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Lost obelisks of the Rockies - Jerry Auld walks through history and into the alpine to discover a piece of Alberta's heritage, finding evidence that hasn't seen sunlight since it was first placed

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25136
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
May 2020
Author
Auld, Jerry
Publisher
Crowfoot Media
Call Number
P
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Author
Auld, Jerry
Publisher
Crowfoot Media
Published Date
May 2020
Physical Description
p.76 - 81
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
Cautley, Richard William
Surveyors
Surveys
Surveys and Mapping
Alberta
British Columbia
Abstract
Pertains to small brass obelisks placed along the British Columbia and Alberta border as part of Alberta's demarcation from the North West Territories in 1905 with the survey beginning in 1913, executed by A.O. Wheeler and Richard Cautley
Notes
In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol.05, May 2020
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Website for Crowfoot Media - publishers of Canadian Rockies Annual
Websites
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Surveying the 120th meridian and the great divide : the Alberta/BC boundary survey, 1918-1924

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24952
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2019
Author
Sherwood, Jay
Publisher
Halfmoon Bay, BC : Caitlin Press
Call Number
08.3 Sh5s Volume 2
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Author
Sherwood, Jay
Responsibility
Jay Sherwood
Publisher
Halfmoon Bay, BC : Caitlin Press
Published Date
2019
Physical Description
192 p. ; illus.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Volume 2
Subjects
Surveyors
Surveys and Mapping
Surveys
Great Divide Trail
Alberta
British Columbia
British Columbia - Boundaries
British Columbia - Surveys and Mapping
Alberta - B.C. Boundary
Alberta - Boundaries
Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
Cautley, Richard William
History
History of Alberta
Abstract
"Surveying the 120th Meridian and the Great Divide is the second book of a two-part series describing the initial Alberta/BC boundary survey undertaken between 1913-1924. Surveying the 120th Meridian focuses on the years 1918–1924, when the Alberta crew continued the survey of the 120th meridian while the BC crew split off to continue mapping the Great (Continental) Divide. The Alberta/BC boundary survey was a unique Canadian project that combined talented surveyors, high-tech surveying equipment, rugged crew members and Canadian wilderness. This is a story of adventure and danger: the crew climbed mountains and surveyed from the peaks of the Canadian Rockies; slogged through the muskeg north of the Peace River; occasionally crossed rivers at high water; and often worked in the rain, snow or cold. The boundary survey produced the first detailed maps of the terrain along the divide and the first pictures of the northern Canadian Rockies taken from an airplane. But the most important legacy of this project is the collection of approximately 5,000 photographs developed from high-quality glass plate negatives. These photographs provide full panoramas of the Rocky Mountain landscape as it looked over a century ago. Surveying the 120th Meridian and the Great Divide combines the best of these photographs, diary entries and government documents to recount the astonishing journey of the surveyors and their crew members as they explored Canada’s most dramatic landscape."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Maps
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Surveyors
Surveying Methods 1918-1924
Completion of the Boundary Survey, 1950-1953
Conclusion
Geographical Names
Survey Crews, 1918-1924
Sources Consulted
Index
Notes
Features visual and textual material from the A.O. Wheeler fonds M546 / V771
ISBN
9780773860091
Accession Number
2019.90
Call Number
08.3 Sh5s Volume 2
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Publisher's website
Websites
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Metis and the medicine line : creating a border and dividing a people

