Pertains to the geology of Glacier and Mount Revelstoke National parks. While providing an overview of the geology, the author also provides the reader with specific details making the experience well rounded. The content pertains to the Rocky Mountains and makes specific mention to Banff and Banff National park
Contents
Introduction
Divides
Boundaries of the parks
Origin of the mountains
The rocks
The sculpturing of the mountains
Regional differences in the mountains
Shapes of mountains
Roadlog and points of interest along the Trans-Canada Highway
Epilogue
Index
Notes
The page numbers for the following locations listed in the abstract are as follows; Banff (37), Banff National Park (vi, 4, 19, 37 and 40)
Pertains to a guidebook aimed at preserving Canadas National Parks. Includes tips to reduce harm to wildlife, the environment and others, while encouraging visitors to enjoy the beauty of the National Parks.
Pertains to the history of Banff National Park. The author, Helen R. Belyea, provides a comprehensive description and glossary pertaining to the type of rocks that makes up the mountains in Banff National Park. Additionally, she highlights specific areas of geological interest such as, but not limited to the following: Hoodoos viewpoint, Sulphur Mountain, Lake Minnewanka, Mount Norquay and the Hot Springs. Due to the nature of the publication, that being a Geological Survey of Canada, the author includes an excerpt on rock formation for each area marked as one of geological interest.
Pertains to a guide on Canada’s National Parks. This comprehensive guide offers readers a brief history of each Mountain National Park, as well as other useful information pertaining to risk reduction, camping, environmental preservation, wildlife preservation and sightseeing. Additionally, Robert Scharff includes information regarding activities that may be of interest to visitors such as cycling, canoeing, climbing, hiking, trail riding and more. Refers to Banff, Jasper, Glacier, Kootenay, Mount Revelstoke, Waterton Lakes and Yoho National Parks.
Contents
Chapter one - introduction to the mountain national parks (pg. 1)
Chapter two - sightseeing in the parks (pg. 34)
Chapter three - seeing the wilderness areas of the park (pg. 87)
Chapter four - plant life in the parks (pg. 110)
Chapter five - wildlife and birds in the parks (pg. 119)
Chapter six - fishing in the parks (pg. 142)
Chapter seven - winter in the parks (pg. 149)
Chapter eight - accomodations and service in the parks (pg. 158)
Pertains to a series of notable and historically significant sites located across Alberta. The book is divided into nine categories pertaining to influential people and events, such as the Riel Rebellion and the North-West Mounted Police. Within each category, the author Hugh A. Dempsey, has included the names and locations of many historical sites in Alberta, be that a sign, a cairn or other form of historical remembrance.
Pertains to the geological information and processes that have occurred in order to yield the Canadian Rocky Mountains. In an effort to attract and inform visitors, author and scientist, David M. Baird, has opted to share the geological forces that have created the mountains we know today. Baird takes the reader through a comprehensive analysis of the forces needed to create the beauty of the terrain. He does so with the hopes of facilitating a much deeper appreciation for both the beauty, and natural processes needed to yield a mountain range as extensive as the Canadian Rockies.
Pertains to a series of stories, poems, cemetery records, illustrations and other forms of material used in telling the history of Huxley, Alberta. Compiled by the Acadia Women’s Institute of Huxley, Alberta, the book is composed of the lived experiences and collective memory of those who made an impact in the area. The book celebrates the work of earlier pioneers, who set the foundations for future generations in and around Huxley, Alberta. The Acadia Women’s Institute celebrates their heritage and the ways in which the stories of the past have influenced the contemporary narrative.
