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Culturing Wilderness in Jasper National Park Studies in Two Centuries of Human History in the Upper Athabasca River Watershed - Mountain Cairns: A series ... history and culture of the Canadian Rockies
Author: I. S. MacLaren, Michael Payne, Peter J. Murphy, PearlAnn Reichwein, Lisa McDermott, C. J. Taylor, Gabrielle Zezulka-Mailloux, Zac Robinson, Eric S. Higgs

Adults need playgrounds. In 1907, the Canadian government designated a vast section of the Rocky Mountains as Jasper Forest Park. Tourists now play where Native 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 unrecor...  more »ded 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.  « less

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ISBN-13: 9780888644831
ISBN-10: 0888644833
Publication Date: 10/15/2007
Pages: 408
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Publisher: The University of Alberta Press
Book Type: Paperback
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