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Climbs in the Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19938
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1950
- Author
- Smythe, Frank S.
- Publisher
- London : Hodder and Stoughton Ltd.
- Call Number
- 01.4 Sm9c
- Author
- Smythe, Frank S.
- Responsibility
- Frank S. Smythe
- Publisher
- London : Hodder and Stoughton Ltd.
- Published Date
- 1950
- Physical Description
- 260 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers, British
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Mount Assiniboine
- Mount Robson
- Abstract
- Pertains to the personal mountaineering experience of author, Frank S. Smythe. As a prominent English author, photographer, botanist and mountaineer, Smythe invites the reader to delve into a greater understanding of what it means to climb in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. He tells of his successes, failures and lessons learned while scaling some of the most ambitious mountains in the Canadian Rockies. Some of the mountains discussed include, but are not limited to the following, Mount Alberta, Mount Assiniboine, Mount Robson, Mount Glendower and Mount Colin.
- Contents
- Part I : The Canadian Rockies
- I. The Canadian Rocky Mountains (pg. 3)
- II. Training the Lovat Scouts (pg. 19)
- III. Elysium Pass (pg. 37)
- IV. Mountaineering from Lake O'Hara (pg. 47)
- V. Mount Assiniboine (pg. 54)
- VI. Mount Alberta (pg. 67)
- VII. The Beaver (pg. 86)
- VIII. An attempt to climb Mount Brussels (pg. 96)
- IX. The first ascent of Mount Bridgland (pg. 108)
- X. Mount Robson (pg. 121)
- XI. Failure and success on Mount Colin (pg. 142)
- XII. Storm on Mount Louis (pg. 162) Part II : Unmapped and unexplored. An expedition to the LLoyd George Mountains of north-east British Columbia
- XIII. The Lloyd George Mountains (pg. 175)
- XIV. The flight to Haworth Lake (pg. 186)
- XV. The base-camp (pg. 196)
- XVI. Reconnaissance flight (pg. 206)
- XVII. The ascent of Mount Glendower (pg. 213)
- XVIII. The ascent of Mount Lloyd George (pg. 221)
- XIX. Call it a day (pg. 227)
- XX. High-level traverse (pg. 241)
- XXI. Lightning (pg. 251)
- Index (pg. 255)
- Notes
- All photographs used in the publication were taken by the author
- Accession Number
- 2019.71
- Call Number
- 01.4 Sm9c
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Trail to the charmed land
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20072
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1950
- Author
- Edwards, Ralph
- Publisher
- Hamilton (Canada) H.R. Larson
- Call Number
- 01.4 Ed9t
- Author
- Edwards, Ralph
- Responsibility
- Ralph Edwards
- Publisher
- Hamilton (Canada) H.R. Larson
- Published Date
- 1950
- Physical Description
- viii, 135 pages illustrations, map 23 cm
- Abstract
- Pertains to the stories of Ralph Edwards, a former mountain guide. While not a history, the publication serves as a way to commemorate a life well lived in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Written similar to a diary, the author tells of his personal experiences and lessons learned while in the mountains. Readers are granted a highly personal account of mountaineering from a man who lived among the shadows of the Canadian Rockies himself.
- Contents
- Introduction -- The Discovery of Yoho -- First Crossing of the Dolomite Pass -- The Conquest of Balfour -- A Millionaire Goes A-Hunting -- Anything Can Happen, And Does -- Cayuses I Have Met.
- Accession Number
- 3069 a
- Call Number
- 01.4 Ed9t
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Of men and mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue872
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1950
- Author
- Douglas, William Orville
- Publisher
- New York : Harper
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Call Number
- F851.7 D6
- Author
- Douglas, William Orville
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Publisher
- New York : Harper
- Published Date
- 1950
- Subjects
- Cascade Mountains
- Wallowa Mountains
- Call Number
- F851.7 D6
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Zwischen Kantsch und Tibet, Erstbesteigung des Tent Peak, 7363 m
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1197
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1950
- Author
- Grob, Ernst
- Publisher
- Munchen : Bruckmann
- Call Number
- DS485 H6 G76
- Author
- Grob, Ernst
- Publisher
- Munchen : Bruckmann
- Published Date
- 1950
- Subjects
- Himalaya Mountains
- Sikhim
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DS485 H6 G76
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Climbs in the Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13689
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1950
- Author
- Smythe, Frank S.
