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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.

BCIT Documents

  • MACLAURIN_2017_011-001
  • Series
  • 1960 - 2013
  • Part of Don MacLaurin

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.

Whistler Angling Club

Series includes a Working Group Outline for the Whistler Angling Club from 1994; a partial bibliography of previous studies done on a Fisheries Inventory of the Whistler Area.

Report on Forest Cover Management Project Sunshine Village Expansion

Series includes a folder labelled "Report on Forest Cover Management Project Sunshine Village Expansion." Series includes aerial photographs; an invitation to attend the dedication of the Sunshine Village Gondola; document titled "Report on Forest Cover Management Project Sunshine Village Expansion", written by Don MacLaurin May 1979; document titled "The use of Computer Graphics in the Visual Analysis of the Sunshine Ski Area expansion", written by Mark Angelo; correspondence regarding Sunshine Village snow profile equipment, trail planning, tours; correspondence regarding a proposed gondola line clearing at Sunshine Village; document titled "Report on Gondola Line Clearing Sunshine Village", written by Don MacLaurin April 1978; BCIT correspondence regarding a proposed computer graphic visual analysis project.

Whistler Mountain Skier Usage Report by BCIT Students 1971

Records concerning the Whistler Mountain skier usage report by BCIT Students from 1971. The file includes correspondence, a draft copy of the Whistler Mountain User Study (1976); an edited copy of the students' ski report with editorial notes.

1984-85 Study Leave

  • MACLAURIN_2017_011-001-002
  • File
  • 1980 - 1985
  • Part of Don MacLaurin

File contains documents concerning Don MacLaurin's 1984/85 study leave, including booklets describing national parks in Hawaii; correspondencewith university officials; Don MacLaurin's research proposal and related documents; daily itineraries; research notes; a list of the National and Provincial Parks Association of Canada's 1978 Board of Trustees; details, requests, plans, and proposals for Don MacLaurin's sabbatical; contact information lists. The file also contains documents regarding Don MacLaurin's application for the position of Coordinator for the Curriculum Development Centre.

Avalanche Courses

  • MACLAURIN_2017_011-001-001
  • File
  • 1974 - 1980
  • Part of Don MacLaurin

Documents related to avalanche course materials. The file includes course programs; explanations of snow physics and the formation of avalanches; course notes; avalanche classification and recording notes; a 1978 BCIT Avalanche Course Notes workbook.

Garibaldi Lifts Report

  • MACLAURIN_2017_011-001-007
  • File
  • May 15, 1970
  • Part of Don MacLaurin

Contains "Whistler Mountain a Simulation of the Present and Proposed Lift Facilities of Garibaldi Lifts Ltd., at Whistler Mountain, Alta Lake, B.C." The file is a report on the first pilot project done by the 1969-1970 Fish, Wildlife and Parks Management Option of the Forest Resource Technology at BCIT.

BCIT Pioneers Club

  • MACLAURIN_2017_011-001-004
  • File
  • 1960 - 1980
  • Part of Don MacLaurin

Records concerning the BCIT Pioneers Club. The file includes Forest Ranger training materials; documents regarding the extension of the Chilliwack Forest Development Road; various correspondence; a briefing document on distance education at BCIT; a list of contacts associated with Don MacLaurin's 1984/85 study leave; a copy of the December 1959 Forest Service Newsletter.

Wildlife - A Bibliography

  • MACLAURIN_2017_011-001-005
  • File
  • 1972 - 1974
  • Part of Don MacLaurin

Contains "Wildlife - A Bibliography: Government publications on wildlife held in the Library of the B.C. Institute of Technology," compiled by Katherine Kent. The file also contains an interoffice memo addressed to Don MacLaurin from Margot Allingham.

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