topic:"forest" found 15 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

[Cypress Hills Forest Reserve]

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1927

Publisher: Dept. of The Interior

Call Number: C2-11.1

Publisher: Dept. of The Interior

Published Date: 1927

Physical Description: 1 map : col

Scale: Scale: 1 inch : 1 mile; Contour Interval 20 feet

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Cypress Hills Forest Reserve

Accession Number: 718

Call Number: C2-11.1

Collection: Archives Library

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Athabaska Forest

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1920 (signed Dec. 1919. Calgary/R.D.M)

Publisher: 1920 Forestry Branch

Call Number: C2-11.8

Responsibility: R.H. Campbell

Publisher: 1920 Forestry Branch

Published Date: 1920 (signed Dec. 1919. Calgary/R.D.M)

Scale: Scale: 3 miles to an inch

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Rocky Mountains Forest Reserve

Notes: Prepared under direction of R.H. Campbell Director of Forestry

Call Number: C2-11.8

Collection: Archives Library

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If this tree could talk : what fire-scarred trees in the Rocky Mountain Trench reveal about the human use of burning long before European settlement

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: 2016

Author: Barnes, Trish

Publisher: In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol. 1, 2016

Call Number: P

Author: Barnes, Trish

Publisher: In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol. 1, 2016

Published Date: 2016

Physical Description: p.20-21

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: British Columbia; Ecology; Environment; Forest fires; First Nations; Rocky Mountains, Canada

Accession Number: P2016 - 73,000 - 05

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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If this tree could talk : what fire-scarred trees in the Rocky Mountain Trench reveal about the human use of burning long before European settlement

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: 2017

Author: Barnes, Trish

Publisher: In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol. 1, 2017

Call Number: P

Author: Barnes, Trish

Publisher: In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol. 1, 2017

Published Date: 2017

Physical Description: p.20-21

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: British Columbia; Ecology; Environment; Forest fires; First Nations; Rocky Mountains, Canada

Accession Number: P2017 - 73,000 - 05

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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Whip Hook

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Date: 1920 – 1950

Material: wood; horn; glass

Catalogue Number: 107.01.0075

Description: A carved wooden wolf or fox with a sharp nose and large pointed ears and inset glass eyes. The animals is dressed in a long-tailed coat with a bag across its chest hanging at one side. The left hand is replaced by chamois horn which is being brushed with a clothes brush held in the right hand. T…

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Title: Whip Hook

Date: 1920 – 1950

Material: wood; horn; glass

Dimensions: 33.5 x 7.5 x 13.0 cm

Description: A carved wooden wolf or fox with a sharp nose and large pointed ears and inset glass eyes. The animals is dressed in a long-tailed coat with a bag across its chest hanging at one side. The left hand is replaced by chamois horn which is being brushed with a clothes brush held in the right hand. The right leg is crossed over left which is another chamois horn, and the bushy tail is wrapped around both legs. The back is flat with a hole for hanging.

Subject: households; collectables; animals, fox; animals, wolf; black forest; whip; swiss

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 107.01.0075

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#4 Wildfires

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Artist: Robert Guest (1938 – 2017, Canadian)

Date: 2011

Medium: oil on wood

Catalogue Number: GuR.02.01

Description: A landscape oil painting, on board, of forest on fire. The painting is dominated by one central tree. Fallen tree on fire diagonally across painting in foreground. Background is thick forest on fire and some blue sky with orange smoke. Primarily red, green, blue and yellow color palette. Au verso s…

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Artist: Robert Guest (1938 – 2017, Canadian)

Title: #4 Wildfires

Date: 2011

Medium: oil on wood

Dimensions: 19.2 x 24.3 cm

Description: A landscape oil painting, on board, of forest on fire. The painting is dominated by one central tree. Fallen tree on fire diagonally across painting in foreground. Background is thick forest on fire and some blue sky with orange smoke. Primarily red, green, blue and yellow color palette. Au verso several stickers. At top white with black printing “THIS PAINTING HAS BEEN DONATED TO THE PERMANENT COLLECTION OF THE WHYTE MUSEUM OF THE CANADIAN ROCKIES AT BANFF. IT IS A GIFT FROM THE ARTIST, ROBERT GUEST OF GRANDE CACHE. 2012.” Sticker middle right is yellow with black print, “ CAUTION! HELP AVOID FADING: Display original artwork out of direct sunlight or other strong light, and away from heat or moist conditions!” Bottom left label, white with black printing, “#4. Wildfires./2011” NEW OILPAINT SERIES - 8X10 “ PANELS AT GRANDE CACHE, BY R. GUEST.” Bottom left sticker, blue with black print, see artist bio.

Subject: landscape; forest fire; Robert Guest

Credit: Purchased from Robert Guest, Grande Cache, 2012

Catalogue Number: GuR.02.01

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Mount Robson

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Artist: Gennadiy Ivanov

Date: ca. 2022 – 2022

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: IvG.03.04

Description: Landscape drawing of Mount Robson composed of a colour palette of varying of blues, purples, white and brown. The background has a blue sky, with clouds rendered in white and purple. The focal point is the large mountain decorated with white, purple and brown vertical lines. The middle ground us a …

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Artist: Gennadiy Ivanov

Title: Mount Robson

Date: ca. 2022 – 2022

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 49.0 x 35.0 cm

Description: Landscape drawing of Mount Robson composed of a colour palette of varying of blues, purples, white and brown. The background has a blue sky, with clouds rendered in white and purple. The focal point is the large mountain decorated with white, purple and brown vertical lines. The middle ground us a forest of green trees, and the foreground is a flat area of green grass.

Subject: Mount Robson; climate change; University of Saskatchewan; forest; trees

Credit: Gift of Gennadiy Ivanov, Norwich, Norfolk , UK, 2023

Catalogue Number: IvG.03.04

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Burnt Wood

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Artist: Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)

Date: 1924

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: JaA.03.06

Description: Pencil sketch of foothills with mountain range in background. A river indicated in foreground flows from left bottom corner to right, brc is river bank. Light and heavy pencil lines with shading, indicating trees and hills. Colour notes throughout. Drawing made on light sketchbook paper, serra…

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Artist: Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)

Title: Burnt Wood

Date: 1924

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.7 x 27.8 cm

Description: Pencil sketch of foothills with mountain range in background. A river indicated in foreground flows from left bottom corner to right, brc is river bank. Light and heavy pencil lines with shading, indicating trees and hills. Colour notes throughout. Drawing made on light sketchbook paper, serrated top edge, rounded corners bl and br.