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Map of a portion of the watershed of the Rocky Mountains / from survey by S.E.S. Allen
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24798
- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 189-?
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : J.L. Smith
- Call Number
- C12-1.29a
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : J.L. Smith
- Published Date
- 189-?
- Physical Description
- 1 map : black and white
- Scale
- 1 statute mile = 1 inch
- Notes
- Boundaries colored in
- Copy 2 mounted on cardboard
- Accession Number
- 576
- Call Number
- C12-1.29a
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Ejiri, View of Miho, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacthiu.04.01
- Date
- 1834
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HiU.04.01
- Description
- Harbour scene, houses in foreground, boats and sailboats in harbour, some out at sea, mountains to the left center. The sky at the horizon is pink, a orange stripe runs along top of picture.
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- Title
- Ejiri, View of Miho, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido
- Date
- 1834
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.9 x 36.4 cm
- Description
- Harbour scene, houses in foreground, boats and sailboats in harbour, some out at sea, mountains to the left center. The sky at the horizon is pink, a orange stripe runs along top of picture.
- Subject
- landscape
- lake
- mountains
- view of Miho
- boats
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- HiU.04.01
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Ascent of Scawfell Pike : or, a day in the mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue123
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1851
- Author
- Abbatt, Richard
- Publisher
- London : Gilpin
- Call Number
- DA670 L1 A2 Pam
- Author
- Abbatt, Richard
- Publisher
- London : Gilpin
- Published Date
- 1851
- Subjects
- England
- Lake District
- Scafell Pike
- Call Number
- DA670 L1 A2 Pam
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Over the Rocky Mountains by the Canadian Pacific line in 1884
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue8116
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1885
- Author
- Ramsay, G.G
- Call Number
- 08.5 R14 Pam
- Author
- Ramsay, G.G
- Published Date
- 1885
- Physical Description
- p.120-129
- Notes
- From Macmillan's Magazine, vol.LI
- Accession Number
- 3593
- Call Number
- 08.5 R14 Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Hector Lake, Kicking Horse Pass, BC
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbes.05.07
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.05.07
- Description
- Mountain landscape with large glassy lake in centre of painting. Abstract foliage and stand of dead trees in foreground at right. Brown treed slopes on opposite shore with large snow-capped mountains in distance. Small white and red buildings on far shore of lake. Title written in bottom left corne…
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- Title
- Hector Lake, Kicking Horse Pass, BC
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 32.8 x 48.0 cm
- Description
- Mountain landscape with large glassy lake in centre of painting. Abstract foliage and stand of dead trees in foreground at right. Brown treed slopes on opposite shore with large snow-capped mountains in distance. Small white and red buildings on far shore of lake. Title written in bottom left corner. “F.M. Bell-Smith 1887” at bottom right.
- Credit
- Gift of Mark Cullen, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.05.07
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Kicking Horse Lake Looking East, Hector on the Canadian Pacific Railway
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactnow.18.01
- Artist
- William Notman (1826 – 1891)
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- photographic print on paper
- Catalogue Number
- NoW.18.01
- Description
- Mountain landscape with large lake dominating the centre. A small white building and storage tank [possibly a refueling station] can be seen on the far side of the lake. Train tracks run the width of foreground and seated figure [known to be Fredrick M. Bell-Smith] at easel in bottom right corner. …
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- Artist
- William Notman (1826 – 1891)
- Title
- Kicking Horse Lake Looking East, Hector on the Canadian Pacific Railway
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- photographic print on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.6 x 27.8 cm
- Description
- Mountain landscape with large lake dominating the centre. A small white building and storage tank [possibly a refueling station] can be seen on the far side of the lake. Train tracks run the width of foreground and seated figure [known to be Fredrick M. Bell-Smith] at easel in bottom right corner. Title typed in bottom left corner. Manufacturer’s mark “WM. NOTMAN & SON, MONTREAL” typed in bottom right.
- Subject
- mountains
- lake
- CPR
- Fredrick Bell-Smith
- Credit
- Gift of Mark Cullen, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- NoW.18.01
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View of Goat Mountain
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbes.05.01
- Date
- 1888
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.05.01
- Description
- Colour: blue, green, yellow. Two people in a canoe paddle across the lake in the lower part of the picture. Two shore lines are seen on both sides. Beyond are yellow and green hills rising up to purple mountain One pear is prominent in the distance. Clear blue fills the top.This painting was lent t…
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- Title
- View of Goat Mountain
- Date
- 1888
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 40.5 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, green, yellow. Two people in a canoe paddle across the lake in the lower part of the picture. Two shore lines are seen on both sides. Beyond are yellow and green hills rising up to purple mountain One pear is prominent in the distance. Clear blue fills the top.This painting was lent to the Winnipeg Art Gallery in 1975 to be included in the exhibition The Railway: A patron of the Arts in Canada. The exhibition was circulated across the country for two years.
- Credit
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Tabuteau, Banff, 1966
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.05.01
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With ice-axe and camera in the Rocky Mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24926
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1889
- Publisher
- The Graphic
- Call Number
- 02.6 G75w PAM O.S.
- Responsibility
- Rev. W. Spotswood Green (sketches)
- Rev. H. Swanzy (photographs)
- Publisher
- The Graphic
- Published Date
- 1889
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Glacier House
- Travel
- Tourism
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Lake Louise
- Lake Louise District
- Selkirk Mountains
- Selkirk Range
- Abstract
- Pertains to Glacier House and a paper read at the Royal Geographical Society by Rev. W. Spotswood Green who traversed the Selkirks accompanied by Rev. H. Swanzy in 1889 with accompanying photographs/sketches of Beaver Creek, snow shed, Glacier House kitchen staff, aftermath of a snow slide, Mount Bonney, Lower Columbia Lake, goats, Mount Lefroy and Lake Louise, and an avalanche.
- Notes
- In The Graphic, October 19, 1889, pp. 484 - 486
- Accession Number
- 7830
- Call Number
- 02.6 G75w PAM O.S.
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Mount Burgess, Emerald Lake, Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15117
- Published Date
- 1890
- Physical Description
- p.49, ill.
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Emerald Lake
- Notes
- In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.V, no.108, (July 1890)
- photograph on p. 49, description on p.54 under "Our Engravings"
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Emerald Lake, Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15118
- Published Date
- 1890
- Physical Description
- p.52, ill.
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Emerald Lake
- Notes
- In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.V, no.108, (July 1890)
- photograph on p. 52, description on p.54 under "Our Engravings"
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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