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The Banff-Jasper Highway : descriptive guide
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4002
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1963
- Author
- Williams, Mabel B
- Publisher
- Saskatoon : H.R. Larson
- Edition
- Rev. ed
- Call Number
- 02.6 W67 1963
- Author
- Williams, Mabel B
- Responsibility
- illustrated by Mabel Bain
- Edition
- Rev. ed
- Publisher
- Saskatoon : H.R. Larson
- Published Date
- 1963
- Physical Description
- ix, 136p. : ill., map
- Accession Number
- 2278
- Call Number
- 02.6 W67 1963
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1967
- Author
- Larsen, Henry A., Frank R. Sheer and Edvard Omholt-Jensen
- Publisher
- Toronto, Montreal, McClelland and Stewart
- Call Number
- 02.5 L32t
- Responsibility
- Henry A. Larsen, Frank R. Sheer and Edvard Omholt-Jensen
- Publisher
- Toronto, Montreal, McClelland and Stewart
- Published Date
- 1967
- Physical Description
- 223 pages illustrations, portraits 24 cm
- Subjects
- Travel
- Canada
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Abstract
- Pertains to the autobiography of Henry A. Larsen, a Canadian explorer, seaman and member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The publication tells of Larsen’s heroism and expertise that ultimately saved his life, in the most trying of circumstances. The authors tell of Larsen’s relationship with the Inuit Indigenous Peoples in Northern Canada and the ways in which they respected him. Written much like a diary, The Big Ship offers compelling detail on the extravagant life of Larsen and his crew, as they battled the open sea in hopes of finding adventure.
- Contents
- 1. The first day in the mounted police -- 2. The early years -- 3. The Indian girl, the sea devil and "The general" -- 4. Steam -- 5. Fourth mate Larsen -- 6. North with Klengenberg -- 7. Herschel Island for the first time -- 8. Visit to Klengenberg's home -- 9. Tragic voyage to the west -- 10. Frozen in for the winter -- 11. More about life on Herschel -- 12. Seal hunt -- 13. New summer in the north -- 14. Canadian citizen -- 15. The ship and the crew -- 16. Maiden voyage to the north -- 17. My northern service starts -- 18. Skipper in the mounted police -- 19. In the ice -- 20. My first sled trip with the RCMP -- 21. Promotion and return to civilization -- 22. To the north again -- 23. Life in the arctic -- 24. In winter quarters -- 25. Dog life in the arctic -- 26. Eskimo love and drama -- 27. The fourth Christmas in the north -- 28. Daily life in the Igloo -- 29. Old and new medicine man -- 30. Southern interlude and marriage -- 31. Fourth voyage to the north -- 32. Marital complications among the Eskimo -- 33. An eventful winter -- 34. Guest of honour in the igloo -- 35. Visit from the south -- 36. About Quarlilaak, Mukkaani and Angulalik -- 37. Hanorie Umiarjuak -- 38. Niviassiag's curse -- 39. Superstition, infanticide and shipwreck -- 40. Reunion with my wife and first meeting with an unknown daughter -- 41. Among the inland Eskimo -- 42. Birth in the igloo -- 43. The great assignment -- 44. Toward the great adventure -- 45. The summer of broken expectations -- 46. A very close shave -- 47. A tragic loss -- 48. The story of a cannon -- 49. Easter with Father Henri -- 50. Afloat again -- 51. Bellot Strait : the last ordeal -- 52. Return to civilization -- 53. A summer voyage to the eastern arctic -- 54. Westward through the northwest passage -- 55. Honours and promotions -- 56. The last arctic voyage with the St. Roch -- 57. The men who speak the truth -- 58. Budget problems and words of caution -- 59. The St. Roch ends her career -- 60. The last years in the force.m
- Accession Number
- 2019.71
- Call Number
- 02.5 L32t
- Collection
- Archives Library
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By canoe from Toronto to Fort Edmonton in 1872, among the Iroquois and Ojibways
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue8061
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1968
- Publisher
- Toronto : Canadiana House
- Edition
- Facsimile reprint
- Call Number
- 08.5 B99 Pam
- Responsibility
- by an anonymous traveller
- Edition
- Facsimile reprint
- Publisher
- Toronto : Canadiana House
- Published Date
- 1968
- Physical Description
- 74p. : ill., port., map
- Accession Number
- 543
- Call Number
- 08.5 B99 Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Calgary's mountain panorama
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11944
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- c1990
- Author
- Birrell, Dave
- Publisher
- Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- R 02.01 B53
- Author
- Birrell, Dave
- Responsibility
- text by Dave Birrell; artwork by Ron Ellis
- Publisher
- Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- c1990
- Physical Description
- 95 p. : ill., ports., map
- Subjects
- Fire lookouts
- Mines
- Quarries
- Travel
- World War I
- Notes
- Fold out panorama attached to back cover. Index of peaks at end
- ISBN
- 0921102127
- Accession Number
- 5935
- Call Number
- R 02.01 B53
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The discovery of the North-west Passage by H.M.S. "Investigator," Capt. R. M'Clure, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19957
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1969
- Author
- M'Clure, Robert Le M.
