topic:"exploration" found 65 records - Research Collections

The golden grindstone : the adventures of George M. Mitchell

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1935

Publisher: Toronto : Oxford University Press, Canadian Branch

Call Number: 08.2 G76g

Responsibility: Recorded by Angus Graham

Publisher: Toronto : Oxford University Press, Canadian Branch

Published Date: 1935

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Exploration; Pioneer life; Travel; Indigenous; Indigenous People; Colonialism

Contents: I. The general idea -- II. The geographical problem -- III. The immigrant train -- IV. Edmonton -- V. Athbasca landing -- VI. The Athabasca River -- VII. Grand rapids -- VIII. The Slave River -- IX. Great Slave Lake -- X. Fort Simpson -- XI. The Mackenzie River -- XII. Fort McPherson --XIII. The Eskimo -- XIV. The first traffic with the Indians -- XV. The Peel River -- The upper Peel River and the valley of noises -- XVII. Gold -- XVIII. The winter camp -- XIX. Prospecting and exploration -- XX. Bears and wolves -- XXI. The winter night -- XXII. The Indians' visit -- XXIII. Dogs -- XXIV. The broken knee -- XXV. The last of the white men -- XXVI. The Indian Camp -- XXVI. The Indian Camp -- XXVII. Caribou -- XXVIII. The old lady -- XXIX. Famine and riot -- XXX. Mitchell becomes an Indian -- XXXI. An Indian "Veillee" -- XXXII. Women -- XXXIII. The closest shave of all -- XXXIV. The skin boats -- XXXV. Summer hunting -- XXXVI. Mitchell remains an Indian -- XXXVII. The last of the Indians.

Accession Number: 2023.47

Call Number: 08.2 G76g

Collection: Archives Library

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Bear tales from the Canadian Rockies

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1998

Publisher: Calgary : Fifth House

Call Number: 04.2 P27

Responsibility: compiled & edited by Brian Patton

Publisher: Calgary : Fifth House

Published Date: 1998

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Bears; Exploration; Fur trade; Indians; Literature

Notes: Includes bibliography and index; Authors include: John C. Ewers, Onesta, David Rockwell, Walter Wilcox, George McLean, Ella E. Clark, David Thompson, Simon Fraser, Thomas Drummond, Viscount Milton and W.B. Cheadle, Henry J. Moberly, Robert M. Rylatt, P. Robertson-Ross, H.E.M. Stutfield, J.N. Collie, W.T. Hornaday, R.M. Patterson, Sid Marty, Frank Goble, C.E. Goble, Pat Brewster, R.H. Stronach, Scarlet and Gold, C.E. Millar, Ken Jones, Nora Findlay, H.M. Halliday, Rudy Wiebe, Andy Russell, Lawrence Burpee, N. Vernon-Wood, Walter Nixon, Jim Deegan, Dan McCowan, Lukin Johnston, Howard O'Hagan, Nick Morant, Harry Rowed, Lorne Perry, Frank Camp, Wilf Taylor, Stephen Herrero, Rick Kunelius; Note - The First Bear Story / David Thompson is from p.248-249 of David Thompson's Narrative 1784-1812, Toronto: Champlain Society, 1962

Accession Number: 7098

Call Number: 04.2 P27

Collection: Archives Library

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Bighorn wildland

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2003

Publisher: Alberta Wilderness Association

Call Number: 04 B48a

Responsibility: Rod Burns, Julie Cook, Dorothy Dickson, [et. al]

Publisher: Alberta Wilderness Association

Published Date: 2003

Physical Description: 162 p. : ill. (mostly col.), maps

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Conservation; Eastern slopes; Exploration; Geology; Indians; Kootenay Plains; McKenzie, Ed; McKenzie, Mildred; Outfitters, trail guides, packers; Sands family; Wildlife; Ya Ha Tinda Ranch

ISBN: 0920074-20-0

Accession Number: 7480

Call Number: 04 B48a

Collection: Archives Library

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Exshaw: heart of the valley

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2005

Author: Alexander, Rob

Call Number: 08.3 Ex8a oversize

Author: Alexander, Rob

Responsibility: written and edited by Rob Alexander and Dene Cooper

Published Date: 2005

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Biography; Exploration; Medicine; Metis; Missionaries; Peigan Post; Pictographs; Stoney Indians

Notes: An Exshaw Historical Society Centennial Project. Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN: 1-55383-093-8

Accession Number: 7624; 7628

Call Number: 08.3 Ex8a oversize

Collection: Archives Library

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In the shadow of Mount McKinley

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1931

Author: Beach, William N.

Publisher: New York ; The Derrydale Press

Edition: 1st edition

Call Number: 02.3 B36i

Author: Beach, William N.

Responsibility: Foreword by John Burnhalm ; Introduction by Robert Sterling Yard ; Illustrations by Carl Rungius

Edition: 1st edition

Publisher: New York ; The Derrydale Press

Published Date: 1931

Physical Description: 289 pages ; 63 ill.

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Travel; Expeditions; Exploration; Alaska; McKinley, Mount; Animals; Conservation

Contents: Foreword / John Burnham -- I. Introduction / Robert Sterling Yard -- II. In the shadow of Mt. McKinley -- III. Along the north side of the Alaskan range to Mt. Dall: expedition of 1925 -- IV. Jenny of Mt. McKinley -- V. Rainy Pass, saddle of the range: expedition of 1926 -- VI. Exploration of 1930 -- VII. Early exploration and later developments in the Mt. McKinley country -- VIII. Mt. McKinley National Park -- IX. American big game animals: mountain sheep, caribou, moose, deer and elk, bear, goat -- X. On conservation of big game.