Author: Aphrodite KaramitsanisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alberta
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Place Names of Alberta: Mountains, mountain parks, and foothills
Author: Aphrodite KaramitsanisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alberta
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Place Names of Alberta: Southern Alberta
Author: Tracey HarrisonPublisher: Alberta Culture and Multiculturalism and Friends of Geographical Names of Alberta Society and University of Calgary Press
ISBN: 9780919813953
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Toponymy, the study of place names, reveals a great deal about the fascinating history and unique cultural heritage of any populated region. Toponymic research is primarily concerned with the origins and meanings of place names, and, as a key component of reliable maps and charts enabling smooth navigation, a geographical name unlocks a valuable store of information. This publication, the second in a series, highlights southern Alberta which includes the Badlands, the vast ranching areas and the mineral-rich oil and coal belts. Like its predecessor (Volume I: Mountains, Mountain Parks and Foothills), this volume is a collection of geographical names that pay tribute to the individuals and groups who contributed so much of their lives to a variety of enterprises that has made southern Alberta what it is today.
Place Names of Alberta
Author: Alberta. Alberta Culture and MulticulturalismPublisher:
ISBN: 9781895176599
Category : Alberta
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Place-names of Alberta
Author: Canadian Board on Geographical NamesPublisher: Published for the Geographic Board by the Department of the Interior
ISBN:
Category : Alberta
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Includes names of all cities, towns, villages and municipal districts, post offices, railway stations and rivers, streams, lakes and mountains.
Mapper of Mountains
Author: I. S. MacLarenPublisher: University of Alberta
ISBN: 0888644566
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Mapper of Mountains follows the career of Dominion Land Surveyor Morrison Parsons Bridgland, who provided the first detailed maps of many regions of the Canadian Rockies. Between 1902 and 1930, this unheralded alpinist perfected phototopographical techniques to compile a series of mountaintop photographs during summers of field work. Mapper of Mountains also tells the story of the Rocky Mountain Repeat Photography Project, which studies the changes sustained in the Rockies, repeating the field work accomplished by Bridgland almost a century ago.
Place Names of the Canadian Alps
Author: William Lowell PutnamPublisher: Light Technology Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Covers the Canadian Rocky Mountains in British Columbia and Alberta.
Community Place Names of Alberta
Author: Ernest G. MardonPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 189747217X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 437
Book Description
This expanded third edition of Community Names of Alberta, gives a comprehensive description of community names of Alberta. Tracing the etymology of Alberta's communities provides a significant historical and cultural insight into Alberta's phases of history. Complete with locations, this book details the origins of community names in Alberta.
Place Names of Alberta
Author: Aphrodite KaramitsanisPublisher:
ISBN: 9780919813915
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Four volume set.
Historic Hikes Around Mount Assiniboine & in Kananaskis Country
Author: Emerson SanfordPublisher: Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
ISBN: 1897522800
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
When authors Emerson Sanford and Janice Sanford Beck began backpacking together nearly 20 years ago, they often wondered whose footsteps they were retracing and how today's Rockies trails came to be there. In Life of the Trail, they share their findings with hikers and history buffs, adventurers and armchair travellers. Life of the Trail 5 details the routes in the area bounded on the north by Lake Minnewanka and the Bow River and on the west by Altrude Creek and the Vermilion and Kootenay rivers. Featuring such historical characters as Duncan McGillivray, David Thompson, George Simpson, Tom Wilson, Walter Wilcox and Bill Peyto, Volume 5 in this remarkable series also sheds light on the early days of the now world-renowned Kananaskis Country.
50 Roadside Panoramas in the Canadian Rockies
Author: Dave BirrellPublisher: Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780921102656
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
A drive through the mountains is always a pleasant experience. Travellers will be able to make the most of their road trips through the Canadian Rockies by keeping Dave Birrell's new pictorial guidebook handy in their glove compartments. Birrell delivers 50 magnificent mountain panoramas taken from highway viewpoints in the Rockies. Interesting historical tidbits accompany the panorama photos, helping the reader identify peaks by name. Read the fascinating stories associated with geographical features such as valleys, lakes and passes and meet some of the individuals who shaped the early history and exploration of the Rockies.