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. Recording of a memorial service for Don McMurchie that took place in January 1987 in Victoria B.C. Side A: Memorial Service for Don McMurchie (ends with piano music) Side B: Don McMurchie spinning a short yarn about C.P. (Chess) Lyons (ends with Hallelujah chorus)

In Collection:

• Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia

Creator

• Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia

Subject

• Parks--Employees--Attitudes
• Memorials
• Nature conservation--Societies, etc.
• Wilderness areas
• Biodiversity conservation
• National parks and reserves
• Wildlife conservation
• Nature conservation
• Parks--Employees
• Parks--Management
• Conservation of natural resources
• Parks--Conservation and restoration
• Conservation of natural resources--Societies, etc.
• Parks
• Natural areas
• National parks and reserves--Management
• Oral histories
• McMurchie, Don
• BC Parks

Language

• eng

Identifier

• Tape #22

Date created

• January 1987

Resource type

• Sound

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 00:10:10 (Side B)
• 00:31:45 (Side A)

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: 41-42

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/c6yh-y413

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