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Canadians and the natural environment to the twenty-first century

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2012
Author
Forkey, Neil Stevens
Publisher
Toronto : University of Toronto Press
Call Number
08.1 Fo74c
Author
Forkey, Neil Stevens
Responsibility
Neil Stevens Forkey
Publisher
Toronto : University of Toronto Press
Published Date
2012
Physical Description
157 pages ; 22 cm.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Nature
Canada
History
History-Canada
Canadian Rockies
Alpine Club of Canada
Group of Seven
Harris, Lawren
Parker, Elizabeth
National parks
Canadian Pacific Railway
Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
Abstract
"Canadians and the Natural Environment to the Twenty-First Century provides an ideal foundation for undergraduates and general readers on the history of Canada's complex environmental issues. Through clear, easy-to-understand case studies, Neil Forkey integrates the ongoing interplay of humans and the natural world into national, continental, and global contexts. Forkey's engaging survey addresses significant episodes from across the country over the past four hundred years: the classification of Canada's environments by its earliest inhabitants, the relationship between science and sentiment in the Victorian era, the shift towards conservation and preservation of resources in the early twentieth century, and the rise of environmentalism and issues involving First Nations at the end of the century. Canadians and the Natural Environment to the Twenty-First Century provides an accessible synthesis of the most important recent work in the field, making it a truly state-of-the-art contribution to Canadian environmental history."--Publisher's website.
Contents
Introduction -- The classification of Canada's environments (1600s to early 1900s) -- Natural resources, economic growth, and the need for conservation (1800s and 1900s) -- Romanticism and the preservation of nature (1800s and 1900s) -- Environmentalism (1950s to 2000s) -- Aboriginal Canadians and natural resources : an overview -- Conclusion.
ISBN
978-0-8020-9022-5
Accession Number
p2019-18
Call Number
08.1 Fo74c
Collection
Archives Library
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1932 – 1935
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.004
Description
Indigenous encampment containing seven teepees and small groups of people, a dog, background horses and mountains. There is green grass in the foreground, white and beige teepees and grey-blue mountains in the distance.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Seven Teepees
Date
1932 – 1935
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
56.0 x 152.5 cm
Description
Indigenous encampment containing seven teepees and small groups of people, a dog, background horses and mountains. There is green grass in the foreground, white and beige teepees and grey-blue mountains in the distance.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
lake
figure
group
teepee
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.004
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Teepees at Banff Indian Days

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1932
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.056
Description
Colour: blue, red, yellow, green, tan. Five teepees (the center three going into the distance) with figures grouped around them fills the lower two thirds. The edge of a sixth teepee can be seen in the lower night corner. Behind is a bank of green trees and beyond a blue mountain side and sky in th…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Teepees at Banff Indian Days
Date
1932
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.5 x 35 cm
Description
Colour: blue, red, yellow, green, tan. Five teepees (the center three going into the distance) with figures grouped around them fills the lower two thirds. The edge of a sixth teepee can be seen in the lower night corner. Behind is a bank of green trees and beyond a blue mountain side and sky in the upper left corner.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Canadian Rockies
camp
figure
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.056
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Stoney Camp at Sunset

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.016
Description
Colour: grey, blue, green, orange. From each side teepees are situated; five on the left and eight on the right going into the distance to a point left of center, where the central space meets the hills behind. Groups of figures and dogs sit or stand around at the entrances to the teepees. There is…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Stoney Camp at Sunset
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
43 x 102 cm
Description
Colour: grey, blue, green, orange. From each side teepees are situated; five on the left and eight on the right going into the distance to a point left of center, where the central space meets the hills behind. Groups of figures and dogs sit or stand around at the entrances to the teepees. There is a larger group sitting in a circle at the lower edge in the center. The blue sky is heavy with streaks of orange and grey clouds filling the upper half of the picture.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
camp
figure
group
Peter Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.016
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Pete's "Grandmother"

