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The soo line's famous trains to Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26213
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2023
- Author
- Gainer, Terry
- Publisher
- Victoria, BC : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- 08.5 G12t
- 08.5 G12t reference copy
- Author
- Gainer, Terry
- Publisher
- Victoria, BC : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2023
- Physical Description
- 90 pages ; 8 cm
- Subjects
- CP Rail
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Railway
- Railway routes
- Transportation
- History
- Abstract
- The Soo Line’s Famous Trains To Canada is a brief history of a small and unique Class 1 railway and its famous Canada–USA tourist trains. Initially chartered in 1883 to serve the needs of local millers in Minneapolis, the Soo would eventually come to join the Canadian Pacific line at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, with service to Montreal. In 1888, Canadian Pacific assumed controlling interest in the Soo Line, providing entry into the lucrative US market and levelling the playing field for the CPR to face the onslaught of ferocious competition from James J. Hill, the infamous American railway baron. The “little railway that could” grew to attain giant-killer status, launching famous passenger trains from Minneapolis and St. Paul, meeting head-on the western expansion of the Great Northern Railway and viable, competitive routes to the Atlantic seaboard. Over the years, the Soo Line introduced thousands of Americans to Montreal and Quebec City, the famous Canadian Rockies resorts, and the city of Vancouver, the home port for CP’s Pacific steamship services. The Soo also successfully competed on the Spokane and Portland routes from Minneapolis to the Pacific Northwest. In 1923 the “Soo Mountaineer” was launched, becoming the most famous and longest “two-nation” train journey in North America. -- From publisher
- Contents
- Part 1: A brief history of the soo line -- 1. In the beginning -- 2. The birth of the railway -- 3. What a tangled web we weave -- 4. Westward ho through great northern's backyard -- 5. Wisconsin central, the final piece of the puzzle -- 6. Setting the stage, Canadian pacific steamship company and Canadian pacific hotels and resorts -- Part 2: Famous trains of the soo -- 7. The Atlantic limited -- 8. The soo Pacific express -- 9. The Manitoba express, the Winnipeg express, the winnipeger -- 10. The soo-Spokane-Portland train deluxe -- 11. The mountaineer -- 12. The mystique of the mountaineer -- 13. The depression and the dirty thirties -- 14. My mountaineer -- 15. 1962, triumph and tragedy -- 16. The end of an era.
- ISBN
- 9781771606714
- Accession Number
- P2023.25
- Copy 1 signed by author
- Call Number
- 08.5 G12t
- 08.5 G12t reference copy
- Location
- Reading Room
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Castle in the wilderness : the story of the Banff Springs Hotel
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24950
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Robinson, Bart
- Publisher
- Banff, AB : Summerthought Publishing
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Call Number
- 08.5 R55c
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- Author
- Robinson, Bart
- Responsibility
- Bart Robinson
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Banff, AB : Summerthought Publishing
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 160 p.; illus.
