topic:"Parks" found 76 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Alberta Report

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions1496

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: Negatives are of a Texaco service station. Prints are of wardens and their various activities.

Reference Code: V190 / IV.B.i. - 5

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: IV.B. Warden collection: Warden operations and activities

Reference Code: V190 / IV.B.i. - 5

Physical Description: 3 negatives: 6 x 9.5 cm.; ca.14 prints

Scope & Content: Negatives are of a Texaco service station. Prints are of wardens and their various activities.

Subject Access: National parks and reserves - Promotion

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Avalanche Control Mt. Norquay. -- 1972

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions1454

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: Wardens preparing gun to bring down avalanches and measuring avalanche on Mount Norquay.

Reference Code: V190 / IV.A.iv. - 3

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: IV.A. Warden collection: Warden schools and training

Reference Code: V190 / IV.A.iv. - 3

Physical Description: 5 negatives: 6 x 8 cm. or smaller

Scope & Content: Wardens preparing gun to bring down avalanches and measuring avalanche on Mount Norquay.

Subject Access: Avalanches; National parks and reserves - Wardens; Norquay, Mount

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Avalanche Rescue Larch Hill Temple Chalet. -- 1963, April 28

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions1483

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: Wardens probing avalanche and giving medical attention to victim(s) before snowmobiling people out near the Mount Temple Chalet.

Reference Code: V190 / IV.B.iii. - 4

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: IV.B. Warden collection: Warden operations and activities

Reference Code: V190 / IV.B.iii. - 4

Physical Description: ca.20 negatives: 6 x 6 cm.

Scope & Content: Wardens probing avalanche and giving medical attention to victim(s) before snowmobiling people out near the Mount Temple Chalet.

Subject Access: Avalanches; National parks and reserves - Wardens

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Avalanche School Training. -- 1959

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions1452

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: Wardens probing near avalanche.

Reference Code: V190 / IV.A.iv. - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: IV.A. Warden collection: Warden schools and training

Reference Code: V190 / IV.A.iv. - 1

Physical Description: 6 negatives: 6 x 6 cm.

Scope & Content: Wardens probing near avalanche.

Subject Access: Avalanches; National parks and reserves - Wardens

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Banff Park Warden Ice Climbing

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57618

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of one 16 mm motion picture pertaining to Parks Canada Wardens ice climbing and rescue training on Victoria Glacier above Lake Louise. Includes shots of them hiking up, detailed shots of warden's putting on their crampons and tying knots, cutting steps in the glacier, and practicing c…

Date Range: 1956

Reference Code: V190 / VI / NF - 38

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Film; Motion picture

1 image

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 - 38

GMD: Film; Motion picture

Date Range: 1956

Physical Description: 1 motion picture (1 film reel: 380'): 16 mm, original, b&w, silent

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: Item consists of one 16 mm motion picture pertaining to Parks Canada Wardens ice climbing and rescue training on Victoria Glacier above Lake Louise. Includes shots of them hiking up, detailed shots of warden's putting on their crampons and tying knots, cutting steps in the glacier, and practicing crevasse rescues. The original label on the case reads "Title: Banff Park Warden Ice Climbing, Camera: B. Engler, Date: 1956, Footage 380ft."

Subject Access: Activities; Climbing; Glaciers; Lake Louise; Mountains; Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Parks Canada; Parks Canada Warden; Victoria Glacier; Winter

Geographic Access: Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Creator: Bruno Engler

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Bears

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions56773

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 9 b&w prints of bears, mostly grizzlies. Includes close-ups, Park Wardens tagging a bear, and children feeding/petting a bear.

Date Range: [ca. 1971]

Reference Code: V190 / VI / B / iv / PA - 01 to PA - 09

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

9 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, B : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: iv : Bears

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / B / iv / PA - 01 to PA - 09

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca. 1971]

Physical Description: 9 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 9 b&w prints of bears, mostly grizzlies. Includes close-ups, Park Wardens tagging a bear, and children feeding/petting a bear.

Notes: Warning: PA - 05 depicts a close-up of a dead bear. Please note: feeding and/or approaching, as well as attempting to feed or approach, bears and all other forms of wildlife is illegal. Do not attempt.

Subject Access: Bears; Black Bears; Grizzly Bears; Parks Canada; Wildlife

Geographic Access: Banff National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

BNP Warden - Rescue [1/2]

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions56886

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 53 b&w prints of various Banff National Park Warden rescue operations and training sessions. Includes rescues conducted via helicopter, on foot, and by boat from rivers, lakes, and various mountains around the Park.

Date Range: 1961-1972

Reference Code: V190 / VI / B / viii / PA - 01 to PA - 53

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

14 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, B : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: viii : BNP Warden

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / B / viii / PA - 01 to PA - 53

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1961-1972

Physical Description: 53 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 53 b&w prints of various Banff National Park Warden rescue operations and training sessions. Includes rescues conducted via helicopter, on foot, and by boat from rivers, lakes, and various mountains around the Park.

Notes: Photographs included in this entry were originally housed in a photo paper box identified by Bruno Engler prior to accessioning.

Name Access: Perren, Walter

Subject Access: Accidents; Boats; Boating; Bow River; Canoes and canoeing; Castle Mountain; Helicopters; Lake Minnewanka; Mountains; Parks Canada; Rivers; Wardens

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

BNP Warden - Rescue [2/2]

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57494

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 3 boards with b&w negative contact sheets adhered to them, dated May 23, 1973, depicting a helicopter sling rescue [possibly a training exercise] and portraits of the rescue team posed beside the helicopter.

Date Range: 1973

Reference Code: V190 / VI / B / viii / PA - 54 to PA - 56

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, B : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: viii : BNP Warden

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / B / viii / PA - 54 to PA - 56

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1973

Physical Description: 3 photographs : b&w ; 23.4 x 34.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 3 boards with b&w negative contact sheets adhered to them, dated May 23, 1973, depicting a helicopter sling rescue [possibly a training exercise] and portraits of the rescue team posed beside the helicopter.

Notes: File came from box XVI, separate from alphabetised boxes

Name Access: Anderson, Andy; Davies, Jim; Engler, Bruno

Subject Access: Accidents; Helicopters; Mountains; Parks Canada; Portrait; Wardens

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Buildings and Hotels

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions56793

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 68 b&w prints of various buildings' interiors and exteriors around Banff, Edmonton, Radium, and Wapta. Includes St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Mineral Springs Hospital (located on the south side of the Bow River), the Voyager Inn, the Rimrock Inn, the Parks Canada Administration B…

Date Range: [ca. 1960-1977]

Reference Code: V190 / VI / B / vii / PA - 01 to PA - 68

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

10 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, B : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: vii : Buildings and Hotels

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / B / vii / PA - 01 to PA - 68

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca. 1960-1977]

Physical Description: 68 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 68 b&w prints of various buildings' interiors and exteriors around Banff, Edmonton, Radium, and Wapta. Includes St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Mineral Springs Hospital (located on the south side of the Bow River), the Voyager Inn, the Rimrock Inn, the Parks Canada Administration Building, Num-ti-Jaw Lodge, the lobby of the Bank of Montreal, various unidentified houses (both intact and being demolished), a federal building in Edmonton, the Radium Hot Springs Inn, the Wapta Inn, alters and shrines (interior and exterior), and the interiors of various hotels - including public spaces and rooms.