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Re-Reading the Archival Photographs:  Mining Scientific Photography to Build Many Meanings

Re-Reading the Archival Photographs: Mining Scientific Photography to Build Many Meanings

by Jill Delaney | May 18, 2021 | Historic photos, MLP News, MLP research

Jill Delaney, Lead Archivist, Photography, Private Archives, and MLP Archivist at Library and Archives Canada takes us behind the scenes of the 60,000+ historic images held at LAC and used for the Mountain Legacy Project’s repeat photography studies.

The 11 Days of Mountains: a celebration for Dec 11 – International Mountain Day

The 11 Days of Mountains: a celebration for Dec 11 – International Mountain Day

by Mary Sanseverino | Dec 11, 2020 | Historic photos, MLP News

Mary Sanseverino, Dec 11, 2020 Here at the Mountain Legacy Project today is something of a big deal. That’s because ever since 2003 the United Nations has declared today – Dec 11 – to be International Mountain Day. It’s a celebration of all...
Fieldwork in a time of COVID-19 Part 1: Crowsnest Pass

Fieldwork in a time of COVID-19 Part 1: Crowsnest Pass

by Sonia Voicescu | Nov 24, 2020 | Historic photos, MLP News, Notes from the Field

by Sonia Voicescu, November 24, 2020 With the arrival of the first COVID-19 cases in Canada in late January, and ensuing months of self-isolation and restrictions, a dark cloud of uncertainty reigned over the MLP’s summer fieldwork plans. Our expectations quickly...
Black Rock Fire Lookout: Legacies and Looking Ahead

Black Rock Fire Lookout: Legacies and Looking Ahead

by Kristen Walsh | Nov 4, 2020 | Historic photos, MLP News

Photo taken by Surveyor J. J. McArthur in 1889. View west from Black Rock Fire Lookout towards Devil’s Head Mountain (centre of photo). By Kristen Walsh, November 4 2020 In 1889, as part of the Rocky Mountains Park and Coalfields Survey, Surveyor J. J. McArthur...
Mining, Memories, and Mountains

Mining, Memories, and Mountains

by Sonia Voicescu | Jul 14, 2020 | Historic photos, MLP News, MLP research

by Sonia Voicescu, July 14, 2020 Have you ever come across towns whose very presence on the landscape hint at multiple stories and complex histories? Perhaps it’s the façade of a particular building that doesn’t quite fit with the more modern design of its neighbours....
Introducing “A century of high elevation ecosystem change in the Canadian Rocky Mountains”

Introducing “A century of high elevation ecosystem change in the Canadian Rocky Mountains”

by Mary Sanseverino | Jun 23, 2020 | Historic photos, MLP News, MLP research

By Mary Sanseverino, June 23, 2020 Just last week on June 16 two intertwined articles, both about landscape change in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, came out. Both were published under the auspices of the Nature Research family of journals, one of the world’s...
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