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Pierre Esprit Radisson : re-drawn from a rare old Paris print - [portrait]

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Part Of
Mary Schaffer fonds
Date Range
1785
Reference Code
V527 / PS 1 - 622
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
Lantern slide
Transparency
  1 image  
Part Of
Mary Schaffer fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Series
II. Photography series
Sub-Series
A. Lantern slides 6. Fur trade
Reference Code
V527 / PS 1 - 622
GMD
Photograph
Lantern slide
Transparency
Date Range
1785
Physical Description
1 transparency : lantern slide
Subject Access
Discovery and Exploration
Family and personal life
Geographic Access
Canada
Creator
[?]
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Date
1811
Material
metal; glass; wood
Catalogue Number
104.08.1006 a,b
Description
Two musket balls matted and framed with inscription. Frame is 15.5x23.2, behind glass.Inscription reads “Musket Balls lost by David Thompson at Athabaska (sic) Pass on January 13th, 1811, and discovered by The Interprovincial Boundary Survey July 1921. Presented by R.W. Cautley The Leader of the S…
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Title
Musket Ball
Date
1811
Material
metal; glass; wood
Description
Two musket balls matted and framed with inscription. Frame is 15.5x23.2, behind glass.Inscription reads “Musket Balls lost by David Thompson at Athabaska (sic) Pass on January 13th, 1811, and discovered by The Interprovincial Boundary Survey July 1921. Presented by R.W. Cautley The Leader of the Survey Party.Note In frame Musket was originally spelled Muske1 and then a bar put through to make it look like a t.
Subject
exploration
surveying
David Thompson
R.W.Cautley
Athabasca Pass
Credit
Gift of Alpine Club of Canada, Canmore, 1973
Catalogue Number
104.08.1006 a,b
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DeWitt Clinton and Train 1831

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Part Of
Mary Schaffer fonds
Date Range
1831
Reference Code
V527 / PS 1 - 814
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
Lantern slide
Transparency
  1 image  
Part Of
Mary Schaffer fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Series
II. Photography series
Sub-Series
A. Lantern slides 9. Transportation
Reference Code
V527 / PS 1 - 814
GMD
Photograph
Lantern slide
Transparency
Date Range
1831
Physical Description
1 transparency : lantern slide
Subject Access
Discovery and Exploration
Railways
Transportation
Creator
Chas. [Charles] Beseler
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York Factory : courtesy H.B.Co.[Hudson's Bay Company] - [illustration]

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Part Of
Mary Schaffer fonds
Date Range
1853
Reference Code
V527 / PS 1 - 567
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
Lantern slide
Transparency
  1 image  
Part Of
Mary Schaffer fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Series
II. Photography series
Sub-Series
A. Lantern slides 6. Fur trade
Reference Code
V527 / PS 1 - 567
GMD
Photograph
Lantern slide
Transparency
Date Range
1853
Physical Description
1 transparency : lantern slide
Subject Access
Buildings and memorials
Discovery and Exploration
Industry
Geographic Access
Manitoba
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Ocean to ocean : Sandford Fleming's expedition through Canada in 1872

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1873
Author
Grant, George Monro
Publisher
London : Low, Marston [et al.]
Call Number
F1015 F54
Author
Grant, George Monro
Publisher
London : Low, Marston [et al.]
Published Date
1873
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Exploration
Rocky Mountains, Canada
Travel
Notes
Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
Call Number
F1015 F54
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Date
1876
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
105.02.1082
Description
Section of tree mounted on rustic plaque, "J L" "JU 5 1876 AD". Bark forms frame around scar baring wood of the tree and bearing the deeply carved letters, plaque behind is single, thick plank of wood, beveled along the edges in a wide (3.7) band. Band textured with a pattern of fingertip depressio…
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Title
Tree Blaze
Date
1876
Material
wood
Dimensions
49.0 x 31.7 cm
Description
Section of tree mounted on rustic plaque, "J L" "JU 5 1876 AD". Bark forms frame around scar baring wood of the tree and bearing the deeply carved letters, plaque behind is single, thick plank of wood, beveled along the edges in a wide (3.7) band. Band textured with a pattern of fingertip depressions, tree blaze cut off square at top and bottom, but curves back into plaque at sides. Back of plaque reveals it is actually two planks skillfully joined, with 3 small knotholes, and 2 holes drilled through at opposite,diagonal corners holding deeply set screws which attach the blaze. At centre top is small, metal mounting plate with upside-down keyhole, and hole drilled through wood behind (for hanging plaque) front of plaque and bark of blaze have been shellacked, penciled mounting plate, "T".
Subject
exploration
Jean L'Heureux
Credit
Gift of Bruce Bell Smith, 1968
Catalogue Number
105.02.1082
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Above the snow line : mountaineering sketches between 1870 and 1880

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1885
Author
Dent, Clinton
Publisher
London: Longmans, Green, and Co.
Call Number
01.2 D43a
Author
Dent, Clinton
Publisher
London: Longmans, Green, and Co.
Published Date
1885
Physical Description
327 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Exploration
Mountaineering
Alpine Club (Great Britain)
Expeditions
Switzerland
Accession Number
2023.47
Call Number
01.2 D43a
Collection
Archives Library
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Travel journal, Canada and United States

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of one bound journal containing an extensive account of a 4-month trip to Canada and the United States by [J?]. L. Douglass, August to December 1886.
Date Range
1886
Reference Code
LUX / II / C6 / 2
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
LUX
Series
LUX / II / C : Personal
Sous-Fonds
LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
Sub-Series
LUX / II / C6 : Southern Alberta research project
Accession Number
LUX
Reference Code
LUX / II / C6 / 2
GMD
Textual record
Date Range
1886
Physical Description
1.5 cm of textual records (1 volume ; 18 x 22 cm)
Scope & Content
File consists of one bound journal containing an extensive account of a 4-month trip to Canada and the United States by [J?]. L. Douglass, August to December 1886.
Notes
Volume accompanied by paper with shipping label dated 1956.
Subject Access
Travel
Tourism
Exploration
Leisure
Geographic Access
Canada
United States
Language
English
Category
Exploration, discovery and travel
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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10771 dup, Mary Vaux, reproduction of negative

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Part Of
Vaux family fonds
Scope & Content
Edge of ice VII-16-1887
Date Range
1887
Reference Code
V653 / NG - 956
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
Negative
  1 image  
Part Of
Vaux family fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M107 / V653
Series
I. Photography
Sub-Series
T. Travel 1894-1912
Reference Code
V653 / NG - 956
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Date Range
1887
Physical Description
1 negative : glass
Scope & Content
Edge of ice VII-16-1887
Subject Access
Discovery and Exploration
Creator
Vaux family (Philadelphia USA)
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Private 2543m, first picture Illecillewaet Glacier, reproduced negative 1909, 10369 trip, Mary Vaux 1887

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Part Of
Vaux family fonds
Scope & Content
Selkirk Mountains
Date Range
1887
Reference Code
V653 / NG - 957
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
Negative
  1 image  
Part Of
Vaux family fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M107 / V653
Series
I. Photography
Sub-Series
T. Travel 1894-1912
Reference Code
V653 / NG - 957
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Date Range
1887
Physical Description
1 negative : glass
Scope & Content
Selkirk Mountains
Subject Access
Discovery and Exploration
Geographic Access
British Columbia
Creator
Vaux family (Philadelphia USA)
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