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Acorn, John Deep Alberta : Fossil Facts and Dinosaur Digs
Edmonton, AB, Canada The University of Alberta Press 2007 0888644817 / 978-0888644817 Trade Paperback New
Noted naturalist and author John Acorn showcases Alberta’s palaeontological history in 80 succinct essays. Whether talking about a species of dinosaur or a significant fossil bed, or answering questions such as how palaeontologists know where to dig, John Acorn has an interesting tale to tell and a picture to show. Readers encounter Barnum Brown, fossil hunter; Dromaeosaurus, a snappy little raptor; or Devil’s Coulee and its dinosaur nests. Written with the collaboration of the curators at the world-renowned Royal Tyrrell Museum, this is a book that will appeal to anyone with an enquiring mind.
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Alexander, Rob The History of Canmore
Banff, AB, Canada Summerthought 2010 0981149154 / 9780981149158 Soft Cover New
Canmore, with its desirable surroundings, fantastic recreational opportunities, and convenient location between Calgary and Banff, is a modern boomtown. But it also has a long and accessible past, which is explored in this new title, the only book in print on Canmore’s colourful history. Founded by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1883, Canmore has a history of reinventing itself. The town began as a railway divisional point, but when the Canadian Pacific Railway closed its facilities in 1898, the fledgling settlement would have slid into oblivion had it not been for coal mining. Eventually, mining, too would come to an end, leaving the town to reinvent itself as a mountain resort town. Interesting writing by a longtime local, a reader-friendly layout, and the liberal use of historic and contemporary images make the The History of Canmore an appealing read for everyone. The book includes sidebars, a timeline, recommended reading, and a thorough index. Rob Alexander grew up in Canmore, steeped in the history of the Canadian West and the sights and sounds of a coal mining town. With an affinity for ruins and abandoned sites, he gravitated towards story and sense-of-place, leading him to study writing and photography. He is a reporter for the Rocky Mountain Outlook newspaper, a freelance writer and co-author of Exshaw: Heart of the Valley and The Exshaw Cement Plant: Foundations for the Future.
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Anderson, Frank et al. Outlaws & Lawmen of Western Canada (Volume 2)
Surrey, BC, Canada Heritage House Publishing Company, Limited 1996 0919214541 / 9780919214545 Softcover New
Twelve more stories of outlaws and lawmen on the Canadian frontier. More dramatic crimes. There is Jess Williams, in 1884 the first man hanged in Calgary; Almighty Voice whose murder of a policeman in 1895 caused six other deaths; BC’s Henry Wagner hanged so quickly that he set a world record; and many others. 80 photos and maps.
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Anderson, Ian Sitting Bull's Boss: Above the Medicine Line with James Morrow Walsh
Surrey, BC, Canada Heritage House Publishing Company, Limited 2000 1895811635 / 9781895811636 Trade paperback New
The story of Major James Walsh, 'the original Mountie,' and of Sitting Bull who fled to Canada after Little Big Horn. No Native American in U.S. history has provoked more emotion and interest than Sitting Bull. His often misunderstood role in the Battle of the Little Bighorn and his subsequent self-imposed exile have rarely been explored. The events that followed the demise of General George Custer and his 7th Cavalry when they fought Sitting Bull's warriors brought together some of the most fascinating characters of the post-Civil War frontier era. In the aftermath of battle, Sitting Bull's Sioux eluded U.S. Army commander Nelson Miles while gradually moving north to the border or 'Medicine Line' as the Sioux nation knew it. There Sitting Bull and 5,000 followers met a man wearing a red coat. He was James Morrow Walsh of the North West Mounted Police and he represented the 'Great White Mother of the North.' Walsh was the only white man Sitting Bull would ever trust. This is a story of two men and how their unlikely bond built on truth and respect would be buried by the hubris of politicians.
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Andrews, D. Larraine The Cowboy Trail : A Guide to Alberta's Historic Cowboy Country
Calgary, AB, Canada Blue Couch Books 2006 1894739043 / 9781894739047 Trade Paperback New Janet Nash
Ever wondered about a whangdoodle, a buzzard-wing or an owl hoot? Want to know how Barbed Wire Johnny Speers got his name or where you can still round up some doggies and ride off into the sunset? All the answers, plus accommodation, restaurant, shopping and attraction information on the path of Alberta's famous cowboy culture are available in The Cowboy Trail.
