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The 11,000ers of the Canadian Rockies

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15274
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2016
Author
Corbett, Bill
Publisher
Vancouver : Rocky Mountain Books
Edition
2nd Edition
Call Number
01.4 C81r 2016
Author
Corbett, Bill
Responsibility
Bill Corbett
Edition
2nd Edition
Publisher
Vancouver : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2016
Physical Description
296 pages : illustrations (chiefly col.), maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Guidebooks
Mountaineering
Rocky Mountains, Canada
ISBN
9781771601320
Accession Number
P2016 - 73,000 - 05
Call Number
01.4 C81r 2016
Collection
Archives Library
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50 percent of mountaineering is uphill : the life of Canadian mountain rescue pioneer Willi Pfisterer

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15222
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2016
Author
Pfisterer, Susanna
Publisher
Edmonton : Newest Press
Call Number
01.4 P48f
Author
Pfisterer, Susanna
Publisher
Edmonton : Newest Press
Published Date
2016
Physical Description
310 pages, illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Austria
Jasper
Rocky Mountains, Canada
Safety
ISBN
9781926455600
Accession Number
2016 - 73,000 - 04
Call Number
01.4 P48f
Collection
Archives Library
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50 percent of mountaineering is uphill : the life of Canadian mountain rescue pioneer Willi Pfisterer

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15361
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2016
Author
Pfisterer, Susanna
Publisher
Edmonton : Newest Press
Call Number
G512 P45 F54
Author
Pfisterer, Susanna
Publisher
Edmonton : Newest Press
Published Date
2016
Physical Description
310 pages, illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Austria
Jasper
Rocky Mountains, Canada
Safety
ISBN
9781926455600
Accession Number
AC633
Call Number
G512 P45 F54
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Adding gender to the archival contextual turn : the Rocky Mountain photographic records of Mary Schaffer Warren

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15207
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2011
Author
Rutkair, Jennifer
Publisher
Winnipeg : Jennifer Rutkair
Call Number
06.4 R93a
Author
Rutkair, Jennifer
Publisher
Winnipeg : Jennifer Rutkair
Published Date
2011
Physical Description
v, 131 pages, illustrations (colour), map
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Photography
Rocky Mountains, Canada
Schaffer, Mary
Women
Accession Number
2016.8617
Call Number
06.4 R93a
Collection
Archives Library
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An orogenous life: memoir and reader

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19846
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2017
Author
Gadd, Ben
Publisher
Canmore, AB, Canada : Corax Press
Call Number
02.6 G11a
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Author
Gadd, Ben
Responsibility
Ben Gadd
Publisher
Canmore, AB, Canada : Corax Press
Published Date
2017
Physical Description
655 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Naturalists
Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountains Canada
Biography
Alberta
Abstract
Pertains to the experiences of Ben Gadd, an experienced Rocky Mountain naturalist, guide and author. His book combines his personal experiences with the stories and essays of 36 others in order to create a touching, yet compelling story. The book includes a comprehensive selection of photographs, many of which are personal to the author and his family. Being that the author was and continues to be greatly involved with the Canadian Rocky Mountains, the book makes mention of multiple locations in and around the area of Banff such as, Mt. Assiniboine, Banff Mountain Film Festival, Bankhead, Brewster transportation and tours, and Johnston Canyon. The book follows the style of a biography and contains many personal stories and photos from the author and associated family.
Contents
Introduction
Benny
Ben
Cia and Ben
Willy, Cia and Ben
Toby and Willy, Cia and Ben
Index
Other books by Ben Gadd
Notes
Some of the specific references to areas in, and area the Canadian Rocky Mountains are as follows, Mt. Assiniboine (297), Mt. Robson (373), Banff Mountain Film Festival (12, 395, 608), Bankhead (332) and Brewster transportation and tours (463, 469).
ISBN
9780969263142
Accession Number
2019.47
Call Number
02.6 G11a
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
URL pertains to an online website dedicated to Ben Gadd and his continued achievements
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Art inspired by the Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains and Selkirk Mountains 1809-2012

