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The carbon cycle : crossing the Great Divide
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26209
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2013
- Author
- Rawles, Kate
- Publisher
- Victoria, BC : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- 02.8 R21c
- Author
- Rawles, Kate
- Publisher
- Victoria, BC : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2013
- Physical Description
- 336 pages ; 15 cm
- Abstract
- In 2006 “outdoor philosopher” Kate Rawles cycled 4553 miles from Texas to Alaska, following the spine of the Rocky Mountains as closely as possible. Cycling across unforgiving but starkly beautiful landscapes in both the United States and Canada – deserts, high mountain passes, glaciers and eventually down to the sea – she encountered bears, wolves, moose, cliff-swallows, aspens and a single, astonishing lynx. Along the way, she talked to North Americans about climate change – from truck drivers to politicians – to find out what they knew about it, whether they cared, and if they did, what they thought they could do. Kate tells the story of a trip in which she has to deal with the rigours of cycling for ten hours a day in temperatures often in excess of 100° F, fighting punctures, endless repairs and inescapable, grinding fatigue … . But in recounting the physical struggle of such a journey, she also does constant battle with her own ideas and assumptions, helping us to cross the great divide between where we are on climate change and where we need to be. Can we tackle climate change while still keeping our modern Western lifestyles intact? Should we put biofuel in our camper vans and RVs? Or do we need much deeper shifts in lifestyles, values and worldviews? -- From publisher
- ISBN
- 9781927330777
- Accession Number
- P2023.25
- Call Number
- 02.8 R21c
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The Great Dominion : Canada - Supplement to the Illustrated London News
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24927
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1912
- Publisher
- The Illustrated London News
- Call Number
- 02.4 Il6g PAM O.S.
- Publisher
- The Illustrated London News
- Published Date
- 1912
- Physical Description
- 28 pages
- Subjects
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Great Divide Trail
- Highways
- Highways - Alberta
- Mountaineering
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Tourism
- Travel
- Abstract
- Pertains to Canada as of 1912 with articles on Duke of Connought, Canadian Pacific Railway "All Red Tour Through Canada" from Yarmouth to Alberni, the proposed construction of "The Motor Highway of the Great Divide" from Calgary to Banff and onto through the Columbia Valley, "On Dizzy Heights of the Dominion : Mountaineering in Canada" which explains trail riding options available to tourists in the Rocky Mountains and some mountain scenes entitled "The Charm of the Dominion : Beauty Rugged and Pastoral"
- Notes
- In The Illustrated London News, Vol. CXL, No. 3803 , Saturday, March 9, 1912, pp. i - xxviii
- Accession Number
- 7864
- Call Number
- 02.4 Il6g PAM O.S.
- Collection
- Archives Library
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High country trail : along the Continental Divide
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3600
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1981
- Author
- Robbins, Michael
- Publisher
- Washington (DC) : National Geographic Society
- Call Number
- 02.3 R53
- Author
- Robbins, Michael
- Publisher
- Washington (DC) : National Geographic Society
- Published Date
- 1981
- Physical Description
- 199p. : ill., maps, ports
- Subjects
- Great Divide Trail
- Notes
- Bibliography and index
- ISBN
- 0-87044-361-5
- Accession Number
- 16000
- Call Number
- 02.3 R53
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Hiking the backbone of the Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue8288
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Author
- Edwards, Mike W
- Call Number
- 02.6 Ed9h Pam
- Author
- Edwards, Mike W
- Responsibility
- photographs by Lowell Georgia
- Physical Description
- p.795-816 : ill
- Subjects
- Great Divide Trail
- Notes
- From National Geographic, June 1973
- Call Number
- 02.6 Ed9h Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The majestic Rocky Mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13080
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1976
- Author
- Ellis, William S
- Publisher
- Washington (DC) : National Geographic
- Call Number
- F721 E45
- Author
- Ellis, William S
- Responsibility
- photographed by Dick Durrance II
- Publisher
- Washington (DC) : National Geographic
- Published Date
- 1976
- Physical Description
- 199p. : ill., ports., map
- Subjects
- Great Divide Trail
- Notes
- Bibliography and index
- Includes chapter on Kaslo British Columbia
- Call Number
- F721 E45
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The Rocky Mountains of Canada in colour
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15474
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- pre 1945 (1st Edition)
- pre 1945 (2nd Edition)
- post 1945 (3rd Edition)
- post 1945 (4th Edition)
- Author
- Associated screen news limited
- Publisher
- Montreal : Associated Screen News Limited
- Edition
- 1st
- 2nd
- 3rd
- 4th
- Call Number
- 06 Ro59m c.1 PAM 3rd edition
- 06 Ro59m c.2 PAM 4th edition
- 06 Ro59m c.3 PAM 1st edition
- 06 Ro59m c.4 PAM 2nd edition
- 06 Ro59m c.5 PAM 3rd edition
- 06 Ro59m c.6 PAM 4th edition
- Variant Title
- In colour The Rocky Mountains of Canada
- Responsibility
- Associated Screen News Limited
- Edition
- 1st
- 2nd
- 3rd
- 4th
- Publisher
- Montreal : Associated Screen News Limited
- Published Date
- pre 1945 (1st Edition)
- pre 1945 (2nd Edition)
- post 1945 (3rd Edition)
- post 1945 (4th Edition)
- Physical Description
