topic:"River" found 6 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Description: Fur trimmed, straight-cut, beaded jacket with beaded cuffs, woodland floral designs in brown/white/blue/green, beaded yoke, front panels and pocket flaps, buckskin fringe at shoulders and back, beaver fur outlines all beaded areas and bottom edge.

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Title: Beaded Jacket

Date: 1945 – 1950

Material: skin, moose; hair, beaver; glass

Dimensions: 54.0 x 88.0 cm

Description: Fur trimmed, straight-cut, beaded jacket with beaded cuffs, woodland floral designs in brown/white/blue/green, beaded yoke, front panels and pocket flaps, buckskin fringe at shoulders and back, beaver fur outlines all beaded areas and bottom edge.

Subject: households; clothing; Indigenous, Peace River; artists; Carl Rungius; regalia

Credit: Gift of Mary Wrig Burles, 1969

Catalogue Number: 103.05.1019

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Canadian Rockies : they abound in wild animals, glaciers, and luxurious hotels

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

Published Date: 1947

Publisher: Life

Call Number: 02.6 L11c PAM OS

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Publisher: Life

Published Date: 1947

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

Subjects: Banff National Park; Travel; Tourism; Banff Springs Hotel; Rundle Mount; Athabaska River; Brazeau; Maligne Lake; Bow River; Canadian National Railway; Canadian Pacific Railway; Chateau Lake Louise; Trails; Mountaineering; Columbia Icefield

Abstract: Pertains to the Canadian Rocky Mountains as a tourist destination in 1947 and features main geographical attractions such as the Mount Rundle, Athabaska River, Maligne Lake, Bow River in addition to the Banff Springs Hotel with map of Banff National Park and Jasper National Park.

Notes: In Life, June 9, 1947, pp. 68 - 76

Accession Number: 7889

Call Number: 02.6 L11c PAM OS

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Specific volume with article can be viewed online via Google Books

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Douglas of the fir : a biography of David Douglas botanist

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

Published Date: 1947

Author: George Harvey, Athelstan

Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press

Call Number: 04.1 H26d

Author: George Harvey, Athelstan

Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press

Published Date: 1947

Physical Description: x, 290 pages illustrations, portraits, maps 23 cm

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

Subjects: Botany; Science; Travel; Canada; Upper Canada; Columbia River

Contents: Scotland ; The Horticultural Society ; United States and Upper Canada ; First Great Adventure ; Columbia River Region ; With Chief Tha-a-muxi ; Up the Columbia to Kettle Falls ; The Blue Mountains ; In Search of the Sugar Pine ; Homeward by Hudson's Bay Express ; Putting Mountains on the Map ; Fame and its Aftermath ; Second Great Adventure ; California ; Third Visit to the Columbia ; Ill-Fated Journey ; Flakes of Gold ; Hawaii and its Volcanoes ; Last Journey ; In Tribute

Accession Number: 3069A

Call Number: 04.1 H26d

Collection: Archives Library

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Miniature Log

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Date: 1945

Material: wood; bark

Catalogue Number: 105.02.0096 a,b

Description: Two sections cut from small birch tree. (a) straight section with branch rising from just below middle and cut off at sharp angle, and a second branch opposite just below the top also cut off sharp angle. Thickly scarred slashes along sides of juncture of each branch with the main trunk. (b) short …

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Title: Miniature Log

Date: 1945

Material: wood; bark

Dimensions: 18.4 x 4.9 x 11.5 cm

Description: Two sections cut from small birch tree. (a) straight section with branch rising from just below middle and cut off at sharp angle, and a second branch opposite just below the top also cut off sharp angle. Thickly scarred slashes along sides of juncture of each branch with the main trunk. (b) short straight section of a small birch. Checking in "Y" shape on top, and "X" shape on bottom of log.