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The Columbia River highway : America's greatest scenic drive

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1801
Author
Cross and Dimmitt
Call Number
02.3 C87t
Author
Cross and Dimmitt
Published Date
1801
Physical Description
Portland, Oregon : Cross and Dimmitt
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Columbia River
Art
Travel
Tourism
Abstract
Pertains to a collection of hand colored images showcasing the beauty of Oregon in the United States of America. The publication follows the Columbia River highway, a stretch of road reaching west from Portland to the Pacific, and east to Central Oregon. The publication showcases various tourist locations in addition to other breathtaking hand-colored images.
Accession Number
3069 a
Call Number
02.3 C87t
Collection
Archives Library
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Travel journal, Canada and United States

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of one bound journal containing an extensive account of a 4-month trip to Canada and the United States by [J?]. L. Douglass, August to December 1886.
Date Range
1886
Reference Code
LUX / II / C6 / 2
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
LUX
Series
LUX / II / C : Personal
Sous-Fonds
LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
Sub-Series
LUX / II / C6 : Southern Alberta research project
Accession Number
LUX
Reference Code
LUX / II / C6 / 2
GMD
Textual record
Date Range
1886
Physical Description
1.5 cm of textual records (1 volume ; 18 x 22 cm)
Scope & Content
File consists of one bound journal containing an extensive account of a 4-month trip to Canada and the United States by [J?]. L. Douglass, August to December 1886.
Notes
Volume accompanied by paper with shipping label dated 1956.
Subject Access
Travel
Tourism
Exploration
Leisure
Geographic Access
Canada
United States
Language
English
Category
Exploration, discovery and travel
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Canadian Pacific Railway : Banff and British Columbia

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1888
Publisher
The Illustrated London News
Call Number
02.6 Il6c PAM O.S.
Responsibility
Sketches by Melton Prior
Publisher
The Illustrated London News
Published Date
1888
Physical Description
125 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Travel
Tourism
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
Hot springs
Hotels
Sanitarium Hotel
Banff
Glacier House
Abstract
Pertains to the activities of the Canadian Pacific Railway in Banff and Mount Stephen including railway access and hotels, hotsprings, sanitarium with associated sketches.
Notes
In The Illustrated London News, Vol. XCIII, No. 2588, Saturday, November 24, 1888, pp. 613 - 614
Accession Number
7864
Call Number
02.6 Il6c PAM O.S.
Collection
Archives Library
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The Canadian Pacific Railway

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1888
Publisher
The Illustrated London News
Call Number
02.6 Il6t PAM O.S.
Responsibility
Sketches by Melton Prior
Publisher
The Illustrated London News
Published Date
1888
Physical Description
125 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Travel
Tourism
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
Banff
Glacier House
Abstract
Pertains to the activities of the Canadian Pacific Railway as per Melton Prior who travelled from Montreal to Vancouver on the train and provided a review of the journey which includes sketches of Sir Donald, Great Glacier, Glacier Hotel, Hermit Range, Mount Carroll, Stony Creek Bridge and the interior of a colonial sleeping car.
Notes
In The Illustrated London News, Vol. XCIII, No. 2591, Saturday December 15, 1888, pp. 720 - 722
Accession Number
7864
Call Number
02.6 Il6t PAM O.S.
Collection
Archives Library
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The Great Glacier of the Selkirks

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1889
Author
Ingersoll, Ernest
Publisher
Harper's Weekly
Call Number
02.6 In4t PAM O.S.
Author
Ingersoll, Ernest
Responsibility
Ernest Ingersoll
Publisher
Harper's Weekly
Published Date
1889
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Glaciers
Selkirk Mountains
Selkirk Mountains - Hermit Range
Selkirk Range
Selkirk Range - B.C.
Hotels
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
Travel
Tourism
Geography
Illecillewaet Glacier
Abstract
Pertains to the Selkirk Mountains, Illecillewaete Glacier, Glacier Creek, Sir Donald, the hotel and Canadian Pacific Railway access to the area as of 1889.
Notes
In Harper's Weekly, Vol. XXXIII No. 1702, August 3, 1889, pp. 616 - 618
Accession Number
7890
Call Number
02.6 In4t PAM O.S.
Collection
Archives Library
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With ice-axe and camera in the Rocky Mountains

