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The Weekender Effect: Hyperdevelopment in Mountain Towns
Despite the obvious and fast-paced growth of bedroom communities, academics, tourists and residents seem to be ignoring the devastating impact such a siege is having upon the integrity of many mountain places.

The Rockies of Canada: A Revised & Enlarged Edition of Camping in the Canadian Rockies (MCC #5)
First published in 1900, The Rockies of Canada is based on one of the first major works to be written about the mountains of western Canada, Camping in the Canadian Rockies (1896).

Mountain People

Canmore, Kananaskis, and the Canadian Rockies
A stunning photography book that gives a glimpse of what it's like to live, work, and play in this beautiful area.

Glen Boles: My Mountain Album
Art and photography from one of the Canadian Rockies' finest artists.

Drawing from the Mountain: An Illustrated Journey
Compelling art, photographs and journal entries highlight one man's mountain experience.

A Passion for Mountains: The Lives of Don and Phyllis Munday
The story of Canada's most famous mountaineering couple.

The Diva and the Rancher: The Story of Norma Piper and George Pocaterra
An intimate portrait of two Albertans who became legends in their own lifetimes.

Close Calls on High Walls
and other Tales from the Warden Service

Experience life as a park warden in Canada's national parks with this moving memoir from a former warden.

Don Forest: Quest for the Summits
Biography of first person to climb all 11,000rs in the Canadian Rockies.

Bruno Engler Photography
Sixty Years of Mountain Photography in the Canadian Rockies.

No Ordinary Woman: The Story of Mary Schäffer Warren
Story of the first woman to explore the northern Rockies.

R. M. Patterson: A Life of Great Adventure
Biography of an explorer, rancher and writer.

Pushing the Limits: The Story of Canadian Mountaineering
Documents 200 years of climbing history, highlighting the majesty of Canadian peaks and the achievements of Canadian climbers.

Mountain Stories

Guardians of the Peaks
The history of mountain rescue in the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains.

Old Indian Trails of the Canadian Rockies
Rediscover Mary Schaffer's adventures in the early 1900s as one of the first non-Native women to venture into the heart of the Rocky Mountains.

The Canadian Rockies: New and Old Trails
Provides a glimpse of the early days of mountaineering, as well as the early characters: Mary Schaffer, Joby Beaver, Frank Sibbald, Reverend George Kinney and Adolphus Moberly.

Waterton and Glacier in a Snap!
Fast Facts & Titillating Trivia

A cornucopia of short, quick-to-read items about people, animals, events and places in Waterton and Glacier National Parks.

Pushing the Limits: The Story of Canadian Mountaineering
Documents 200 years of climbing history, highlighting the majesty of Canadian peaks and the achievements of Canadian climbers.

Coyote Music and other humorous tales of the Early West
Popular historian Grant MacEwan at his anecdotal best.

Mountain Odyssey
The story of a summer's backpacking in the Canadian Rockies

Wildlife Adventures in the Canadian West
Stories of a wildlife biologists adventures in 40 years of wildlife studies.

Not Won in a Day
The tale of an extraordinary effort to climb all the high points of Canada's provinces and territories.

Kananaskis Ram
A true story of a hunter and his ram.

Western History

High on a Windy Hill
The story of the Prince of Wales Hotel in Waterton Park.

Skoki: Beyond the Passes
A history Canada's first backcountry ski lodge.

50 Roadside Panoramas in the Canadian Rockies
50 panoramas taken from highway viewpoints in the Canadian Rockies. Keep this one handy in the glove compartment of your car.

Bruno Engler Photography
Sixty Years of Mountain Photography in the Canadian Rockies.

My Valley The Kananaskis
History of the Kananaskis Valley.

Calgary's Mountain Panorama
The Rocky Mountains as seen from Calgary, Alberta.

At the Ranch House
Western Canadian ranch cooking.

Cowboys and Chuckwagons
Western Canadian ranch cooking.

Read the story of an unusual woman who explored the Canadian Rockies in 1906-1912, re-discovering the spectacular Maligne Lake.

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