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- Date
- 1960 – 1965
- Material
- wood; metal; fibre; rubber
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1016 a,b
- Description
- Pair alpine "Head" skis with skins. Black, steel edges "Head Vector 205B 12795", steel and chrome bindings. "Securus-Ramy made in France, Brev. SGDG Brev.+" Aluminum heel locator "Ramy made in France". Cable findings screwed on to sides, coiled binding with red rubber at heel. Skins 174.0 long,…
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- Title
- Alpine Skis
- Date
- 1960 – 1965
- Material
- wood; metal; fibre; rubber
- Dimensions
- 8.5 x 205.0 cm
- Description
- Pair alpine "Head" skis with skins. Black, steel edges "Head Vector 205B 12795", steel and chrome bindings. "Securus-Ramy made in France, Brev. SGDG Brev.+" Aluminum heel locator "Ramy made in France". Cable findings screwed on to sides, coiled binding with red rubber at heel. Skins 174.0 long, metal fastener at toe with fabric strap looped around toe of ski. 3 groups of 4 rivets attach skins to skis.
- Subject
- sports
- skiing
- Peggy Telfer
- avalanches
- disasters
- Credit
- Gift of Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1016 a,b
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Banff flood hazard study : bow river and forty mile and echo creeks
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14692
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 25 March 2013
- Author
- North Hydraulic Consultants Ltd
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta : Northwest Hydraulic Consultants Ltd
- Call Number
- 03.5 N82b Pam
- Responsibility
- prepared for Albert Environment and Sustainable Resource Development ; prepared by Northwest Hydraulic Consultants Ltd
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta : Northwest Hydraulic Consultants Ltd
- Published Date
- 25 March 2013
- Physical Description
- 6 pages
- Series
- NHC project No. 100047
- Notes
- Photocopy of the original report
- Report written three months before the major flood in Southern Alberta on June 20, 2013
- Call Number
- 03.5 N82b Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Date
- prior to 1990
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1041 a-g
- Description
- 2 pieces of rescue rope, one long, other is shorter, with pulleys, carabiners and one locking device.
- Title
- Climbing Rope
- Date
- prior to 1990
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Description
- 2 pieces of rescue rope, one long, other is shorter, with pulleys, carabiners and one locking device.
- Credit
- Gift of anonymous, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1041 a-g
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Commemorative Certificate
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.1019%20a%2cb
- Date
- 1954
- Material
- paper; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1019 a,b
- Description
- El Club Excursionista EXMEX (a) certificate (21.0x28.7) parchment drawing of a fully rigged male climber on a rock wall on left of page, drawing signed "GURZQUEZP", top of page in green "El Club Excursionista" "EXMEX" below that in Old English lettering, dated 15 Julio 1954 and signed by 3 diffe…
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- Title
- Commemorative Certificate
- Date
- 1954
- Material
- paper; fibre
- Description
- El Club Excursionista EXMEX (a) certificate (21.0x28.7) parchment drawing of a fully rigged male climber on a rock wall on left of page, drawing signed "GURZQUEZP", top of page in green "El Club Excursionista" "EXMEX" below that in Old English lettering, dated 15 Julio 1954 and signed by 3 different people. Small crest centre right pasted on certificate, stapled to a stencilled likeness of the Virgin Mary on fabric glued to paper (b) envelope (19.2x26.6) brown business envelope "The N.C.O. or Constable I/c., Royal Canadian Mounted police" "Banff Alta" handwritten, also stamped signature of commissioner R.C.M. Police, and "O.H.M.S."
- Credit
- Gift of Bruno Engler, Harvie Heights, 1982
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1019 a,b
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- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- metal; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1029 a,b
- Description
- Pair 2 piece ten pointed crampons with leather straps. Heel and sole piece is one piece with 6 spikes, 4.0 cm long, and 4 upturned loops for strap attachment. Centre piece is looped to connect with toe piece which has 4 spikes and 2 loops. Leather straps are rivetted with buckle.
