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Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
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- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of records pertaining to business, 1967-1982, club activities, 1967-2010; information files, 1968-2010; newsletters, environmental assessments, and miscellaneous. Accompanied by audio tape. Research value relates to the club and its affiliations; natural history activities including …
- Date Range
- 1967-2010
- Reference Code
- M186
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Textual record
- Organization record
- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 186
- Sous-Fonds
- M 186
- Accession Number
- 1112, 1259, 1613, 1881, 2571, 2751, 2861, 2953, 3034, 3053, 3080, 3096, 3210, 3218, 3248, 3262, 3348, 3479, 5090, 8149(processed and located lower storage-boxes 35-98), 8161(unproc)
- Reference Code
- M186
- Date Range
- 1967-2010
- Physical Description
- 15 m of textual records
- History / Biographical
- The Bow Valley Naturalists is a natural history club based in Banff, Alberta. Its objectives are to acquire and disseminate knowledge on natural history, to work for the protection and preservation of natural areas and wildlife and to stimulate interest in the appreciation of nature. Activities include hikes and observations in the Bow Valley and the Canadian Rockies, natural area studies, bird and flower counts, and lobbying of governments on conservation issues. The club conducted intensive natural area studies in the Mount Yamnuska area in 1974, and in the Vermilion Lakes area in 1977-1978.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of records pertaining to business, 1967-1982, club activities, 1967-2010; information files, 1968-2010; newsletters, environmental assessments, and miscellaneous. Accompanied by audio tape. Research value relates to the club and its affiliations; natural history activities including birding and flower studies; natural areas including Vermilion Lakes; conservation issues such as Village Lake Louise, Sunshine Village and proposed natural parks, the development of national parks, research related to forest management, Middle Springs Development phases, Town of Banff Community plans, National Parks ski areas, Trans-Canada Highway Twinning Phases, transportation and utilities in the National Parks, the Bow Valley east of Banff and Kananaskis Valley, and British Columbia protected areas.
- Name Access
- Bow Valley Naturalists
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
- Creator
- Bow Valley Naturalists
- Category
- Environment
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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Briefs, general
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- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of briefs presented by the Bow Valley Naturalists to government agencies and hearings re legislation, development proposals and environmental issues
- Date Range
- [1970]-1979
- Reference Code
- M186 / 8
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II.A. Club activities : briefs
- Reference Code
- M186 / 8
- Date Range
- [1970]-1979
- Physical Description
- 17 textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of briefs presented by the Bow Valley Naturalists to government agencies and hearings re legislation, development proposals and environmental issues
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- LIST OF ITEMS:
- * Submission of the Bow Valley Naturalists to the Standing Committee on Banff National Park : [submission to the provincial Government of Alberta re: the Alberta Wilderness Act, 1970, draft
- * Bow Valley Naturalists submission to the Parks Planning Commission Hearings for Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho National Parks : [petition re Mountain Park Provisional Master Plan], [1971]
- * Strip mining in the mountains, 1971
- * A brief presented to the Canadian Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, 1972
- * Brief re Village Lake Louise, [Feb 1972]
- * [Brief to the Provincial Government of Alberta re: conservation in Alberta], n.d.
- * Outline of Bow Valley Naturalists brief for Eastern Slope Hearings [1973]
- * The future of the Eastern Slope, June 1973
- * [Brief re Four Lane Highway Study], August 1975, draft and final
- * A brief presented to the Environment Conservation Authority on flow regulation of the Red deer River, November 1975
- * [Comments of Eastern Slope Policy, 1975], January 1976
- * Canadian National Parks: Recreation Policy Opinion Survey", September 1976
- * Long range proposals for Sunshine Village, Banff National Park, September 1976
- * [BVN response to Banff Mall Group], April 1978
- * Lake Louise Planning Study, Interim Planning Report, April 1979
- * The environmental impact statement prepared by the Department of Public Works on proposed improvements to the Trans-Canada Highway in Banff National park, East Gate to KM 13, [June 1979]
- * Bow Valley Naturalists comments on proposals for the Aquacentre and Interpretive Centre, Banff National Park, December 1979
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Correspondence
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- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Date Range
- 1967-1979
- Reference Code
- M186 / 1 to 4
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I. Business papers
- Reference Code
- M186 / 1 to 4
- Date Range
- 1967-1979
- Physical Description
- 6.5 cm of textual records
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Correspondence
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- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Date Range
- 1980
- Reference Code
- M186 / 34
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I. Business papers
- Reference Code
- M186 / 34
- Date Range
- 1980
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Correspondence, 1979
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- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I. Business papers
- Reference Code
- M186 / 32
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Financial records
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- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Date Range
- 1969-1976
- Reference Code
- M186 / 5
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I. Business papers
- Reference Code
- M186 / 5
- Date Range
- 1969-1976
- Physical Description
- .5 cm of textual records
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Grasslands National Park
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- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Date Range
- 1975-1976
- Reference Code
- M186 / 28
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- III. Information files
- Reference Code
- M186 / 28
- Date Range
- 1975-1976
- Physical Description
- .5 cm of textual records
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Indian and Northern Affairs
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- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Date Range
- 1971-1975
- Reference Code
- M186 / 27
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- III. Information files
- Reference Code
- M186 / 27
- Date Range
- 1971-1975
- Physical Description
- .5 cm of textual records
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Membership lists
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- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Date Range
- 1967-1976
- Reference Code
- M186 / 6
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I. Business papers
- Reference Code
- M186 / 6
- Date Range
- 1967-1976
- Physical Description
- .5 cm of textual records
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Minutes and reports
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- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Date Range
- 1972-1976
- Reference Code
- M186 / 7
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I. Business papers
- Reference Code
- M186 / 7
- Date Range
- 1972-1976