- Publisher
- Rutland, Vt., Tuttle
- Call Number
- 02.4 M11t
- Author
- M'Clure, Robert Le M.
- Responsibility
- Robert Le M. M'Clure
- Publisher
- Rutland, Vt., Tuttle
- Published Date
- 1969
- Physical Description
- xxxv, 405 pages illustrations, folded map 20 cm
- Subjects
- Travel
- Abstract
- Pertains to the story of Robert Le M. M’Clure, the man credited with travelling the North-West Passage. The publication provides a review of early Canadian travel, and the places European travelers experienced. Specifically, the book talks about the Investigator, the ship that helped M’Clure’s crew explore new terrain. The author shares tales of success, heartbreak and resilience, as the crew battled against the forces of nature, and their inexperience in this new travel.
- Contents
- Preface to the new edition (pg. xv)
- Preface (pg. xxvii)
- List of Illustrations (;g. xxxi)
- A list of H.M.S. "Investigator" (pg. xxxiii)
- Chapter I - Introduction (pg. 1)
- Chapter II - Return of the Arctic Squadron of 1848, and immediate Reequipment of the "Enterprise" and "Investigator" (pg. 17)
- Chapter III - Slow sailing of the Arctic Ships (pg. 23)
- Chapter IV - Voyage continued to Honolulu (pg. 31)
- Chaoter V - The "Investigator" gives up the hope of meeting the "Enterprise," and departs alone (pg. 55)
- Chapter VI - The narrative of Captain Maguire (pg. 66)
- Chapter VII - A thunder-storm (pg. 80)
- Chapter VIII - Approach to Cape Bathurst (pg. 89)
- Chapter IX - Cape Bathurst left (pg. 99)
- Chapter X - Signs of a rapidly approaching winter (pg. 108)
- Chapter XI - Severe pressure on the ice (pg. 119)
- Chapter XII - New Year's Day 1851 (pg. 151)
- Chapter XIII - Signs of summer increase (pg. 175)
- Chapter XIV - The "Investigator" bears up, and goes round the South End of Banks Land (pg. 201)
- Chapter XV - The New Year, 1852 (pg. 227)
- Chapter XVI - The "Enterprise" (pg. 251)
- Chapter XVII - Captain M'Clure proceeds to Melville Island to see Captain Kellett (pg. 276)
- Chapter XVIII - Gloomy prospect in the Autumn of 1854 (pg. 307)
- Appendix (pg. 351)
- Notes
- Reprint of the 1856 ed., with a new pref. by William C. Wonders.
- Accession Number
- 2019.71
- Call Number
- 02.4 M11t
- Collection
- Archives Library
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A frontier guide to the Dewdney Trail : Hope to Rock Creek
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20166
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1969?
- Publisher
- Calgary, Alta. : Frontier Publishing
- Edition
- Frontier Book No. 19
- Call Number
- 08.2 F92a
- Edition
- Frontier Book No. 19
- Publisher
- Calgary, Alta. : Frontier Publishing
- Published Date
- 1969?
- Physical Description
- 56 pages.
- Subjects
- Travel
- History
- History of Alberta
- Abstract
- "Highway No.3 is a ribbon of concrete that winds through some of the most dramatic scenery in Western Canada. At times it courses between valley walls lush with vegetation and history, adn at others it climbs mountain sides to meander gracefully over the top of the world. It was originally called the Dewdney Trail and it ran from Hope, through Rock Creek and on to Wild Horse Camp, 6 miles northeast of Cranbrook. Today, with a few variations of route, it follows the old trail and has become in every sense of the word the New Dewdney Trail. In this, our seventh Frontier Guide, we are attempting to trace the story adn the history of both the old trail and the new , from Hope to Rock Creek. In companion volumes, we hope to complete the trail from Rock Creek to Salmo adn from Salmo to Wild Horse."
- Notes
- Abstract taken from publication directly
- Accession Number
- 3069 a
- Call Number
- 08.2 F92a
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A frontier guide to the Dewdney Trail, Rock Creek to Salmo
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20158
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1969
- Publisher
- Calgary, Alberta : Frontier Publishing Ltd.
- Edition
- Frontier Book No. 20
- Call Number
- 08.1 F92a
- Edition
- Frontier Book No. 20
- Publisher
- Calgary, Alberta : Frontier Publishing Ltd.
- Published Date
- 1969
- Physical Description
- 48 pages illustrations 21 cm.