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- Title
- Crampons
- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- metal; skin
- Description
- Pair 2 piece ten pointed crampons with leather straps. Heel and sole piece is one piece with 6 spikes, 4.0 cm long, and 4 upturned loops for strap attachment. Centre piece is looped to connect with toe piece which has 4 spikes and 2 loops. Leather straps are rivetted with buckle.
- Credit
- Gift of Clifford J. White, Victoria, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1029 a,b
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Dark shadows falling
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue21263
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1997
- Author
- Simpson, Joe
- Publisher
- London : Jonathan Cape
- Call Number
- DS486 E8 S53
- Author
- Simpson, Joe
- Publisher
- London : Jonathan Cape
- Published Date
- 1997
- Physical Description
- 207p. : col. ill
- Subjects
- Disasters
- ISBN
- 0224043684
- Call Number
- DS486 E8 S53
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The flood of 2013 : a summer of angry rivers in southern Alberta
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14439
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2013
- Author
- Calgary Herald
- Publisher
- Toronto : Greystone Books
- Call Number
- 03.5 C3f
- Author
- Calgary Herald
- Responsibility
- by the Calgary Herald ; foreword by Naheed Nenshi
- Publisher
- Toronto : Greystone Books
- Published Date
- 2013
- Physical Description
- 130 pages, 5 pages of plates : chiefly illustrations (colour), maps (colour) ; 23 cm.
- Subjects
- Alberta
- Climate
- Climatology
- Disasters
- Floods
- Notes
- The staff at the Calgary Herald wrote the text and took and compiled the photographs.
- Contains: The raging waters -- Devastation and destruction -- The cleanup -- Helping hands and heroes -- How Albertans saw it -- Hell or high water.
- ISBN
- 9781771640305
- Accession Number
- P2015-03-31
- Call Number
- 03.5 C3f
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Natural hazards
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24366
- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Vanier (Ont.) : Canadian Geographic ; Nepean (Ont.) : Canada Map Office
- Call Number
- C6-14.1
- Publisher
- Vanier (Ont.) : Canadian Geographic ; Nepean (Ont.) : Canada Map Office
- Published Date
- 1996
- Physical Description
- 7 maps on 1 sheet : col.
- Scale
- Scales vary
- Series
- National Atlas of Canada
- Notes
- Textual information, charts, etc., accompanying maps
- Accession Number
- 29,000
- Call Number
- C6-14.1
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Natural hazards in a mountain environment : the Bow Valley Region, Alberta
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6479
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1981
- Author
- Gardner, James Smith
- Publisher
- Calgary : Kananaskis Centre for Environmental Research
- Call Number
- 04 G17
- Author
- Gardner, James Smith
- Responsibility
- a manuscript prepared by James S. Gardner ...
- Publisher
- Calgary : Kananaskis Centre for Environmental Research
- Published Date
- 1981
- Physical Description
- 41l : ill., map
- Subjects
- Disasters
- Accession Number
- 3546
- Call Number
- 04 G17
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- fibre; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1018 a,b
- Description
- Triangular, Club Alpino and Club de Explorncions (a) blue triangular pennant (60.5x21.0) a triangular crest on left side (yellow, blue, green, red) with "Tequitepetl" written on it. At the top of the crest are 2 grey ice axes. "Club de Exploraciones" is written in blue on a white background surr…
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- Title
- Pennant
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- fibre; skin
- Description
- Triangular, Club Alpino and Club de Explorncions (a) blue triangular pennant (60.5x21.0) a triangular crest on left side (yellow, blue, green, red) with "Tequitepetl" written on it. At the top of the crest are 2 grey ice axes. "Club de Exploraciones" is written in blue on a white background surrounding the club crest. "Tequitepetl" in large white letters running from the club crest to the point of the pennant, 2 white ribbons on left side,white leather top on point. (b) blue triangular pennant (53.9x23.0), club crest on left side, grey top, green white, red beneath grey,diagonally, gold eagle in centre on diagonal colours, blue letter "I M" on grey. In grey lettering above crest "Club" below crest "Alpino"; in large grey letters "Aguiluchos" taper to point of pennant, leather tip, blue ribbons ofbroad side of pennant.
- Credit
- Gift of Bruno Engler, Harvie Heights, 1982
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1018 a,b
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