Fonds contain the records of Don MacLaurin. MacLaurin was involved in the forestry industry of British Columbia, taught at BCIT, and was heavily involved with the Resort Municipality of Whistler. He was in several forestry associations, including the Canadian Institute of Forestry, British Columbia Foresters, and the Forest Nursery Association of British Columbia. MacLaurin created the Whistler Interpretive Forest. MacLaurin also completed assessments for private developers. Included in the fonds are his personal records.

Most of the records were created in the Whistler region.

File includes photographs taken of the Whistler Golf Course. The photographs were found in an envelope labelled "Trail Building."

Photographs found in an envelope labelled "Stereo Pairs - Whistler (needs stereoscope)". Photographs are of the Whistler area, mostly from the peak of Whistler Mountain. The file also includes a photograph of a forestry crew.

Documents found in a folder with "Whistler Mountain Enhancement Program Working Papers, Background" written on it in Don MacLaurin's writing. File includes a map of Whistler Mountain Alpine Garden; an article from the May 5, 1995 Vancouver Sun titled "Uncle Skunk Cabbage deserves better press than he's been getting" by Wilf Nicholls; a map titled "Topographic Survey on Whistler Mountain in the Area of Pika's Restraunt, Adjacent to D.L. 7644, Group 1, N.W.D." [sic]; information on plants and plant locations for the Whistler Mountain Enhancement Program; a Summer 1993 Whistler Mountain Hiking Map pamphlet; a Harmony Express advertisement pamphlet; a Summer 1994 Whistler Mountain Hiking Map pamphlet; notes on the Whistler Mountain Enhancement program; an August 1992 Whistler Mountain Enhancement Project report.

File also includes photographs related to the Whistler Mountain Enhancement Project; a 1993/1994 Whistler Mountain Trail Map; correspondence regarding Whistler Mountain Enhancement Project reports with editing notes; draft copes of a March 1992 Whistler Mountain Enhancement Project report; a Summer 1992 Whistler Mountain newsletter; flyer for a Whistler Mountain Swiss Alpine Festival; plant purchase cost estimates; schedule of events for a Whistler Mountain Alpine Mountainfest; notes on tree species, vegetation, and hazards; meeting and phone call notes; Blackcomb Summer Program tour notes; flyer for a 1993 Vancouver Perennial Plant Symposium; Alpine Garden design notes; a 1991 newsletter for The Davidson Club; a Fall 1991 Whistler mountain newsletter; an Blackcomb Mountain summer pamphlet; an "Alpine Summer" Whistler Mountain pamphlet.

File also includes notes, correspondence, and a pamphlet regarding a 1991 visit to the University of British Columbia Botanical Garden; correspondence, estimates, proposals regarding Whistler Mountain revegetation work; correspondence and data regarding observations on Whistler Mountain; notes on Whistler Mountain Enhancement; plant lists; a Spring/Summer 1991 Whistler Mountain newsletter; planning notes for Whistler Mountain vegetation management; Whistler Mountain Enhancement program advisory group meeting notes; Whistler Mountain Ski Corporation expenses forms.

Photographs:
Items 016 - 022 were grouped together.
Items 023 - 030 were together in an envelope labelled "Whistler Mountain Enhancement Project".
Items 031 - 043 were together in an envelope labelled "Whistler Mountain Enhancement Project Holding Area - Midstation (1991)".
Items 044 - 052 were together in an envelope labelled "Photos of Whistler Mountain Enhancement Program Plantings 1991" and "Express Base Area".
Items 053 - 078 were together in an envelope labelled "Whistler Mountain Enhancement Project Existing Native Plants - Photos."
Items 079 - 098 were together in an envelope labelled "Whistler Mountain Enhancement Project - 1991 Planting. Alpine Station Area".
Items 099 - 105 were together in an envelope labelled "Whistler Mountain Enhancement Project - 1991 Planting Express Mid-Station Area".
Items 106 - 134 were together in an envelope labelled "Whistler Mountain Enhancement Project Alpine Garden Site - Photos".
Items 135 - 136 were grouped together.
Items 137 - 189 were together in an envelope.

Series contains records from the time Don MacLaurin was employed at BCIT. Records reflect MacLaurin's activity as a professor, included course notes, assignments, and correspondence.

Series includes documents concerning Don MacLaurin's involvement with the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW). Documents include various aspects of the RMOW, including tourism, upkeep, financial records, and environmental impact.

Documents concerning the Whistler Mountain Ski Corporation. Series includes an "On Mountain" Five Year Development Plan for 1996 until 2000; document titled "Projected Economic Impact that would be Generated From Expansion of the Ski Development Area on Whistler Mountain" from August 1992; bound copy of a document titled "Level 1 Fish Habitat Assessment of Whistler Creek (Highway 99 to Debris Rack)".

File includes a bound document titled "The Whistler Mountain Area: An Overview of the Role of Government", subtitled "A report to the Environment and Land Use Committee The Government of the Province of British Columbia", dated 1974. File also includes maps titled "The Whistler Mountain Area Study Settlement Pattern", "Web Engineering Ltd. Proposed Sanitary Sewer System", "The Whistler Mountain Area Study Land Tenure and Reserves".

File includes document titled "The Effects of Decision Making on the Landscape in the Whistler Mountain Area: A Case Study", subtitled "A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Department of Geography Simon Fraser University", by Wilhelm Alexander Hunken, dated November 1969. Document includes maps of land development in the Whistler Mountain Area from 1930, 1960, and 1969.

File includes photographs of a crew clearing trees from a road; photographs of views from Whistler Mountain; photographs of roads and signage in the Whistler Interpretive Forest; photographs of [Whistler Golf Course?].