topic:"Rocky Mountains, Canada" found 13 records - Research Collections

The story of the mountains : Banff National Park

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

Published Date: 1960

Author: Belyea, Helen R.

Publisher: Ottawa [Queen's Printer]

Call Number: 13.115 B41s Pam

Variant Title: The story of the mountains in Banff National park

Author: Belyea, Helen R.

Responsibility: Helen R. Belyea

Publisher: Ottawa [Queen's Printer]

Published Date: 1960

Physical Description: 42 pages

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

Subjects: Geology; Banff National Park; Rocky Mountains Canada; Rocky Mountains; Alberta

Abstract: Pertains to the history of Banff National Park. The author, Helen R. Belyea, provides a comprehensive description and glossary pertaining to the type of rocks that makes up the mountains in Banff National Park. Additionally, she highlights specific areas of geological interest such as, but not limited to the following: Hoodoos viewpoint, Sulphur Mountain, Lake Minnewanka, Mount Norquay and the Hot Springs. Due to the nature of the publication, that being a Geological Survey of Canada, the author includes an excerpt on rock formation for each area marked as one of geological interest.

Contents: The rocks (pg. 4); The building of the mountains (pg. 12); Mountain sculpture (pg.13); Drainage patterns (pg. 17); Glossary of terms (pg. 18); References (pg. 23); Local points of geological interest (pg. 24); Photographs (pg. 43)

Accession Number: 2017.8683

Call Number: 13.115 B41s Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Adventures in climbing

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

Published Date: 1964

Author: Westmorland, R

Publisher: London : Pelham Books

Call Number: 01.4 W52

Author: Westmorland, R

Publisher: London : Pelham Books

Published Date: 1964

Physical Description: 124p. : ill

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

Subjects: Rocky Mountains, Canada

Accession Number: 1446

Call Number: 01.4 W52

Collection: Archives Library

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A hunter of peace : Mary T.S. Schaffer's Old Indian trails of the Canadian Rockies

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

Published Date: 1980

Author: Schaffer, Mary Townsend Sharples, 1861-1939

Publisher: Banff : Whyte Foundation

Call Number: TR140 S33 H37

Author: Schaffer, Mary Townsend Sharples, 1861-1939

Responsibility: introduced and edited by E.J. Hart

Publisher: Banff : Whyte Foundation

Published Date: 1980

Physical Description: 151p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.)

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

Subjects: Women photographers - Canada - Biography; Rocky Mountains, Canada - Description and travel - 1900-1950; Maligne Lake; Schaffer, Mary Townsend Sharples, 1861-1939

Notes: Contents : Yahe-Weha-Mountain Woman : the life and travels of Mary Schaffer Warren, 1861-1939 / E.J. Hart -- Old Indian trails expedition of 1907 / Mary T.S. Schaffer -- Old Indian trails expedition of 1908 / Mary T.S. Schaffer -- The 1911 expedition to Maligne Lake / Mary T.S. Schaffer