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1889
Publisher
The Graphic
Call Number
02.6 G75w PAM O.S.
Responsibility
Rev. W. Spotswood Green (sketches)
Rev. H. Swanzy (photographs)
Publisher
The Graphic
Published Date
1889
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Glacier House
Travel
Tourism
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
Lake Louise
Lake Louise District
Selkirk Mountains
Selkirk Range
Abstract
Pertains to Glacier House and a paper read at the Royal Geographical Society by Rev. W. Spotswood Green who traversed the Selkirks accompanied by Rev. H. Swanzy in 1889 with accompanying photographs/sketches of Beaver Creek, snow shed, Glacier House kitchen staff, aftermath of a snow slide, Mount Bonney, Lower Columbia Lake, goats, Mount Lefroy and Lake Louise, and an avalanche.
Notes
In The Graphic, October 19, 1889, pp. 484 - 486
Accession Number
7830
Call Number
02.6 G75w PAM O.S.
Collection
Archives Library
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Our wild westland : points on the Pacific province

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Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
1889
Author
Spragge, Arthur (Mrs.)
Call Number
P
Author
Spragge, Arthur (Mrs.)
Published Date
1889
Physical Description
p.171-173 : ill
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Banff Springs Hotel
Canadian Pacific Railway
Tourism
Notes
In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.3, no.63 (September 1889)
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
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Alpine Scenes and Work Near Home

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24925
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1890
Author
J.R.
Publisher
Harper's Weekly
Call Number
02.6 R11a PAM O.S
Author
J.R.
Responsibility
J.R. (author)
Frederic Remington (illustrator)
Publisher
Harper's Weekly
Published Date
1890
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Mountaineers, British
Mountaineers, Swiss
Sir Donald, Mount
Glacier House
Travel
Tourism
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
Abstract
Pertains to Glacier House and the ascent of Sir Donald by Emil Huber and Carl Sulzer from Switzerland and Harry Cooper from England with illustration on page 725
Notes
In Harper's Weekly, Vol. XXXIV No. 1760, September 13, 1890, pp. 723 - 725
Accession Number
7979
Call Number
02.6 R11a PAM O.S
Collection
Archives Library
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Picturesque California : The Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Slope

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1894
Author
Muir, John (editor)
Ingersoll, Ernest (author)
Publisher
San Francisco, New York : J. Dewing Company, Publishers
Call Number
02.6 In4p PAM O.S.
Author
Muir, John (editor)
Ingersoll, Ernest (author)
Responsibility
John Muir (editor)
Ernest Ingersoll (author)
Eminent American Artists (photos, photogravures, wood engravings derived from paintings)
Publisher
San Francisco, New York : J. Dewing Company, Publishers
Published Date
1894
Physical Description
16 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
California Series No. 32, April 23, 1894
Subjects
Travel
Tourism
Rocky Mountains
Art
Fraser, John Arthur
Notman, William & Son
Banff
Canmore
Kamloops
Vancouver
Victoria
Sir Donald, Mount
Bow River
Hot springs
Banff Springs Hotel
Emerald Lake
Selkirk Mountains
Selkirk Mountains - Hermit Range
Asulkan Glacier
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Abstract
Pertains to the Canadian Rockies as authored by Ernest Ingersoll with introduction by John Muir including a variety of sketches of Sir Donald, Bow River, Canmore, the Great Glacier, hot springs, open pool, Mount Burgess and Emerald Lake, Bow Falls and Banff Springs Hotel, the Selkirks and Hermit Mountain, Cheops, Asulkan Glacier, Stanley Park, Victoria, Shushwap Mission at Kamloops, and the Canadian Pacific Docks at Vancouver.
Notes
Part XXVI - The Canadian Rockies by Ernest Ingersoll
Accession Number
7901
Call Number
02.6 In4p PAM O.S.
Collection
Archives Library
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Photograph Books 1901

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Part Of
Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of four notebooks labelled "1901, Photograph Book, No. 1 to No. 4 A.O. Wheeler D.LS." Each notebook contains notes written in pencil regarding photographs that A.O. Wheeler took during the Selkirk Mountain Survey he did in 1901.
Date Range
1901
Reference Code
M546 / 56 - 59
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Part Of
Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M546 / V771
Sous-Fonds
M546
Accession Number
8160
Reference Code
M546 / 56 - 59
GMD
Textual record
Date Range
1901
Physical Description
4 vol. textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of four notebooks labelled "1901, Photograph Book, No. 1 to No. 4 A.O. Wheeler D.LS." Each notebook contains notes written in pencil regarding photographs that A.O. Wheeler took during the Selkirk Mountain Survey he did in 1901.
Name Access
Arthur Oliver Wheeler
A.O. Wheeler
Subject Access
Surveying
Surveyors
Language
English
Creator
Arthur Oliver Wheeler
Category
Commerce and industry
Exploration and travel
Environment
Tourism
Science and technology
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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