Contents
Early history of the district (pg. 9)
Huxley (pg. 14)
Elnora (pg. 18)
The town of Trochu (pg. 19)
Lakeview (pg. 20)
Arthurvale (pg. 21)
Mail service (pg. 23)
The Highlands Ranch post office (pg. 23)
Perbeck post office (pg. 23)
Churches (poem) (pg. 24)
The first Sunday School in the Acadia District (pg. 24)
Beginning of Acadia Church (pg. 26)
St. Hilda's, Arhurvale, 1907-1967 (pg. 27)
The Huxley United Church (pg. 30)
The Church in Huxley (pg. 30)
From the Huxley Cemetery records (pg. 31)
Honor roll (pg. 32)
The co-op movement (pg. 34)
Huxley anniversary (pg. 36)
The Acadia Women's Institute (pg. 36)
The Huxley 4-H Beef Club history (pg. 39)
The Huxley Girls' Club (pg. 40)
The Loyalty Sewing Circle (pg. 41)
The loyalty U.F.W.A. (pg. 42)
Good sports (pg. 43)
Early memories of the Hogadone District (pg. 45)
Some early farming experience (pg. 50)
A look at the past (pg. 53)
The Kennedy Diaries (pg. 55)
The things they remember (pg. 60)
Acadia school (pg. 63)
The Aurthurville School (pg. 64)
The Florence School District and some of it's early citizens (pg. 67)
The beginning of the Hogadone School District (pg. 68)
The Loyalty School (pg. 69)
From loyalty to lake success (pg. 71)
The McKinlay Mine (pg. 73)
Yard's Coal Mine (pg. 74)
The coming of the railroad (pg. 74)
Spring snow storm 1919 (pg. 75)
Bridge fire - Grand Trunk Railway (pg. 76)
The telephone story (pg. 76)
Acadia W.I. Burn's supper (pg. 77)
Poetry (pg. 78)
George Adams (pg. 81)
Ed Anderson (pg. 81)
The Anderson Story (pg. 82)
A history of George A. Bampfield (pg. 84)
The Barne's story (pg. 86)
Robert Berry family (pg. 87)
Mitchener A. Bigelow (pg. 88)
William Bill (pg. 91)
The Blair story (pg. 92)
The Browns' story (pg. 93)
The Burch family (pg. 94)
The Camerons of Innisfail (pg. 94)
L. Dickson Campbell (pg. 101)
The Calder Brothers (pg. 101)
John Mitchell Cumming (pg. 101)
The Collins (pg. 104)
Patrick Cooney (pg. 104)
Tom Corrigan (pg. 105)
The Cooper story (pg. 105)
Leon Craig (pg. 106)
The Caldwells (pg. 106)
A. Davies (pg. 107)
The Aubrey "Jack" Davies story (pg. 107)
The Delaney story (pg. 110)
Louis and Antoinette Demers - Their story (pg. 111)
Marion Denburger (pg. 113)
Mr. William J. Delmage (pg. 113)
Mr. Thomas D'Arcy (pg. 113)
William Donor (pg. 114)
E. J. "Ned" Dodd (pg. 114)
The Dowell family (pg. 114)
W. E. Earl (pg. 116)
The Ross H. Ells story (pg. 116)
The Ellehill story (pg. 117)
Dave Felch (pg. 117)
The Fraser story (pg. 118)
The Vincent Gabb Story (pg. 118)
Mrs. Gall (pg. 119)
The Gauthier story (pg. 120)
Old man Giles (pg. 120)
Aloysius Ginther (pg. 122)
Jacob Goetz (pg. 122)
Herry Griffith (pg. 123)
Ben Hanson story (pg. 123)
J. B. harding (pg. 125)
Mr. Edward Heer (pg. 126)
The Howard story (pg. 126)
David Howell (pg. 127)
The Hepburn story (pg. 127)
Albert Hibbert (pg. 129)
The Hogg story (pg. 129)
G.R. Hogg (pg. 132)
The Hoppins and their neighbours of Bygone Days (pg. 134)
The Innis Homestead (pg. 140)
Charles Irving (pg. 140)
Emil Johan Eberg Jensen (pg. 140)
The Kelly family (pg. 141)
Otto Knievel (pg. 141)
History of Kachel brothers (pg. 141)
Runnals, Pickering and Wm. Kennedy families (pg. 142)
