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Robert Baptie interview

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions15185
Part Of
Whyte Museum Oral History Programme collection
Date Range
1971
Reference Code
S1 / 1
Description Level
6 / Item
Part Of
Whyte Museum Oral History Programme collection
Description Level
6 / Item
Series
I. Interviews
Reference Code
S1 / 1
Responsibility
Interviewer: Elizabeth Rummel
Date Range
1971
Physical Description
1 sound recording
Subject Access
Businesses
Columbia Icefield
Exshaw
Films and film making
Legace, Ray
Mount Assiniboine - CPR camp
Sibbald, Hugh
Simpson, Jimmy
Walking Buffalo
Finding Aid
Recording summary and reference cassette available
Title Source
Title based on contents of recording
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Treasures of the trail : a nature guide to Edworthy Park, Lawrey Gardens and the Douglas Fir Trail

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20078
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2002
Author
Osborn, Jerry
The Edworthy Park Heritage Society
Publisher
Calgary : Edworthy Park Heritage Society
Call Number
04 O1t
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Author
Osborn, Jerry
The Edworthy Park Heritage Society
Responsibility
Jerry Osborn
The Edworthy Park Heritage Society
Publisher
Calgary : Edworthy Park Heritage Society
Published Date
2002
Physical Description
164 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps, ports.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Botany
Wildlife
Archaeology
History
History of Alberta
Maps
Ecology
Calgary
Calgary, Alberta
Walking
Tours
Guidebook
Guidebooks
Trails
Abstract
Pertains to Edworthy Park in Calgary, Alberta, including the geology, paleontology, plant life, animal life, insect life, archaeology, Indigenous Peoples history, settler history and maps of walks which include plant and bird checklists. The three brick plants that operated in what is now Edworthy Park: Burnvale, Brickburn, Tregillus Clay Products were used to construct many buildings in Banff.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Geology and Paleontology
Plant Life
Animal Life
Butterflies
Archaeology and Native Culture
History
Park Map
Walk One - Wester Plateau of Edworthy Park
Walk Two - Brickburn and the Pond Lookout Trail
Walk Three - Edworthy Park Riverside
Walk Four - Douglas Fire Trail West
Walk Five - Quarry Road Trail, Lawrey Gardens, and Douglas Fire Trail East
Appendix One - Plant Checklist
Appendix Two - Bird Checklist
Contributors
Further Reading
Index of Photos
Notes
Brick information as per Ann Jones conversation with Lena Goon.
ISBN
0973176105
Accession Number
2014.8268
Call Number
04 O1t
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
City of Calgary website re: Edworthy Park location and trail maps
Websites
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Historic Tofino : a walking tour

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14611
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2011
Author
Mason, Adrienne
Publisher
Tofino, B.C. : Postelsia Press
Call Number
08.2 M38h Pam
Author
Mason, Adrienne
Responsibility
[Adrienne Mason]
Publisher
Tofino, B.C. : Postelsia Press
Published Date
2011
Physical Description
43 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits ; 22 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
British Columbia
Tourism
Tours
Walking
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Text runs parallel to spine
ISBN
9780986505836
Accession Number
8530
Call Number
08.2 M38h Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1916
Author
Fordyce, Claude Powell
Publisher
New York : Outing Publishing
Call Number
GV1071 F67
Author
Fordyce, Claude Powell
Publisher
New York : Outing Publishing
Published Date
1916
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Camping
Walking
Call Number
GV1071 F67
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.024
Description
Colour: blue, brown, red. The head and shoulders on a man facing left. He has short hair and wears a hat. There is a red scarf around his neck. The background is blue.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
George McLean
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
40.5 x 51 cm
Description
Colour: blue, brown, red. The head and shoulders on a man facing left. He has short hair and wears a hat. There is a red scarf around his neck. The background is blue.
Subject
portrait
male
George McLean
Walking Buffalo
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.024
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Date
1960
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
104.06.3002 a-c
Description
Three wooden boomerangs. The top of each is slightly convex and the bottom surface is flat. One arm of each boomerang is tilted at a slight angle.a) Dark wood with painted aboriginal designs, in brown, black, white and yellow. The designs include geometric designs on the tips and an insect, a pe…
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Title
Boomerang
Date
1960
Material
wood
Dimensions
0.8 (a); 23.0(b); 1.5 (c) x 6.0 (a); 8.0 (b); 6.0 (c) x 50.0 (a); 53.0 (b); 48.0 (c) cm
Description
Three wooden boomerangs. The top of each is slightly convex and the bottom surface is flat. One arm of each boomerang is tilted at a slight angle.a) Dark wood with painted aboriginal designs, in brown, black, white and yellow. The designs include geometric designs on the tips and an insect, a person, and a kangaroo. The back is stamped “MADE IN AUSTRALIA BY Bill On--.”b) Dark wood with very detailed painted aboriginal designs on the front in black, red, white and yellow. The painting includes geometric and concentric designs, an emu, a turtle, and two people. At the centre bent it’s marked “from CHERBOURG ABORIGINAL SETTLEMENT 1960. QLD. AUST.” and the back is marked with pen ink “BILL GORHAM.”c) Light and dark wood decorated with a stylized kangaroo on the front in brown, black, yellow and white. “Darwin N.T.” is writtten with marker on the front. The tips are also painted with stripes and wavey lines. There are two illegible stamps on the back.
Subject
Aborigines, Australia
souvenirs
travel
hunting
Walking Buffalo
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.06.3002 a-c
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Banff-Mt. Assiniboine Walking and Riding Tour

