topic:"water" found 16 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Above Bow Falls

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Date: 1952

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.15

Description: A low and wide, white and blue waterfall between gray rocks with evergreen trees mountains in the background.

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Title: Above Bow Falls

Date: 1952

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 31.0 x 39.0 cm

Description: A low and wide, white and blue waterfall between gray rocks with evergreen trees mountains in the background.

Subject: Banff; Bow Falls; Rocky Mountains; water; waterfall

Credit: Gift of Fred Burghardt, Edmonton, 2018

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.15

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A..."climate"...ising to Alberta in the dawn of the Anthropocene

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Author: Skrajny, Joanna

Publisher: The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal

Call Number: P

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Author: Skrajny, Joanna

Responsibility: Joanna Skrajny

Publisher: The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal

Physical Description: p. 22 - 25

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Environment; Climate; Climate change; Fires; Fire ecology; Floods; Water; Watersheds

Abstract: Pertains to climate change during Anthropocene including increased wildfires, ticks, and tick-borne diseases, floods, increase in insurance rates, and negative effects on health and mental health, wildlife extinction, decrease in fresh water.

Notes: In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 27, No.2, June 2019, p. 22 - 25

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Digital version of publication available online

Websites

https://albertawilderness.ca/publications/wild-lands-advocate/

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Climbers and climate change

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Author: Sandford, Robert W

Call Number: P

Author: Sandford, Robert W

Physical Description: p.71-72 : ill

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Environment; Glaciers; Vaux family; Water

Notes: In Canadian Alpine Journal, vol.87, 2004

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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Fortress Mountain and the false promise of public participation in Alberta

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: March 2020

Author: Fluker, Shaun

Publisher: The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal

Call Number: P

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Author: Fluker, Shaun

Responsibility: Shaun Fluker

Publisher: The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal

Published Date: March 2020

Physical Description: p. 6 - 8

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Kananaskis; Kananaskis Country; Kananaskis Lakes; Water; Watersheds; Hydrology; Hydrology - Alberta

Abstract: Pertains to the application by Fortress Mountain Ski Hill for an amendment to its water license which would allow for 50 million litres of water annually to be removed and bottled

Notes: In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 28, No.1, March 2020

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: PDF of publication can be downloaded on Alberta Wilderness' website

Websites

https://albertawilderness.ca/publications/wild-lands-advocate/

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Keeping an eye on the Bow River Basin

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Author: Unger, Heinz

Call Number: P

Author: Unger, Heinz

Physical Description: p.10-11 : ill

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Water

Notes: In Wild lands Advocate, vol.11, no.1 (February 2003)

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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Kootenay Plains/Mountain Study #7

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Date: 2001 – 2001

Medium: oil on masonite board

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.11

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours are green, blue, brown and grey. The top right corner is rimmed with white clouds, under which the mountain is rendered in a purple/grey. Under the mountain, in the lower third of the image, several blue streaks represent a river or lake. A…

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Title: Kootenay Plains/Mountain Study #7

Date: 2001 – 2001

Medium: oil on masonite board

Dimensions: 35.6 x 45.7 cm

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours are green, blue, brown and grey. The top right corner is rimmed with white clouds, under which the mountain is rendered in a purple/grey. Under the mountain, in the lower third of the image, several blue streaks represent a river or lake. At the blhc there is a segment of green. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in beige paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the tlhc, “45/H-2”.

Subject: landscape; mountain; water

Credit: Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2006

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.11

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Man on water - water almost claimed Bob Sandford's life, so why has the Alberta scientist devoted his entire career to saving the planet's most precious resource?

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: April 2009

Author: Gray, Kim

Publisher: Canadian Living

Call Number: P

Author: Gray, Kim

Responsibility: Kim Gray (author); George Webber (photographer)

Publisher: Canadian Living

Published Date: April 2009

Physical Description: p. 164 - 173

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Water; Sandford, Robert W.; Conservation; Conservation areas; Hydrology; Hydrology - Alberta

Abstract: Pertains to Bob Sandford's work in the Canadian Rocky Mountains with water conservation

Notes: In Canadian Living, Vol. 34, No.4, April 2009 pg. 164-173

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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Mountain Ridge in Red #1

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Date: 2002 – 2002

Medium: oil on masonite board

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.26

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours are red, orange, yellow and green. The sky is painted yellow, with brush dabs of red across the surface. The mountains are rendered in red, and highlighted with orange. The bottom third of the piece is primarily green, with highlights of re…

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Title: Mountain Ridge in Red #1

Date: 2002 – 2002

Medium: oil on masonite board

Dimensions: 40.5 x 40.5 cm

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours are red, orange, yellow and green. The sky is painted yellow, with brush dabs of red across the surface. The mountains are rendered in red, and highlighted with orange. The bottom third of the piece is primarily green, with highlights of red. The artist’s signature is at the blhc in blue paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the tlhc, “46/V-2”.