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Truth and beauty in the Canadian Rockies : an explorer's guide to the art of Walter J. Phillips
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24945
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Christensen, Lisa
- Publisher
- Markham, Ontario : Fifth House Publishers
- Call Number
- 06 C46t copy 1
- 06 C46t copy 2
- 06 C46t copy 3
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- Author
- Christensen, Lisa
- Responsibility
- Lisa Christensen
- Publisher
- Markham, Ontario : Fifth House Publishers
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 147 pages
- Subjects
- Art
- Phillips, Walter J
- Hiking
- Authors
- Geography
- Abstract
- Full colour testimonial (with some hiking and tourist notes attached) to the art and craft of one of Canada’s earliest and most talented watercolour landscape artists-- Provided by publisher
- Contents
- Acknowledgements ; Introduction ; Walter J. Phillips ; Printmaking Explained : Etchings ; Wood-Cuts, and Wood Engravings ; Places, Prints, and Paintings ; Canmore ; Around Banff ; Sunshine Meadows ; The Bow Valley Parkway ; Lake Louise ; Moraine Lake ; Yoho National Park ; The Icefields Parkway ; Conclusion ; Chronology ; Glossary of Printmaking and Watercolour Terms ; Bibliography ; List of Illustrated Works ; Photo Credits ; Endnotes
- Notes
- Features photographs and art from the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
- ISBN
- 1927083583 9781927083581
- Accession Number
- 2019.87
- P2019-28
- 2022.12
- Call Number
- 06 C46t copy 1
- 06 C46t copy 2
- 06 C46t copy 3
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- Archives Library
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Thumbing a ride : hitchhikers, hostels, and counterculture in Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24955
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- Mahood, Linda
- Publisher
- Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press
- Call Number
- 02.4 M11th
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- Author
- Mahood, Linda
- Responsibility
- Linda Mahood
- Publisher
- Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- Description:xii, 331 pages : illustrations, portraits
- Abstract
- In the 1920s, as a national network of roads and youth hostels spread across Canada, so did the practice of hitchhiking. By the 1960s, the Trans-Canada Highway had become the main thoroughfare for thousands of young baby boomers seeking adventure. Thumbing a Ride examines the rise and fall of hitchhiking in the 1970s, drawing on records from the time. The Trudeau Liberals responded to youth unemployment by subsidizing a network of hostels to make travel an educational adventure, and many equated hitching and hostelling with the freedom to do their own thing. At the same time, a counter-narrative emerged, of girls gone missing and other dangers. Town councillors, community groups, and motorists called for a nationwide clampdown on a transient youth movement that they believed was spreading hippie sensibilities and anti-establishment nomadism. Hitchhiking is a ritual that requires trust, boundary negotiation, and control. Neither the identity of the hitchhiker nor the motives of the motorist can be determined in advance. Linda Mahood unearths good and bad stories and key biographical moments that formed young travellers’ understandings of personal risk, agency, and national identity. Thumbing a Ride asks new questions about hitchhiking as a rite of passage, and about adult interventions that turned a subculture into a pressing moral and social issue. This book will appeal to students and scholars of history, sociology, and social policy. It will also find an appreciative audience among baby boomers who recall the transient youth movement. (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Get your Motor Running: Risk, Ritual, and Rite of Passage Travel
- Thumb Wars: Adventure Hitchhiking
- Rucksack Revolution: Quest in the Age of Aquarius
- Cool Aid: The Transient Youth Movement
- Crash Pads: Blue-Jean Bureaucrats versus the Canadian Youth Hostels Association
- Head Out on the Highway: Stories from the Trans-Canada Highway
- Car Sick: Hitchhiking Dos and Don'ts
- Conclusion: The Vanishing Hitchhiker Eulogy
- Notes
- Index
- ISBN
- 978077483733
- Accession Number
- P2019-30
- Call Number
- 02.4 M11th
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Celebrating the 45th Anniversary of Project: Great Divide Trail
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25004
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Wark, Grace
- Publisher
- The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
- Call Number
- P
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- Author
- Wark, Grace
- Publisher
- The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
- Published Date
- 2019
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Great Divide Trail
- Hiking
- Trails
- Maps
- Trail Blazers
- Abstract
- Pertains to the anniversary of the Great Divide Trail and includes stories from "Tales from the Great Divide" and Dr. Jeny Fleick's presentation at the 2019 Great Divide Trail Association Annual General Meeting
- Notes
- In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 27, No.4, December 2019. pg. 7 - 9
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- P
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- Digital copy available
