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Ascent of Scawfell Pike : or, a day in the mountains

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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
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
England
Lake District
Scafell Pike
Call Number
DA670 L1 A2 Pam
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Climbing English crags

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1904
Author
Benson, Claude E
Call Number
DA670 L1 B45 Pam
Author
Benson, Claude E
Published Date
1904
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Lake District
Notes
Fry's magazine
Call Number
DA670 L1 B45 Pam
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Date
1911
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
104.19.1039
Description
Very rusty can, lid cut open along edge four fifths around. Hole in centre of lid.
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Title
Food Can
Date
1911
Material
metal
Description
Very rusty can, lid cut open along edge four fifths around. Hole in centre of lid.
Subject
Eliot Porter
Myosotis Lake
expeditions
Jimmy Simpson
Skoki
Credit
Gift of Don Beers, Calgary, 1994
Catalogue Number
104.19.1039
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1929
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.01
Description
General colour: blue. The lake at the bottom is banked on the right by trees and on the left in the distance by a mountain face rising out of the water. Glacier is center with five peaks visible: The central one being left of center at the very top. Sky is yellow grey and mostly in the upper right …
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Title
Moraine Lake
Date
1929
Dimensions
40.3 x 51.9 cm
Description
General colour: blue. The lake at the bottom is banked on the right by trees and on the left in the distance by a mountain face rising out of the water. Glacier is center with five peaks visible: The central one being left of center at the very top. Sky is yellow grey and mostly in the upper right corner.
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.01
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Date
1929 – 1929
Material
mineral; metal
Catalogue Number
103.01.0129 a,b
Description
Two pins made from small clusters of clear, large transparent crystals. Long, angular crystals with oblique ends are of quartz. Silver fitting on back roughly follows shape of each pin, with long curving prongs clasping around crevices and angles of crystals to hold them securely. Hinged pin spike …
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Title
Scatter Pin
Date
1929 – 1929
Material
mineral; metal
Dimensions
1.5 x 2.3 x 3.0 cm
Description
Two pins made from small clusters of clear, large transparent crystals. Long, angular crystals with oblique ends are of quartz. Silver fitting on back roughly follows shape of each pin, with long curving prongs clasping around crevices and angles of crystals to hold them securely. Hinged pin spike fastens into slotted clasp with locking mechanism. (a) larger - cloudy crystals lying in all directions, discolouration on back. (b) smaller - clear crystals all lying in same direction.
Subject
Whyte home
households
adornment
Lake O'Hara
Crystal Cave
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0129 a,b
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Date
1931
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
103.09.1077 a-c
Description
Rectangularly shaped canoeing medals. (a,b) gold coloured, four canoeists on lake in relief on face of medal. Wreath extending in a half circle up one edge of back of medal. Inscribed on back "Alberta Champion 2nd 1931 Gull Lake. (c) Silver coloured medal with two canoeists on front, wreath on …
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Title
Athletic Medal
Date
1931
Material
metal
Dimensions
3.5 x 2.5 cm
Description
Rectangularly shaped canoeing medals. (a,b) gold coloured, four canoeists on lake in relief on face of medal. Wreath extending in a half circle up one edge of back of medal. Inscribed on back "Alberta Champion 2nd 1931 Gull Lake. (c) Silver coloured medal with two canoeists on front, wreath on back. Inscribed "Alberta Champion 1931 Gull Lake".
Subject
sports
canoeing
Gull Lake
Credit
Gift of Dorothy Boyce, Banff, 1985
Catalogue Number
103.09.1077 a-c
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Hill-writings of J.H. Doughty

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1937
Author
Doughty, Joseph Henry
Publisher
Manchester : Rucksack Club
Call Number
G512 D68 A3
Author
Doughty, Joseph Henry
Responsibility
collected by H.M. Kelly
Publisher
Manchester : Rucksack Club
Published Date
1937
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
England
Lake District
Mountaineers, British
Call Number
G512 D68 A3
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Date
1941
Material
wood; glass; leather; paper
Catalogue Number
102.04.1086
Description
Wooden picture frame carved from a fruit crate. Trapezoidal in shape with rounded top and pointed bottom corners. Dark brown stained border 1cm thick around the edge. 1 light coloured 5 pointed (maple?) leaf on each corner plus 2 at bottom center and a group of 3 with 1 inverted at top center, all …
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Title
Picture Frame
Date
1941
Material
wood; glass; leather; paper
Dimensions
25 x 29 cm
Description
Wooden picture frame carved from a fruit crate. Trapezoidal in shape with rounded top and pointed bottom corners. Dark brown stained border 1cm thick around the edge. 1 light coloured 5 pointed (maple?) leaf on each corner plus 2 at bottom center and a group of 3 with 1 inverted at top center, all extending past border. 2 rectangular portrait picture windows cut out with dark stained border 0.5cm thick around edge. Glass plate and photo inside each. Photo on the left is of a man standing with houses in background. Photo on the right is of a woman and a child standing in field with building in background. Woman is wearing a hat and a dress, holding the child’s hand and a purse in the other.Reverse side has paper label remnants from crate glued to back. A leather strap loop is nailed to the top, centered so loop extends past frame edge. The glass pane and photograph of each window is kept in place with two nails (one nailed into top edge, one nailed into bottom edge).
Credit
Gift of Helen Lewis, Red Deer, 2014
Catalogue Number
102.04.1086
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History of Lake O'Hara in the Canadian Rockies at Hector, British Columbia, Canada

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1961
Author
Gest, Lillian
Publisher
Philadelphia : The Author?
Call Number
F1089 Y6 G4 Pam
Author
Gest, Lillian
Publisher
Philadelphia : The Author?
Published Date
1961
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Lake O'Hara Trails Club
Call Number
F1089 Y6 G4 Pam
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Date
1970
Material
wood; metal
Catalogue Number
103.09.1074
Description
Light wooden plaque with simulated rolled paper top and bottom has a rectangular copper coloured metal plaque centered. Inscribed "Banff Lake Louise Chamber of Commerce wishes to honor Mrs. Ann Boon for many years of outstanding dedication and service to the Chamber of Commerce, the community of …
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Title
Achievement Plaque
Date
1970
Material
wood; metal
Dimensions
28.8 x 22.5 cm
Description
Light wooden plaque with simulated rolled paper top and bottom has a rectangular copper coloured metal plaque centered. Inscribed "Banff Lake Louise Chamber of Commerce wishes to honor Mrs. Ann Boon for many years of outstanding dedication and service to the Chamber of Commerce, the community of Banff, and the tourist industry.
Subject
towns
Banff
Lake Louise
Chamber of Commerce
Ann Boon
tourism
Credit
Gift of Ann Boon, 1975
Catalogue Number
103.09.1074
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