- Subjects
- Hotels
- History
- Travel
- Tourism
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Abstract
- A Castle in the Wilderness: The Story of the Banff Springs Hotel is the definitive historical record of one of the world’s most famous mountain resorts. The story navigates the hotel’s early history from its construction by the Canadian Pacific Railway to the glittering era of the 1920s through to the changes of modern times. Local author and historian Bart Robinson has been exploring and writing about the Banff Springs Hotel since the 1970s. In A Castle in the Wilderness he combines a complete hotel history with rich anecdotes and snippets of the past that have enriched Banff and indeed Canada, from the hotel’s links to the construction of the transcontinental rail line to the visits of maharajahs and movie stars.How did such a gracious hotel come to be in the wilds of the Canadian Rockies? How much did it cost to build? Who designed it? Who selected its furnishings? Which famous visitors has it hosted? And why is now known as the Fairmont Banff Springs? These and many more questions are answered in the Castle in the Wilderness. (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- Introduction
- Origins of a Hotel
- Grand Designs
- Vistas and Vendettas
- Growing Pains
- Towers and Troubles
- Princes and Politicians
- Out of the Fire
- A Brief But Golden Moment
- Tribulations and Triumph
- A Second Century
- Into the New Millenium
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index
- Credits
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- ISBN
- 9781926983356
- Accession Number
- 2019.89
- Call Number
- 08.5 R55c
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Link to publishers website where publication can been purchased
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Dining with Canadian Railways : Volume I - Canadian Pacific chinaware
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19845
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- Smith, Will
- Publisher
- [Nanaimo, British Columbia], Canada : David William (Will) Smith and Ralph Beaumont
- Call Number
- 08.5 Sm5d
1 website
- Author
- Smith, Will
- Responsibility
- Will Smith
- Publisher
- [Nanaimo, British Columbia], Canada : David William (Will) Smith and Ralph Beaumont
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- [248 pages] : illustrations (some colour), map
- Subjects
- Railways
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Restaurants
- Travel
- Canada
- Industry
- History
- History-Canada
- Hotels
- Abstract
- Pertains to the chinaware used by the Canadian Pacific Railway on affiliated trains, steamships, hotels, restaurants, airlines with focus on history and specific patterns used on ceramics
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 - Scope and arrangement of book
- Chapter 2 - Research sources
- Chapter 3 - Railway
- Chapter 4 - Steamships
- Chapter 5 - Hotels, resorts and restaurants
- Chapter 6 - Airline
- Chapter 7 - The evolution of CPR's chinaware logos
- Chapter 8 - The scope of chinaware and its movement withing CPR's operations
- Chapter 9 - Where did al that chinaware go?
- Chapter 10 - Souvenir chinaware
- Chapter 11 - Fakes and reproductions
- Chapter 12 - Market value
- Chapter 13 - Interpreting the individual pattern listing
- Chapter 14 - Railway, steamship, hotel and restaurant patterns
- Chapter 15 - Affiliated Dominion Atlantic & Quebec Central patterns
- Chapter 16 - Airline patterns
- Appendix A - Manufacturers and their abbreviation codes
- Appendix B - Patterns by manufacturer
- Appendix C - Patterns by decade of introduction
- Appendix D - Patterns by CPR operations
- Appendix E - Hotels, resorts, bungalow camps and rest/tea houses by province
- Appendix F - Railway station restaurants by province: 1892, 1907, 1920 & 1956
- Acknowledgements
- Bibliography
- Index
- ISBN
- 9781999382100
- Accession Number
- 2019.27
- Call Number
- 08.5 Sm5d
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Credit Valley Railway Company Ltd. distributes publication
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Rails over the mountains : exploring the railway heritage of Canada's western mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25285
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2016
- Author
- Brown, Ron
- Publisher
- Toronto : Dundurn
- Call Number
- 08.3 B78r
1 website
- Author
- Brown, Ron
- Responsibility
- Ron Brown
- Publisher
- Toronto : Dundurn
- Published Date
- 2016
- Physical Description
- 156 pages : illustrations
- Subjects
- Railways
- History
- History of Alberta
- History-Canada
- Rocky Mountains
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Abstract
- Ride the rails through Canada’s western mountains to explore the many vestiges of the region’s spectacular and surprising railway heritage. Here is where grand railway hotels were built to attract tourists to the West’s beautiful scenery and bring profit to the railway lines as well. Rustic stations added to the allure. The challenges of conquering the mountains resulted in some of Canada’s most ingenious feats of engineering, such as spiral tunnels and soaring trestles (one of which was featured in The Amazing Race Canada). Relive the days of rail on a steam train, the luxurious Rocky Mountaineer, or one of VIA Rail’s mountain journeys. Outdoor enthusiasts can follow the abandoned roadbeds of Canada’s more spectacular rail trails, like the legendary Kettle Valley Railway. Also included are some of Canada’s most extensive railway museums, which have helped to bring this vanished era back to life. (From publisher's website)
- Contents
- The rails arrive -- Conquering the mountains : the tunnels and bridges -- The faces of the railways : the heritage railway stations -- Life on the line : the railway towns -- The dream castles : western Canada's railway hotels -- Railway structures : a forgotten heritage -- Celebrating the heritage : the railway museums -- The rail trails -- All aboard.
- ISBN
- 9781459733596
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 08.3 B78r
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Publisher's website
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Lake Louise : past to present
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15212
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2016
- Author
- Hempstead, Andrew
- Publisher
- Banff : Summerthought
- Call Number
- 02.6 H37l
- Author
- Hempstead, Andrew
- Publisher
- Banff : Summerthought
- Published Date
- 2016
- Physical Description
- 128 pages, illustrations (colour), maps
- Subjects
- Art
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Hotels
- Lake Louise
- Moraine Lake
- Photography
- Skoki Lodge
- Wilson, Tom
- ISBN
- 9781926983158
- Accession Number
- 2016.8613
- Call Number
- 02.6 H37l
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Famous name trains : travelling in style with the CPR
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13385
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2006
- Author
- Jones, David L
- Publisher
- Calgary : Fifth House
- Call Number
- 08.5 J71f
- Author
- Jones, David L
- Responsibility
- David Laurence Jones
- Publisher
- Calgary : Fifth House
- Published Date
- 2006
- Physical Description
- xiii, 178p. : ill., facsim
- Notes
- History and development of train travel in Canada. Includes facsim. of publicity brochures and posters and photographs of car interiors
- ISBN
- 13-978-1-894856-52-2
- Accession Number
- 40,0000 07-09-05
- Call Number
- 08.5 J71f
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Emerald Lake Lodge : a history and celebration
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11729
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2002
- Author
- Sandford, Robert W
- Publisher
- Field B.C. : Emerald Lake Lodge
- Call Number
- 08.3 Em3s
- Author
- Sandford, Robert W
- Publisher
- Field B.C. : Emerald Lake Lodge
- Published Date
- 2002
- Physical Description
- 96 p. : ill
- Subjects
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Tourism
- ISBN
- 0-9730817-0-8
- Accession Number
- 7391
- Call Number
- 08.3 Em3s
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Tales of the CPR
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13251
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2002
- Author
- Jones, David L
- Publisher
- Calgary : Fifth House
- Call Number
- 08.5 J71t
- Author
- Jones, David L
- Responsibility
- David Laurence Jones
- Publisher
- Calgary : Fifth House
- Published Date
- 2002
- Physical Description
- p.200 : ill
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Buell, Oliver
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Hotels
- Long Lance, Buffalo Child
- Photographers
- Prisoner of war POW
- Tourism
- Notes
- Includes index
- ISBN
- 1-894856-10-4
- Accession Number
- 39000 2006-09-21
- Call Number
- 08.5 J71t
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Backcountry huts & lodges of the Rockies & Columbias
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13161
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2001
- Author
- Scott, Jim
- Publisher
- Calgary : Johnson Gorman
- Call Number
- 02.6 Sc3b 2001
- Author
- Scott, Jim
- Publisher
- Calgary : Johnson Gorman
- Published Date
- 2001
- Physical Description
- 287p. : ill., maps
- Subjects
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Hotels
- ISBN
- 0921835582
- Accession Number
- 39000
- Call Number
- 02.6 Sc3b 2001
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- Archives Library
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Trains, peaks & tourists : the golden age of Canadian travel
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11330
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2000
- Author
- Hart, E. J
- Publisher
- Banff : EJH Literary Enterprises
- Call Number
- 08.5 H25t
- Author
- Hart, E. J
- Publisher
- Banff : EJH Literary Enterprises
- Published Date
- 2000
- Physical Description
- 160 p. : ill.
- Subjects
- Artists
- Hotels
- Photographers
- Van Horne William
- Notes
- Includes index
- A revised and expanded edition of "The selling of Canada"
- ISBN
- 0-9699732-6-8
- Accession Number
- 7274
- Call Number
- 08.5 H25t
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