- Physical Description
- .5 cm of textual records
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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National and Provincial Parks Association of Canada
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- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Date Range
- 1968-1977
- Reference Code
- M186 / 26
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- III. Information files
- Reference Code
- M186 / 26
- Date Range
- 1968-1977
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual records
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of briefs and newsletters pertaining to the Eastern Slopes of the Rockies, the impact of all terrain vehicles and the Alberta Wilderness Act
- Date Range
- 1979
- Reference Code
- M186 / 30
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- III. Information files
- Reference Code
- M186 / 30
- Date Range
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of briefs and newsletters pertaining to the Eastern Slopes of the Rockies, the impact of all terrain vehicles and the Alberta Wilderness Act
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Other nature study activities
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- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to birding and nature trails in Banff National Park and surrounding areas. Includes descriptive reports, sample bird record forms, and map titled “Proposed Yamnuska National Park”
- Date Range
- [ca.1975]
- Reference Code
- M186 / 22
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II.B Club activities : nature study
- Reference Code
- M186 / 22
- Date Range
- [ca.1975]
- Physical Description
- .5 cm of textual records. -- 1 cartographic record
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to birding and nature trails in Banff National Park and surrounding areas. Includes descriptive reports, sample bird record forms, and map titled “Proposed Yamnuska National Park”
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Scope & Content
- File includes letters and newspaper clippings pertaining to birding, trail proposals and policies, and all terrain vehicles Poster: "Love me or lose me, Earth Day April 22" held in Oversize "A" Map of Bow Valley Interpretive Unit [annotated], pertains to feeding and nesting areas of birds and water…
- Date Range
- 1974-1979
- Reference Code
- M186 / 31
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- IV. Other textual records
- Reference Code
- M186 / 31
- Date Range
- 1974-1979
- Physical Description
- .5 cm of textual records. -- 1 cartographic record
- Scope & Content
- File includes letters and newspaper clippings pertaining to birding, trail proposals and policies, and all terrain vehicles
- Poster: "Love me or lose me, Earth Day April 22" held in Oversize "A"
- Map of Bow Valley Interpretive Unit [annotated], pertains to feeding and nesting areas of birds and waterfowl; also major wildlife areas along Bow Valley Parkway Held in oversize "F"
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Parks for tomorrow
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- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to protests organized by conservation groups against parks management policies of recreational and resource usage. Records include letters and cards of support, minutes and press clippings
- Date Range
- 1977-1978
- Reference Code
- M186 / 24, 25
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II. Club activities
- Reference Code
- M186 / 24, 25
- Date Range
- 1977-1978
- Physical Description
- ca.3 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to protests organized by conservation groups against parks management policies of recreational and resource usage. Records include letters and cards of support, minutes and press clippings
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Press releases and newsletters
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- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Date Range
- 1967-1980
- Reference Code
- M186 / 23, 33
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II. Club activities
- Reference Code
- M186 / 23, 33
- Date Range
- 1967-1980
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual records
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Species counts
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- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of instructions and results for annual Christmas bird count days, 1974-1977, and annual May species count days, 1976-1977
- Date Range
- 1974-1979
- Reference Code
- M186 / 21
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II.B Club activities : nature study
- Reference Code
- M186 / 21
- Date Range
- 1974-1979
- Physical Description
- .5 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of instructions and results for annual Christmas bird count days, 1974-1977, and annual May species count days, 1976-1977
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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State of the Park briefs
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- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of briefs presented by the Bow Valley Naturalists to Banff National Park re conditions in the park (drafts and final copies), 1976, 1977, 1979; Banff National Park comments on brief, 1978; minutes of meetings re briefs, 1977, 1979; also notes and press releases
- Date Range
- 1975-1978
- Reference Code
- M186 / 9
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II.A. Club activities : briefs
- Reference Code
- M186 / 9
- Date Range
- 1975-1978
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of briefs presented by the Bow Valley Naturalists to Banff National Park re conditions in the park (drafts and final copies), 1976, 1977, 1979; Banff National Park comments on brief, 1978; minutes of meetings re briefs, 1977, 1979; also notes and press releases
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- LIST OF ITEMS:
- * State of the Park 1975, March 1976, drafts and final
- * State of the Park 1976, April 1977, drafts, final and minutes
- * State of the Park 1978, February 1979
- * Banff National Park comments on Bow Valley Naturalists State of the Park 1978
- * [Minutes of State of the Park meeting, June 7, 1979]
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- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of: Seeing and Believing: Ecology and Wonder in Canada's Mountains, Interpretive Manual for the United Nations International Year of Mountains Canadian Celebration. Exploring the Connection Between Built and Natural Hertiage, Research Report, Heritage Canada Foundation.
- Date Range
- 2001-2002
- Reference Code
- M186 / 35 - 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II. B. Club Activities: Nature Studies
- Accession Number
- 8149
- Reference Code
- M186 / 35 - 1
- Date Range
- 2001-2002
- Physical Description
- 2 items textual.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of:
- Seeing and Believing: Ecology and Wonder in Canada's Mountains, Interpretive Manual for the United Nations International Year of Mountains Canadian Celebration.
- Exploring the Connection Between Built and Natural Hertiage, Research Report, Heritage Canada Foundation.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of: Interdisciplinary Research and Management in Mountain Areas Climate Change and Canada's National Park System
- Date Range
- 2000 - 2004
- Reference Code
- M186 / 35 - 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bow Valley Naturalists fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II. B. Club Activities: Nature Studies
- Accession Number
- 8149
- Reference Code
- M186 / 35 - 2
- Date Range
- 2000 - 2004
- Physical Description
- 2 items textual.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of:
- Interdisciplinary Research and Management in Mountain Areas
- Climate Change and Canada's National Park System
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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