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Beck, Janice Sanford No Ordinary Woman: The Story of Mary Schaffer Warren
Surrey, BC, Canada Rocky Mountain Books 2006 0921102828 / 9780921102823 Revised edition Trade Paperback New
Artist, photographer, writer, world traveller and, above all, explorer, Mary Schäffer Warren overcame the limited expectations of women at the turn of the nineteenth century in order to follow her dreams. Mary Sharples, born into a wealthy Quaker family in Pennsylvania, was a precocious child who excelled at school yet did not know how to make a bed at the tender age of 18. She was much more interested in the arts and in travelling. A trip across Canada in 1889 proved the turning point in Mary’s life. Not only did she meet her future husband, doctor and botanist Charles Schäffer, she also fell hopelessly in love with the Canadian mountains. After Charles’ death, Mary embarked on a series of explorations into the Canadian Rockies at a time when it was not thought proper for a woman to do so. Her most famous trips of 1907 and 1908 resulted in the rediscovery of Maligne Lake and the highly regarded book Old Indian Trails of the Canadian Rockies. Mary eventually settled in Banff and there married her handsome young guide Billy Warren. Since her death in 1937, she continues to inspire young people and women in particular. One of her greatest admirers is the author who examines the difficulties Mary faced in entering what was then a man’s domain. Janice Sanford Beck, recipient of Mount Allison University’s prestigious Tweedie Gold Medal for academic achievement, has resided in five of Canada’s ten provinces but always returns to her spiritual home amid the mountains of her native Alberta. An outdoor enthusiast since childhood, her hiking credits include the West Coast Trail, the Chilkoot Trail, Jasper’s North Boundary Trail and the Glacier Trail, which approximates Mary Schäffer’s route from Brazeau Lake to Maligne Lake.
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Belyea, Barbara Dark Storm Moving West
Clagary, AB, Canada University of Calgary Press 2007 155238182X / 9781552381823 Soft Cover New 2
The essays in Dark Storm Moving West trace three phases of exploration in western North America: naval and fur trade ventures on the Pacific coast; traders' progress along interior rivers and lakes; and the transcontinental Lewis and Clark expedition, which used maps based on fur trade surveys.
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Boles, Glen W.; Laurilla, Roger W.; Putnam, William L. Canadian Mountain Place Names: The Rockies and Columbia Mountains
Surrey, BC, Canada Rocky Mountain Books 2006 1894765796 / 9781894765794 First Edition Trade Paperback New
Originally published as Place Names of the Canadian Alps, this new edition is completely revised and updated. Illustrated with Glen Boles' and Roger Laurilla's stunning photographs, as well as Boles' intricate line drawings, this book is a must-have not only for avid mountaineers, skiers and hikers, but also for locals and visitors with an interest in these regions. For the authors, this book has been a labour of love: for the mountains, as well as for all those who care about the mountains and are curious about the names bestowed on the geographic features surrounding them.
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Brink, Nicky; Bown, Stephen R. Forgotten Highways : Wilderness Journeys Down the Historic Trails of the Canadian Rockies
Edmonton, AB, Canada Brindle & Glass Publishers 2007 9781897142240 Soft Cover New
Enticed by wilderness and history, Brink and Bown embarked upon a grand journey to explore the history and territory of the original trade and travel routes across the Rocky Mountains. This was the first step in a quest to retrace the pioneering footfalls of David Thompson's 1807 journey across Howse Pass. They also followed the trails of George Simpson, John Palliser and Mary Schaffer. Forgotten Highways is the personal account of the authors' travels, mingled with the tales of the historic pathfinders who preceded them.
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Cavell, Edward; Whyte, Jon Rocky Mountain Madness: A Historical Miscellany
Surrey, BC, Canada Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd. 2009 1894974654 / 9781894974653 Trade Paperback New
Rocky Mountain Madness is a throwback to the heyday of Victorian ambition when Banff was a rustic-albeit bucolically charming- outpost of the Empire and the streets were people with climbers, outfitters, cowboys, cooks, guides, photographers and poets. This entertaining collection of historical photographs, amusing newspaper accounts, reminiscences and letters evokes the capricious antics the mountains summoned for these people and, to quote the authors, includes 'accounts of occasional accomplishment, accomplished adventure, adventurous rambling and rambling discourse.
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Coleman, A. P. (foreword By Chic Scott) The Canadian Rockies : New Trails and Old
Surrey, BC, Canada Rocky Mountain Books 2006 1894765761 / 9781894765763 Reprint Soft Cover New
Arthur Philemon Coleman was a passionate Canadian and one of the first to truly discover the beauty and majesty of this country's mountain ranges as an explorer, geologist and mountaineer. In 1884, before the railway traversed the Rocky and Columbia mountains, Coleman headed west on the first of what would be eight mountaineering expeditions, making his way on foot and pack horse, with Native guides and without, over passes in Alberta and British Columbia. First published in 1911, this new edition gives modern-day readers a glimpse of the early days of mountaineering in the Canadian west. It paints a sympathetic picture of the rugged men and women who opened the region and of the hardships they endured. In his travels he encountered some of the main characters in Canadian mountaineering history, including Mary Schaffer, Joby Beaver, Frank Sibbald, Reverend George Kinney and Adolphus Moberly.
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Freeman, Lewis On the Roof of the Rockies: The Great Columbia Icefield of the Canadian Rockies
Surrey, BC, Canada Rocky Mountain Books 2009 1897522460 / 9781897522462 Trade Paperback New
First published in 1925, On the Roof of the Rockies details the amazing efforts undertaken by Lewis Freeman and Byron Harmon to scientifically explore and comprehensively photograph during their 70-day, 500-mile journey the most stunning regions of the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains. With a guide, a wrangler, a cook, 16 horses, two dogs, some carrier pigeons and hundreds of pounds of what was then state-of-the-art photography, moviemaking and radio equipment, the group journeyed through the area contemplating the routes of earlier explorers, facing violent storms and ultimately preserving historic views of pristine wilderness for future generations.
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Gadd, Ben Bankhead : The Twenty Year Town
Banff, AB, Canada The Friends of Banff National Park / Canadian Parks Service 1989 0969084552 / 9780969084556 Reprint Soft Cover Very Good
New book with some slight shelf wear. The history of Bankhead a coal mining town that was situated in Banff National Park from 1903 to 1922.
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Gadd, Ben Operation Bow-Athabasca: The Geological Survey of Canada Takes on the Rockies - Historical Summary and Exhibit Catalogue
Canmore, AB, Canada Canmore Museum & Geoscience Centre 2012 0981027520 / 9780981027524 First Edition Soft Cover New
Text is in English and French with photographs throughout and a CD with photos, audio interviews, maps and video about Operation Bow-Athasbasca. "Yet the Canadian Rockies awaited a thorough geological field survey until the mid-1960s. Clearly, it was time to map the portion between the Bow River and the Athabasca River the part that is most accessible and impressive comprehensively and in detail. GSC geologist Ray Price, who had done his doctoral research in the Flathead area southwest of Crowsnest Pass in 1958, proposed just such a survey. He had the backing of his supervisor and mentor, long-time Rockies authority R.J.W. Douglas. In 1964 the GSC’s director, Yves Fortier, approved Operation Bow-Athabasca to do the job Ray Price was chosen to lead the effort. Eric Mountjoy, a former GSC geologist who was in his second year of teaching at McGill University, was another obvious choice to join the venture. Eric was Ray’s equal at geological mapping in the Rockies, and the two worked well together. Both men were in their early thirties. They were given a team of eight other geologists, also young and enthusiastic, including three who would earn their doctorates on different aspects of the project. Planning included cooperation between Operation Bow-Athabasca and other current GSC studies in the western Rockies and adjacent Columbia Mountains. Fieldwork was approved for the summers of 1965 and 1966. The budget for 1965, which was typical for both years, was under $50,000, not counting salaries. $30,000 of this was for helicopter time, paid to Bullock Rotors and Wings of Calgary for exclusive use of a three-person Bell 47G machine (similar to the helicopters seen in the TV series MASH), with pilot and maintenance engineer. Operation Bow-Athabasca was in full swing by the middle of June each year, when the high country was mostly snow-free. Work ended late in August, when the snow began to fly again and the student field assistants returned to their universities. The project had four trailers for its base camp. These Atco-type units were installed sequentially at four different locations."
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