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Andrew Graham's observations on Hudson's Bay 1767-91

Item contains Graham's observations, based on 25 years experience, on natural history, indigenous peoples, and trade of Hudson's Bay area. Item also includes a biographical sketch of Graham and a history of Thomas Hutchin's plagiarism of his work.

Annual camp

Item is a number of pamphlets describing the location, dates, accomodations, charges, transportation, climbs, expeditions, and other information about the annual camp held in national parks by the Alpine Club of Canada

Banff Club House

Item contains five volumes of an annual pamphlet describing the location, accomodations, charges, reservations, activities and annual camp run by the Alpine Club of Canada. Pamphlets are from the 1928, 1930, 1937, 1942, and 1954 seasons.

Base camp 1957

Item contains personal narratives by Sierra Club members participating in base camp. Includes images, art, and narratives from the Sierra base camp, Wilderness base camp, and Selkirk base camp.

Canadian mosaic : the making of a northern nation

Item is an account of the traditions and cultures of European nationalities that immigrated to Canada. Book includes chapters on the United States, France, England, Scotland, Germany, Ireland, Wales, Scandinavia, Hungry, Russia, and Italy among others.

Catalogue of the Glenbow Historical Library Vol. 1

Volume I ranges from A-Coo in the Catalogue of the Glenbow Historical Library. Item contains facsimiles of card catalogues describing the holdings of the Glenbow Historical Library from 1955-1973. The Library of the Glenbow-Alberta Institute was a research library which served the needs of researchers in the history and development of Western and Northern Canada. The Library focused on acquiring material related to the Prairie region of Canada and its bordering states. Two important collections, the Canadiana library of D.C. Coleman, a former president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and an Arctic collection from Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the Arctic explorer, are contained here.

Catalogue of the Glenbow Historical Library Vol. 2

Volume 2 ranges from Cop-Im in the Catalogue of the Glenbow Historical Library. Item contains facsimiles of card catalogues describing the holdings of the Glenbow Historical Library from 1955-1973. The Library of the Glenbow-Alberta Institute was a research library which served the needs of researchers in the history and development of Western and Northern Canada. The Library focused on acquiring material related to the Prairie region of Canada and its bordering states. Two important collections, the Canadiana library of D.C. Coleman, a former president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and an Arctic collection from Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the Arctic explorer, are contained here.

Catalogue of the Glenbow Historical Library Vol. 3

Volume 3 ranges from In-Pes in the Catalogue of the Glenbow Historical Library. Item contains facsimiles of card catalogues describing the holdings of the Glenbow Historical Library from 1955-1973. The Library of the Glenbow-Alberta Institute was a research library which served the needs of researchers in the history and development of Western and Northern Canada. The Library focused on acquiring material related to the Prairie region of Canada and its bordering states. Two important collections, the Canadiana library of D.C. Coleman, a former president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and an Arctic collection from Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the Arctic explorer, are contained here.

Catalogue of the Glenbow Historical Library Vol. 4

Volume 4 ranges from Pet-Z in the Catalogue of the Glenbow Historical Library. Item contains facsimiles of card catalogues describing the holdings of the Glenbow Historical Library from 1955-1973. The Library of the Glenbow-Alberta Institute was a research library which served the needs of researchers in the history and development of Western and Northern Canada. The Library focused on acquiring material related to the Prairie region of Canada and its bordering states. Two important collections, the Canadiana library of D.C. Coleman, a former president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and an Arctic collection from Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the Arctic explorer, are contained here.

Daylight land : the experiences, incidents, and adventures, humorous and otherwise, which befel Judge John Doe, tourist, of San Francisco; Mr. Cephas Pepperell, capitalist of Boston; Colonel Goffe, the man from New Hampshire, and divers others, in their parlor-car excursion over prairie and mountain, all of which I saw, and one of whom I was

Item is a work of fiction about traveling through the Rocky Mountains and British Columbia by rail.

England and Canada : a summer tour between old and new Westminster, with historical notes

Book describes a trip across England and Canada. The table of contents includes:
Introductory -- Halifax to Liverpool -- England -- England (continued) -- England to Canada -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax to Quebec -- Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa -- Toronto to Lake Superior -- Lake Superior to Winnipeg -- Winnipeg, Hudson's Bay Company, Lord Selkirk -- Winnipeg to Calgary -- Calgary to the summit -- Down Kicking-Horse Valley -- To the summit of the Selkirks -- Down the Ille-celle-waet -- Down the Ille-celle-waet (continued) -- Through the Eagle Pass -- Kamloops to the coast -- On Pacific waters -- British Columbia -- Home from the northern Pacific -- The Indians -- The Canadian Pacific Railway -- Conclusion.

Hudson's Bay miscellany, 1670-1870

Item contains Albany Fort journal, 1705-06. -- "Remarks" on the French Raids of Churchill and York, 1782. -- James Tate's journal, 1809-12. -- The "Character Book" of George Simpson, 1832.

Letters from Hudson Bay, 1703-40

Item contains letters from various employees of the Hudson's Bay Company describing the many problems faced in this period of consolidation such as defence, indigenous relations, recruitment, and supply lines.

Manitoba and the great North-west: the field for investment; the home of the emigrant, being a full and complete history of the country, its geography, area, situation, and boundaries; its early history and progress; incidents of the settlement from the earliest period up to the present time; topography and general character of the country - its climate, together with tables of temperature and climatic changes; fuel supplies - coal, timber, etc.; the soil- its wonderful richness and fertility; natural products- grain, fruits, grasses, and flowers; natural history, with enumerations of its mammals, reptiles, insects, birds and fishes; stock raising - special advantages and adaptability; mineral resources and prospects of development; the water supply- rivers, lakes, etc.; steamboat and interprovincial communication; the railway system-its rise, progress, and development; the Indians-their past history and present status; the Hudson’s Bay Company and its relations with the country-its past and present history,

Item is an encyclopedic reference book for the province of Manitoba and adjacent north-western parts of Canada.

Manitoba and the North-west : journal of a trip from Toronto to the Rocky Mountains, via Lake Superior, Thunder Bay, Rat Portage, Winnipeg, Qu'Appelle, Prince Albert, Battleford, Fort Calgary, and Fort McLeod. And return via Edmonton, Touchwood Hills, etc.

Item is a published collection of travel letters originally written for and published in the Toronto Globe newspaper. Item describes a trip the author took across western Canada in the company of Lord Lorne, also known as John Campbell, the 9th Duke of Argyll, and Governor General of Canada.

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