- Subjects
- Travel
- History
- History-Canada
- Abstract
- "In the early days of British Columbia, the land lying along the American border from Rock Creek to Salmo was almost forgotten territory. In the beginning, the fur trade followed the lines of least resistance and these led southward by valley and river to United States soil. With the discovery of gold, copper and silver in the Boundary country, a subtle struggle between American and Canadian influence developed - each striving to draw a trade from the area. Over the years, the history of the region has been woven around the struggle between the powerful American magnet of roads and railroads to draw Boundary country into its orbit and the Canadian efforts to divert this traffic into an east-west pattern. The two major weapons in the hands of the Canadians were the Dewdney Trail of 1865 and the Kettle Valley Railroad. This, our eight Frontier Guide, is the attempt to portray the development of the Boundary country in relation to the roles played by the Dewdney Trail and the fabulous Kettle Valley Line."
- Notes
- Abstract taken directly from publication
- Accession Number
- 3069 a
- Call Number
- 08.1 F92a
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Imperial eyes : travel writing and transculturation
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1313
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1992
- Author
- Pratt, Mary Louise
- Publisher
- London ; New York : Routledge
- Call Number
- 08 P88i
- Author
- Pratt, Mary Louise
- Responsibility
- Mary Louise Pratt
- Publisher
- London ; New York : Routledge
- Published Date
- 1992
- Physical Description
- xii, 257 pages : illustrations
- Abstract
- Pertains to travel writing and European expansion beginning in 1750 with focus on South America and Africa
- Contents
- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Criticism in the contact zone -- Science and sentiment, 1750-1800 -- Science, planetary, consciousness, interiors -- Narrating the anti-conquest -- Anti-conquest II: the mystique of reciprocity -- Eros and abolition -- The reinvention of America, 1800-50 -- Alexander von Humboldt and the reinvention of America -- Reinvention America II: the capitalist vanguard and the exploratrices sociales -- Reinventing America/reinventing Europe: Creole self-fashioning -- Imperial stylistics, 1860-1980 -- From the Victoria Nyanza to the Sheraton San Salvador.
- ISBN
- 0-415-06095-8 pbk
- Accession Number
- 2019.01
- Call Number
- 08 P88i
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- Archives Library
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The landscape : eight Canadian photographers
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue21146
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1990
- Author
- Barbour, David
- Publisher
- Keinburg, Ont. : McMichael Canadian Art Collection
- Call Number
- TR660 B37
- Author
- Barbour, David
- Responsibility
- David Barbour
- Publisher
- Keinburg, Ont. : McMichael Canadian Art Collection
- Published Date
- 1990
- Physical Description
- 63p. : ill. (some col.)
- Subjects
- Photography - Canada - Landscapes - Exhibitions
- Canada - Description and travel - Views - Exhibitions
- Notes
- French title : Le paysage : huit photographes canadiens
- Catalogue of an exhibition held at McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Aug. 19-Dec. 2, 1990.
- Text in English and French
- Call Number
- TR660 B37
- Location
- Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
- Collection
- Art Library
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Mountaineering : the freedom of the hills
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19829
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1960
- Author
- The Mountaineers, Seattle
- Publisher
- Seattle : The Mountaineers
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Call Number
- 01 M86 1963
- Author
- The Mountaineers, Seattle
- Responsibility
- planned by the Climbing Committee of the Mountaineers
- Harvey Manning, chairman of editors
- editorial committee: John R. Hazle and others
- illus: Donna Balch Cook and Robert Cram
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Publisher
- Seattle : The Mountaineers
- Published Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- x, 430p. : ill
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Manuals
- Equipment
- Camping
- Travel
- Rock climbing
- Snow
- Ice
- Ice climbing
- First aid
- Geology
- Abstract
- Pertains to how to safely mountaineer with a focus on North America as per the Mountaineers Climbing Committee
- Contents
- Preface
- Part One - Approaching the Peaks
- Equipment
- Camping and Sleeping
- Alpine Cuisine
- Wilderness Travel
- Navigation in the Hills
- Part Two - Rock Climbing
- Routefinding on Rock
- Balance
- Counterforce
- Roped Climbing
- Belaying
- Pitoncraft and Rappels
- Part Three - Snow and Ice Climbing
- Snow
- Ice
- Glaciers
- Arrests and Belays
- Part Four - Safe Climbing
- The Climbing Party and its Leadership
- Climbing Dangers
- First Aid
- Alpine Rescue
- Part Five - The Climbing Environment
- Mountain Geology
- The Cycle of Snow
- Mountain Weather
- Appendix - Food Requirements for Climbers
- ISBN
- 0916890015
- Accession Number
- 2019.43
- Call Number
- 01 M86 1963
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- Archives Library
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