Mountain Cairns: A series on the history and culture of the Canadian Rocky Mountains – serie
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J.B. Harkin
Father of Canada's National Parks
Häftad, 2010
593 kr
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Many of Canada's superb national parks owe their existence to James Bernard Harkin (1875-1955), the first commissioner of Canada's new Dominion Parks Branch in 1911. Ted Hart follows Harkin's career from his apprenticeship in the Department of the Interior to his retirement in 1936, and presents …
Climber's Paradise
Making Canada's Mountain Parks, 1906-1974
Häftad, 2014
334 kr
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The mountain parks are for all Canadians for all time and their value cannot be measured in terms of how many access roads, motels, souvenir shops and golf courses we've provided. -Bob Jordan, 1971 The Alpine Club of Canada imagined the Rockies and neighbouring ranges to the west and the north as a …
Conrad Kain
Letters from a Wandering Mountain Guide, 1906-1933
Häftad, 2014
420 kr
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Conrad Kain is a titan amongst climbers in Canada and is well-known in mountaineering circles all over the world. His letters to Amelie Malek-a life-long friend-offer a candid view into the deepest thoughts of the Austrian mountain guide, and are a perfect complement to his autobiography, Where the …
Searching for Mary Schäffer
Women Wilderness Photography
Häftad, 2017
1536 kr
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Mary Schäffer was a photographer, writer, botanical painter, and mapmaker from Philadelphia, well known for her travels in the Canadian Rockies and Japan at the turn of the twentieth century. In Searching for Mary Schäffer, Colleen Skidmore takes up Schäffer’s own resonant themes—women and …
