Range
1906-1913
Physical Description
1 album (325 photographs : b&w and col. ; 28.6 x 18.5 cm)
Scope & Content
Item consists of 1 photograph album compiled by Frank W. Freeborn of New York City for the Alpine Club of Canada. The album pertains to various ACC camp trips from 1906 to 1913 throughout the Rocky Mountains, including the Lake O'Hara, Yoho Valley, Moraine Lake, and Banff town areas, and includes black and white photographs, all of which are numbered and annotated. A black leather album, it has "PHOTOGRAPHS" embossed in gold in the top left corner of the front cover.
Notes
Page 90 not scanned - blank page; the pages between 23-34 and between 52-64 have been rebound out of order prior to accessioning.
Name Access
Alpine Club of Canada
Subject Access
Activities
Alpine Club of Canada
Animals
Backpacking
Bow Falls
Bow River
Bow Valley
Buildings
Camps
Cathedral Mountain
Climbing
Clothing and dress
Club
Clubhouse
Consolation Valley
Environment and Nature
Glaciers
Hiking
Hotels
Lake O'hara
Landscapes
Mountaineering
Mountaineers
Mountains
Period costume
Photography
Portrait
Rogers Pass
Scenery
scenic
Sherbrooke Lake
Trails
Transportation
Women
Yoho Valley
Geographic Access
Banff
Banff National Park
Alberta
Yoho National Park
Glacier National Park
British Columbia
Language
English
Finding Aid
Inventory of the Alpine Club of Canada Collection, 1986, provides group or item-level description to this material
Title Source
Title based on item
Processing Status
Processed
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Canadian Rockies mountaineering trips, Alpine Club of Canada expeditions

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Part Of
Malcolm Geddes fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 129 lantern slides pertaining to mountaineering expeditions and scenic views in the Canadian Rockies. Includes images of pack trips, ice climbing, hiking, and Alpine Club of Canada camps. Locations include Emperor Falls; Berg Lake; ascent of Resplendent Mountain; Mount Edith Cavell…
Date Range
[1913-1925]
Reference Code
V756 / III / A / PS - 1 to 129
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Lantern slide
  1 image  
Part Of
Malcolm Geddes fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M39
V756
Series
V756 / III : Personal and family records
Sous-Fonds
V756
Sub-Series
V756 / III / A : Travel and mountain expeditions
Accession Number
6504
Reference Code
V756 / III / A / PS - 1 to 129
GMD
Photograph
Lantern slide
Responsibility
Some items produced by Charles Potter and James Mahon
Date Range
[1913-1925]
Physical Description
129 photographs : lantern slides
Scope & Content
File consists of 129 lantern slides pertaining to mountaineering expeditions and scenic views in the Canadian Rockies. Includes images of pack trips, ice climbing, hiking, and Alpine Club of Canada camps. Locations include Emperor Falls; Berg Lake; ascent of Resplendent Mountain; Mount Edith Cavell; Mount Maud; Mount Commander; Mount Marpole; Mount Habel; Mount Robson; Mount Temple; Mount Huber; Castle Mountain; and Wilcox Pass.
Notes
Some items are numbered on outer edges or otherwise labelled
Material Details
Some items hand-coloured
Name Access
Gibbon, John Murray
Wheeler, A. O. (Arthur Oliver)
Geddes, Malcolm
Alpine Club of Canada
Subject Access
Travel
Exploration
Hiking
Ice climbing
Summit
Mountains
Landscapes
Recreation
Alpine Club of Canada
Glaciers
Trails
Pack trips
Camping
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
British Columbia
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Mount Robson
Mount Temple
Mount Habel
Mount Geikie
Mount Huber
Castle Mountain
Wilcox Pass
Mount Edith Cavell
Mount Maud
Mount Commander
Mount Marpole
Access Restrictions
Fragile - restrictions may apply
Reproduction Restrictions
Fragile- restrictions may apply
Language
N/A
Category
Exploration, discovery and travel
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Canadian Rockies negatives

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Part Of
Jim Brewster family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 128 black and white photographic negatives of unidentified people, mountain landscapes, wildlife, and scenic views from throughout Banff National Park and surrounding areas.
