Biography
He taught school in Berkshire UK.
He taught at Lake of Two Mountains High School in Montreal PQ in 1964.
He was a Seasonal Park Naturalist at Cape Breton Highlands National Park in 1967.
He was appointed as the Chief Park Naturalist of Prince Edward Island National Park in 1968.
He pioneered the development of the interpretation of the aesthetics of National Parks.
He created several audio-visual programs which set a tone and trend in regional interpretation with his production "Here Only The Sea Shall Speak - an elegy to Blooming Point." He transferred to National Parks HQ in Ottawa as Interpretation Planner in 1971.
He transferred to the Atlantic Regional Office in Halifax NS as Regional Interpretive Planner in 1972.
In 1973 he was one of the participants in the organizing meeting at Dorset ON for the Association of Canadian Interpreters (the fore-runner of Interpretation Canada.) In 1974 he was the Regional Interpretation Planner for the Atlantic Region of Parks Canada based in Halifax NS.
He was an Interpretation Specialist in the Program HQ of Parks Canada in Ottawa ON.
In 1976 he was the National Secretary of Interpretation Canada.
He retired in c1992.
References
- Interp-Canada (Newsletter of the Association of Canadian Interpreters) 1:1 November 1973
- Lothian, W.F. (1981)
- Personal Communication (Telephone) (Barry Sawyer-John MacFarlane) 04/11/1998
- Interpretation Canada Newsletter 3:3 June 1976.
