Discover Canada’s mountains as you’ve never seen them before with gorgeous photography from the Mountain Legacy Project accompanied by gripping essays from mountaineers, artists, and mountain researchers.
In Mountain Voices, alpinists, activists, artists, and mountain researchers share the ways Canadian mountains have impacted their lives. Each contributor brings a unique and fascinating perspective to the mountain landscape with short essays accompanied by a pair of photographs from the remarkable archive of the Mountain Legacy Project, illustrating the history, geography, and lasting inspiration of the mountains.
Mountain Voices draws on the vast bank of historic and repeat photographs produced by the Mountain Legacy Project, the world’s largest systematic and comprehensive collection of mountain photographs, spanning more than a century. From fragile glass plate negatives to modern, high-resolution photography, these images document a mountain landscape during times of drastic change.
Mountain Voices features a diverse array of voices, including Indigenous activists, employees of Canada’s national parks, interdisciplinary scientists dedicated to mountains, alpine adventurers, and historians captivated by tales of mountain pasts. Mountain Voices brings the landscape to life through the passion and devotion of those who love it deeply.
With contributions by: Leanne Allison, Renellta Arluk, Rick Arthur, Catrin Brown, Bruce Cockburn, Alison Criscitiello, Joanna Croston, Jill Delaney, Winston Delorne, Julie Fortin, Paulette M. Fox, Will Gadd, Ben Gadd, Eric Higgs, David Hik, Aerin Jacob, David P. Jones, Gùdia (Mary Jane) Jonson, Michelle Koppes, Roger Laurilla, Nikita Lopoukhine, Bruce Mayer, Bernadette McDonald, Ella Molnar-Piché, Pat Morrow, Peter Murphy, Liza Piper, Graeme Pole, Martin F. Price, Sara Renner, Jeanine Rhemtulla, Chris Rhodes, Zac Robinson, Mary Sanseverino, Chic Scott, Rain Scott, Stephen Slemon, William Snow, Karen Sorensen, Ellie Stephenson, Robert D. Turner, Nancy J. Turner, Robert Vranich, Kristen Walsh, Meghan J. Ward, Rob Watt, Cliff White, Andy Williams, Carmen Wong, Ken Wylie
About the Editors
Eric Higgs is a professor in the School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, and director of the Mountain Legacy Project.
Zac Robinson is an associate professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, University of Alberta.
Mary Sanseverino is teaching professor emerita, Department of Computer Science, University of Victoria.
Kristen Walsh is a research associate with the Mountain Legacy Project.
Foreword
I.S. MacLaren
Introduction
Eric Higgs, Zac Robinson, and Kristen Walsh
Key Concepts in Historic Photographic Surveying
Mary Sanseverino
Section 1: Mountains of the North
Prospector’s-Russell Col, Mount Logan
Alison Criscitiello
’A’ą̈y Chù
Gùdia (Mary Jane) Johnson
Nàday Gän
David Hik
Nahanni
Aerin Jacob
The Alsek River and Mount Fairweather
Chris Rhodes
The South Nahanni River
Robert Vranich
A High Col on the North Side of the Steele Valley
Andy Williams
The Kaskawulsh Glacier
Carmen Wong
Section 2: The Northern Rockies
Rocky Pass
Winston Delorme
Willmore Wilderness Area
Julie Fortin
Athabasca Glacier
Will Gadd
Roche Ronde
Eric Higgs
Mount Robson
Michele Koppes
Mount Edith Cavell
Peter Murphy
Mountain Park
Liza Piper
Power House Cliff
Jeanine Rhemtulla
The Kootenay Plains
Stephen Slemon
The Ancient Wall
Ellie Stephenson
Section 3: The Central Rockies
Lake Minnewanka
Renellta Arluk
Shining Mountain
Bruce Cockburn
Îyâmnathka
Ben Gadd
Bow River Corridor
Bruce Mayer
Lake O’Hara
Bernadette McDonald
Mount Stephen
Graeme Pole
Sunshine Meadows
Martin F. Price
Grassi Lakes
Zac Robinson
The Wapta Icefields
Chic Scott
The Valley of the Wikchemna Peaks
William Snow
Banff
Karen Sorensen
Bow Lake
Meghan J. Ward
Ya Ha Tinda Mountain Prairie
Cliff White
Mount Rundle
Ken Wylie
Section 4: The Southern Rockies
Marvel Lake
Leanne Allison
Highwood Pass
Rick Arthur
Prairie Bluff
Jill Delaney
Ninnastako – Chief Mountain
Paulette M. Fox
Waterton Lakes National Park
Nikita Lopoukhine
Mount Assiniboine
Pat Morrow
The Wonder Traverse
Sara Renner
Weathering Kananaskis Lakes
Kristen Walsh
The Blakiston Valley
Rob Watt
Section 5: The Columbia Mountains
The Asulkan Traverse
Joanna Croston
Mount Sir Sanford
David P. Jones
Butters Creek, Battle Range
Roger Laurilla
Pigeon Spire
Ella Molnar-Piché
Jade Lake Pass
Mary Sanseverino
Rogers Pass
Robert D. Turner
Mount Revelstoke
Nancy J. Turner
Section 6: The Coastal Mountains
The Mount Cokely-Mount Arrowsmith Col
Catrin Brown
Hišimy̓awiƛ
Rain Scott
Epilogue
Eric Higgs
