File consists of 85 b&w prints and 1 colour print, various sizes. Content pertains to CPR, construction sites, horses and ranching, wildlife/landscapes, Indigenous art, and images from scenes in several provinces across Canada (BC, AB, NB, NS, QC) created for use in Canadian Pacific travel promotio…
Produced by Nicholas Morant and Ivy 'Willie' Morant
Date Range
[ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]
[ca. 1950 - ca. 1960]
[ca. 1980 - 1986]
Physical Description
86 Photographs: prints; b&w and colour
Scope & Content
File consists of 85 b&w prints and 1 colour print, various sizes. Content pertains to CPR, construction sites, horses and ranching, wildlife/landscapes, Indigenous art, and images from scenes in several provinces across Canada (BC, AB, NB, NS, QC) created for use in Canadian Pacific travel promotions. Also contains three portrait images of Stoney Nakoda chiefs including John Hunter and Jacob Two-Young-Man, and two images of an older Nicholas Morant (at least one taken by Ivy 'Willie' Morant, depicting Nicholas Morant in train tunnel holding camera equipment). Many images in this file are stamped on the reverse side as property of Miller Services Ltd.
Storage Range
In file box V500 / II / C / 5 / PA - 326 to V500 / II / C / 5 / PA - 648
Broad range of views used in Morant slide shows. Includes a number of Morant's signature views
File consists of thirteen titled sections: * General intro: views of the Empress Hotel (Victoria BC), oil, trucking, air travel, railway, ferry, Chateau Frontenac, totem pole. 11 items * Bread winners: cl…
Broad range of views used in Morant slide shows. Includes a number of Morant's signature views
File consists of thirteen titled sections:
* General intro: views of the Empress Hotel (Victoria BC), oil, trucking, air travel, railway, ferry, Chateau Frontenac, totem pole. 11 items
* Bread winners: classic Morant views: train at "Morant's curve" (Bow River in the Bow Valley); fishing scene with models and Mountie at Vermilion Lakes near Banff; Willie Morant, rider and packhorse in mountains; couple under beach umbrella at Canadian Pacific's Algonquin Hotel, New Brunswick. 4 items
* People: artists Carl Rungius and Charlie Beil at work; Nick Morant with bird on this head and with cow; artists at work with stained glass, totem poles and pottery; people in Peru; other. 25 items
* Ruination: downed trees, squirrel. 2 items
* Pix uses: Nova Scotia, including Church Point. 7 items
* Skiers: skiers and models at Sunshine ski area and Mount Assiniboine. Also: packtrain, men removing snow from roof, Mount Assiniboine in summer. 13 items
* Skiing: empty
* Winter, Louise: summer and winter views of Lake Louise and area. 6 items
* Cuisine: displays of food at Chateau Frontenac, 5 items
Transparencies flagged to show John Garden, author of books on Nick Morant. Views are related to those in previous file: 35mm returns from Miller to be refiled Pertains to Fairholme Range, rainbows, Mount Temple, Mount Assiniboine, Bow Lake, Bow Peak, tree, woodpecker, moose, lighthouses, teepees, …
Transparencies flagged to show John Garden, author of books on Nick Morant. Views are related to those in previous file: 35mm returns from Miller to be refiled
Pertains to Fairholme Range, rainbows, Mount Temple, Mount Assiniboine, Bow Lake, Bow Peak, tree, woodpecker, moose, lighthouses, teepees, harvesting, railyards at Calgary, diesel and steam locomotives, passenger train near Mount Stephen
File consists of a scrapbook about the Alpine Club of Canada's expedition to the Yukon for Canada's centenial in 1967. Includes mostly photocopies of newspaper and magazine and newspaper clippings in regards to the mountains climbed and the club members that participated.
6.5 cm of textual material (131 pages ; 30 x 37 cm)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File consists of a scrapbook about the Alpine Club of Canada's expedition to the Yukon for Canada's centenial in 1967. Includes mostly photocopies of newspaper and magazine and newspaper clippings in regards to the mountains climbed and the club members that participated.