topic:"exploration" found 525 records - Research Collections

Annual meeting of Alpine Club of Canada, secretary (Elizabeth Parker) reading her report [Lake O'Hara, Yoho Park, B.C.]

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a woman identified as Elizabeth Parker reading her report to the Alpine Club of Canada memebers at Lake O'Hara

Date Range: 1909

Reference Code: v14 / ac55 / 5 / 984 / na66 - 2131

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

1 image

Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V14

Sous-Fonds: .

Reference Code: v14 / ac55 / 5 / 984 / na66 - 2131

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

Date Range: 1909

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative : copy negative

Scope & Content: Image of a woman identified as Elizabeth Parker reading her report to the Alpine Club of Canada memebers at Lake O'Hara

Subject Access: Women; Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Organizations; Sports and Recreation

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia

Creator: Frank W. Freeborn

Title Source: copy negative envelope

Processing Status: Processed

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F.H. Riggall and packhourse crossing Boundary Creek

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Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Scope & Content: Image depicts Bert Riggall and packhorse crossing Boundary Creek with Phillip R. Goodwin, artist of New York, in August, 1909.

Date Range: 1909

Reference Code: V26 / III / A1 / PA - 7

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

1 image

Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M376 / V26

Series: III. Professional Photography: Guiding and Hunting Trips

Sous-Fonds: V26

Sub-Series: Goodwin and Proctor Trips

Accession Number: 7201

Reference Code: V26 / III / A1 / PA - 7

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1909

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w print

Scope & Content: Image depicts Bert Riggall and packhorse crossing Boundary Creek with Phillip R. Goodwin, artist of New York, in August, 1909.

Name Access: Goodwin, Phillip R.; Riggall, Bert

Subject Access: Environment and Nature; Pack trips; Exploration; Horses; Horse packing

Geographic Access: Canada; British Columbia; Boundary Creek

Language: N/A

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Environment

Title Source: Title based on subject of item

Processing Status: Processed

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Sampson's Map '08

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: Sampson Beaver's map, 1908

Date Range: 1908

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 53

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: .

Series: II. Photography series

Sous-Fonds: .

Sub-Series: A. Lantern slides 1. Travels to Maligne Lake and Yellowhead area

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 53

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: 1908

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Scope & Content: Sampson Beaver's map, 1908

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; First nations

Geographic Access: Alberta

Processing Status: Processed

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Commemorative Plaque

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Date: 1908

Material: wood

Catalogue Number: 105.02.1052

Description: Wooden plaque, William S Vaux Jr. oak panel 63.5x32.5x3.3 has carved lettering : "This fireplace in memory of William S Vaux Jr. A.C.C. student of glaciers 1887-1908 Born 1872 - Died 1908", wooden pegs each corner, mounted on larger wooden base

1 image

Title: Commemorative Plaque

Date: 1908

Material: wood

Dimensions: 46.2 x 77.6 cm

Description: Wooden plaque, William S Vaux Jr. oak panel 63.5x32.5x3.3 has carved lettering : "This fireplace in memory of William S Vaux Jr. A.C.C. student of glaciers 1887-1908 Born 1872 - Died 1908", wooden pegs each corner, mounted on larger wooden base

Subject: exploration; William S. Vaux Jr; ACC; glaciology; geology

Credit: Gift of Alpine Club of Canada, Canmore, 1973

Catalogue Number: 105.02.1052

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1907 Diary [Hector Wheeler]

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Part Of: Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to the 1907 personal diary/daytimer of Hector Wheeler. Topics include: Diary begins June 30 leaving Calgary for ACC camp. Introductory pages hold geometrical drawings. Short documentation of camp and climbing June 30-July 14. Begins again August 1-October 30. Trip to Golden camp and s…

Date Range: 1907

Reference Code: M546 / 53

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Diary

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M546 / V771

Sous-Fonds: M546

Accession Number: 2014.8312

Reference Code: M546 / 53

GMD: Diary

Date Range: 1907

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records (1 volumes ; 7.5 x 11.8 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to the 1907 personal diary/daytimer of Hector Wheeler. Topics include: Diary begins June 30 leaving Calgary for ACC camp. Introductory pages hold geometrical drawings. Short documentation of camp and climbing June 30-July 14. Begins again August 1-October 30. Trip to Golden camp and surrounding camps and climbs. Mention of A. O. and Oliver Wheeler August 14. In and out of Calgary and Golden. Camping and climbing in Ptarmigan, Donald Camp, Beaueumouth [?]. Memoranda at back monetary notations for trip expenses. Notations of expenses for 1907 and 1908 trips.

Notes: Blank pages not scanned

Name Access: Wheeler, A. O. (Arthur Oliver); Wheeler, Arthur Oliver; Wheeler, Hector

Subject Access: Camps; Climbing; Correspondence; Family and personal life; Finances; Leisure; Mountains; Professional and Personal Life; Sports and recreation; Record keeping; Travel and Exploration; Weather; Work

Geographic Access: Rocky Mountains; Calgary; Banff National Park; Yoho National Park; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada

Language: English

Creator: Wheeler, Hector

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Alexander Lambie fonds

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Part Of: Alexander Lambie fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds pertains mainly to the 1906 Yoho camp at Summit Lake, B.C. Also includes some views of Yoho area and Banff, Alberta area, ca.1906.

Date Range: 1906

Reference Code: V345

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Alexander Lambie fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: V 345

Sous-Fonds: V345

Accession Number: 5355

Reference Code: V345

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1906

Physical Description: 52 photographs : prints

History / Biographical: Alexander Lambie, 1870-1945, was a survey party member, cook and writer at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Lambie came to Canada from Scotland in 1904. He was a member of the Alaska Boundary Survey team in 1905 and was cook for the first Alpine Club of Canada camp at Yoho, British Columbia in 1906. Later Lambie wrote and published children's stories, poems, novels and completed a manuscript on his early work with the survey.

Scope & Content: Fonds pertains mainly to the 1906 Yoho camp at Summit Lake, B.C. Also includes some views of Yoho area and Banff, Alberta area, ca.1906.