Author: Ruth Oltmann
Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780921102403
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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Relates the fascinating history of the valley from Neolithic peoples to present-day tourists. The area was controlled by the Stoney Indians in the mid-1800's when James Sinclair and Captain John Palliser travelled the valley in search of a pass across the Rocky Mountains. In the early 1900's trapper, surveyors and gold seekers set the stage for the commercial exploitation of the 1940's and '50's when the valley became a source of lumber, coal and power for the rapidly-growing City of Calgary. Nowadays the Kananaskis Valley is the heart of Kananaskis Country, a multi-use recreation area developed for Albertans in 1977.
Author: Gillean Daffern
Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
ISBN: 1897522762
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 322
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With over 100,000 copies of the previous editions sold, Gillean Daffern's bestselling hiking guides to Kananaskis Country have been completely reformatted, revised and updated. As the pre-eminent expert on the area, the author continues to offer something for every level of foot-traveller, be they novice or experienced hikers, scramblers or backpackers. Gillean's clear and detailed text, enhanced with colour photos and maps, enables everyone to navigate safely through this complex and beautiful area. NEW! The previous two volumes have been extended into five exhaustively researched books. NEW! Each new volume includes exciting and previously unpublished trails and routes. NEW! All maps have been completely redrawn and enhanced. NEW! Full-colour photographs throughout do justice to the spectacular scenery of the Canadian Rockies.
Author: Gillean Daffern
Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
ISBN: 1926855876
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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With over 100,000 copies of the previous editions sold, Gillean Daffern’s bestselling hiking guides to Kananaskis Country have been completely reformatted, revised and updated. As the pre-eminent expert on the area, the author continues to offer something for every level of foot-traveller, be they novice or experienced hikers, scramblers or backpackers. Gillean’s clear and detailed text, enhanced with colour photos and maps, enables everyone to navigate safely through this complex and beautiful area. NEW! The previous two volumes have been extended into five exhaustively researched books. NEW! Each new volume includes exciting and previously unpublished trails and routes. NEW! All maps have been completely redrawn and enhanced. NEW! Full-colour photographs throughout do justice to the spectacular scenery of the Canadian Rockies.
Author: Gillean Daffern
Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
ISBN: 1927330092
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 242
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DUE TO CURRENT TRAIL CONSTRUCTION, WATCH FOR VOLUME 3 IN JUNE 2013!!
Author: Gillean Daffern
Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
ISBN: 1897522770
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 282
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Description based on: v. 2, copyrighted 2011.
Author: Emerson Sanford
Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
ISBN: 1897522800
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242
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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.
Author: Beryl Hallworth
Publisher: University of Alberta
ISBN: 9780888642974
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 436
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The flora of the Rocky Mountains is spectacular, displaying its changing aspects throughout the growing season. As the snow cover melts back up the mountain slopes, the wildflowers spread their carpet through the forests, across the subalpine meadows and into the alpine regions. Kananaskis Country was established primarily for nature conservation and recreation. It contains three provincial parks with facilities for swimming, fishing, camping, hiking, and the general enjoyment of nature. The southernmost park, Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, includes several lakes and a large section of mountain wilderness with snow-covered peaks and glaciers. It is a "multi-use recreation area," offering the visitor a choice of hiking and interpretive trails. Sprawling across Alberta's prairies and foothills to the heights of the Rockies, Kananaskis Country is home to a particularly rich diversity of plant life. Plants of Kananaskis Country in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta describes in detail 423 of the most significant, identifiable or characteristic species of this region and refers to many other species. Beryl Hallworth and C.C. Chinnappa also provide an authoritative overview of this region, including information on its climate, geology, and vegetation zones and important notes on the history of human use of these plants.
Author: Gillean Daffern
Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
ISBN: 1771601582
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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An account of the Kananaskis flood showing the event itself, the aftermath, the assessment of damage, and the rebuilding phase. Includes photographs taken before and after the landscape changed.
Author: Edgar Stansfield
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coal
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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Author: Ralph Leslie Rutherford
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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