Fieldwork in a Time of COVID-19 Part 3: Jasper National Park

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...

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Fieldwork in a Time of COVID-19 Part 2: Kananaskis Country

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...

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Mountains on Fire: Growth, Renewal and Hope

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...

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Fieldwork in a time of COVID-19 Part 1: Crowsnest Pass

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...

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Black Rock Fire Lookout: Legacies and Looking Ahead

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 and...

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Drawings from the Field

Drawings 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....

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Mining, Memories, and Mountains

Mining, Memories, and Mountains

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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