Bow River Valley, from road Banff
- RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1006_01-UL_1006_01_0066
- Item
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
Photograph is numbered 243.
Macmunn, Charles
Bow River Valley, from road Banff
Photograph is numbered 243.
Macmunn, Charles
View of Lakes Louise, Agnes, and Mirror Lake.
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[Groups looking out onto mountains]
Image of groups of people looking out onto mountain ranges and trees.
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View of Lake Louise with people in boats.
Gowen & Sutton Co. Ltd.
View of a train carrying passengers.
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Three Sisters, near Canmore, Alta.
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[Women standing outside lodge]
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Image of three women sitting outside a lodge.
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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.
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View of Lake Minnewanka from the road. A car can also been seen in the photo.
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View of Mount Assiniboine and Sunburst Lake.
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View of the Giant`s Steps waterfall in Banff National Park.
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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
Image of a group of people eating at a table outside.
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Image of a man and a girl sitting on the steps outside of a house.
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Image of a girl identified as Helen with a fishing pole and a large fish. The top of the album page has "Helen" written at the top.
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Image of a group of children walking in the forest.
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View of road from Lake Louise to Jasper. Mountains can be seen in the background.
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View of railroad tracks and mountains.
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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.
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Image of a girl identified as Helen. The top of the album page has "Helen" written at the top.
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Castle Crags, Hazel, and Lake Agnes, Laggan, Canadian Rockies
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Harmon, Byron
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 group of pipeline workers around a sign that says, "Poo Crew, Pattle River".
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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.
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Moraine Lake and Valley of the Ten Peaks
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View of Johnson Canyon located in Banff National Park.
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Image of a moose in a lake. Presumably Lake Louise.
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At Sturgeon River, 1916, some scenes
Image of people playing in the water.
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Image of a girl identified as Helen. The top of the album page has "Helen" written at the top.
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Image of a group of children walking in the forest.
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Portrait of a member of the Stoney First Nation.
Harmon, Byron
View of the Three Sisters, a trio of peaks near Canmore, Alta.
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Mt.Assiniboine near Banff, Canadian National Park
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Buffalo in the Canadian National Park at Banff, Alta.
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