Mr. A. A. Kellet - Englishmne and Artist (pg. 142)
Bachelors (pg. 142)
D. J. Kennedy (pg. 142)
A tribute to anton Larson (pg. 143)
The Larson story (pg. 144)
Tom Lauder (pg. 146)
The Lloyd family (pg. 146)
Tom Main (pg. 147)
Jimmy Marshall (pg. 147)
The Maxwell Brothers (pg. 148)
The McComb story (pg. 149)
The McRae family (pg. 150)
The history of Mr. and Mr.s Gordron McRae (pg. 151)
Highlights from a homsteader (pg. 154)
Claude Maddox (pg. 156)
The McEwen story (pg. 156)
The Orval McArthur story (pg. 158)
History of W. J. Moran (pg. 159)
The Mitchell story (pg. 161)
Mrs. Carl Nelson's story (pg. 162)
The Oak family (pg. 163)
The John O'Gorman story (pg. 164)
The Paterson brothers (pg. 165)
John Pearse (pg. 165)
The Pearson family (pg. 166)
O. T. Peterson (pg. 167)
The Malcolm family (pg. 168)
C.W. Arthur (pg. 169)
The George MacArthur story (pg. 170)
The John McNiece story (pg. 171)
The Murray family (pg. 171)
Peebles History (pg. 172)
Jens Petersen (pg. 172)
Sam Robinson Homestead (pg. 173)
Dan Reschke (pg. 173)
A. E. Robinson (pg. 174)
The Robertson family (pg. 175)
History of Scott brothers (pg. 177)
The Soppits (pg. 177)
Mr. Louis Scheunert (pg. 177)
Scheunert - Ganz (pg. 178)
Dave Street (pg. 180)
Mrs. Seidel tells of her first Christmas in Alberta (pg. 180)
Jim Winter (pg. 181)
Reminiscences of a pioneer (pg. 181)
The screens (pg. 182)
Shaw (pg. 183)
The Stankievech family (pg. 184)
The Stephenson story (pg. 185)
The John Strachan family (pg. 186)
Henry Sailer (pg. 186)
The Stasel story (pg. 187)
The Dr. Snyder story (pg. 188)
"The Silvers" (pg. 189)
The Stringer family (pg. 191)
John William Trebell (pg. 191)
The Velge family in their later years (pg. 192)
The Vik story (pg. 193)
The Wagstaff family (pg. 193)
Joseph Wamp (pg. 194)
Lewis Yost (pg. 194)
Elmer Meding (pg. 195)
The Winther story (pg. 195)
Joseph Wohl (pg. 195)
The Wik family (pg. 196)
The Tanners Emigrate (pg. 196)
George R. Walker (pg. 198)
The Weis story (pg. 199)
Wickiser (pg. 199)
Sketches of early ranching days - Wyndham (pg. 199)
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
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.
Pertains to the comprehensive collection displaying paintings of 400 wild flowers of North America. Revealed in true color, the work of artist Mary Vaux Walcott, is astounding and beautiful. For each painting, a flower description is provided that shares the botanical name of the plant, their location in nature, and other relevant information. Her work is detailed, inspiring and reflective of nature’s mighty resilience. Edited and arranged by H.W. Rickett, Wild Flowers of America offers readers a wonderful look into the art of Mary Vaux Walcott, and the flowers of North America.
Contents
Introduction (pg. 7)
Glossary (pg. 9)
Flower Descriptions (pg. 11)
Identification Chart (pg. 64)
Index (pg. 68)
The Plates, 1 to 400 (following 72)
Notes
400 flowers in full colour based on paintings by Mary Vaux Walcott as published by the Smithsonian institute of Washington, with additional paintings by Dorothy Falcon Platt.
Edited wtih an introduction and detailed descriptions by H. W. Rickett