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ARCHIVED - Framing Canada:
A Photographic Memory

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Gallery - The Rocky Mountain Ranges

The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway line gave tourists direct access to the Canadian Rockies. From 1885 onwards, these mountain ranges became a photographic fascination; railway companies and government departments commissioned photos for promotional purposes and tourists created and purchased photographic souvenirs. Ultimately, photography helped make mountains synonymous with the Canadian West.

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Photograph of two men standing on a glacier on Mount Robson, British Columbia, 1913

On the Glacier of Mount Robson
British Columbia, 1913
Photographer: Ascribed to William James Topley
PA-011092
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Photograph of Albert Canyon, British Columbia, 1886

Albert Canyon, British Columbia, 1886
Photographer: Édouard Deville
PA-062221
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Photograph showing four men crossing an ice field while climbing Mount Assiniboine, Alberta-British Columbia border, date unknown

Climbing Mount Assiniboine
Alberta-British Columbia border, unknown date
Photographer: unknown
PA-041025
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Photograph of the Banff Springs Hotel in winter surrounded by mountains, Banff, Alberta, date unknown

Banff Springs Hotel
Banff, Alberta, unknown date
Photographer: Department of Interior
PA-040647
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