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Don MacLaurin

  • MACLAURIN_2017_011
  • Fonds
  • 1929 - 2013

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.

Tours of Whistler Interpretive Forest

  • MACLAURIN_2017_011-003-031
  • File
  • 1994 - 2006
  • Part of Don MacLaurin

Documents concerning tours of the Whistler Interpretive Forest, including tours for international forestry groups. File includes related correspondence; itinerary drafts and attendance lists; invoices; business cards related to a Japanese Senators tour; notes and handwritten contact information; reference information for tours; tour proposals; landscape and map sketches.

History of Whistler

  • MACLAURIN_2017_011-009-005
  • File
  • 1997 - 2008
  • Part of Don MacLaurin

Documents concerning the history of Whistler. File includes correspondence regarding a Whistler Forest History Project (also mentioned in MACLAURIN_2017_011_009_002); Whistler Blackcomb Historical Timeline covering 1960 - 2004; Whistler Lift and Blackcomb Lift specification charts; handwritten History of Whistler list; document titled "A Brief History of Forestry, Wildland Recreation and Whistler" covering 1980 - 1997; document titled "Whistler's Roots: The Origins of Our Old Forests" by Bob Brett; document section titled "Whistler's History" covering 1873 - 1989, taken from a larger document; documents from the Whistler Museum and Archives Society detailing aspects of Whistler's history; document titled "Observations on the Whistler area wildfires, 1919 - 1985"; charts, maps, and data regarding wildfires in the Whistler area; handwritten notes; chart titled "History of Cooperation/Coordination by Whistler with Agencies and Industry."

Forestry Tree Cutting Photographs

  • MACLAURIN_2017_011-012-013
  • File
  • 1985 - 2010
  • Part of Don MacLaurin

File includes photographs related to forest management, particularly the removal of select trees. File also includes photographs of Blackcomb, Wedge, and Overlord Mountains; photographs from the peak of Whistler mountain; [photographs in the Nicklaus North golf course area].

Program Development

  • MACLAURIN_2017_011-020
  • Series
  • 1987 - 2003
  • Part of Don MacLaurin

Series contains records concerning the mountain development programs that Don MacLaurin participated in, including the Whistler Mountain summer training program, the Whistler Mountain enhancement program, and the Blackcomb Mountain enhancement program.

Blackcomb Mountain Summer Nature Program

Documents found in a folder labelled "Blackcomb Mountain Summer Nature Program". File includes Blackcomb Mountain tour stop notes; notes on plants and vegetation; information flyers on Blackcomb Mountain resort; a Blackcomb Mountain magazine; draft text of article titled "High Level Magic" regarding Blackcomb Mountain chairlifts; hiking trail tips and directions handouts titled "Blackcomb Hiking Companion"; copy of a Blackcomb Summer Survey; "Summer Safety on Blackcomb Mountain" handout; Blackcomb Mountain "Summer Magic" activities summaries and invitations; drawn diagrams of Blackcomb Mountain; a Blackcomb Mountain news release; bound copy of a 1988 Naturalist Tours manual with associated notes; Blackcomb reporting lines and trail notes; photocopies of topographical maps.

Notes on the Sproatt-Rainbow Openings

File includes notes titled "Sproatt-Rainbow Openings". The notes involve different approaches, surveys from 1985 until 1990, and locations.