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PART 2: Spatial analysis of repeated oblique images to study change in mountain landscapes
By Claire Wright | April 11, 2022 In the previous blog, Origins of Repeat Photography as Tool for Monitoring Landscape Change, I argued that repeat photography is an effective and flexible technique for examining change in mountain landscapes. With historic...PART 1: Origins of repeat photography as a tool for monitoring change in mountain landscapes
By Claire Wright | April 2, 2022 Mountain landscapes are often perceived of as part of the last ‘untouched’ wilderness in the world. In reality, they have long been homelands for Indigenous peoples and are subject to intense and widespread change as a result of human...MLP Explorer: A brand new (digital) face
The Mountain Legacy Project launched a brand new Explorer tool. Building on our previous public-facing website it is a future-oriented platform for serving up images and information about the world’s largest systematic collection of mountain repeat photography.
Re-Reading the Archival Photographs: Mining Scientific Photography to Build Many Meanings
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.
Digital Permanence in the era of Open Science
Will our digital information persist over time? in 10 years…100 years… 1,000 years…? Join UVic Data Curation Librarian Shahira Khair for a look at some answers.
Deep learning offers new prospects for exploration of Canada’s changing mountain ecosystems
by Spencer Rose | Mar 4, 2021 The Mountain Legacy Project (MLP) collection is a vast visual record of ecosystem changes in Canada’s mountains. With more than 120,000 high-resolution historical photos spanning the 1860s through the 1950s, along...
Fieldwork in a Time of COVID-19 Part 3: Jasper National Park
by James Tricker, February 15, 2021 After a wonderful week in Kananaskis Country, the field crew arrived in Jasper National Park (JNP) for the final leg of the shortened field season. JNP is where it all began for the Mountain Legacy Project. Back in the summer of...
Fieldwork in a Time of COVID-19 Part 2: Kananaskis Country
by Kristyn Lang, January 21st, 2021 Following our days spent exploring coal mining history in the Crowsnest Pass, our field crew headed North to Kananaskis Country. We spent three days working in lower elevation foothills before moving further west to spend our...Mountains on Fire: Growth, Renewal and Hope
Smoky view south over regenerating forest from the 2003 Lost Creek Fire. Courtesy: Kristen Walsh Kristen Walsh, January 5 2021 To mark the dawning of the new year, we draw your attention to wildfires in mountain landscapes and signs of renewal in Waterton Lakes...
The 11 Days of Mountains: a celebration for Dec 11 – International Mountain Day
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
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
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...
Athabasca Glacier and the Visualization Power of Photography
Athabasca glacier – the most visited glacier in North America – is rapidly receding. An analysis inspired by family history outlining the power of photography as a tool for understanding landscape change.