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- George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian) 4
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- Date
- 1900 – 1913
- Material
- skin; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1016
- Description
- Conrad Kain wore on 1913 first ascent Mount Robson, sturdy, thick, leather boot heel, tapering slightly at bottom, studded by 2 rows of .5 cm diameter nailheads around heel edge, layers of leather beginning to separate, bottom layer cracked and shrunken at centre, bent ends of nails flattened again…
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- Title
- Boot Heel
- Date
- 1900 – 1913
- Material
- skin; metal
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 6.7 x 7.8 cm
- Description
- Conrad Kain wore on 1913 first ascent Mount Robson, sturdy, thick, leather boot heel, tapering slightly at bottom, studded by 2 rows of .5 cm diameter nailheads around heel edge, layers of leather beginning to separate, bottom layer cracked and shrunken at centre, bent ends of nails flattened against top of heel.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- Conrad Kain
- Mount Robson
- Credit
- Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1972
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1016
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The Canadian Rockies : Yellowhead Pass route
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue8299
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- [191-?]
- Author
- Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
- Call Number
- 02.6 G76 Pam
- Author
- Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
- Published Date
- [191-?]
- Physical Description
- 36p. : ill., maps
- Accession Number
- 3015
- NC4000
- Call Number
- 02.6 G76 Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Climbs in the Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19938
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1950
- Author
- Smythe, Frank S.
- Publisher
- London : Hodder and Stoughton Ltd.
- Call Number
- 01.4 Sm9c
- Author
- Smythe, Frank S.
- Responsibility
- Frank S. Smythe
- Publisher
- London : Hodder and Stoughton Ltd.
- Published Date
- 1950
- Physical Description
- 260 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers, British
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Mount Assiniboine
- Mount Robson
- Abstract
- Pertains to the personal mountaineering experience of author, Frank S. Smythe. As a prominent English author, photographer, botanist and mountaineer, Smythe invites the reader to delve into a greater understanding of what it means to climb in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. He tells of his successes, failures and lessons learned while scaling some of the most ambitious mountains in the Canadian Rockies. Some of the mountains discussed include, but are not limited to the following, Mount Alberta, Mount Assiniboine, Mount Robson, Mount Glendower and Mount Colin.
- Contents
- Part I : The Canadian Rockies
- I. The Canadian Rocky Mountains (pg. 3)
- II. Training the Lovat Scouts (pg. 19)
- III. Elysium Pass (pg. 37)
- IV. Mountaineering from Lake O'Hara (pg. 47)
- V. Mount Assiniboine (pg. 54)
- VI. Mount Alberta (pg. 67)
- VII. The Beaver (pg. 86)
- VIII. An attempt to climb Mount Brussels (pg. 96)
- IX. The first ascent of Mount Bridgland (pg. 108)
- X. Mount Robson (pg. 121)
- XI. Failure and success on Mount Colin (pg. 142)
- XII. Storm on Mount Louis (pg. 162) Part II : Unmapped and unexplored. An expedition to the LLoyd George Mountains of north-east British Columbia
- XIII. The Lloyd George Mountains (pg. 175)
- XIV. The flight to Haworth Lake (pg. 186)
- XV. The base-camp (pg. 196)
- XVI. Reconnaissance flight (pg. 206)
- XVII. The ascent of Mount Glendower (pg. 213)
- XVIII. The ascent of Mount Lloyd George (pg. 221)
- XIX. Call it a day (pg. 227)
- XX. High-level traverse (pg. 241)
- XXI. Lightning (pg. 251)
- Index (pg. 255)
- Notes
- All photographs used in the publication were taken by the author
- Accession Number
- 2019.71
- Call Number
- 01.4 Sm9c
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Embattled giant : pollution threatens to destroy British Columbia's mighty Fraser River
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6483
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Author
- Hume, Mark
- Call Number
- 04 H88
- Author
- Hume, Mark
- Physical Description
- p.66-75 : ill
- Subjects
- Mount Robson Provincial Park
- Notes
- In Equinox, no.42, November/December 1988
- Accession Number
- 5615
- Call Number
- 04 H88
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The glittering mountains of Canada : a record of exploration and pioneer ascents in the Canadian Rockies, 1914-1924
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14199
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2012 [originally published in 1925]
- Author
- Thorington, J. Monroe
- Publisher
- Victoria, B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books
- Edition
- 1st RMB ed.
- Call Number
- 01.4 T39g 2012 c.1
- 01.4 T39g 2012 c.2
- Author
- Thorington, J. Monroe
- Responsibility
- by J. Monroe Thorington ; [foreword by Robert William Sandford]
- Edition
- 1st RMB ed.
- Publisher
- Victoria, B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2012 [originally published in 1925]
- Subjects
- Kain, Conrad
- Feuz, Edward
- Simpson, Jimmy
- Lake Louise
- Bow Lake
- Jasper National Park
- Mount Robson Provincial Park
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781927330067
- Accession Number
- 13-02-01 70,500
- P2015-03-31
- Call Number
- 01.4 T39g 2012 c.1
- 01.4 T39g 2012 c.2
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Date
- c. 1909
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1032
- Description
- Wooden walking stick. Tag from Alpine Club of Canada attached via string telling narrative, see photos.
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- Title
- Hiking Cane
- Date
- c. 1909
- Material
- wood
- Description
- Wooden walking stick. Tag from Alpine Club of Canada attached via string telling narrative, see photos.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- hiking
- Curly Phillips
- Mount Robson
- Credit
- Gift of Alpine Club of Canada, Canmore, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1032
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Jasper National Park, Mount Robson Park, Jasper Park Lodge
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24635
- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 192-?
- Publisher
- Montreal : Canadian National Railways
- Call Number
- C3-6.5
- Publisher
- Montreal : Canadian National Railways
- Published Date
- 192-?
- Physical Description
- 1 map : col
- Scale
- indeterminable
- Subjects
- Jasper National Park
- Mount Robson Provincial Park
- Edith Cavell, Mount
- Title: What to do at Jasper and Mount Robson Park
- Notes
- Map inset with painting of Mt. Edith Cavell showing climbing routes
- Title on verso: what to do at Jasper and Mount Robson Park
- Accession Number
- 3994
- Call Number
- C3-6.5
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Joint operations graphic (Air) : Mount Robson, Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24228
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Map
- Published Date
- c1989
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Dept. of National Defence
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Call Number
- NTS
- AIR NM11-7
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Dept. of National Defence
- Published Date
- c1989
- Physical Description
- 1 map : col
- Scale
- Scale: 1:250,000
- Subjects
- Aviation
- Mount Robson
- Accession Number
- 22,500
- Call Number
- NTS
- AIR NM11-7
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- Archives Library
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Kinney Lake, Mt. Robson Park, B.C.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwbg.04.098
- Date
- 1973
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WbG.04.098
- Description
- Kinney Lake; Mt. Robson in background.
- Title
- Kinney Lake, Mt. Robson Park, B.C.
- Date
- 1973
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.6 x 27.9 cm
- Description
- Kinney Lake; Mt. Robson in background.
- Credit
- Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004
- Catalogue Number
- WbG.04.098
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The littlest hiker in the Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4047
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1994
- Author
- Harrap, David
- Publisher
- Jasper : Tekarra Books
- Call Number
- 02.7 H23
- Author
- Harrap, David
- Responsibility
- illustrations and front cover: Maria Kavcic
- Publisher
- Jasper : Tekarra Books
- Published Date
- 1994
- Physical Description
- 60p. : ill., maps, ports
- Accession Number
- 27000
- Call Number
- 02.7 H23
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- Archives Library
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