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25011
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2015
Author
Hogue, Michel
Publisher
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada : University of Regina Press
Call Number
08.1 H65m
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Author
Hogue, Michel
Publisher
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada : University of Regina Press
Published Date
2015
Physical Description
ix, 328 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Metis
Geography
Canada
History
Surveyors
Surveys
Surveys and Mapping
Abstract
Metis and the Medicine Line is a sprawling, ambitious look at how national borders and notions of race were created and manipulated to unlock access to indigenous lands. It is also an intimate story of individuals and families, brought vividly to life by history writing at its best. It begins with the emergence of the Plains Metis and ends with the fracturing of their communities as the Canada-U. S. border was enforced. It also explores the borderland world of the Northern Plains, where an astonishing diversity of people met and mingled: Blackfoot, Cree, Gros Ventre, Lakota, Dakota, Nez Perce, Assiniboine, Anishinaabes, Metis, Europeans, Canadians, Americans, soldiers, police, settlers, farmers, hunters, traders, bureaucrats. In examining the battles that emerged over who belonged on what side of the border, Hogue disputes Canada's peaceful settlement story of the Prairie West and challenges familiar bromides about the "world's longest undefended border. (From U of R Press website)
Contents
Emergence : creating a Metis borderland -- Exchange : trade, sovereignty, and the forty-ninth parallel -- Belonging : land, treaties, and the boundaries of race -- Resistance : dismantling Plains Metis borderland settlements, 1879-1885 -- Exile : scrip and enrollment commissions and the shifting boundaries of belonging, 1885-1920.
ISBN
9780889773806
Accession Number
P2020-1
Call Number
08.1 H65m
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Summary on University of Regina Press website
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Part Of
Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of handwritten notes, receipts and financial documents, surveys, rider lists and other assorted documents pertaining to 12 individual trail rides led by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies in 2007.
Date Range
2007
Reference Code
M545 / I / 38 to 41
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Organization record
Part Of
Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M545 / V635
Series
M545 / I : Events and Activities
Sous-Fonds
M545
Accession Number
8235
Reference Code
M545 / I / 38 to 41
GMD
Textual record
Organization record
Date Range
2007
Physical Description
10 cm of textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of handwritten notes, receipts and financial documents, surveys, rider lists and other assorted documents pertaining to 12 individual trail rides led by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies in 2007.
Notes
Ride documents were not separated and reorganized into separate series, in order to retain the donor's original order. See "Content Details" for list of individual files and corresponding ride numbers.
Name Access
Egeland, Penny
Subject Access
Administration
Club
Membership
Trails
Organizations
Finances
Surveys
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff
Access Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Reproduction Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Language
English
Category
Sports, recreation and leisure
Communications
Commerce and industry
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Content Details
Files and corresponding ride numbers:
M545 / I / 38 : Rides 1 to 3
M545 / I / 39 : Rides 4 to 6
M545 / I / 40 : Rides 7 to 9
M545 / I / 41 : Rides 10 to 12
Processing Status
Processed
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Part Of
Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of textual records pertaining to trail rides led by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies in 2005. File contains documents from 11 rides, including survey sheets, ride statistics, handwritten notes, correspondence, and ride registration cheque receipts.
Date Range
2005
Reference Code
M545 / I / 32 to 37
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Organization record
Part Of
Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M545 / V635
Series
M545 / I : Events and Activities
Sous-Fonds
M545
Accession Number
8235
Reference Code
M545 / I / 32 to 37
GMD
Textual record
Organization record
Date Range
2005
Physical Description
11 cm of textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of textual records pertaining to trail rides led by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies in 2005. File contains documents from 11 rides, including survey sheets, ride statistics, handwritten notes, correspondence, and ride registration cheque receipts.
Notes
Ride documents were not separated and reorganized into separate series, in order to retain the donor's original order. See "Content Details" for list of individual files and corresponding ride numbers.
Name Access
Egeland, Penny
Stowell, Terry
Subject Access
Administration
Membership
Finances
Surveys
Organizations
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff
Access Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Reproduction Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Language
English
Category
Sports, recreation and leisure
Communications
Commerce and industry
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Content Details
Folder reference codes and corresponding ride numbers: M545/I/32 : Rides 1 and 2 M545/I/33 : Rides 3 and 4 M545/I/34 : Rides 5 and 6 M545/I/35 : Rides 7 and 8 M545/I/36 : Rides 9 and 10 M545/I/37 : Ride 11
Processing Status
Processed
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Walter Moberly and the Northwest Passage by rail

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13821
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2003
Author
Sleigh, Daphne
Publisher
Surrey, B.C. : Hancock House
Call Number
08.5 M71s
Author
Sleigh, Daphne
Publisher
Surrey, B.C. : Hancock House
Published Date
2003
Physical Description
272 p. : ill., geneal. tables, maps, ports
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Surveyors
Surveys
ISBN
0888395108 (pbk.)
Accession Number
50000 2009-09-02
Call Number
08.5 M71s
Collection
Archives Library
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Snow Pass and other recent GMC locations

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14676
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
January 2003
Publisher
General Mountaineering Camp
Call Number
03.7 Sn6 Pam
Publisher
General Mountaineering Camp
Published Date
January 2003
Physical Description
20 pages : maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Alpine Club of Canada
Surveys
Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
Notes
Includes a letter from Roger Wallis about the missing information on a surveyed glacier
Includes surveys, maps, information and history of Snow Pass and other Mountaineering locations
Accession Number
7479
Call Number
03.7 Sn6 Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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Background for assessing the status of the Banff/Central Rockies Grizzly Bear population

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11425
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
January 15, 2001
Author
Leighton, Doug
Publisher
Banff
Call Number
04.2 L53b 2001 Pam
Author
Leighton, Doug
Responsibility
Douglas Leighton
Publisher
Banff
Published Date
January 15, 2001
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Citizen's report no. 1
Subjects
Conservation
Environment
Surveys
Accession Number
7323
Call Number
04.2 L53b 2001 Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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Golden : British Columbia Alberta west of fifth meridian

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24234
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Published Date
1997
Publisher
Natural Resources Canada
Call Number
NTS
82N
Publisher
Natural Resources Canada
Published Date
1997
Physical Description
1 map : col
Scale
1:250,000
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Subjects
Golden
British Columbia
Surveys and Mapping
Notes
National Topographic System
Accession Number
30500 3.2.98
Call Number
NTS
82N
Collection
Archives Library
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Fair exchange policies and practices in Canada

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11346
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
October 1985
Author
Canada. Tourism Canada
Call Number
02.8 C16t
Author
Canada. Tourism Canada
Published Date
October 1985
Physical Description
50 p.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Surveys
Tourism
Accession Number
5305
Call Number
02.8 C16t
Collection
Archives Library
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