Claude Garton was a teacher and botanist. He amassed a collection of over 10,000 plant specimens, which were donated to form the Herbarium at Lakehead University. These records relate largely to his plant observations and collections.
The fonds consists of minutes, membership lists, newsletters, correspondence, a photograph and four negatives, bird census data, and other records associated with the activities of the club. The fonds consists of the following series:
Ecological monitoring reports and related reports for two orchid reserve properties managed by the Ontario Heritage Trust. The documents include an orchid census, as well as photographs and information about methods.
The sites were established in 1985 after a bequest of land in 1982. Monitoring reports from 1987 to 2000 were produced by Lakehead University staff and provided by the Ontario Heritage Trust. In 2009, responsibility for producing the reports was transferred to the Thunder Bay Field Naturalists.
Records consist of reports variously in physical or digital formats.
The collection includes: