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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....