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Above Bow Falls
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactgyh.02.15
- Date
- 1952
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.02.15
- Description
- A low and wide, white and blue waterfall between gray rocks with evergreen trees mountains in the background.
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- Title
- Above Bow Falls
- Date
- 1952
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 31.0 x 39.0 cm
- Description
- A low and wide, white and blue waterfall between gray rocks with evergreen trees mountains in the background.
- Subject
- Banff
- Bow Falls
- Rocky Mountains
- water
- waterfall
- Credit
- Gift of Fred Burghardt, Edmonton, 2018
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.02.15
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The call of the mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3259
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1952
- Author
- Wyatt, Colin
- Publisher
- London : Thames and Hudson
- Call Number
- 01.1 W97
- Author
- Wyatt, Colin
- Publisher
- London : Thames and Hudson
- Published Date
- 1952
- Physical Description
- 96p. : ill
- Subjects
- Rocky Mountains, Canada
- Accession Number
- 5891
- 7500
- Call Number
- 01.1 W97
- Collection
- Archives Library
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A climber’s guide to the Rocky Mountains of Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25079
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1953
- Author
- Thorington, J. Monroe
- Publisher
- [New York] : The American Alpine Club
- Edition
- Revised Edition, 5th printing
- Call Number
- 01.4 C61 1953
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- Author
- Thorington, J. Monroe
- Responsibility
- J. Monroe Thorington
- Edition
- Revised Edition, 5th printing
- Publisher
- [New York] : The American Alpine Club
- Published Date
- 1953
- Physical Description
- xx, 323 pages
- Abstract
- A guide for mountaineers for the Canadian Rocky Mountains arranged geographically including map references.
- Contents
- Introduction Preface Part One - International Boundary to Kicking Horse Pass Part Two - Kicking Horse Pass to Yellowhead Pass Yellowhead Pass to Jarvis Pass List of authorites Principle maps of the Canadian Rocky Mountains Huts of the Alpine Club of Canada Annual Camps of the Alpine Club of Canada
- Notes
- First ed., by Howard Palmer and J. Monroe Thorington, published in 1921.
- Accession Number
- 8062
- Call Number
- 01.4 C61 1953
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Publication information on the American Alpine Club website
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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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Climbs in the Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13689
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1950
- Author
- Smythe, Frank S.
- Publisher
- London : Hodder and Stoughton
- Call Number
- F1090 S59 1950
- Author
- Smythe, Frank S.
- Responsibility
- by Frank S. Smythe
- Publisher
- London : Hodder and Stoughton
- Published Date
- 1950
- Physical Description
- ix, 260p. : ill. , map
- Accession Number
- AC599
- Call Number
- F1090 S59 1950
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The Columbia River : or, scenes and adventures during a residence of six years on the western side of the Rocky Mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue777
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1957
- Author
- Cox, Ross
- Publisher
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press
- Call Number
- F880 C69 1957
- Author
- Cox, Ross
- Publisher
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press
- Published Date
- 1957
- Subjects
- Rocky Mountains, Canada
- Call Number
- F880 C69 1957
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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First Shack at Cave + Basin
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.835
- Date
- 1910 – 1925
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.835
- Description
- A simple log cabin that is shaped in a simple square is in the foreground. Just in front of the structure there is some logs on on the ground, off to the side is a wooden fence, and behind the building there is a tree without leaves (suggesting that the drawing is later in the year). In the backgro…
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- Title
- First Shack at Cave + Basin
- Date
- 1910 – 1925
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.4 x 25.3 cm
- Description
- A simple log cabin that is shaped in a simple square is in the foreground. Just in front of the structure there is some logs on on the ground, off to the side is a wooden fence, and behind the building there is a tree without leaves (suggesting that the drawing is later in the year). In the background there is pine trees, and the Rocky Mountains. In the sky their is a couple clouds. On the door of the building says “HOTEL”, and on the bottom edge is says “FIRST SHACK AT CAVE + BASIN”. Peter signed the drawing in the BRC “PETE WHiTE”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 0
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.835
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Guide to the Colorado mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue738
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1952
- Author
- Colorado Mountain Club, Denver
- Publisher
- Denver : Sage Books
- Call Number
- F782 R6 C6 1952
- Responsibility
- edited by Robert M. Ormes
- Publisher
- Denver : Sage Books
- Published Date
- 1952
- Subjects
- Guidebooks
- Rocky Mountains, U.S.
- Call Number
- F782 R6 C6 1952
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Guide to the Colorado mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue739
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1955
- Author
- Colorado Mountain Club, Denver
- Publisher
- Denver : Sage Books
- Edition
- 2d ed. rev
- Call Number
- F782 R6 C6 1955
- Responsibility
- ed. by Robert M. Ormes
- Edition
- 2d ed. rev
- Publisher
- Denver : Sage Books
- Published Date
- 1955
- Subjects
- Guidebooks
- Rocky Mountains, U.S.
- Call Number
- F782 R6 C6 1955
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Journal kept by David Douglas during his travels in North America, 1823-1827
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue869
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1914
- Author
- Douglas, David
- Publisher
- London : Wesley
- Call Number
- QK110 D6
- Author
- Douglas, David
- Publisher
- London : Wesley
- Published Date
- 1914
- Subjects
- British Columbia
- Rocky Mountains, Canada
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- QK110 D6
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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