- 18 leaves : chiefly color illustrations
- Subjects
- Photography
- Rocky Mountains, Canada
- Tourism
- Travel
- Souvenir stores
- Alberta
- Mountains
- Three Sisters
- Rundle Mount
- Town of Banff
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Bow Valley
- Cascade Mountain
- Temple, Mount
- Lake Louise
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Lefroy Glacier
- Victoria Glacier
- Lakes in the Clouds
- Moraine Lake
- Takakkaw Falls
- Yoho
- Yoho National Park
- Great Divide Trail
- Spiral Tunnels
- Field
- Field, British Columbia
- Abstract
- Pertains to popular views of the Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Contents
- The Three Sisters
- Mount Rundle and Vermilion Lake
- Town of Banff
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Bow Valley
- Cascade Mountain
- Mount Assiniboine
- Castle Mountain
- Mount Temple
- Lake Louise
- Mount Lefroy and Victorial Glacier
- Lakes in the Clouds
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Moraine Lake and Valley of the Ten Peaks
- Takakkaw Falls, Yoho Valley
- The Great Divide
- Spiral Tunnels
- Field, British Columbia, and Mount Stephen
- Notes
- Printed in Canada
- Accession Number
- 2014.8385
- 2019.84
- Call Number
- 06 Ro59m c.1 PAM 3rd edition
- 06 Ro59m c.2 PAM 4th edition
- 06 Ro59m c.3 PAM 1st edition
- 06 Ro59m c.4 PAM 2nd edition
- 06 Ro59m c.5 PAM 3rd edition
- 06 Ro59m c.6 PAM 4th edition
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Surveying the 120th meridian and the great divide : the Alberta/BC boundary survey, 1918-1924
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24952
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Sherwood, Jay
- Publisher
- Halfmoon Bay, BC : Caitlin Press
- Call Number
- 08.3 Sh5s Volume 2
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- Author
- Sherwood, Jay
- Responsibility
- Jay Sherwood
- Publisher
- Halfmoon Bay, BC : Caitlin Press
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 192 p. ; illus.
- Series
- Volume 2
- Subjects
- Surveyors
- Surveys and Mapping
- Surveys
- Great Divide Trail
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- British Columbia - Boundaries
- British Columbia - Surveys and Mapping
- Alberta - B.C. Boundary
- Alberta - Boundaries
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Cautley, Richard William
- History
- History of Alberta
- Abstract
- "Surveying the 120th Meridian and the Great Divide is the second book of a two-part series describing the initial Alberta/BC boundary survey undertaken between 1913-1924. Surveying the 120th Meridian focuses on the years 1918–1924, when the Alberta crew continued the survey of the 120th meridian while the BC crew split off to continue mapping the Great (Continental) Divide. The Alberta/BC boundary survey was a unique Canadian project that combined talented surveyors, high-tech surveying equipment, rugged crew members and Canadian wilderness. This is a story of adventure and danger: the crew climbed mountains and surveyed from the peaks of the Canadian Rockies; slogged through the muskeg north of the Peace River; occasionally crossed rivers at high water; and often worked in the rain, snow or cold. The boundary survey produced the first detailed maps of the terrain along the divide and the first pictures of the northern Canadian Rockies taken from an airplane. But the most important legacy of this project is the collection of approximately 5,000 photographs developed from high-quality glass plate negatives. These photographs provide full panoramas of the Rocky Mountain landscape as it looked over a century ago. Surveying the 120th Meridian and the Great Divide combines the best of these photographs, diary entries and government documents to recount the astonishing journey of the surveyors and their crew members as they explored Canada’s most dramatic landscape."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents
- Maps
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- The Surveyors
- Surveying Methods 1918-1924
- Completion of the Boundary Survey, 1950-1953
- Conclusion
- Geographical Names
- Survey Crews, 1918-1924
- Sources Consulted
- Index
- Notes
- Features visual and textual material from the A.O. Wheeler fonds M546 / V771
- ISBN
- 9780773860091
- Accession Number
- 2019.90
- Call Number
- 08.3 Sh5s Volume 2
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Publisher's website
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Tales from the Great Divide : vignettes on the origins and early history of Canada's Great Divide Trail and the Great Divide Trail Association
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25736
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2021
- Author
- Feick, Jenny
- Publisher
- Victoria, BC: L. B. Words
- Call Number
- 08.3 F32t
- Author
- Feick, Jenny
- Publisher
- Victoria, BC: L. B. Words
- Published Date
- 2021
- Physical Description
- 369 pages
- Subjects
- Great Divide Trail
- Trails
- Canadian Rockies
- Abstract
- Tales from the Great Divide brings to life the memories of many of the "originals" whose vision, idealism, dedication and hard work over five decades made Canada's Great Divide Trail a reality. Transcripts of interviews and storytelling sessions, combined with excerpts from letters and other documents, and with over 300 photographs and illustrations, reveal the adventurous, heartbreaking and hilarious moments that characterized the early history of the Great Divide Trail. -- Excerpt from backcover
- Contents
- Introduction -- Origins of the Great Divide Trail concept -- Project Great Divide trails -- Early history of the Great Divide Trail Association -- Rejuvenation of the Great Divide Trail Association -- Reflections, then and now.
- ISBN
- 9781927945285
- Accession Number
- P2022.09
- Call Number
- 08.3 F32t
- Collection
- Archives Library
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