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Family walks and hikes in the Canadian Rockies. Volume 1 : Bragg Creek - Kananaskis - Bow Valley - Banff National Park
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25204
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Nugara, Andrew
- Publisher
- [Victoria, BC] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
- Call Number
- 02.6 N89f Vol. 1
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- Author
- Nugara, Andrew
- Responsibility
- Andrew Nugara
- Publisher
- [Victoria, BC] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- xx, 156 pages) : color illustrations, color maps
- Subjects
- Hiking
- Travel
- Banff National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Highways
- Highways - Alberta
- Kananaskis Country
- Maps
- Lake Louise
- Lake Louise - Roads & Trails
- Abstract
- Family Walks and Hikes is an exciting new series of books written specifically for outdoor enthusiasts of all ages and abilities. These accurate, attractive guides feature expertly curated routes, informative maps, and colour photographs. The first book for the Canadian Rockies in the series brings together an inspiring collection of comfortable walks and spectacular hikes for visitors and locals looking for unique, guided wanderings in a number of diverse locations in the Rockies, including: Elbow Falls Powderface Ridge Troll Falls Elbow Lake Grotto Canyon Grassi Lakes Tunnel Mountain Johnston Canyon Stanley Glacier Plain Of Six Glaciers Bow Summit Ranging from charmingly easy to moderately challenging, these hikes are all accessible from reliable roads and popular staging areas. In addition, each hike is accompanied by a clear, colourful map, step by step directions, and full-colour photographs. Each route includes: detailed directions to trailheads colour maps and photographs seasonal information round-trip distances trail commentary difficulty ratings (from Rocky Mountain Books website)
- Contents
- Introduction
- Area Maps
- Highway 66, The Elbow
- Highway 40 South, Kananaskis Trail
- Highway 1, Bow Valley, Canmore, Highway 742 South
- Banff
- Kootenay National Park
- Lake Louise
- Icefield Parkway (Highway 93 North(
- Important Contacts
- Acknowledgements
- ISBN
- 9781771602242
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 02.6 N89f Vol. 1
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Family walks and hikes in the Canadian Rockies. Volume 2 : Bragg Creek , Kananaskis , Moraine Lake , Yoho , Icefields Parkway , Jasper
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25205
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Nugara, Andrew
- Publisher
- [Victoria, BC] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
- Edition
- First
- Call Number
- 02.6 N89f Vol. 2
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- Author
- Nugara, Andrew
- Responsibility
- Andrew Nugara
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- [Victoria, BC] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- volumes : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 22 cm
- Subjects
- Hiking
- Travel
- Kananaskis Country
- Maps
- Highways
- Highways - Alberta
- Banff
- Moraine Lake
- Yoho National Park
- Jasper
- Abstract
- amily Walks and Hikes is an exciting series of books written specifically for outdoor enthusiasts of all ages and abilities. These accurate, attractive guides feature expertly curated routes, informative maps, and colour photographs. Andrew Nugara’s second book for families looking to experience the splendour of the Canadian Rockies describes additional trips in Bragg Creek, Banff, and Kananaskis that were not included in Volume 1 due to redevelopment of these hiking hotspots since the dramatic Alberta floods of 2013. As well, Volume 2 includes several new areas for family exploration, including Moraine Lake, Yoho, the north section of Highway 93 North, and Jasper. Some of the comfortable walks and spectacular hikes in this new volume are: Forgetmenot Ponds Nihahi Ridge King Creek Canyon Canadian Everest Trail Picklejar Lakes Yamnuska Ha Ling Peak Sunshine Meadows Paget Peak Lookout Takakkaw Falls Parker Ridge Athabasca Glacier Sunwapta Falls Maligne Canyon Ranging from charmingly easy to moderately challenging, all of these hikes are accessible from reliable roads and popular staging areas. In addition, each hike is accompanied by a clear, colourful map, step by step directions, and full-colour photographs. Each route includes: detailed directions to trailheads colour maps and photographs seasonal information round-trip distances trail commentary difficulty ratings (from Rocky Mountain Books website)
- Contents
- Introduction
- Area Maps
- Highway 66, the Elbow
- Highway 40 South, Kananaskis Trail
- Highway 1, Bow Valley, Canmore, Highway 742 South
- Banff Area
- Moraine Lake
- Yoho National Park
- Icefields Parkway (Highway 93 North)
- Jasper
- Important Contacts
- Acknowledgements
- Disclaimer
- ISBN
- 9781771603058
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 02.6 N89f Vol. 2
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Popular day hikes : Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25501
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Daffern, Tony
- Publisher
- Victoria, B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books
- Edition
- Second
- Call Number
- 02.6 D13p
- Author
- Daffern, Tony
- Edition
- Second
- Publisher
- Victoria, B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 144 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
