topic:"Mountaineers, British" found 36 records - Research Collections

Alpine Scenes and Work Near Home

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

Published Date: 1890

Author: J.R.

Publisher: Harper's Weekly

Call Number: 02.6 R11a PAM O.S

Author: J.R.

Responsibility: J.R. (author); Frederic Remington (illustrator)

Publisher: Harper's Weekly

Published Date: 1890

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Mountaineers, British; Mountaineers, Swiss; Sir Donald, Mount; Glacier House; Travel; Tourism; Canadian Pacific Railway; Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels

Abstract: Pertains to Glacier House and the ascent of Sir Donald by Emil Huber and Carl Sulzer from Switzerland and Harry Cooper from England with illustration on page 725

Notes: In Harper's Weekly, Vol. XXXIV No. 1760, September 13, 1890, pp. 723 - 725

Accession Number: 7979

Call Number: 02.6 R11a PAM O.S

Collection: Archives Library

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Arthur Oliver Wheeler 1860-1945

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

Author: Higgins, Kevin

Call Number: Periodical

Author: Higgins, Kevin

Physical Description: p.7-11 : ill, port

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

Subjects: Alpine Club of Canada; Mountaineers, British; Surveyors; Wheeler, Arthur Oliver; Wheeler, Edward Oliver

Notes: In Journal of the Irish Mountaineering and Exploration Historical Society, vol. 2 (2005)

Call Number: Periodical

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Ascending Athabasca

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Author: Marty, Sid

Call Number: P

Author: Marty, Sid

Physical Description: p. 40-50 : ill., map

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Athabasca Glacier; Collie, John Norman; Mountain guides; Mountaineers, British; Woolley, Hermann

Notes: In Canadian Geographic, vol. 118, no. 7 (November / December 1998) ; Article recounts mountaineering trip honoring the centennial of John Norman Collie and Hermann Woolley first recorded ascent of Mount Athabasca

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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The Burgess book of lies

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

Published Date: 1994

Author: Burgess, Adrian

Publisher: Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books

Edition: 1st Canadian ed

Call Number: G512 B85

Author: Burgess, Adrian

Edition: 1st Canadian ed

Publisher: Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: 1994

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

Subjects: Burgess, Alan; Mountaineers, British

Call Number: G512 B85

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Chomolungma - the Kilkenny connection

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

Published Date: 2004

Author: Higgins, Kevin

Call Number: 08 H53c

Author: Higgins, Kevin

Published Date: 2004

Physical Description: p.69-79 : ill

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

Subjects: Alpine Club of Canada; Mountaineers, British; Surveyors; Wheeler, Arthur Oliver; Wheeler, Edward Oliver

Notes: In Old Kilkenny Review 2004. Article pertains to genealogy and history of the Wheeler family

Accession Number: 7583

Call Number: 08 H53c

Collection: Archives Library

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Climbs in the Canadian Rockies

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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

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

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)