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.018
Description
Colour: blue, brown on white. There are many figures in various skiing conditions all over the slope. In the lower right corner with her back to us stands an elderly lady of two board skis wearing a long skirt and a hat. At the crest of the hill on the right is a cabin and a flag. On the left are d…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Pete's "Grandmother"
Date
1925 – 1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
91.4 x 101.5 cm
Description
Colour: blue, brown on white. There are many figures in various skiing conditions all over the slope. In the lower right corner with her back to us stands an elderly lady of two board skis wearing a long skirt and a hat. At the crest of the hill on the right is a cabin and a flag. On the left are distant mountains and clear blue sky across the top.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
winter
activity
skiing
figure
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.018
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Skiing the High Country

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1935 – 1945
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.006
Description
Colour: blue. A ski trail comes up from the lower right across to center where there are three figures going over the crest of the hill. Behind are peaks and slopes meeting a bright sky which becomes darker near the top. The sky fills a little less than two thirds of the picture.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Skiing the High Country
Date
1935 – 1945
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
53 x 64 cm
Description
Colour: blue. A ski trail comes up from the lower right across to center where there are three figures going over the crest of the hill. Behind are peaks and slopes meeting a bright sky which becomes darker near the top. The sky fills a little less than two thirds of the picture.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
winter
activity
skiing
figure
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.006
Images
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Funeral of Chief David Bearspaw

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1956
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.033
Description
Colour: multi colours on white. In the lower left corner is the backside of a sled pulled by two horses. There are figures sitting in the sled and walking beside it, also two dogs. Many figures are making their way from the right to the left of centre where there is a huge circle of figures. Ac…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Funeral of Chief David Bearspaw
Date
1956
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
90.5 x 100.8 cm
Description
Colour: multi colours on white. In the lower left corner is the backside of a sled pulled by two horses. There are figures sitting in the sled and walking beside it, also two dogs. Many figures are making their way from the right to the left of centre where there is a huge circle of figures. Across the right side in front of a fence is a row of eleven sleds. The hills beyond meet the lake up centre and the far shore of blue mountains two thirds up. The sky is streaked grey.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
transportation
figure
group
religious
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.033
Images
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1945 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.003
Description
Colour: green, grey, blue. In the foreground there are a few trees and grass which meet a fence one third up. At the gate on the right side stands a figure. Behind the fence is a cabin left and trees left and right allowing the turquoise lake in the distance to appear left of center. The mountain p…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Corral at Bow Lake
Date
1945 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
51 x 40.5 cm
Description
Colour: green, grey, blue. In the foreground there are a few trees and grass which meet a fence one third up. At the gate on the right side stands a figure. Behind the fence is a cabin left and trees left and right allowing the turquoise lake in the distance to appear left of center. The mountain peak beyond has snow on it and meets sky left of center in the upper area. Sky is clouded.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
lake
architecture
rural
gfigure
group
animal
horse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.003
Images
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Filling in the Bathtubs

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1937 – 1940
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.029
Description
Colour: orange, green and blue on yellow and blue. Yellow slope covered with figures all carrying shovels. There are two paths coming down from the upper ridge at left. Both skiers at the end of the path are buried in snow. Two figures at the lower end of the right path are measuring the width of t…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Filling in the Bathtubs
Date
1937 – 1940
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
100.1 x 74.6 cm
Description
Colour: orange, green and blue on yellow and blue. Yellow slope covered with figures all carrying shovels. There are two paths coming down from the upper ridge at left. Both skiers at the end of the path are buried in snow. Two figures at the lower end of the right path are measuring the width of the path. The sky is clear blue above where seven skiers stand waiting their turn.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
winter
figure
group
activity
skiing
Peter Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.029
Images
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1935 – 1945
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.007
Description
Colour: blue. The lower five sixths of the canvas is blue snow with a ski trail going up from the lower right corner up and across left to the center of the crest where three figures are trudging. The sky beyond is streaked with a long horizontal cloud. In the upper left corner in the distance are …
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Deception Pass
Date
1935 – 1945
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
63.5 x 70.6 cm
Description
Colour: blue. The lower five sixths of the canvas is blue snow with a ski trail going up from the lower right corner up and across left to the center of the crest where three figures are trudging. The sky beyond is streaked with a long horizontal cloud. In the upper left corner in the distance are snowy peaks.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
winter
activity
skiing
figure
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.007
Images
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