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Date
1940 – 1965
Material
hair, sheep
Catalogue Number
105.02.1169 a-b
Description
Pennant (a) is green felt , triangular with 2 small red triangles attached at wide end. Appliqued sign post with signs reading: “LAKE LOUISE”, “CANADIAN ROCKIES”, “ MT. TEMPLE CHALET” “PTARMIGAN VALLEY”, “HALF WAY HUT”, “BAKER LAKE”, “SKOKI LODGE”, in red, yellow and white felt. A small rectangular…
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Title
Pennant
Date
1940 – 1965
Material
hair, sheep
Dimensions
19.0 x 63.0 cm
Description
Pennant (a) is green felt , triangular with 2 small red triangles attached at wide end. Appliqued sign post with signs reading: “LAKE LOUISE”, “CANADIAN ROCKIES”, “ MT. TEMPLE CHALET” “PTARMIGAN VALLEY”, “HALF WAY HUT”, “BAKER LAKE”, “SKOKI LODGE”, in red, yellow and white felt. A small rectangular piece of orange felt on bottom of sign post. Green and white paper manufacture’s tag on reverse. Pennant (b) is smaller than pennant (a) measuring, 14.5 cm by 48.0 cm. It is made of gold felt with a stamped on illustration of a pine marten and the words “NUM-TI-JAH LODGE BOW LAKE ALBERTA” in dark brown. Four small felt srtips attached to wide end. Stamp on back reads “LOCALLY MADE AT LAKE LOUISE”
Subject
souvenirs
Num-ti-jah Lodge
Bow Lake
lodges
motels
huts
skiing
Lake Louise
Canadian Rockies
Mt Temple Chalet
Ptarmigan Valley
Half Way Hut
Baker Lake
Skoki Lodge
Credit
Gift of Jim Rouse, Calgary, 2003
Catalogue Number
105.02.1169 a-b
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Popular day hikes : Canadian Rockies

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25501
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2019
Author
Daffern, Tony
Publisher
Victoria, B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books
Edition
Second
Call Number
02.6 D13p
Author
Daffern, Tony
Edition
Second
Publisher
Victoria, B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2019
Physical Description
144 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Guidebook
Hiking
Canadian Rockies
Banff and Vicinity
Lake Louise
Moraine Lake
Kootenay National Park
Yoho National Park
Jasper National Park
Abstract
Popular Day Hikes: Canadian Rockies covers 37 popular, accessible trails in one of the world's most stunningly beautiful natural environments. Featuring easy short-day walks, more-strenuous full-day hikes and the occasional easy scramble in areas around Banff, Lake Louise and Moraine Lake, the Icefields Parkway, Kootenay National Park, Yoho National Park and Jasper, this colourful guide contains something for everyone. Some of the trips included are: Spray River Loop Sunshine Meadows Stanley Glacier Lake Agnes Plain of Six Glaciers Larch Valley Yoho Valley to Twin Falls Parker Ridge Valley of the Five Lakes Sulpher Skyline Trail Each hike includes: detailed directions to trailheads colour maps and photographs seasonal information round-trip distances trail commentary difficulty ratings. -- From back cover
Contents
Banff Area
Kootenay National Park
Lake Louise and Moraine Lake
Yoho National Park
Icefields Parkway
Jasper Area
ISBN
9781771602679
Accession Number
P2022.01
Call Number
02.6 D13p
Collection
Archives Library
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Lake McArthur and Mount Biddle

