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This wild spirit : women in the Rocky Mountains of Canada
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ISBN: 0888645872 9780888645876 Year: 2006 Publisher: Edmonton, Alberta : The University of Alberta Press,


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Ecology & wonder in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site
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ISBN: 9781897425589 1897425589 1897425570 9781897425572 9786612851971 1282851977 Year: 2010 Publisher: Athabasca University Press

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Ecology & Wonder makes several remarkable claims: The greatest cultural achievement in the Western Canadian mountain region may be what has been preserved, not what has been developed. Protecting the spine of the Rocky Mountains will preserve crucial ecological functions. Because the process of ecosystem diminishment and species loss has been slowed, an ecological thermostat has been kept alive. This may well be an important defence against future climate change impacts in the Canadian west. Ecology & Wonder is a must-read for those who appreciate Western Canada's breathtaking landscape.


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Through an unknown country : the Jarvis-Hanington winter expedition through the northern rockies, 1874 1875
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ISBN: 9781771601351 1771601353 9781771601344 1771601345 9781771601337 1771601337 9781771601337 Year: 2015 Publisher: [Victoria, British Columbia] : Ottawa, Ontario : Rocky Mountain Books, Canadian Electronic Library,

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"Based on previously unpublished reports and journals thought to be lost, Through An Unknown Country provides the reader with a harrowing and riveting account of a 19th century expedition through the northern mountain ranges of western Canada. In the winter of 1874-75, Edward Worrell Jarvis (1846 1894) and Charles Francis Hanington (1848-1930) took part in an expedition on behalf of the Canadian Pacific Survey from Quesnel, British Columbia, to Winnipeg, Manitoba. It led them over the northern Rocky Mountains through what would come to be known as Jarvis Pass (Kakwa Provincial Park, British Columbia) and eventually onto the Canadian plains. The trip took them 116 days and covered over 3000 kilometres, of which almost 1500 was travelled on snowshoes. Through An Unknown Country brings together the day-to-day reports of Jarvis and the more entertaining narrative of the epic journey by Hanington into a single volume for the first time. Recounting harrowing treks through deep mountains, densely forested valleys, open foothills and wide prairie, this highly readable adventure story can most certainly be read alongside the better-known journals of Alexander Mackenzie, Simon Fraser, David Thompson and Paul Kane."--


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Lawrence Grassi
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ISBN: 1442617098 9781442617094 9781442648494 144264849X 9781442626249 1442626240 1442617101 Year: 2015 Publisher: Toronto

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The definitive biography of this Canadian mountain hero, Lawrence Grassi will be essential reading for those interested in the history of immigration, sport, and the Rocky Mountains.


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Climber's paradise : making Canada's mountain parks, 1906-1974
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ISBN: 1772120235 1772120251 9780888648303 0888648308 9781772120257 9781772120240 1772120243 9781772120233 9780888648280 0888648286 9780888648297 0888648294 9780888646743 0888646747 Year: 2014 Publisher: Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press,

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The Alpine Club of Canada imagined the Rockies and neighbouring ranges to the west and the north as s "climber's paradise." Through a century of adventure and advocacy, the ACC led the way to mountain pursuits in spectacular regions. In Climber's paradise, historian and mountain studies specialist Pearl Ann Reichwein presents a compelling case for understanding wild places and human activity within them as parts of a whole. This is a work of invaluable scholarship in the areas of environmental history, public policy, sport studies, recreation, and tourism that gains significantly from the author's personal experience mountaineering and from has interest in mountain culture, This book speaks to mountaineers, environmentalists, travellers across. Canada and beyond, and all of us who embrace nature.

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