Title & Author:

A century of Parks Canada, 1911-2011 / edited by Claire Elizabeth Campbell.

Publication:

Calgary : University of Calgary Press, ©2011.

Description:

ix, 447 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plan, portraits ; 23 cm

Series:

Canadian history and environment series, 1925-3702 ; 1

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-418) and index.
Governing a Kingdom : Parks Canada, 1911-2011 / Claire Elizabeth Campbell -- M.B. Williams and the Early Years of Parks Canada / Alan MacEachern -- Natures Playgrounds : The Parks Branch and Tourism Promotion in the National Parks, 1911-1929 / John Sandlos -- "A Questionable Basis for Establishing a Major Park" : Politics, Roads, and the Failure of a National Park in British Columbia's Big Bend Country / Ben Bradley -- "A Case of Special Privilege and Fancied Right" : The Shack Tent Controversy in Prince Albert National Park / Bill Waiser -- Banff in the 1960s : Divergent Views of the National Park Ideal / C.J. Taylor -- Films, Tourists, and Bears in the National Parks : Managing Park Use and the Problematic "Highway Bum" Bear in the 1970s / George Colpitts -- Hunting, Timber Harvesting, and Precambrian Beauties : The Scientific Reinterpretation of La Mauricie National Parks Landscape History, 1969-1975 / Olivier Craig-Dupont -- Kouchibouguac : Representations of a Park in Acadian Popular Culture / Ronald Rudin -- Kluane National Park Reserve, 1923-1974 : Modernity and Pluralism / David Neufeld -- Negotiating a Partnership of Interests : Inuvialuit Land Claims and the Establishment of Northern Yukon (Ivvavik) National Park / Brad Martin -- Archaeology in the Rocky Mountain National Parks : Uncovering an 11,000-Year-Long Story / E. Gwyn Langemann -- Rejuvenating Wilderness : The Challenge of Reintegrating Aboriginal Peoples into the "Playground" of Jasper National Park / I.S. MacLaren -- Epilogue / Lyle Dick.
Also available in electronic formats.

Summary:

"When Canada created a Dominion Parks Branch in 1911, it became the first country in the world to establish an agency devoted to managing its national parks. Over the past century this agency, now Parks Canada, has been at the centre of important debates about the place of nature in Canadian nationhood, and relationships between Canadas diverse ecosystems and its communities. Today, Parks Canada manages over forty parks and reserves totalling over 200,000 square kilometres and featuring a dazzling variety of landscapes, and is recognized as a global leader in the environmental challenges of protected places."--Pubishers description.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

9781552385265
1552385264

Subject:

Parks Canada History.
Parcs Canada Histoire.
Parks Canada
National parks and reserves Canada History.
Parcs nationaux Canada Histoire.
National parks and reserves
Nationalpark
Canada
Kanada

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Campbell, Claire Elizabeth, 1974-
Canadian history and environment series ; 1.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 292860
Call No.: BIB 237403
Status: Available