CULTURING WILDERN.JASPER NATL.: Studies in Two Centuries of Human History in the Upper Athabasca River Watershed (Mountain Cairns: A series on the history and culture of the Canadian Rocky Mountains)

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ISBN 10: 0888644833 / ISBN 13: 9780888644831

Published by UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA PRESS, 2003

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Synopsis:

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 Metis families homesteaded. In Culturing Wilderness in Jasper National Park, I.S. MacLaren and eight other writers unearth the largely unrecorded 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.

About the Authors: I.S. MacLaren teaches at the University of Alberta in the Department of History and Classics and the Department of English and Film Studies. Mapper of Mountains: M.P. Bridgland in the Canadian Rockies, 1902–1930 (2005) is his biography of the Dominion Land Surveyor whose phototopographic work in Jasper in 1915 created the first reliable maps of the area and made possible, eight decades later, the Rocky Mountain Repeat Photography Project.

Michael Payne was the City of Edmonton Archivist and an historian.

PearlAnn Reichwein is Associate Professor at the University of Alberta where she teaches Canadian history, environmental history, and leisure philosophy. Her early work with Parks Canada as a research historian, cultural resource planner, and heritage interpreter living in Banff and Yoho national parks enriched her understanding of mountain landscapes.

Gabrielle Zezulka-Mailloux is Senior Researcher at UTSB Research. She lives in Banff, Alberta.

Zac Robinson is a historian and Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. He currently serves as Vice-President for Mountain Culture for the Alpine Club of Canada.

Bibliographic Details

Title: CULTURING WILDERN.JASPER NATL.: Studies in ...
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA PRESS
Publication Date: 2003
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good