topic:"mountains" found 33 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Metis of the mountains

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: May 2019

Author: Strangman, Stefan

Publisher: Crowfoot Media

Call Number: P

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Author: Strangman, Stefan

Publisher: Crowfoot Media

Published Date: May 2019

Physical Description: p.20-21

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Metis; Jasper; Rocky Mountains; Businesses

Abstract: Pertains to Mountain Metis - Otipemisiwak - around Jasper National Park, specifically those businnesses run by Metis people including Blue Diamond Mountain Inn, Alberta Rockies Adventures and Mahikan Trails.

Notes: In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol.04, May 2019

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Website for Crowfoot Media - publishers of Canadian Rockies Annual

Websites

https://crowfootmedia.com/canadian-rockies-annual/

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An orogenous life: memoir and reader

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2017

Author: Gadd, Ben

Publisher: Canmore, AB, Canada : Corax Press

Call Number: 02.6 G11a

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Author: Gadd, Ben

Responsibility: Ben Gadd

Publisher: Canmore, AB, Canada : Corax Press

Published Date: 2017

Physical Description: 655 pages

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Naturalists; Rocky Mountains; Rocky Mountains Canada; Biography; Alberta

Abstract: Pertains to the experiences of Ben Gadd, an experienced Rocky Mountain naturalist, guide and author. His book combines his personal experiences with the stories and essays of 36 others in order to create a touching, yet compelling story. The book includes a comprehensive selection of photographs, many of which are personal to the author and his family. Being that the author was and continues to be greatly involved with the Canadian Rocky Mountains, the book makes mention of multiple locations in and around the area of Banff such as, Mt. Assiniboine, Banff Mountain Film Festival, Bankhead, Brewster transportation and tours, and Johnston Canyon. The book follows the style of a biography and contains many personal stories and photos from the author and associated family.

Contents: Introduction; Benny; Ben; Cia and Ben; Willy, Cia and Ben; Toby and Willy, Cia and Ben; Index; Other books by Ben Gadd

Notes: Some of the specific references to areas in, and area the Canadian Rocky Mountains are as follows, Mt. Assiniboine (297), Mt. Robson (373), Banff Mountain Film Festival (12, 395, 608), Bankhead (332) and Brewster transportation and tours (463, 469).

ISBN: 9780969263142

Accession Number: 2019.47

Call Number: 02.6 G11a

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: URL pertains to an online website dedicated to Ben Gadd and his continued achievements

Websites

http://www.bengadd.com/

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Rafter six ranch: statement of significance

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2015

Author: Donald Luxton and Associates INC

Publisher: Donald Luxton and Associates INC

Call Number: 08.1 L96r

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Author: Donald Luxton and Associates INC

Publisher: Donald Luxton and Associates INC

Published Date: 2015

Physical Description: 29 pg

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Kananaskis Country; Ranches; Rocky Mountains; Rocky Mountains Canada

Abstract: Pertains to the history and significance of the Rafter Six Ranch. In addition to historical significance, the book includes the architectural and design elements that are unique to the Rafter Six Ranch buildings. Above all, the book mentions the Rocky Mountains and the ways in which the Rafter Six Ranch contributed to settlement and expansion in the area.

Contents: Statement of significance; Description of historic place; Heritage value of historical place; Character-defining elements; statements of integrity; Additional images; Bibliography

Accession Number: 2019.58

Call Number: 08.1 L96r

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: URL is linked to the official website of Donald Luxton and Associates INC.

Websites

http://www.donaldluxton.com/

Images

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When trains ruled the rockies: my life at the Banff railway station

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2019

Author: Gainer, Terry

Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.

Call Number: 08.5 G11w; 08.5 G22w copy 2 (Reference)

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Author: Gainer, Terry

Responsibility: Terry Gainer

Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.

Published Date: 2019

Physical Description: 272 pg

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Railway stations; Railways; Banff; Canadian Pacific Railway; Rocky Mountains

Abstract: When Trains Ruled the Rockies is a personal history of the Banff train station from 1948 through 1962.Drawn from Terry Gainer’s personal memories and experiences from his years living and working at the legendary Banff Railway Station, this entertaining memoir and important historical record beckons the reader into the golden age of railway travel in the mountains of western Canada.Complete with a selection of archival photographs, When Trains Ruled the Rockies documents life at the Banff Railway Station and traces the huge role the station played in the local community. The author’s own story of growing up at the station winds a thread through the narrative and brings into clear focus Terry’s lifelong passion for passenger trains, at one time the most dominant means of transportation for Canadians but sadly an experience that is now fading into history.