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20143
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2012
Author
Townshend, Nancy
Publisher
Calgary : Bayeux Arts
Call Number
N T69 A78
  1 website  
Author
Townshend, Nancy
Responsibility
Nancy Townshend
Publisher
Calgary : Bayeux Arts
Published Date
2012
Physical Description
vi, 136p, 40 plates : ill., maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Art
Artists
O'Brien, Lucius
Notman, William & Son
Thompson, David
Harmon, Byron
Harris, Lawren
MacDonald, J.E.H
Sargent, John Singer
Whyte, Peter
Whyte, Catharine Robb
Rocky Mountains
Purcell Mountains
Selkirk Mountains
Abstract
Nancy Townshend's book on art inspired by the Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains, and Selkirk Mountains presents these mountains' justifiable prominence in world art. For over two centuries, Canadian artists have admired their magnitude and grandeur, their endlessly changing light and atmospheric conditions, their four distinct seasons, and myriad other aspects. The book is organized chronologically into three eras: traditional (1809 –1899), Modern (1900–1973) and contemporary (1974–2012). From David Thompson's watercolours in the early nineteenth century (c. 1809) of the East Kootenays to Jan Kabatoff's multimedia art of the early twenty-first century that addresses the impact of global warming on glaciers, Townshend's book presents a whole gamut of Canadian art inspired by these great mountains. Featuring three comprehensive overviews and thirteen chapters on both central and western Canadian artists, as well as a chapter on American artist John Singer Sargent, the book offers insights into their art and inspirations. What did two centuries of artistic exploration in the infinitely facetted Canadian Rockies, Purcells and Selkirks yield? How did the resulting works of art serve to build a unique western Canadian identity? How does the West inform Canadians about themselves, about their own place in the world at this critical time in world history? Townshend answers these questions in this significant reference book for decades to come. Over the past two hundred years, a shift from the exploitative view of Canada's mountain West during the traditional era to the contemporary creative genesis of this area has occurred. Because of the contemporary artists' commitment to wildlife conservation and environmental issues, the contemporary era is more outward looking and expansive, concerned about the world's future. Townshend's all-encompassing text and selected stunning images confirm John Ruskin's observation that mountains are "the beginning and end of all natural scenery." That Canada's mountain West is indeed a place to be revered, a place from which we can learn about ourselves now and in the future. (from author's website)
Contents
Preface
Introduction to the Traditional Era (1809-1899):
Chapter One - Lucius O'Brien (1832-1899)
Chapter Two - William McFarlane Notman (1857-1913)
Chapter Three - Frederic Bell-Smith (1846-1923)
Chapter Four - David Thompson (1770-1857)
Chapter Five - Richard Henery Trueman (1856-1911)
Chapter Six - Byron Harmon (1976-1942)
Introduction to the Modern Era (1900-1971):
Chapter Seven - Lawren Stewart Harris (1885-1970)
Chapter Eight - J.E.H. MacDonald (1873-1932)
Chapter Nine - John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)
Chapter Ten - Peter Whyte (1905-1966)
Chapter Eleven - Catharine Robb Whyte (1906-1979)
Introduction to the Contemporary Era (1972-2012):
Chapter Twelve - Kent Monkman (1965-)
Chapter Thirteen - Jin-Me Yoon (1960-)
Chapter Fourteen - Jan Kabatoff (1948-)
Conclusion
Index
Notes
Signed by author
ISBN
978-1-897411-37-7
Accession Number
AC637
Call Number
N T69 A78
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
URL Notes
Author's website
Websites
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Base camp : facts and figures

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15411
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
May 2017
Author
story and illustrations by James Lay
Publisher
In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol.02, May 2017
Call Number
P
Author
story and illustrations by James Lay
Publisher
In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol.02, May 2017
Published Date
May 2017
Physical Description
p.12
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
History
Rocky Mountains, Canada
Notes
Quick facts about the rockies. Including animals, trails and the Dorothy Carleton.
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
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The bold and cold : a history of 25 classic climbs in the Canadian Rockies

