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Putting the Clues Together: Figuring out Camera Locations

Putting the Clues Together: Figuring out Camera Locations

by James Tricker | Feb 10, 2023 | Historic photos, MLP research, Notes from the Field

  The repeat photography undertaken at the Mountain Legacy Project (MLP) requires thorough preparation before the season starts, and long days in the field hiking to remote peaks and promontories, as Claire and Daniel recount in their climb up Mt Alderson...
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 Alina Fisher | May 18, 2021 | Historic photos, MLP News, MLP research

Jill Delaney, Lead Archivist, Photography, Private Archives, Library and Archives CanadaMay18, 2021 I write this blog from the unceded traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg (Algonquin) peoples in Ottawa, Ontario. The historical photographs discussed in this post...
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 Alina Fisher | 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 Alina Fisher | 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 Alina Fisher | 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....
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