- Publisher
- London : Hodder and Stoughton
- Call Number
- F1090 S59 1950
- Author
- Smythe, Frank S.
- Responsibility
- by Frank S. Smythe
- Publisher
- London : Hodder and Stoughton
- Published Date
- 1950
- Physical Description
- ix, 260p. : ill. , map
- Accession Number
- AC599
- Call Number
- F1090 S59 1950
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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- Date
- 1950 – 1950
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BaM.04.01
- Description
- Black and white print of a man on a horse. There is a watermark in the paper which is placed vertically along the right side of the piece it reads: “ Howard Smith Autograph”.
1 image
- Title
- Horseman
- Date
- 1950 – 1950
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 21.7 cm
- Description
- Black and white print of a man on a horse. There is a watermark in the paper which is placed vertically along the right side of the piece it reads: “ Howard Smith Autograph”.
- Credit
- Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- BaM.04.01
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Mount Rundle, Fall
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactphw.04.68
- Date
- 1950
- Medium
- woodcut print on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.68
- Description
- View of Mount Rundle from Vermillion Lakes. Lake reflects trees and mountains with scattered patches of snow.
1 image
- Title
- Mount Rundle, Fall
- Date
- 1950
- Medium
- woodcut print on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.0 x 32.5 cm
- Description
- View of Mount Rundle from Vermillion Lakes. Lake reflects trees and mountains with scattered patches of snow.
- Subject
- Mount Rundle
- Banff
- landscape
- mountains
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Ralph Young, Edmonton, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.68
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Fraser River Above Lillooet, B.C.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlae.05.64
- Date
- 1950
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaE.05.64
- Description
- A choppy river running between rocky banks viewer’s left, rocks and sparse trees and vegetation viewer’s right, mountains in middle, cloudy sky overhead.
1 image
- Title
- Fraser River Above Lillooet, B.C.
- Date
- 1950
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 39.4 x 56.5 cm
- Description
- A choppy river running between rocky banks viewer’s left, rocks and sparse trees and vegetation viewer’s right, mountains in middle, cloudy sky overhead.
- Credit
- Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
- Catalogue Number
- LaE.05.64
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Cresendo (sic)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactgiw.18.01
- Artist
- William (Bill) J. Gibbons
- Date
- 1950
- Medium
- photography on paper
- Catalogue Number
- GiW.18.01
- Description
- A hand-coloured photograph of a tree on a rocky slope, the mountains behind, and many clouds against a dark blue background of sky. The photograph is dominated by a coniferous tree on a slope and the yellow, orange and grey clouds behind it. The photograph has rounded corners, and black lines aroun…
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- Artist
- William (Bill) J. Gibbons
- Title
- Cresendo (sic)
- Date
- 1950
- Medium
- photography on paper
- Dimensions
- 37.5 x 29.5 cm
- Description
- A hand-coloured photograph of a tree on a rocky slope, the mountains behind, and many clouds against a dark blue background of sky. The photograph is dominated by a coniferous tree on a slope and the yellow, orange and grey clouds behind it. The photograph has rounded corners, and black lines around it and signature, that simulate a mat. “Cresendo” (sic) is written in script in the blhc and it is signed “WJ Gibbons Banff” in script in the brhc.
- Credit
- Gift of Margaret Reid (Estate), 2008
- Catalogue Number
- GiW.18.01
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The Secumsa Trail nearing Moose Pass
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlae.05.20
- Date
- 1950
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaE.05.20
1 image
- Title
- The Secumsa Trail nearing Moose Pass
- Date
- 1950
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 45.4 x 30.3 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- mountains
- Ernest Lamarque
- Credit
- Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
- Catalogue Number
- LaE.05.20
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