topic:"Rocky Mountains, Canada" found 10 records - Research Collections

In the heart of the Canadian Rockies

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

Published Date: 1905

Author: Outram, James

Publisher: London : Macmillan & Co., LTD

Call Number: 02.6 O1i

Author: Outram, James

Responsibility: James Outram

Publisher: London : Macmillan & Co., LTD

Published Date: 1905

Physical Description: 466 pages

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Rocky Mountains; Rocky Mountains Canada; Outram, James; Travel; Mountaineers Canadian; Mountaineers, British; Great Britain

Abstract: Pertains to the experiences of James Outram, an English mountaineer and author. With a specific chapter dedicated to Banff, the author offers insight into what he considered to be the ‘training’ area of the Rocky Mountains, that being Banff itself. Due to his comprehensive climbing experience, the author is able to provide the reader with specific details pertaining to the Canadian Rocky Mountains based on his personal experience and adventures.

Contents: I. The mountains and their history; II. Banff the beautiful; III. Mt. Assiniboine; IV. Lake Louise; V. The tragedy on Mt. Lefroy; VI. The valley of the ten peaks; VII. Field and Mt. Stephen; VIII. The Yoho Valley; IX. The ottertail group; X. The valley of the upper bow; XI. The sources of the North Saskatchewan; XII. Mt. Forbes; XIII. The mountains of the West Branch; XIV. Mt. Bryce; XV. Farther north

Notes: Chapter dedicated to Banff contained in the following page numbers ; 27 -37

Accession Number: 2019.54

Call Number: 02.6 O1i

Collection: Archives Library

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Canadian mountain place names : the Rockies and Columbia mountains

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

Published Date: 2006

Author: Boles, Glen W.

Publisher: Surrey, B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books

Call Number: G510 B65

Author: Boles, Glen W.

Responsibility: Glen W. Boles [artwork and photographs], Roger W. Laurilla [photographs], William L. Putnam [text]

Publisher: Surrey, B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: 2006

Physical Description: 279p. : ill. , map

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

Subjects: British Columbia; Rocky Mountains, Canada; Guidebooks; Hiking; Mountaineering; Skiing

ISBN: 978-1-894765-79-4

Call Number: G510 B65

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Expedition Yukon 1967 : centennial and the politics of mountaineering in Kluane

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

Published Date: 2011

Author: Reichwein, PearlAnn

Publisher: Toronto : The University of Toronto Press

Call Number: 01.4 R27e Pam

Author: Reichwein, PearlAnn

Responsibility: PearlAnn Reichwein

Publisher: Toronto : The University of Toronto Press

Published Date: 2011

Physical Description: pages 481-512

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

Subjects: Alpine Club of Canada; Kluane National Park; Mountaineering; Recreation; Rocky Mountains, Canada; Yukon

Notes: In The Canadian Historical Review 92 (3 September 2011); Copied manuscript of the article; Summary: "The article is an outcome of academic research related to Canada's Centennial commemorations and Canadian mountaineering in the Yukon under the auspices of the Alpine Club of Canada. Part of this research was conducted at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies"