by James Tricker | Feb 15, 2021 | MLP News, Notes from the Field
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...
by Kristyn Lang | Jan 21, 2021 | MLP News, Notes from the Field
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...
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...
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...
by Cassandra Buunk | Aug 19, 2020 | MLP News, Notes from the Field
By Cassandra Buunk, August 19th, 2020 There is a little box on the bottom right hand side of the Mountain Legacy Project field note sheets that I took as an invitation to sketch the landscape. I took every opportunity to sketch the mountains in our 2019 field season....