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The Bow : living with a river
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12694
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Toronto : Key Porter Books
- Calgary : Glenbow Museum
- Call Number
- 08.2 B67c
- Responsibility
- essays by Gerald T. Conaty, Daryl Betenia and Catharine Mastin
- edited by Gerald T. Conaty
- Publisher
- Toronto : Key Porter Books
- Calgary : Glenbow Museum
- Published Date
- 2004
- Physical Description
- 159p. : ill., maps
- ISBN
- 1 55263 634 8
- Accession Number
- 7581
- Call Number
- 08.2 B67c
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Castleguard Cave 2005 - first ascent of the 200-foot aven
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24963
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2006
- Author
- Vokac, Marek
- Publisher
- Oslo, Norway : Marek Vokac
- Edition
- 1st
- Call Number
- 03.2 V85c PAM
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- Author
- Vokac, Marek
- Responsibility
- Marek Vokac
- Christian Rushfeldt
- Bjorn Myrvold
- Jorn Halvorsen
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Oslo, Norway : Marek Vokac
- Published Date
- 2006
- Physical Description
- 127 p.
- Subjects
- Caves
- Castleguard Cave
- Research
- Exploration
- Geography
- Geology
- Hydrology
- Hydrology - Alberta
- Abstract
- Pertains to the 2005 first ascent into the Castleguard Cave near the Saskatchewan Glacier in Banff National Park by Marek Vokac, Christian Rushfeldt, Bjorn Myrvold and Jorn Halvorsen
- Notes
- Includes copy of report on CD
- Accession Number
- 2019.97
- Call Number
- 03.2 V85c PAM
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Additional information and maps
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Country Canada [videocassette]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12109
- Medium
- Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
- Published Date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Call Number
- 03.4 C83g V
- Responsibility
- Gary Hunter, producer
- Publisher
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Published Date
- 2003
- Physical Description
- 1 cassette (00:26:50) : sd., col
- Subjects
- Demuth, Mike
- Hydrology
- Peyto Glacier
- Rivers
- Notes
- Telecast January 12, 2003; Contents: Glaciers; Wildwood legacy; Eagles
- Accession Number
- 7445
- Call Number
- 03.4 C83g V
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Heart waters : sources of the Bow River
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25255
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2015
- Author
- Van Tighem, Kevin
- Van Tighem, Brian
- Publisher
- [Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books
- Edition
- First
- Call Number
- 03.5 V26h
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- Responsibility
- Kevin Van Tighem (author)
- Brian Van Tighem (photographer)
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- [Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2015
- Physical Description
- 256 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps
- Abstract
- Water does not come from the river. It comes to the river. Heart Waters takes us to the sources of that water – and into the living beauty, human stories and future possibilities that also arise from the green uplands and valleys of Alberta’s Eastern Slopes, where the mighty Bow River is born. For more than a century the foothills and Front Range mountains of western Alberta have been recognized as being vital to the water supply for western Canada. Virtually all the water that sustains communities, ecosystems and the economy of prairie Canada comes from this narrow strip of land arrayed along the Continental Divide. For all its importance, however, water management decisions affecting this enormous region have ignored the significance of land health and focused almost exclusively on building dams. The result, as the author points out, is that the Bow River’s annual flows have decreased by more than a tenth, even as spring floods become more frequent and more destructive. The solutions to prairie Canada’s water challenges lie in healing the wounded landscapes of our headwaters. Heart Waters delves deeply into the history and ecology of a landscape whose critical value as a watershed is matched by its sheer beauty and diversity. A rich array of stunning images by Jasper-based photographer Brian Van Tighem complements the author’s well-researched explorations of the stories whispered by the living waters that drain from Banff National Park, Kananaskis Country and the famous ranchlands of the Bow River watershed. Kevin Van Tighem’s latest book is a deep exploration of place and an invitation to recognize that our water future depends upon knowing our headwaters better and caring for them more passionately — as our heart waters. (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- 1. Voices in the water -- 2. River origins: Bow River -- 3. A prodigal's return: Johnson Creek -- 4. Caterpillars and cutthroats: Quirk Creek -- 5. The past and future trout: Meadow Creek -- 6. Lake of the spirits: Cascade River and Ghost River -- 7. Dammed splendor: Kananaskis River -- 8. Buck-toothed volunteers: Bateman Creek -- 9. The under-river: Middle Bow River -- 10. Water and wildness: Sheep River -- 11. Cattle in the creek: Pekisko Creek -- 12. Mountains breathing: Highwood River -- 13. Healing the headwaters -- 14. Home and heart waters -- Index.
- Notes
- Shortlisted for the 2016 Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival award for Mountain & Wilderness Literature
- ISBN
- 9781771601399
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 03.5 V26h
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Publisher's website
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Legacy in ice : three generations of mountain photography in the Canadian West
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue368
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Author
- Vaux, Henry, Jr.
- Publisher
- Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- 06.4 V46v
- Author
- Vaux, Henry, Jr.
- Responsibility
- Dr. Henry Vaux Jr.
- Publisher
- Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 125p : illl, ports
- Subjects
- Environment
- Glaciers
- Hydrology
- Notes
- Repeat photography comparing photographs taken by the Vaux family (George IX, William and Mary) in the late 19th and early 20th century to contemporary photographs by Henry Vaux Jr.
- ISBN
- 978-1-77160-060-6
- Accession Number
- P2015-01-20
- Call Number
- 06.4 V46v
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- Archives Library
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Legacy in time : three generations of mountain photography in the Canadian West
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14441
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Author
- Vaux, Henry
- Publisher
- Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- 06.4 V46l c.1
- 06 V46l c.2
- Author
- Vaux, Henry
- Responsibility
- Henry Vaux Jr.
- Publisher
- Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 125 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits, maps ; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Climatology
- Environment
- Glaciers
- Hydrology
- Photographers
- Photography
- Rocky Mountains, Canada
- Vaux family
- Notes
- Includes bibliography references
- Repeat photography of glacier formations in the mountains of Western Canada, comparing the photographs taken by Vaux family members in the late 19th and early 20th century with photographs taken by Henry Vaux Jr. of in the early 21st century
- ISBN
- 9781771600606
- Accession Number
- P2015-01-20
- tbd
- Call Number
- 06.4 V46l c.1
- 06 V46l c.2
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- Archives Library
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Man on water - water almost claimed Bob Sandford's life, so why has the Alberta scientist devoted his entire career to saving the planet's most precious resource?
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25115
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- April 2009
- Author
- Gray, Kim
- Publisher
- Canadian Living
- Call Number
- P
- Author
- Gray, Kim
- Responsibility
- Kim Gray (author)
- George Webber (photographer)
- Publisher
- Canadian Living
- Published Date
- April 2009
- Physical Description
- p. 164 - 173
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Abstract
- Pertains to Bob Sandford's work in the Canadian Rocky Mountains with water conservation
- Notes
- In Canadian Living, Vol. 34, No.4, April 2009 pg. 164-173
- Call Number
- P
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Mountains as water towers
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13147
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Banff : Banff Centre
- Call Number
- 04 M86b November 2003
- Responsibility
- edited by Leslie Taylor and Anne Ryall
- Publisher
- Banff : Banff Centre
- Published Date
- 2003
- Physical Description
- 201 p. : ill
- Series
- Mountain communities conference series
- Banff Mountain Summit
- Notes
- Proceedings of conference held at The Banff Centre, Novermber 23-26, 2003
- Includes bibliographic references and index
- Partial contents: The effects of forest fire on water chemistry and mercury dynamics in aquatic systems in the Canadian Rockies / Erin Kelly; The effect of climate change on the Bow River / Gary Parkstrom; Impacts of climate change and variablity on freshwater ecosystems / Fred J. Wrona; The wonder of water / Robert W. Sandford
- ISBN
- 1-894773-14-4
- Accession Number
- 7645
- Call Number
- 04 M86b November 2003
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MOUNTAINS TO METROPOLIS : the elbow river watershed
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25262
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2015
- Author
- Coleman, Diane
- Publisher
- [Place of publication not identified], FRIESENPRESS
- Call Number
- 03.5 C67m
- 03.5 C67m reference copy
1 website
- Author
- Coleman, Diane
- Responsibility
- Diane Coleman
- Publisher
- [Place of publication not identified], FRIESENPRESS
- Published Date
- 2015
- Physical Description
- 261 pages
- Subjects
- Rivers
- Water
- Watersheds
- Hydrology
- Hydrology - Alberta
- Abstract
- Every watershed has a story: this is the Elbow’s. The Elbow River watershed is a small yet significant watershed extending from the Front Ranges of the Rocky Mountains to downtown Calgary. This geographical watershed is itself at a metaphorical watershed, due to increasing pressure for urban, industrial and recreational development which will alter the healthy functioning of its interdependent parts. Mountains to Metropolis combines the author’s own explorations in the watershed with comprehensive background information to place the reader in the watershed itself. Grizzly bears and mule deer, park wardens and cowboys, First Nations and first settlers, range cattle and coyotes, urbanites and beavers, city engineers and soldiers, Grey Nuns and missionaries – all are part of this watershed’s story. And each has shaped and been shaped by the physical and spiritual power of the river at the watershed’s core. While legislators, municipal managers, industry and residents all have a responsibility for making our watershed happy and healthy, in the end it comes down to the individual. The author lays out simple actions that we each can take in our daily lives. (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introductions -- Part 1. In the high mountains -- Part 2. The Foothills between -- Part 3. To plains and metropolis -- Part 4. Whither the Elbow -- Appendices: 1. Historical timeline: Elbow River watershed and region ; 2. Scientific names.
- ISBN
- 9781460271155
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- 2024.26
- Call Number
- 03.5 C67m
- 03.5 C67m reference copy
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- Archives Library
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Native peoples and water rights : irrigation, dams, and the law in western Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14390
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2009
- Author
- Matsui, Kenichi
- Publisher
- Montréal : McGill-Queen's University Press
- Call Number
- 07.2 M3n
- Author
- Matsui, Kenichi
- Responsibility
- Kenichi Matsui
- Publisher
- Montréal : McGill-Queen's University Press
- Published Date
- 2009
- Physical Description
- xviii, 243 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits. ; 24 cm.
- Series
- McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 55
- Subjects
- Banff National Park
- First Nations
- Hydrology
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- ISBN
- 9780773535213
- Accession Number
- P2015-01-20
- Call Number
- 07.2 M3n
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- Archives Library
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