topic:"Kicking Horse Pass" found 9 records - Research Collections

Abstract: A modern backcountry ski guide for day trips in the Kicking Horse Pass area found at the border of Banff and Yoho National Parks. Includes detailed descriptions, directions, terrain photos and maps for everything from tree skiing to no fall glacier descents. -- from back cover

Contents: North Side; Mount Bosworth Closure; Bath Exit Valley; Padget Peak; Ogden South; Ogden North; South Side; Great Divide Creek; Narrao & Popes Peaks; Cathedral; Collier Peak; Mount Victoria, North Summit

ISBN: 9780991748525

Accession Number: P2022.01

Call Number: 01 B23k

Collection: Archives Library

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Construction, Trans Canada Hgw

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of one 16 mm motion picture pertaining to construction of the Trans-Canada Highway through the Kicking Horse Pass in Yoho National Park, the last stretch of the road to be completed. Includes shots of construction crews levelling the ground, machines moving earth, explosives, paving, …

Date Range: 1956

Reference Code: V190 / VI / NF - 28 a,b

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Film; Motion picture

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file

Sous-Fonds: V190

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / NF - 28 a,b

GMD: Film; Motion picture

Date Range: 1956

Physical Description: 2 motion pictures (2 film reels: ca. 475'): 16 mm, original, b&w, silent

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: Item consists of one 16 mm motion picture pertaining to construction of the Trans-Canada Highway through the Kicking Horse Pass in Yoho National Park, the last stretch of the road to be completed. Includes shots of construction crews levelling the ground, machines moving earth, explosives, paving, bridges, men in a lab conduction experiments, and some shots of nearby wildlife and scenic views. NF - 28b is a copy of NF- 28a. Also includes two documents: two copies of a press release for the film, produced by the National Film Board. The original label on the case reads "Title: Construction, Trans Canada Hgw, Camera B. Engler NFB, Date: 1956, Footage: 200 Time 5 minutes."

Subject Access: Animals; Big Horn Sheep; Bridges; Construction; Explosions; Kicking Horse Pass; Mountains; Rivers; Scenery; scenic; Trains; Trans-Canada Highway; Waterfalls; Wildlife

Geographic Access: Yoho National Park; British Columbia

Language: English

Creator: Bruno Engler

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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James Hector : explorer, scientist, leader

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2015

Author: Nathan, Simon

Publisher: New Zealand : Geoscience Society of New Zealand

Call Number: 02.5 H35j

Author: Nathan, Simon

Publisher: New Zealand : Geoscience Society of New Zealand

Published Date: 2015

Physical Description: 264 pages, illustrations (colour), maps

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway; Continental Divide; Hector, James; Kicking Horse Pass; Palliser, John

ISBN: 9781877480461

Accession Number: 2016.8595

Call Number: 02.5 H35j

Collection: Archives Library

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Kicking Horse Pass, C.P.R'y, looking West

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: 1888

Call Number: P

Published Date: 1888

Physical Description: p.312, ill.

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Kicking Horse Pass; Canadian Pacific Railway

Notes: In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.1, no.20 (November 1888); photograph on p.312, description on p.310 under "Our Engravings"

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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Management planning newsletter : national historic sites of the mountain parks

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2005

Author: Parks Canada

Publisher: Ottawa : Parks Canada

Call Number: 13.117 P23m Pam

Author: Parks Canada

Publisher: Ottawa : Parks Canada

Published Date: 2005

Physical Description: 12 pages ; illustrations

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Banff National Park; Cave and Basin; Historic sites; Kicking Horse Pass; Skoki Lodge; Twin Falls Chalet

Notes: Vol.1, no.2 November 2005; Introduction written by Bill Fisher, executive director, mountain parks, parks Canada. Newsletter outlines the management plans for 15 historic sites in Banff National Park

Call Number: 13.117 P23m Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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National historic sites of the mountain parks

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2006

Author: Parks Canada

Publisher: Ottawa : Parks Canada

Call Number: 13.117 P23n Pam

Author: Parks Canada

Publisher: Ottawa : Parks Canada

Published Date: 2006

Physical Description: iii, 80 pages ; illustrations, maps

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Banff National Park; Cave and Basin; Historic sites; Kicking Horse Pass; Skoki Lodge; Twin Falls Chalet

Notes: Draft management plans - September 2006; Outlines the management plans for 15 historic sites in Banff National Park including: Jasper House, Jasper Park Information Centre, Yellowhead Pass, Athabasca Pass, Howse Pass, Kootnae House, Kicking Horse Pass, Skoki Ski Lodge, Twin Falls Tea House, Abbot Pass Refuge Cabin, Cave and Basin, Banff Park Museum, Sulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station, First Oil Well in Canada