Culturing Wilderness in Jasper National Park

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-88864-483-1
Verlag: University of Alberta Press

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 190 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 1217 g

Reihe: Mountain Cairns: A series on the history and culture of the Canadian Rocky Mountains

Adults need playgrounds. In 1907, the Canadian government designated a vast section of the Rocky Mountains as Jasper Forest Park. Tourists now play where Indigenous Peoples once lived, fur traders toiled, and Métis families homesteaded. In Culturing Wilderness in Jasper National Park, I.S. MacLaren and eight other writers unearth the largely unrecorded past of the upper Athabasca River watershed, and bring to light two centuries' worth of human history, tracing the evolution of trading routes into the Rockies' largest park. Serious history enthusiasts and those with an interest in Canada's national parks will find a sense of connection in this long overdue study of Jasper. Foreword by The Rt. Hon. Jean Chrétien.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Maclaren, I. S.

Payne, Michael

Murphy, Peter J.

Reichwein, PearlAnn

McDermott, Lisa

Taylor, C. J.

Zezulka-Mailloux, Gabrielle

Robinson, Zac

Higgs, Eric

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Naturschutzbiologie, Biodiversität
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regionalgeographie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Biodiversität

Über Autor(innen)

Maclaren, I. S.
I.S. MacLaren teaches at the University of Alberta in the Department of History and Classics and the Department of English and Film Studies. Mapper of Mountains: M.P. Bridgland in the Canadian Rockies, 1902–1930 (2005) is his biography of the Dominion Land Surveyor whose phototopographic work in Jasper in 1915 created the first reliable maps of the area and made possible, eight decades later, the Rocky Mountain Repeat Photography Project.

Payne, Michael
Michael Payne was the City of Edmonton Archivist and an historian.

Zezulka-Mailloux, Gabrielle
Gabrielle Zezulka-Mailloux is Senior Researcher at UTSB Research. She lives in Banff, Alberta.

Robinson, Zac
Zac Robinson is a historian and Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. He currently serves as Vice-President for Mountain Culture for the Alpine Club of Canada.

Reichwein, PearlAnn
PearlAnn Reichwein is Associate Professor at the University of Alberta where she teaches Canadian history, environmental history, and leisure philosophy. Her early work with Parks Canada as a research historian, cultural resource planner, and heritage interpreter living in Banff and Yoho national parks enriched her understanding of mountain landscapes.

Higgs, Eric
Eric Higgs directs the School of Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria.