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The Selkirk range
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3987
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1905
- Author
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Dept. of the Interior
- Call Number
- 02.6 Se4wr
- Author
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Dept. of the Interior
- Published Date
- 1905
- Physical Description
- xvii, 459p. : ill., ports
- Subjects
- Kootenay region
- Surveys
- Notes
- Index. -- 2 Volumes. Includes 14 folding maps & profiles in separate volume with inner slipcase. A topographer and mountaineer, Wheeler conducted various government surveys in the Rockies, the Selkirks, Alaska and the Yukon, and served as one of the commissioners on the Alberta-British Columbia boundary from 1913 to 1925. Contents: Part I is an account of a topographical survey of a portion of the Selkirks adjacent to the Canadian Pacific Railway line, while parts II-IV provide a review of the previous travel and exploration, surveys, and mountaineering in the region. There is a separate chapter on women mountaineers
- Accession Number
- 224
- 1039
- 1541 deaccessioned
- 2301
- 60500 purchase for Gateway to the Rockies exhibition deaccessioned
- Call Number
- 02.6 Se4wr
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Wheeler House, Alder Avenue, Banff
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions15080
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to photographs of the Wheeler House.
- Date Range
- 1970
- Reference Code
- V218 / II / PA - 1 to 4
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Government record
- Photograph
1 image
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M187 / V218
- Series
- II. Photographic records
- Sous-Fonds
- V218
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V218 / II / PA - 1 to 4
- Date Range
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 file of photographs (4 prints)
- History / Biographical
- The Wheeler House was the personal residence of Arthur O. Wheeler, co-founder and first president of the Alpine Club of Canada. The house stood adjacent to the first ACC clubhouse on Sulphur Mountain, located approximately halfway between the Bow River and the Upper Hot Springs. Wheeler constructed the house in 1920, it recieved official heritage recognition in 1994, and was demolished in 2011.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to photographs of the Wheeler House.
- Name Access
- Wheeler, A. O. (Arthur Oliver)
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Canadian inventory of historic building survey
- Geographic Access
- Sulphur Mountain
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- NA
- Biographical Source Notes
- https://www.rmotoday.com/local-news/end-of-an-era-for-historic-wheeler-house-in-banff-1560584
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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