Date Range
[ca. 1900-1915]
Reference Code
V90 / IV / NA - 01 to NA - 128
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Part Of
Jim Brewster family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M439 / V90
Series
IV. Brewster family
Sous-Fonds
V90
Accession Number
2021.26
Reference Code
V90 / IV / NA - 01 to NA - 128
GMD
Photograph
Date Range
[ca. 1900-1915]
Physical Description
128 photographs : b&w nitrate negatives ; 11.8 x 8.4 cm
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File consists of 128 black and white photographic negatives of unidentified people, mountain landscapes, wildlife, and scenic views from throughout Banff National Park and surrounding areas.
Notes
Negatives were removed from their original housing in a negatives album (V90 / PD - 2) prior to processing
Subject Access
Activities
Animals
Banff Jasper Highway
Buildings
Buildings and facilities
Deer
Elk
Environment and Nature
Family and personal life
Glaciers
Landscapes
Mount Assiniboine
Mountains
Photography
Rivers
Scenery
Temple Mountain
Wildlife
Geographic Access
Banff
Lake Louise
Banff National Park
Assiniboine
Alberta
British Columbia
Canada
Language
English
Conservation
Many negatives warped - NA - 13 is folded in half
Related Material
V90 / PD - 2
Title Source
Title based on item
Processing Status
Processed
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Canadian Souvenirs Vol. II Album

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Part Of
Alpine Club of Canada fonds
Scope & Content
Item consists of 1 photograph album compiled by Frank W. Freeborn of New York City for the Alpine Club of Canada. The album pertains to a 1917 ACC trip throughout the Rocky Mountains in British Columbia, including the Field, Lake O'Hara, Assiniboine, and Glacier areas, and includes black and white …
Date Range
1917
Reference Code
V14 / AC 55P / PD - 10
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Album
Photograph
  1 image     1 Electronic Resource  
Part Of
Alpine Club of Canada fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M200 / S6 / V14
Series
IV.B. Other material: photographic
Sous-Fonds
V14
Accession Number
5200
Reference Code
V14 / AC 55P / PD - 10
GMD
Album
Photograph
Date Range
1917
Physical Description
1 album (396 photographs : b&w and col. ; 28.6 x 18.5 cm)
Scope & Content
Item consists of 1 photograph album compiled by Frank W. Freeborn of New York City for the Alpine Club of Canada. The album pertains to a 1917 ACC trip throughout the Rocky Mountains in British Columbia, including the Field, Lake O'Hara, Assiniboine, and Glacier areas, and includes black and white photographs, all of which are numbered. A bound-edge flip-book style album, it is tied together with a black string and has a faded gilt "Photographs" embossed in the top left corner of the front cover. Additionally, a small white paper with "W" is adhered to the top right corner and a piece of a lined paper is adhered to the centre with the album's title - this piece is torn through the middle but, as per the title page, the album is titled "Canadian Souvenirs Vol. II."
Name Access
Alpine Club of Canada
Subject Access
Activities
Alpine Club of Canada
Animals
Backpacking
Bow Falls
Bow River
Bow Valley
Buildings
Camps
Canadian Pacific Railway
Climbing
Clothing and dress
Club
Environment and Nature
Glaciers
Hiking
Hotels
Lake O'hara
Landscapes
Mountaineering
Mountaineers
Mountains
Period costume
Photography
Portrait
Railways
Scenery
scenic
Trails
Trains
Transportation
Women
Geographic Access
Field
Yoho National Park
Glacier National Park
Assiniboine
Assiniboine Provincial Park
British Columbia
Language
English
Finding Aid
Inventory of the Alpine Club of Canada Collection, 1986, provides group or item-level description to this material
Title Source
Title based on item
Processing Status
Processed
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Climate change and landscape in the Canadian Rocky Mountains

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2006
Author
Rutter, Nat
Coppold, Murray
Rokosh, Dean
Publisher
Field, B.C. : Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation
Edition
Revised Second Edition
Call Number
03.2 R93c
03.2 R93c Reference copy
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Author
Rutter, Nat
Coppold, Murray
Rokosh, Dean
Responsibility
The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation
Nat Rutter
Murray Coppold
Dean Rokosh
Edition
Revised Second Edition
Publisher
Field, B.C. : Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation
Published Date
2006
Physical Description
137 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, portraits
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Glaciers
Climatology
Climate change
Environment
Environmental conservation
Geography
Geology
Abstract
Climate change is at the forefront of public consciousness today. Political initiatives to combat the social and economic effects of changing climate will affect the lives of everyone. Media reports often portray climate scenarios and the range of uncertainty accompanying predictions. How does a reader approach the science behind the headlines? The goal of this book is to explain climate change science by examining the recent Ice Age history so spectacularly exposed in the Canadian Rocky Mountains landscape. Local and global sources of paleoclimate information are combined with dating techniques to unravel the glacial history of the Rockies over the last 30,000 years. The illustrated road log guide can be used by the armchair reader or the traveller to visit the landscape features essential to the interpretation. The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation is a non-profit charitable organization dedicated to increasing public understanding of the geosciences. Its teaching themes demonstrate the use of physics, biology, chemistry and mathematics in solving science questions and problems. The diverse program includes public lectures, teacher workshops, school programs and guided hikes. The Foundation conducts educational hikes to the Burgess Shale soft-bodied fossil deposit and the Mt. Stephen trilobite beds, both UNESCO World Heritage sites in Yoho National Park. (From Good Reads)
Contents
Introduction -- Archives of Climate Change -- Dating the Archives -- Extracting Climate Information -- Interpreting the Last Ice Age -- Finding Climate Change in the Rockies -- Glaciation in the Banff-Jasper Area -- Road Log Guide to Landscape Features -- Short Term Climate Change -- Future Climate Change -- Rood Log Stop Coordinates.
Notes
Sponsored by the CSPG Foundation
ISBN
9780978013219
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
03.2 R93c
03.2 R93c Reference copy
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
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Websites
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Climbs in the Canadian Rockies Album

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Part Of
Alpine Club of Canada fonds
Scope & Content
Item consists of 1 photograph album by the Alpine Club of Canada. The album pertains to ACC camps and climbs that took place from 1912-1913 throughout the Rocky Mountains, including the Lake Louise, Vermillion Pass, Lake O'Hara, Mt. Robson, and Banff town areas, and includes black and white photogr…
Date Range
1912-1913
Reference Code
V14 / AC 55P / PD - 23
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Album
Photograph
  1 image     1 Electronic Resource  
Part Of
Alpine Club of Canada fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M200 / S6 / V14
Series
IV.B. Other material: photographic
Sous-Fonds
V14
Accession Number
5200
Reference Code
V14 / AC 55P / PD - 23
GMD
Album
Photograph
Date Range
1912-1913
Physical Description
1 album (170 photographs : b&w and col. ; 31.9 x 25.6 cm)
Scope & Content
Item consists of 1 photograph album by the Alpine Club of Canada. The album pertains to ACC camps and climbs that took place from 1912-1913 throughout the Rocky Mountains, including the Lake Louise, Vermillion Pass, Lake O'Hara, Mt. Robson, and Banff town areas, and includes black and white photographs, all of which are annotated. A black leather album, it has "PHOTOGRAPHS" stamped into the top left corner of the front cover with "1912 and 1913" written in white ink below it.
