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The call of the mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3259
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1952
- Author
- Wyatt, Colin
- Publisher
- London : Thames and Hudson
- Call Number
- 01.1 W97
- Author
- Wyatt, Colin
- Publisher
- London : Thames and Hudson
- Published Date
- 1952
- Physical Description
- 96p. : ill
- Subjects
- Rocky Mountains, Canada
- Accession Number
- 5891
- 7500
- Call Number
- 01.1 W97
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The cariboo story
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20066
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1958
- Author
- Lindsay, F.W.
- Publisher
- [Quesnel, B.C.] : [Quesnel Advertiser
- Call Number
- 08.2 L64t
- Author
- Lindsay, F.W.
- Responsibility
- F.W. Lindsay
- Publisher
- [Quesnel, B.C.] : [Quesnel Advertiser
- Published Date
- 1958
- Physical Description
- 52 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm
- Abstract
- Pertains to a collection of stories combined to tell the story of Cariboo, British Columbia. While not entirely complete in nature, the author dedicates the history to the men who chose the disgruntled forest life, over that of comfort and stability. The author, F.W. Lindsay explains the relationship between pioneers and Americans, arguing that our best pioneers were American men. Readers can expect to learn more about Cariboo, while taking in the patriotic undertones of the publication.
- Notes
- by F.W. Lindsay ; with pen and ink illustrations by Gwen Lewis.
- Accession Number
- 3069 a
- Call Number
- 08.2 L64t
- Collection
- Archives Library
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A climber’s guide to the Rocky Mountains of Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25079
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1953
- Author
- Thorington, J. Monroe
- Publisher
- [New York] : The American Alpine Club
- Edition
- Revised Edition, 5th printing
- Call Number
- 01.4 C61 1953
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- Author
- Thorington, J. Monroe
- Responsibility
- J. Monroe Thorington
- Edition
- Revised Edition, 5th printing
- Publisher
- [New York] : The American Alpine Club
- Published Date
- 1953
- Physical Description
- xx, 323 pages
- Abstract
- A guide for mountaineers for the Canadian Rocky Mountains arranged geographically including map references.
- Contents
- Introduction Preface Part One - International Boundary to Kicking Horse Pass Part Two - Kicking Horse Pass to Yellowhead Pass Yellowhead Pass to Jarvis Pass List of authorites Principle maps of the Canadian Rocky Mountains Huts of the Alpine Club of Canada Annual Camps of the Alpine Club of Canada
- Notes
- First ed., by Howard Palmer and J. Monroe Thorington, published in 1921.
- Accession Number
- 8062
- Call Number
- 01.4 C61 1953
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Publication information on the American Alpine Club website
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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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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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The Columbia River : or, scenes and adventures during a residence of six years on the western side of the Rocky Mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue777
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1957
- Author
- Cox, Ross
- Publisher
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press
- Call Number
- F880 C69 1957
- Author
- Cox, Ross
- Publisher
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press
- Published Date
- 1957
- Subjects
- Rocky Mountains, Canada
- Call Number
- F880 C69 1957
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Guide to the Colorado mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue738
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1952
- Author
- Colorado Mountain Club, Denver
- Publisher
- Denver : Sage Books
- Call Number
- F782 R6 C6 1952
- Responsibility
- edited by Robert M. Ormes
- Publisher
- Denver : Sage Books
- Published Date
- 1952
- Subjects
- Guidebooks
- Rocky Mountains, U.S.
- Call Number
- F782 R6 C6 1952
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Guide to the Colorado mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue739
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1955
- Author
- Colorado Mountain Club, Denver
- Publisher
- Denver : Sage Books
- Edition
- 2d ed. rev
- Call Number
- F782 R6 C6 1955
- Responsibility
- ed. by Robert M. Ormes
- Edition
- 2d ed. rev
- Publisher
- Denver : Sage Books
- Published Date
- 1955
- Subjects
- Guidebooks
- Rocky Mountains, U.S.
- Call Number
- F782 R6 C6 1955
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Memoires d'un sherpa ... recueillis par Basil P. Norton
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue233
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1954
- Author
- Ang Tharkay
- Publisher
- Paris : Amiot-Dumont
- Call Number
- G512 A53 Pam
- Author
- Ang Tharkay
- Publisher
- Paris : Amiot-Dumont
- Published Date
- 1954
- Subjects
- Himalaya Mountains
- Call Number
- G512 A53 Pam
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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More peaks and new routes of the North Selkirks
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15137
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1956
- Author
- Putnam, William Lowell
- Call Number
- F1089 P88 Pam
- Author
- Putnam, William Lowell
- Published Date
- 1956
- Physical Description
- 9 pages, ills., maps
- Series
- Reprinted from Appalachia, issue of December 1956
- Subjects
- Selkirk Mountains
- Accession Number
- AC629
- Call Number
- F1089 P88 Pam
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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