Contents: Part I - The golden years: when trains ruled the rockies; Part II - Special trains; Part III - In the trains station's backyard; Part IV - The glory years 1955 - 1962: I've been working on the railroad; Part V - An ending or a beginning?

ISBN: 9781771603010

Accession Number: 2019.69

Call Number: 08.5 G11w; 08.5 G22w copy 2 (Reference)

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: The URL is linked to the Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. publishing company where the abstract for the book has been drawn from.

Websites

https://rmbooks.com/book/when-trains-ruled-the-rockies/

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Tears for old Lacerta : new poems

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1990

Author: Burles, Gordon

Publisher: Banff, Alta. : G. Burles

Call Number: 05.1 B92t Pam

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Author: Burles, Gordon

Responsibility: Gordon Burles

Publisher: Banff, Alta. : G. Burles

Published Date: 1990

Physical Description: 92 pages

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Poetry; Art; Rocky Mountains Canada

Abstract: Pertains to the works of Gordon Burles, a poet of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. The poet’s work reflects a somber undertone, and covers topics pertaining to people, places, and nature.

Notes: Annotated – the author has signed the front page with the following, “To Liz – best wishes, from Gordon Burles”

Accession Number: 2017.8683

Call Number: 05.1 B92t Pam

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: The URL is linked to the Gordon Burles fonds held at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.

Websites

http://archives.whyte.org/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll

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Diary of a wilderness dweller

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Author: Czajkowski, Chris

Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Orca Book Publishers

Call Number: 01.4 C11d

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Author: Czajkowski, Chris

Responsibility: Chris Czajkowski

Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Orca Book Publishers

Physical Description: x, 209 p. : ill., map, port. ; 23 cm

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Wilderness areas; Pioneer life; British Columbia; Coast Mountains; Dairies; Biography; Natural history

Abstract: Diary of a Wilderness Dweller by Chris Czajkowski begins: “It is two days since I left my truck at the end of a logging road twenty miles east of here. I have hiked through untracked forest and over a mountain, through country I have never seen before, to reach a point of land jutting into an un-named lake five thousand feet hight in the Coast Range of British Columbia. And yet, unbelievably, I now have rights, in our civilization’s laws, to adapt this uncompromising pile of boulders and its wind-weary trees to my own ends; I plan to build on it, single-handedly, two cabins, a business, and a life. I must be crazy” Thus wrote Chris Czajkowski as, aged 37 years old, she arrived at an un-named location that she later called Nuk Tessli. This book spans a period of three years where first Chris lived in a tent until she erected the first cabin, finding, falling, peeling and hauling all the logs alone, then moved under the first roof while she completed (more or less) the second. Contact with the outside world was via a long hike in summer and a 4-day snowshoe trip in winter. Crazy or not, Chris made this place work for her, and eventually lived there for 23 years.

Notes: The front inside cover of the book has been annotated by the author. The annotation reads as follows, “To Janet, All my best, Chris Czajkowski”; The abstract has been taken from the official website of the author, the URL can be found below

ISBN: 1551430592

Accession Number: 2019.60

Call Number: 01.4 C11d

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: The URL has been linked to the official website for the author, Chris Czajkowski. Contains information on the book, as well as additional information concerning the authors personal life.; The second URL is linked to the authors official website in which the abstract has been taken from

Websites

http://www.wildernessdweller.ca/

https://www.wildernessdweller.ca/all-book/diary-of-a-wilderness-dweller/

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The CMH gallery : a visual celebration of CMH Heli-Skiing and Heli-Hiking.

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1996

Author: Gmoser, Hans

Publisher: Canmore, Alta. : Altitude Pub.

Call Number: 06.4 G11t

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Author: Gmoser, Hans

Responsibility: Hans Gmoser

Publisher: Canmore, Alta. : Altitude Pub.

Published Date: 1996

Physical Description: 127 p. : col. ill. ; 34 cm

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Helicopter Skiing; Skiing; Pictorial works; Rocky Mountains; Hiking; Gmoser, Hans

Abstract: Pertains to the breathtaking photography captured by members of the Canadian Mountain Holiday Heli-skiing and Summer Adventurers in Banff, Alberta. The Canadian Mountain Holiday Company (CMH) worked to create a gallery in their book that would showcase some of the stunning photography they hold in their collection. The photographs are vast, showcasing skiing adventures, snowboarding adventures, hiking trips and the outdoors in its most natural state. Alongside each photograph is a short excerpt written by Hans Gmoser. Although never intended to be a concise story, the captions help to provide context and evoke a greater appreciation for nature and adventure.

Accession Number: 2019.64

Call Number: 06.4 G11t

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: The URL is linked to the official website for the CMH. Interested users can explore the site for more information concerning the CMH and the services they offer.