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Artist
Kelsey Stephenson
Date
2021
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
StK.04.03
Description
A digital print in which the top half is a full colour image of Bow Lake with trees in front, Bow Glacier Falls, and Bow Glacier sitting atop of rocky ridge in the background. The photograph is overlaid with digital ink drawing of the glacier’s reach in 1902 from an archival photograph. The bottom …
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Artist
Kelsey Stephenson
Title
Bow Lake, 1902/2021
Date
2021
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
35.5 x 28.0 cm
Description
A digital print in which the top half is a full colour image of Bow Lake with trees in front, Bow Glacier Falls, and Bow Glacier sitting atop of rocky ridge in the background. The photograph is overlaid with digital ink drawing of the glacier’s reach in 1902 from an archival photograph. The bottom half of the image is a cyanotype of the glacier in 1902.
Subject
Bow Lake
Bow Glacier
Banff National Park
Credit
Gift of Kelsey Stephenson, Edmonton, 2023
Catalogue Number
StK.04.03
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Confessions of a ski bum : the Icefields Parkway Lake Louise to Bow Summit

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25505
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2018
Author
Baranow, Marcus
Publisher
Lake Louise, Alberta : Get to the Mountains Publishing
Call Number
01 B23i
Author
Baranow, Marcus
Publisher
Lake Louise, Alberta : Get to the Mountains Publishing
Published Date
2018
Physical Description
251 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Confessions of a Ski Bum
Subjects
Skiing
Lake Louise
Lake Louise region
Bow Lake (region)
Winter Sports
Guidebook
Abstract
A modern backcountry ski guide for the roadside areas found along The Icefields Parkway in Banff National Park. Includes detailed descriptions, directions, terrain photos and maps of hundreds of options from chill yoyo laps to committing, no fall, ski lines.-- from back cover
Contents
East Side ; Hector South Ridge ; Hector South Peak ; Mount Hector Roadside ; Hector Pass ; Noseeum Creek ; Mosquito Creek ; Helen Creek ; Helen Shoulder ; Crystal Ridge Roadside ; Crystal Ridge Backside ; Cirque Forepeak ; Observation Sub Peak ; Observation Peak ; The Pulpit Knobs ; Pulpit 1 Knob ; Pulpit 2 Knob ; Pulpit 3 Knob ; Pulpit 4 Knob ; Pulpit 5 Knob ; Pulpit 6 Knob ; Bow Peak Roadside ; Crowfoot Pass ; Bow Lakeside ; Ferris Glacier ; Wapta Icefield ; Mount Jimmy Jr. ; Bow Summit ; Day Traverses
ISBN
9780991748518
Accession Number
P2022.01
Call Number
01 B23i
Collection
Archives Library
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Artist
John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)
Date
2014
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
HaO.05.12
Description
Watercolour of Bow Lake. Light blue boarder
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Artist
John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake
Date
2014
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22.86 x 28.58 cm
Description
Watercolour of Bow Lake. Light blue boarder
Subject
mountain
bow lake
watercolour
hartman
landscape;
Credit
Gift of John Hartman, Tiny, 2017
Catalogue Number
HaO.05.12
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Bow Lake and the Crowfoot Glacier

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Artist
John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)
Date
2014
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
HaO.05.13
Description
Watercolour or Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier. Blue boarder
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Artist
John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake and the Crowfoot Glacier
Date
2014
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22.86 x 28.58 cm
Description
Watercolour or Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier. Blue boarder
Subject
mountain
bow lake
watercolour
hartman
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Hartman, Tiny, 2017
Catalogue Number
HaO.05.13
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Artist
Colin Smith (1963 – , Canadian)
Date
2013
Medium
camera obscura on acid-free fibre paper
Catalogue Number
SmC.18.02
Description
Coloured image of boler interior. browns, greens and blues colour the walls with a projected image of the exterior surroundings. Two windows appear to show the exterior landscape. Landscape is a mountainous terrain with large body of water and some ever green trees. Interior furniture includes two …
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Artist
Colin Smith (1963 – , Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake Boler
Date
2013
Medium
camera obscura on acid-free fibre paper
Dimensions
121.92 x 152.4 cm
Description
Coloured image of boler interior. browns, greens and blues colour the walls with a projected image of the exterior surroundings. Two windows appear to show the exterior landscape. Landscape is a mountainous terrain with large body of water and some ever green trees. Interior furniture includes two benches, fold down table and box in bottom right corner. The table holds an unfolded map, some books and a mug. The reflected image on the walls is projected upside down because it is done using a camera obscura technique. This print belongs to the 76 Boler series. “Nearly true stories of a wandering 76 Boler”
Subject
mountains
Bow Lake
camera obscura
boler
Credit
Gift of Colin Smith , Calgary , 2018
Catalogue Number
SmC.18.02
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Bow Lake : wellspring of art

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2010
Author
Gooch, Jane Lytton
Publisher
[Surrey, B.C.] : Rocky Mountain Books
Call Number
N G66 B69
Author
Gooch, Jane Lytton
Responsibility
Jane Lytton Gooch
preface by Robert Sandford
Publisher
[Surrey, B.C.] : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2010
Physical Description
191 p. : col. ill., col. map
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Bow Lake
Whyte, Peter
Whyte, Catharine
Rungius, Carl
Phillips, Walter J
Simpson, Jimmy
Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
Schaffer, Mary
Harmon, Byron
Alpine Club of Canada
Notes
Bibliography and index
ISBN
9781926855059 (pbk.)
Call Number
N G66 B69
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Artist
Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)
Date
2001 – 2001
Medium
oil on masonite board
Catalogue Number
GrL.01.18
Description
An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours are white, blue, purple and green. The top of the image is blue, with grey clouds. The mountains are represented in the centre of the image in tones of purple, white and blue. The bottom third of the image is a mixture of purple and green. …
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Artist
Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake Study #5
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 white, blue, purple and green. The top of the image is blue, with grey clouds. The mountains are represented in the centre of the image in tones of purple, white and blue. The bottom third of the image is a mixture of purple and green. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in grey paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the tlhc, “45/T”.
Subject
landscape
mountain
forest
Bow Lake
Credit
Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2006
Catalogue Number
GrL.01.18
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Artist
Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)
Date
2001 – 2001
Medium
oil on masonite
Catalogue Number
GrL.01.19
Description
An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours are blue, green, purple, orange and brown. The piece is dominated by one mountain, painted in a variety of colours. The bottom third of the image is blue. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in green paint. Au verso, written in black ink …
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Artist
Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake Study #4
Date
2001 – 2001
Medium
oil on masonite
Dimensions
40.5 x 40.5 cm
Description
An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours are blue, green, purple, orange and brown. The piece is dominated by one mountain, painted in a variety of colours. The bottom third of the image is blue. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in green paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the tlhc, “45/S”.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Bow Lake
Credit
Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2006
Catalogue Number
GrL.01.19
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Artist
Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)
Date
2001 – 2001
Medium
oil on masonite board
Catalogue Number
GrL.01.20
Description
An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are green, blue, yellow and purple. The top section of the image represents the mountains, rendered with intersecting horizontal and vertical lines. The bottom third of the image represents the water, which is also intersected with ver…
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Artist
Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake Study #1
Date
2001 – 2001
Medium
oil on masonite board
Dimensions
40.5 x 40.5 cm
Description
An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are green, blue, yellow and purple. The top section of the image represents the mountains, rendered with intersecting horizontal and vertical lines. The bottom third of the image represents the water, which is also intersected with vertical lines on the right of the piece. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in red paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the tlhc, “45/P”.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Bow Lake
Credit
Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2006
Catalogue Number
GrL.01.20
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Recreational map : Bow Lake & Saskatchewan Crossing

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Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Published Date
1995
Publisher
Calgary : Gem Trek Publishing
Call Number
C6-6.1c
Publisher
Calgary : Gem Trek Publishing
Published Date
1995
Physical Description
1 map : col
Scale
1:70,000
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Subjects
Bow Lake (region)
Saskatchewan Crossing (region)
Banff National Park
Title: Bow Lake & Saskatchewan Crossing
Notes
ISBN 1-895526-10-8
Accession Number
28,000
Call Number
C6-6.1c
Collection
Archives Library
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