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Textual Records
- Date Range
- 1974; 1990
- Collection
- Joseph Allen L'Orsa map and photograph collection
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- textual record
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of two written records: “The Social Effects of Rapid Growth: A Northern Sickness” (1974), which is accompanied by an album of photographs and a proposed development scheme map with a photograph location map overlay; and “A History of the Babine Mountains Recreation Area” (1990), a p…
- Collection
- Joseph Allen L'Orsa map and photograph collection
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- textual record
- graphic material
- Creator
- Joseph L'Orsa
- Fonds No.
- C7
- Series No.
- S2
- Accession No.
- 2000.45
- 2018.24
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of textual and graphic materials
- Date Range
- 1974; 1990
- History / Biographical
- Joseph (Joe) Allen L’Orsa (1939-1999) was a prominent figure in the Bulkley Valley, best known for his environmental activism and community involvement. He is credited with starting the area’s first environmental group, “Citizens Against Pollution,” and establishing Babine Mountains Provincial Park. For more detailed information, see fonds level description or finding aid.
- Custodial History
- Items were collected and created by Joe L’Orsa and eventually passed down to his daughter, Nicole L’Orsa. She donated them to the Bulkley Valley Museum in 2018.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of two written records: “The Social Effects of Rapid Growth: A Northern Sickness” (1974), which is accompanied by an album of photographs and a proposed development scheme map with a photograph location map overlay; and “A History of the Babine Mountains Recreation Area” (1990), a photocopied report which details Indigenous and settler activities in the Babine Mountains.
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Bulkley Valley
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
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