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15286
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2016
Author
Pullan, Brandon
Publisher
Victoria : Rocky Mountain Books
Call Number
01.4 P96b
Author
Pullan, Brandon
Publisher
Victoria : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2016
Physical Description
264 pages, colour illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Alberta, Mount
Assiniboine, Mount
Banff National Park
British Columbia
Bugaboos
Canmore
Edith Cavell, Mount
Robson, Mount
Rock climbing
Rocky Mountains, Canada
Yamnuska, Mount
ISBN
9781771601153
Accession Number
P2016 - 73,000 - 03
Call Number
01.4 P96b
Collection
Archives Library
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The bold and cold : a history of 25 classic climbs in the Canadian Rockies

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15365
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2016
Author
Pullan, Brandon
Publisher
Victoria : Rocky Mountain Books
Call Number
G510 P85
Author
Pullan, Brandon
Publisher
Victoria : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2016
Physical Description
264 pages, colour illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Alberta, Mount
Assiniboine, Mount
Banff National Park
British Columbia
Bugaboos
Canmore
Edith Cavell, Mount
Robson, Mount
Rock climbing
Rocky Mountains, Canada
Yamnuska, Mount
ISBN
9781771601153
Accession Number
AC633
Call Number
G510 P85
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Caribou rainforest : from heartbreak to hope

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25061
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2018
Author
Moskowitz, David
Publisher
Seattle, WA : Braided River, the conservation imprint of Mountaineers Books
Call Number
04.2 M85c
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Author
Moskowitz, David
Publisher
Seattle, WA : Braided River, the conservation imprint of Mountaineers Books
Published Date
2018
Physical Description
204 pages : color illustrations, color maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Caribou
Wildlife
Conservation
Alberta
Rocky Mountains
Abstract
In a North American rainforest, that few people even know exists, about a dozen dwindling herds of caribou are struggling to survive. Caribou Rainforest doesn’t tell an easy story, ask easy questions, or pretend that there are easy solutions to the possible extinction of the last mountain caribou herds found in Canada and the United States. There are fewer than twenty animals left in the last US herd. Yet what Caribou Rainforest does—with photographs, words, and science—is explain why this is happening, so that as a community we don’t repeat our mistakes, even when our intentions are good. Author and photographer David Moskowitz has studied and photographed these caribou extensively in order to understand their plight. He hasn’t found villains, but rather climate change, predators, recreationists, settler colonialism, industrial logging, mineral extraction, and a perfect confluence of factors that have worked against this fragile species and the fragile environment upon which it relies. The story of this iconic animal and stunning landscape provides an example of shifting conservation challenges and tactics in the twenty-first century. Mountain caribou have been identified as an “umbrella species” by conservationists, meaning that protecting their habitat also helps preserve many other species who depend on the same ecosystem. The discussion topics are controversial and wrenching—upending the forestry economy of the region, exterminating wolves (who also struggle to survive) to protect the caribou, limiting recreational access to critical habitat, respecting the rights of indigenous peoples. The issues are contentious, but the opportunity to craft solutions still exists. If we do in fact lose the caribou, the task then pivots to how can we protect what remains of this rare rainforest ecosystem. In Caribou Rainforest, the author searches for lessons that can turn despair into hope: their story can become the inspiration and catalyst for committed change. (from Caribou Rainforest website)
Contents
North America's hidden rainforest. Map: Mountain caribou range : historical and current -- The mountains : our playground, their last refuge. Map: Overview of the Caribou Rainforest -- The Caribou Rainforest : a forest like none other. Map: Northwest inland temperate rainforest -- Mountain caribou : ghosts of the rainforest. Map: Historical and current caribou populations -- Wildlife of these mountains : a laboratory of evolution -- Human dimensions : the language of a landscape -- The path ahead : reflections on grief and hope -- Acknowledgments -- Source notes -- Selected bibliography -- Photographer's notes -- Get involved.
Notes
Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival finalist for Mountain Environment and Natural History
ISBN
9781680511284
Accession Number
P2020-1
Call Number
04.2 M85c
Location
Reading Room
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Website for Caribou Rainforest project
Websites
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