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This 50-minute wildlife film features two stories from the Canadian Rockies. Grizzlies of the Great Divide follows grizzly bears over three years, capturing rare and intimate footage of their behavior and the growth of two cubs. Wild Dogs of Jasper…

The remaining wild flock of the rare whooping crane divides its year about equally between Canada and the United States. In Canada, they are protected by man and nature so that few Canadians even get to see them. In Texas, in their other life, the…

This 90-minute nature film explores the diverse habitats of the Canadian wilderness across the seasons. From the boreal forest in fall, winter, spring, and summer, to alpine meadows, lakesides, and rivers, the film showcases the survival strategies…

Where the gentle prairie grasslands blends into the aspen parkland and ultimately gives way to the boreal forest lies Prince Albert National Park. It is a place of subtle beauty that has inspired many, including the famous author-conservationist…

Inside the wide western grasslands there is another, almost hidden land; a secret land guarded by ancient sentinels of rock. Wind and water carved the Milk River valley walls into the fantastic shapes and faces that we call the hoodoos. They in turn…

This nature documentary explores the breathtaking landscapes of the Rocky Mountains and showcases their diverse wildlife. It features two main segments:"Lure of the Rockies" - Stunning views of snow-capped peaks, glacial lakes, and valleys…

"Hunters of the Sky: Filming the Fish Hawk" is a wildlife documentary transcript exploring the diverse behaviors and habitats of North American owls and hawks, including the unique hawk owl, burrowing owl, and great gray owl, as well as…

This film features "High Arctic Close-Up," showcasing rare footage of the High Arctic's polar deserts and icecaps, including migrating birds, and "Destroyers of Mountains," depicting glacial erosion in the Rocky Mountains…

This film features two segments: "Giants of the Forest," exploring bull moose and wapiti (elk) battles in Northwest America's rugged mountains, and "Big Horns of Beauty Creek," showcasing the unique society of bighorn sheep…

Walrus 2. Walrus diving off ice floe into water Resolute Aug 55

Booklet - A scrapbook page with photographs and information about events that occurred during the 2004-2005 term of the Chatsworth Country Club, near Vermilion, AB

Outgoing crew, estimated date 31 May 1957. L-R Red Swazer, who had

Memorabilia - The Alberta Women's Institutes Glass Coffee Mug

Photograph - Portrait of individual facing to right

This film introduces you to the most prosperous panhandler of the wild the black bear. Through its interaction with a wide spectrum of the public, many different images have been generated. In this program, we look at these different images and…

Shadows passing across the moon, a soft beating of unseen wings in the dark, distant cries blown back by the wind, a line of geese flying high these are some of the familiar fragments that are part of the mystery of migration. Waterfowl, shorebirds…

Photograph - Individual photo of Marie Plaizer

This film attempts to relate briefly to the Finnish contributions to building with logs in winter and deals with the basic skill and techniques of handcrafting a log house. The completion of the log house signals a celebration with the traditional…

Ionospheric sounder (Cossar) . Installed during the IGY it swept the radio frequencies and the resulting responses from the ionosphere were recorded on film which were later developed in the south

Photograph - Several people milling around near the entrance to a building at the fiftieth anniversary gathering of the Chatsworth Country Club, near Vermilion, AB. Pictured in the photograph are: Jenny Haseniuk, Alma Waldenberger, Jim Tovell,…

Rugged, unique, unconquerable. Baja California the only North American land that turned back the Spanish Conquistadors. This desert peninsula has repelled waves of humankind, leaving its marine ecosystems intact and filled with life. From manta rays…

Photograph - Several members of the Club celebrating Margaret Geeraert's birthday with lunch at Bonanza, after visiting Patchwork Junction in Lloydminster, AB. Pictured in the photographs are: Top photograph - Left to right: Margaret Geeraert,…

Notes - A brief synopsis of the Club's activities for the year, near Vermilion, AB

Photograph -The black birds were cormorants; the small white ones were gulls and there is one pelican. Lac la Biche. AB