Dr. Carl Borden Memorial Lecture and Interview with Bob Ahrens

Part of a collection of interviews about the development of BC Parks from members of the Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia. The Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia is an independent society, whose members are retired parks system employees and conservation advocates who have dedicated a significant portion of their lives to parks and protected areas in B.C. An undated memorial lecture that took place in Nanaimo, B.C for Dr. Carl Borden (also known as Charles E. Borden who is the designated "Grandfather of B.C. archaeology" (Carlson, 1979)) and an interview by Bill Meriless with Bob Ahrens in Victoria B.C. on June 22nd, 2005. Side A: (30 second delay) Dr. Carl Borden Memorial Lectire Side B: Bob Ahrens

In Collection:

• Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia

Creator

• Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia

Contributor

• Merilees, Bill

Subject

• Parks--Employees--Attitudes
• National parks and reserves
• BC Parks
• Biodiversity conservation
• Parks--Employees
• Conservation of natural resources--Societies, etc.
• Borden, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1905-1978
• Nature conservation
• Oral histories
• Wildlife conservation
• Parks--Management
• Nature conservation--Societies, etc.
• National parks and reserves--Management
• Ahrens, Bob
• Memorials
• Parks--Conservation and restoration
• Conservation of natural resources
• Natural areas
• Wilderness areas
• Parks

Language

• eng

Identifier

• Tape #13

Date created

• June 22, 2005

Resource type

• Sound

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 00:38:50 (Side A)
• 00:46:17 (Side B)

Alternative title

• Dr. Carl Borden Memorial Lecture

Geographic coverage

• British Columbia--Nanaimo
• British Columbia--Victoria

Coordinates

• 49.16638, -123.94003
• 48.4359, -123.35155

Physical repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia

Provenance

• Gift of Bill Merilees/Elders Council for Parks in BC, March 2017.

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• oral histories (literary genre)
• reminiscences
• sound recordings

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 2024-010; Item: 24-25

Fonds title

• Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia fonds

Fonds identifier

• AR446

Is referenced by

• Archival Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/elders-council-for-parks-in-british-columbia-fonds

Date digitized

• 2017

Technical note

• Metadata by KD.

Rights

• This item is under copyright and made available on this site for research and private study only. Commercial use is prohibited. For all other uses please contact UVic Libraries' Special Collections and University Archives.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/cmad-b098

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