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue8343
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Call Number
02.6 M86m July 1925 Pam
Physical Description
p.11
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Wheeler's Walking and Riding Tours
Notes
In the Mountaineer, vol.I, no.1, July 1925
Accession Number
3881
Call Number
02.6 M86m July 1925 Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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Sudden Shower at Shono, from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido

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Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 – 1858, Japanese)
Date
1834
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
HiU.04.03
Description
A steep green hill runs from bottom right to centre left, three men, two carrying a sedan chair with a person inside are going uphill, the three have hatsson, the leader has a yellow cape and a yellow cover is over the chair. Two people, one with a yellow cape the other with a yellow umbrella are g…
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Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 – 1858, Japanese)
Title
Sudden Shower at Shono, from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido
Date
1834
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
25 x 36 cm
Description
A steep green hill runs from bottom right to centre left, three men, two carrying a sedan chair with a person inside are going uphill, the three have hatsson, the leader has a yellow cape and a yellow cover is over the chair. Two people, one with a yellow cape the other with a yellow umbrella are going downhill. Rooftops in right foreground. Silhouettes of trees, three rows, go from top right to centre left. More trees in immediate foreground.
Subject
landscape
Shono
figure
group
activity
walking
rain
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
HiU.04.03
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Artist
Edward Fred Hagell (1895 – 1964, Canadian)
Date
1951
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
HaE.02.01
Description
In center of picture a ring of bison, some calves, are warding off 3 wolves. The foreground, which covers two thirds of picture is rolling benchlands down to a river shown at middle right, many bison are seen in the distance in valley bottom and on the hills. Mountains on horizon to the right. The …
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Artist
Edward Fred Hagell (1895 – 1964, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1951
Medium
oil on canvas board
Description
In center of picture a ring of bison, some calves, are warding off 3 wolves. The foreground, which covers two thirds of picture is rolling benchlands down to a river shown at middle right, many bison are seen in the distance in valley bottom and on the hills. Mountains on horizon to the right. The sky is blue with tinges of white and green. A plaque is attached to the frame: To Chief Walking Buffalo who has bravely fought to bring the right spirit to the people of Canada and the world from his friends commemorating his 91st birthday March 20, 1962.
Subject
landscape, mountains
animal, buffalo
Chief Walking Buffalo
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
HaE.02.01
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Date
1920 – 1960
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
105.05.1026
Description
Wooden slat with stamped letters: "A.O. WHEELER WALKING - TOUR BANFF”. Irregularly shaped slat of wood from a packing case, nail holes both sides, broken off top and bottom. Pencilled graffiti one side. “[illegible names] Banff May 1941-54”
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Title
Identification Sign
Date
1920 – 1960
Material
wood
Dimensions
11.8 x 39.7 cm
Description
Wooden slat with stamped letters: "A.O. WHEELER WALKING - TOUR BANFF”. Irregularly shaped slat of wood from a packing case, nail holes both sides, broken off top and bottom. Pencilled graffiti one side. “[illegible names] Banff May 1941-54”
Subject
sports
hiking
A.O. Wheeler
Wheeler’s Walking Tours
Credit
Gift of Bill Smyth, Banff, 1983
Catalogue Number
105.05.1026
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