A Century of Parks Canada, 1911-2011

"... a diverse and fascinating array of perspectives on the history of Canada's national parks, illuminating many less well-understood aspects of the evolving place of people in and near these parks." - Stephen Bocking, Professor and Chair, Environmental and Resource Studies Program, Trent University

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 Canada's 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. Its history is a rich repository of experience, of lessons learned - critical for making informed decisions about how to sustain the environmental and social health of our national parks.

A Century of Parks Canada is published in partnership with NiCHE (Network in Canadian History and Environment; http://niche-canada.org/).

With Contributions By:
Ben Bradley
George Colpitts
Oliver Craig-Dupont
Lyle Dick
E. Gwyn Langemann
Alan MacEachern
I.S. MacLaren
Brad Martin
David Neufeld
Ronald Rudin
John Sandlos
C.J. Taylor
Bill Waiser

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Cover	1
Series Information	3
Title Page	4
Bibliographic Data	5
Table of Contents	8
Governing a Kingdom:Parks Canada, 1911–2011Claire, Elizabeth Campbell	12
M.B. Williams and the Early Years of Parks Canada, Alan MacEachern	32
Nature’s Playgrounds:The Parks Branch and Tourism Promotionin the National Parks, 1911–1929, John Sandlos	64
“A Questionable Basis for Establishing a Major Park”:Politics, Roads, and the Failure of a National Park inBritish Columbia’s Big Bend Country, Ben Bradley	90
“A Case of Special Privilege and Fancied Right”:The Shack Tent Controversy in Prince Albert National Park, Bill Waiser	114
Banff in the 1960s:Divergent Views of the National Park Ideal, C.J. Taylor	144
Films, Tourists, and Bears in the National Parks:Managing Park Use and the Problematic“Highway Bum” Bear in the 1970s, George Colpitts	164
Hunting, Timber Harvesting, and Precambrian Beauties:The Scientific Reinterpretation of La MauricieNational Park’s Landscape History, 1969–1975Olivier, Craig-Dupont	190
Kouchibouguac:Representations of a Park in Acadian Popular Culture, Ronald Rudin	216
Kluane National Park Reserve, 1923–1974:Modernity and Pluralism, David Neufeld	246
Negotiating a Partnership of Interests:Inuvialuit Land Claims and the Establishment ofNorthern Yukon (Ivvavik) National Park, Brad Martin	284
Archaeology in the Rocky Mountain National Parks:Uncovering an 11,000-Year-Long Story, E. Gwyn Langemann	314
Rejuvenating Wilderness:The Challenge of Reintegrating Aboriginal Peoples intothe “Playground” of Jasper National Park, I.S. MacLaren	344
Epilogue, Lyle Dick	382
Appendix A: Canada’s National Parks and National Park Reserves	396
Appendix B:National Park Zoning System, Parks Canada Agency	398
Notes on Contributors	402
Select Bibliography	406
Index	430
Back Cover	460

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