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ISBN:
1282861360
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9780773571327
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9781282861367
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When Canada's Changing North was first published in 1971, it quickly became a popular and reliable overview of the geography and culture of the Canadian North. In the three decades since it first appeared, great changes have occurred in this huge region that makes up two thirds of Canada's total area. This revised and expanded edition provides a new generation with a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the Canadian North and outlines how this region has become increasingly integrated into both the Canadian national fabric and the world.
Content:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. Defining the north -- 1. A Circumpolar Index -- 2. The Arctic Basin and the Arctic: Some Definitions -- II. Historical Perspectives -- 3. The Identification of Vinland -- 4 . Early Geographical Concepts of the Northwest Passage -- 5. Voyageurs' Highway: The Geography and Logistics of the Canadian Fur Trade -- 6. Fur Trading Posts in the Mackenzie Region Up to 1850 -- 7. The Sponsors of Canadian Arctic Exploration: 1844-1859 -- 8. Albert Peter Low -- 9. Discovery of Two Islands in Eastern Foxe Basin -- 10. Success of the Plaisted Expedition -- 11. The North in Canadian History -- III. Physical Nature -- 12. How the Mackenzie River Was Made -- 13. Arctic Landforms -- 14. Fluvial Processes in the High Arctic -- 15. Climate and Zonal Divisions of the Boreal Forest Formation in Eastern Canada -- 16. Organic Terrain and Geomorphology -- 17. Permafrost Map of Canada -- 18. Wind Chill in Northern Canada -- 19. The Ecology of Snow -- 20. Migrating Caribou: Barren-ground Herds Face a Serious Threat to Survival -- IV. Native Peoples -- 21. The Fragments of Eskimo Prehistory -- 22. Changing Patterns of Indian Trapping in the Canadian Subarctic -- 23. Changing Settlement Patterns Amongst the Mackenzie Eskimos of the Canadian North Western Arctic -- V. Economic Resources -- 24. About Our Untold Resources -- 25. The Montferre Mining Region, Labrador-Ungava -- 26. Oil's Last Frontier -- 27. Arctic Petroleum Potential -- 28. The Forests of Northern Canada -- 29. Reindeer Resource in the Mackenzie Delta, 1968 -- 30. Remarks on Eskimo Sealing and the Harp Seal Controversy -- VI. Transportation and Communications -- 31. Transportation as a Factor in Northern Development -- 32. Transportation and the Settlement Frontier in the Mackenzie Valley Area -- 33. Communications in the North.
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Description based upon print version of record
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""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""DEFINING THE NORTH""; ""1 The Arctic Basin and the Arctic: Some Definitions""; ""2 An Attempt to Regionalize the Canadian North""; ""PHYSICAL NATURE""; ""3 Physiographic Regions of Northern Canada""; ""4 Arctic Landforms""; ""5 How the Mackenzie River Was Made: Translation of a Slavey Legend""; ""6 Wind Chill in Northern Canada""; ""7 The Ecology of Snow""; ""8 Permafrost Map of Canada""; ""9 Reconnaissance Vegetation Studies on Western Victoria Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago""
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""10 Climate and Zonal Divisions of the Boreal Forest Formation in Eastern Canada""""11 Organic Terrain and Geomorphology""; ""ABORIGINAL PEOPLES""; ""12 The Fragments of Eskimo Prehistory""; ""13 The Inuit Sea Goddess""; ""14 The Northern Athapaskans: A Regional Overview""; ""15 The Northern Algonquians: A Regional Overview""; ""HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES""; ""16 The Identification of Vinland""; ""17 Early Geographical Concepts of the Northwest Passage""; ""18 Voyageurs' Highway: The Geography and Logistics of the Canadian Fur Trade""; ""19 Fur Trading Posts in the Mackenzie Region up to 1850""
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""20 The Sponsors of Canadian Arctic Explorations, 1844�1859: The Franklin Search and Rae's Surveys""""21 Albert Peter Low""; ""22 The North in Canadian History""; ""CHANGE AMONG THE ABORIGINAL PEOPLES/FIRST NATIONS""; ""23 Changing Settlement Patterns among the Mackenzie Eskimos [Inuit] of the Canadian North Western Arctic""; ""24 Changing Patterns of Indian Trapping in the Canadian Subarctic""; ""25a Frequency of Traditional Food Use by Three Yukon First Nations Living in Four Communities""; ""25b Native Subsistence Fisheries: A Synthesis of Harvest Studies in Canada""
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""26 This Land Is Our Life""""27 Bewildered Hunters in the Twentieth Century""; ""28 The Great White Hope""; ""29 Northern Aboriginal Toponymy""; ""ECONOMIC RESOURCES""; ""30 Resource Development""; ""31 Forty Years of Northern Non-Renewable Natural Resource Development""; ""32 The Montferré Mining Region Labrador-Ungava""; ""33 Gold Hurry!: Hemlo's Golden Giant""; ""34 Diamonds under Ice""; ""35 The James Bay Power Project""; ""36 The Economic Impact of Northern National Parks (Reserves) and Historic Sites""; ""37 Indigenous Tourism Development in the Arctic""
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""38 The Porcupine Caribou Herd: Action Alert""""TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION""; ""39 Transportation North of 60°N""; ""40 Communications North of 60°N""; ""NORTHERN SETTLEMENTS""; ""41 A Winter at Fort Norman""; ""42 Fermont: A Design for Subarctic Living""; ""43 Rankin Inlet: From Mining Town to Commercial Centre""; ""44 Arctic Housing Update""; ""POLITICAL CHANGE""; ""45 Integration of Territory into the Administrative Map of Quebec""; ""46 Aboriginal Land Claims""; ""47 Tree Line and Politics in Canada's Northwest Territories""; ""48 Nunavut: Canada's New Arctic Territory""
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""49 The Quest for Provincial Status in Yukon Territory""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780773525900
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Canada's Changing North
Language:
English
Keywords:
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