Everything seen from the top of a mountain

Apr 12, 2018 | Historic photos, MLP News

Editor’s Note, April 25th, 2018: Alex Hakonson has an update to this article – he has located the stations where William Ogilvie stood when he took the images detailed in this post. Alex has created an image taken from Google Earth with the photo plate...

Mountain Legacy at the Alpine Club of Canada’s 2017 General Mountaineering Camp

Feb 8, 2018 | MLP News, Notes from the Field

The summer of 2017 saw MLP teams out in the field gathering lots of repeat photographs, but it also featured something of a first — from August 6 – 12 an MLP team attended the Alpine Club of Canada’s General Mountaineering Camp. In an alpine setting...

International Mountain Day and the Mountain Legacy Project

Jan 1, 2018 | MLP News

Wow – 2017 was indeed a busy year for the Mountain Legacy Project – work with our research partners at Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada and Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, a full field season with 74 stations and...

Come Exploring with MLP

Jul 7, 2014 | MLP News

It’s the summer of 2014 and the Mountain Legacy Project has a team in the field!  But, before we bring you posts on adventures from the hills we thought it might be fun to whet your appetites for mountain images with the announcement of our map-based exploration...

A seasonal pick-me-up from the Mountain Legacy Project

Dec 15, 2013 | MLP News

Mid-December: the weather outside is grey, the hills around the University of Victoria are draped in cloud. It’s enough to make a mountain researcher and photographer sigh and wish for summer. What better way to lift the spirits then by pouring over amazing...