- RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1460-UL_1460_0165
- Item
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
View of Lake Louise with people in boats.
Gowen & Sutton Co. Ltd.
View of Lake Louise with people in boats.
Gowen & Sutton Co. Ltd.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Mt. Aissiniboine, Alt. 11,800 ft.
View of Mount Aissiniboine. A tipi can be seen in the foreground of the photo. Caption reads, "Mount Assiniboine. This is undoubtedly the most imposing mountain in the Canadian Rockies. It is distant some fifty miles south west of the two Banff. At its base lies a lake of marvellous blue; upon its shoulder are draped glaciers and snowfields of incredible death; its summit is elevated high into the clean cold upper air, far above the sea of peaks by which it is surrounded."
Harmon, Byron, 1876-1934
View of Bow Lake and the mountains which surround it. A tipi can be seen in the foreground with a man standing outside of it. Caption reads, "Bow Lake. Near the continental divide, twenty-five miles north west of Lake Louise, is one of the Gems of the Rockies. Is passed by the traveller en route to Jasper. The waters from the great Gordon glacier flow into the lake, which is the actual source of the Bow River."
Harmon, Byron, 1876-1934
Caption reads, " Mt. Columbia. Altitude, 12,000 feet. On the continental divide, 80 miles north of Lake Louise. Waters from the great Columbia Ice Field, 200 square miles of ice, flow into three oceans, the Artic, Pacific, and Atlantic."
Harmon, Byron, 1876-1934
Bow River Valley, from road Banff
Photograph is numbered 243.
Macmunn, Charles
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Tunnel mountain and Cascade mountain in rear, Canadian National Park
Baker, S.H.
Canadian Rockies, Lake Valley and Bee-Hive showing Valley 1200 feet below
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Cascade Mountain and Bow Rivers, Canadian National Park
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Valley of the Ten Peaks, Laggan, Canadian Rockies
Postcard is number 100,441.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Canadian Rockies, Scaling the Great Glacier
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Lake Agnes, "Lakes in the Clouds", Rockies
Postcard number 226.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
[Women standing outside lodge]
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Image of three women sitting outside a lodge.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Location is unknown, but the photograph was most likely taken in Alberta.
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Railroad tracks can be seen in the foreground and Castle Mountain in the background.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
View of Lake Minnewanka from the road. A car can also been seen in the photo.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
View of Mount Assiniboine and Sunburst Lake.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
View of the Giant`s Steps waterfall in Banff National Park.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Souvenir of my Trip Though the Canadian Rockies on the Canadian Pacific Railway
A preprinted album purchased as a souvenir. The inside cover is inscribed: "To Mother + Dad from their every loving son Chas".
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
[Construction of the Trans Canada Pipe Lines]
Album documenting the construction of the Trans Canada Pine Lines by the company Poole-Pritchard and the Imperial Esso Refinery. Includes a newsletter from FPE Pioneer Electric Limited tucked in the back.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Album of personal photographs of a woman presumably from Regina, Saskatchewan, which depicts her travels in British Columbia (including the Harrison Hot Springs, Victoria, and Vancouver) and Alberta with some friends.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
[Photo Album of Unknown Family]
An album of photographs from an unknown family. A few of the photos are identifiably in British Columbia or Alberta, but the location of the rest are unknown. It also includes a poem cut out of a magazine, "Be Here for Me" by Bonnie E. Parker (likely Bonnie Parker of Bonnie and Clyde fame).
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Caption reads, "Castle Mountain. 'Standing out in the centre of the valley is a very remarkable mountain which, even at a great distance, looks exactly like a gigantic castle.' --Diary of Sir James Hector, explorer of the Bow Valley, 1857."
Harmon, Byron, 1876-1934
Image of a girl identified as Helen. The top of the album page has "Helen" written at the top.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Image of a woman playing with a dog.
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View of people looking out onto a body of water. Most likely Crownest Lake. Title of photograph could refer to the image where only the backs of people are shown.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Harmon, Byron
Castle Crags, Hazel, and Lake Agnes, Laggan, Canadian Rockies
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
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[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Banff, Mt. Rundle from Vermillion Lakes
View of Mt. Rundle behind Vermillion Lakes.
Harmon, Byron
Portrait of a member of the Stoney First Nation.
Harmon, Byron
View of the Three Sisters, a trio of peaks near Canmore, Alta.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Image of a group of pipeline workers around a sign that says, "Poo Crew, Pattle River".
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
At Sturgeon River, 1916, some scenes
Image of people playing in the water.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Image of a girl identified as Helen. The top of the album page has "Helen" written at the top.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Image of a group of children walking in the forest.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Caption reads, "Mount Temple. Altitude 11,626 feet. One of the outstanding peaks seen from the Railway and auto road, near Lake Louise. It is the objective of many mountain climbers. A wonderful panoramic view is seen from the top."
Harmon, Byron, 1876-1934
Sinclair Canyon, Banff, Windermere Road
Caption reads, "Sinclair Canyon. Whose rocky walls form an appropriate portal to Kootenay National Park. Through this narrow cleft runs the Banff-Windermere Highway. Near by are the famous Sinclair Hot Springs."
Harmon, Byron, 1876-1934
Caption reads, " Lakes in the Clouds. On the right, Lake Agnes, in the centre, Mirror Lake, on the left, Lake Louise. Behind, the snow capped heights of Victoria and Lefroy."
Harmon, Byron, 1876-1934
An Indian packer with an average load of 200 lbs.
Image of an unidentified First Nations man hauling supplies on foot.
Mathers, C. W.
Image of unidentified First Nations men preparing to portage a boat hauling supplies on the Athabasca River. Caption on photograph reads, "The photo shows the H.B. Co's. fur boats landing at the foot of the rapid preparatory to making the portage, 265 north of Edmonton."
Mathers, C. W.
Image of a moose standing next to a tipi. The caption on the photograph reads, "The moose is not much used being too difficult to train. Dogs are used now exclusively instead."
Mathers, C. W.
Image of a moose in a lake. Presumably Lake Louise.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Moraine Lake and Valley of the Ten Peaks
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Mt.Assiniboine near Banff, Canadian National Park
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