Interview with C.P. Lyons (April 16, 1997)

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. This interview took place on April 16, 1997 in Victoria, B.C. at the Tudor Inn. Side A: CP Lyons Side B: CP Lyons first 20% +/-; Next 50% +/- Howard Gillard, May 12, 1997 - Mitlenatch Island; Last 10 % +/-blank

In Collection:

• Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia

Creator

• Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia

Contributor

• Merilees, Bill

Subject

• Parks
• Parks--Conservation and restoration
• Biodiversity conservation
• National parks and reserves--Management
• Conservation of natural resources
• Parks--Management
• Lyons, C. P. (Chester Peter), 1915-
• Wilderness areas
• Wildlife conservation
• Nature conservation--Societies, etc.
• Nature conservation
• Parks--Employees
• Conservation of natural resources--Societies, etc.
• BC Parks
• Oral histories
• National parks and reserves
• Parks--Employees--Attitudes
• Natural areas

Language

• eng

Identifier

• Tape #1

Date created

• April 16, 1997

Resource type

• Sound

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 00:45:52 (Side A)
• 00:36:23 (Side B)

Geographic coverage

• British Columbia--Victoria

Coordinates

• 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: 1-2

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/f53y-vq14

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