Canada's changing North / edited and with and introduction by William C. Wonders.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wonders, William C., Author.

Contributor:

Wonders, William C., 1924-

Series:

Carleton library ; no. 55.

Carleton library ; no.55

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canada, Northern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (470 p.)

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2003]

Summary:

Among the many recent developments explored in Canada's Changing North is the legal recognition of aboriginal rights by the Canadian state, which has led directly to significant increases in their political and economic power. It also examines how economic development, which has long focused on non-renewable natural resources, particularly minerals, has grown to an enormous scale. Development of arctic oil and gas, which hinges on world supplies and national and international politics, has meant major changes across the North. Some of the new national parks in the Canadian North are already under threat from mineral development. Northern tourism has made it possible for a wide variety of affluent visitors to visit hitherto remote areas, affecting the ecology. The final selection, on northern challenges, discusses critical issues such as the impact of climatic change, the social needs (e.g. housing, education) of a rapidly increasing aboriginal population, environmental protection of unique regions, and defence of Arctic sovereignty. Of the sixty-two readings in this edition, forty-one are new.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Introduction

Defining the North

A Circumpolar Index

The Arctic Basin and the Arctic: Some Definitions

Historical Perspectives

The Identification of Vinland

Early Geographical Concepts of the Northwest Passage

Voyageurs’ Highway: The Geography and Logistics of the Canadian Fur Trade

Fur Trading Posts in the Mackenzie Region up to 1850

The Sponsors of Canadian Arctic Exploration: 1844-1859

Albert Peter Low

Discovery of Two Islands in Eastern Foxe Basin

Success of the Plaisted Expedition

The North in Canadian History

Physical Nature

How the Mackenzie River was Made

Arctic Landforms

Fluvial Processes in the High Arctic

Climate and Zonal Divisions of the Boreal Forest Formation in Eastern Canada

Organic Terrain and Geomorphology

Permafrost Map of Canada

Wind Chill in Northern Canada

The Ecology of Snow

Migrating Caribou: Barren-Ground Herds Face a Serious Threat to Survival

Native Peoples

The Fragments of Eskimo Prehistory

Changing Patterns of Indian Trapping in the Canadian Subarctic

Changing Settlement Patterns Amongst the Mackenzie Eskimos of the Canadian North Western Arctic

Economic Resources

About Our Untold Resources

The Montferré Mining Region Labrador-Ungava

Oil’s Last Frontier

Arctic Petroleum Potential

The Forests of Northern Canada

Reindeer Resource in the Mackenzie Delta–1968

Remarks on Eskimo Sealing and the Harp Seal Controversy

Transportation and Communications

Transportation as a Factor in Northern Development

Transportation and the Settlement Frontier in the Mackenzie Valley Area

Communications in the North

Regionalism and Northern Settlements

An Attempt to Regionalize the Canadian North

“Regions” and Identity in the North: Some Notes

Settlement Types and Community Organization in Northern Canada

The Northern Urban Scene

Problems of the North

Bewildered Hunters in the 20th Century

The Polar Continental Shelf Project

Boundary Problems Relating to the Sovereignty of the Canadian Arctic

Canada’s Northern Policy: Retrospect and Prospect

The Ecology of the North: Knowledge is the Key to Sane Development

The Contributors

Note on the Editor

The Carleton Library

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-86136-0

9786612861369

0-7735-7132-9

OCLC:

892947283