- Subjects
- Guidebook
- Hiking
- Canadian Rockies
- Banff and Vicinity
- Lake Louise
- Moraine Lake
- Kootenay National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Abstract
- Popular Day Hikes: Canadian Rockies covers 37 popular, accessible trails in one of the world's most stunningly beautiful natural environments. Featuring easy short-day walks, more-strenuous full-day hikes and the occasional easy scramble in areas around Banff, Lake Louise and Moraine Lake, the Icefields Parkway, Kootenay National Park, Yoho National Park and Jasper, this colourful guide contains something for everyone. Some of the trips included are: Spray River Loop Sunshine Meadows Stanley Glacier Lake Agnes Plain of Six Glaciers Larch Valley Yoho Valley to Twin Falls Parker Ridge Valley of the Five Lakes Sulpher Skyline Trail Each hike includes: detailed directions to trailheads colour maps and photographs seasonal information round-trip distances trail commentary difficulty ratings. -- From back cover
- Contents
- Banff Area
- Kootenay National Park
- Lake Louise and Moraine Lake
- Yoho National Park
- Icefields Parkway
- Jasper Area
- ISBN
- 9781771602679
- Accession Number
- P2022.01
- Call Number
- 02.6 D13p
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Mount assiniboine : the story
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25540
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- Scott, Chic
- Publisher
- Banff, A.B. : Assiniboine Publishing
- Edition
- First
- Call Number
- 08.3 Sco3m
- Author
- Scott, Chic
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Banff, A.B. : Assiniboine Publishing
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- 336 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps (chiefly colour), portraits (some colour) ; 32 cm
- Subjects
- Assiniboine, Mount
- Tourism
- History-Canada
- Mountaineering
- Climbing
- Hiking
- Camping
- Backcountry
- Travel
- Abstract
- This book tells the story of the history of Mount Assiniboine and the surrounding area. Mount Assiniboine is a beautiful mountain located in Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park in south eastern British Columbia. -- Provided by publisher
- Contents
- First Nations History at Mount Assiniboine ; Part One: The Discovery of Mount Assiniboine (1800-1910) ; Part Two: The Wheeler Years (1913-1927) ; Part Three: Strom's Half-century: Part I (1928-1950) ; Part Four: Strom's Half-century: Part 2 (1950-1983) ; Part Five: The Renner Years (1983-2010) ; Part Six: A New Generation Takes Over
- ISBN
- 9780981105932
- Accession Number
- P2022.06
- Call Number
- 08.3 Sco3m
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Lights to guide me home : a journey off the beaten track in life, love, adventure and parenting
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25655
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2022
- Author
- Ward, Meghan J. Ward
- Publisher
- Calgary, Alberta : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- 02 W21l
- Author
- Ward, Meghan J. Ward
- Publisher
- Calgary, Alberta : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2022
- Physical Description
- xxv, 291 pages : map ; 22 cm
- Abstract
- Meghan J. Ward was 21 years old when she journeyed across the country for a summer job in the Canadian Rockies. As an inexperienced hiker from the suburbs of the nation’s capital, she knew she was in for an adventure. But what she didn’t know was that her move to the mountains would result in a 90-degree turn towards a life she never expected. In the Rockies, Meghan fell in love with the wilderness, the high elevations, and a man whose way of life expanded her horizons. As that summer drew to a close, she took her first of many courageous steps off the beaten path to create the life of her choosing—one that brought her a sense of purpose and meaning, and a new set of challenges. In Lights to Guide Me Home Meghan takes us on a trip around the world while chronicling her transitions through some of life’s major milestones. From Costa Rica to Nepal, Rapa Nui to Malta, Meghan explores what it means to carve out her own identity amidst family expectations, her responsibilities as a parent to young children, and her marriage to an ambitious travel and landscape photographer. Whom will she discover beneath these entanglements? -- From publisher
- ISBN
- 9781771603591
- Accession Number
- P2022.14
- Call Number
- 02 W21l
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The new environmental handbook
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6469
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1980
- Publisher
- San Francisco : Friends of the Earth
- Call Number
- 04 En8d
- Responsibility
- edited by Garrett De Bell ...
- contributions by David Gancher, Aubrey Wallace, Galen Rowell, Bruce M. Kilgore
- Publisher
- San Francisco : Friends of the Earth
- Published Date
- 1980
- Physical Description
- 351p
- Subjects
- Camping
- Fire ecology
- Hiking
- Man and nature
- ISBN
- 0-913890-36-7
- Accession Number
- 13000
- Call Number
- 04 En8d
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David Thompson country
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12425
- Author
- Kop, Megan
- Physical Description
- p.48-49 : ill
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Hiking
- Kootenay Plains
- Trails
- Notes
- In Legacy, vol.9, no.2 (Summer 2004)
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- P
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