Name Access
Alpine Club of Canada
Subject Access
Abbot Pass
Activities
Alpine Club of Canada
Animals
Backpacking
Bow Falls
Bow River
Bow Valley
Buildings
Camps
Canadian Pacific Railway
Castle Mountain
Cathedral Mountain
Climbing
Clothing and dress
Club
Clubhouse
Consolation Valley
Environment and Nature
Fire
Glaciers
Hiking
Horses
Lake O'hara
Landscapes
Mountaineering
Mountaineers
Mountains
Period costume
Photography
Portrait
Rogers Pass
Scenery
scenic
Trails
Trains
Transportation
Women
Geographic Access
Banff
Banff National Park
Alberta
Lake O'Hara
Yoho National Park
British Columbia
Language
English
Finding Aid
Inventory of the Alpine Club of Canada Collection, 1986, provides group or item-level description to this material
Title Source
Title based on item
Processing Status
Processed
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Ben Gadd fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of five discs containing video files and three VHS tapes, which were collected by Ben Gadd. Videos pertain to mountaineering and mountain sports; documentary footage about Mount Robson and other regions in the Canadian Rockies; icebergs; ice climbing in Maligne Canyon; and a talk abou…
Date Range
1988
[ca.1990-2000]
2006
2010
Reference Code
V810 / I / D / NV - 1 to 8
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Video
Recording disc
Part Of
Ben Gadd fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M590
V810
S61
Series
V810 / I : Personal records
Sous-Fonds
V810
Sub-Series
V810 / I / D : Other personal and collected
Accession Number
2021.20
Reference Code
V810 / I / D / NV - 1 to 8
GMD
Video
Recording disc
Date Range
1988
[ca.1990-2000]
2006
2010
Physical Description
5 DVDs -- 3 VHS tapes
Scope & Content
File consists of five discs containing video files and three VHS tapes, which were collected by Ben Gadd. Videos pertain to mountaineering and mountain sports; documentary footage about Mount Robson and other regions in the Canadian Rockies; icebergs; ice climbing in Maligne Canyon; and a talk about the Association of Mountain Parks Protection and Enjoyment (AMPPE) presented in the Jasper Chamber of Commerce.
Notes
Individual contents in file: V810 / I / D / NV - 1 : "A Life Ascending" [produced by Stephen Grynberg] V810 / I / D / NV - 2 : "Mt. Robson: Giant of Canadian Rockies" V810 / I / D / NV - 3 : "Aweberg!" [video about icebergs, attributed to Ben Gadd] V810 / I / D / NV - 4 : "The Rockies: A two-part documentary by Stefan Tolz in cooperation with Fritz Pleitgan and Gerd Ruge" [Ben and Will Gadd appear in video] V810 / I / D / NV - 5 : "Queen of Maligne Feb. '06" [video of Ben and Will Gadd ice climbing in Maligne Canyon] V810 / I / D / NV - 6 : "Northlands 12/6/88" [wildlife footage with commentary] V810 / I / D / NV - 7 : "The Rockies - Fine Cut" [n.d., no audio; footage of wildlife, landscapes, etc.] V810 / I / D / NV - 8 : Dave Day / Jasper Chamber of Commerce [n.d.; discussing AMPPE and membership, issues in Banff National Park]
Name Access
Gadd, Ben
Gadd, Will
Morrow, Pat
Davis, Perry
Subject Access
Publication
Events
Sports
Recreation
Mountains
Skiing
Hiking
Climbing
Landscape
Films and film making
Glaciers
Environment
Wildlife
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Jasper National Park
Banff National Park
Maligne Canyon
British Columbia
Mount Robson
Reproduction Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Language
English
Category
Environment
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Community events, friends

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of photographs pertaining to travel photos, family and group portraits, and other events involving friends of the Luxton family. Includes images of unidentified individuals in Egypt, standing by a large glacier in the Rockies, visiting Stanford University, and feeding birds in Paris[?…
Date Range
[ca.1900-1960]
Reference Code
LUX / III / D / PA - 205 to 231
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Print
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
LUX
Series
LUX / III / D : Collected material
Sous-Fonds
LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds
Accession Number
LUX
Reference Code
LUX / III / D / PA - 205 to 231
GMD
Photograph
Print
Date Range
[ca.1900-1960]
Physical Description
27 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 13.5 x 19.5 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of photographs pertaining to travel photos, family and group portraits, and other events involving friends of the Luxton family. Includes images of unidentified individuals in Egypt, standing by a large glacier in the Rockies, visiting Stanford University, and feeding birds in Paris[?]; group portraits of unidentified children; a pack train fording the Pipestone River; and related views.
Subject Access
Family and personal life
Travel
Tourism
Children
Public events
Community life
Horses
Hiking
Recreation
Portrait
Christmas
Landscapes
Glaciers
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Pipestone River
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Egypt
Europe
United States of America
California
Reproduction Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Category
Exploration, discovery and travel
Family and personal life
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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