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.130
Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.130
Description
Colour: blue, purple, green, cream. The bottom edge is blue water. Brown and green shore gives way to snow patch which is partly shadowed. In the upper half is purple mountain rock face. Sky in the upper right corner is cloudless.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Lake McArthur and Mount Biddle
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
10.75 x 8.5 cm
Description
Colour: blue, purple, green, cream. The bottom edge is blue water. Brown and green shore gives way to snow patch which is partly shadowed. In the upper half is purple mountain rock face. Sky in the upper right corner is cloudless.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
Mount Biddle
lake
Lake McArthur
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.130
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.132
Description
Colour: purple, turquoise, yellow. At the lower edge is a dark turquoise lake. The far shore goes from purple to green trees to grey to purple to yellow to brown mountain.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Lake O'Hara
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
22.8 x 27.0 cm
Description
Colour: purple, turquoise, yellow. At the lower edge is a dark turquoise lake. The far shore goes from purple to green trees to grey to purple to yellow to brown mountain.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
lake
Lake O'Hara
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.132
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.001
Description
Colour: green, blue. The lower quarter is a green lake, the bottom edge being the near shore with two short trees at the right side. The far shore is green and blue trees with a rode jutting out on the left side that is lit by the sun from the right. Upper half is grey, purple mountains and a patch…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Lake O'Hara
Date
1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Description
Colour: green, blue. The lower quarter is a green lake, the bottom edge being the near shore with two short trees at the right side. The far shore is green and blue trees with a rode jutting out on the left side that is lit by the sun from the right. Upper half is grey, purple mountains and a patch of sky along the upper edge right of center.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
lake
Lake O’Hara
Credit
Gift of Forrest (Pat) Oliver Brewster, Banff, 1967
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.001
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1954 – 1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.51
Description
A small lake or stream is in the foreground at the centre right. Bushes surround it in both of the lower corners. A line of trees stretches across the centre of the image. They appear to form an arc. The trees appear to be closer on either side of the image and further away in the middle. A mo…
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Bow Lake]
Date
1954 – 1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
A small lake or stream is in the foreground at the centre right. Bushes surround it in both of the lower corners. A line of trees stretches across the centre of the image. They appear to form an arc. The trees appear to be closer on either side of the image and further away in the middle. A mountain capped in snow is in the background. The sky is blue and has clouds in it.
Subject
Landscape
Mountains
Canadian Rockies
Lake
Bow Lake
Credit
Gift of Harry I. Van Rensselaer, 1997
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.51
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Cathedral Mountain from Lake O’Hara

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Artist
Martha Isabel Houston (1896 – , Canadian)
Date
1961 – 1961
Medium
print on paper
Catalogue Number
HoM.04.01
Description
This is a mountain scene printed on white paper with black ink. The mountains are in the background behind a lake that is surrounded with trees. The foreground is comprised of trees surrounding the lake, through which you can see the water. The mountains reach 2/3 of the way up the print, and th…
Artist
Martha Isabel Houston (1896 – , Canadian)
Title
Cathedral Mountain from Lake O’Hara
Date
1961 – 1961
Medium
print on paper
Dimensions
15.2 x 17.7 cm
Description
This is a mountain scene printed on white paper with black ink. The mountains are in the background behind a lake that is surrounded with trees. The foreground is comprised of trees surrounding the lake, through which you can see the water. The mountains reach 2/3 of the way up the print, and the rest is sky with large white clouds. On the left side of the print are 2 pine trees which almost reach the top of the print. A small black border surrounds the image.
Subject
landscape
Mountains
Canadian Rockies
Cathedral Mt.
Lake
Lake O’Hara
Credit
Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 1998
Catalogue Number
HoM.04.01
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Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park, Alberta

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Artist
George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1971
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WbG.04.008
Description
Maligne Lake is shown in the immediate foreground of the print. Spirit Island is at the centre left of the lake. Its trees are silhouetted in black. The finger of land that Spirit Island is on, stretches out from the bottom right corner out into the centre of the print. The lake extends into th…
Artist
George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park, Alberta
Date
1971
Medium
ink on paper
Description
Maligne Lake is shown in the immediate foreground of the print. Spirit Island is at the centre left of the lake. Its trees are silhouetted in black. The finger of land that Spirit Island is on, stretches out from the bottom right corner out into the centre of the print. The lake extends into the print and in the background are snowcapped mountains that appear as if they ring the lake. At the centre right is another stand of black trees that look as if they stretch out into the lake. The lake and sky are shown in various shades of green. The mountains are a pinky grey.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Jasper National Park
lake
Maligne Lake
Spirit Island
Credit
Gift of George Weber, 1973
Catalogue Number
WbG.04.008
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1935
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.122
Description
Colours: greys, brown, blue, green. A grey-blue lake fills the lower edge. At the left on the far shore is a group of trees. A mountain rises up beyond. Snow is at the top and part-way down. There is a red brown rock at the right. Grey sky goes along the upper edge except in the upper right corner.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Lake Louise
Date
1930 – 1935
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.2 x 30.3 cm
Description
Colours: greys, brown, blue, green. A grey-blue lake fills the lower edge. At the left on the far shore is a group of trees. A mountain rises up beyond. Snow is at the top and part-way down. There is a red brown rock at the right. Grey sky goes along the upper edge except in the upper right corner.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
lake
Lake Louise
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.122
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Artist
William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)
Date
1915
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
HuW.05.04
Description
A vertical painting with blue lake in the foreground and bushes and path on the right. Mountains and sky in upper two-thirds.
Artist
William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)
Title
Path, Emerald Lake
Date
1915
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
13.9 x 8.3 cm
Description
A vertical painting with blue lake in the foreground and bushes and path on the right. Mountains and sky in upper two-thirds.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
lake
Emerald Lake
Credit
Gift of Dorothy Hutchinson, Winnipeg, 1994
Catalogue Number
HuW.05.04
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