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

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University of Calgary Press, c2011.

333.7830971 C397

Parks Canada -- History.

National parks and reserves -- Canada -- History.

Canadian history and environment series ; 1.

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ix, 447 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, plan, ports. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [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.

"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."--pub. desc.

Campbell, Claire Elizabeth, 1974-

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