Climber's Paradise: Making Canada's Mountain Parks, 1906-1974 (Mountain Cairns Hist & Cult of Canadian Rocky)

Synopsis

The Alpine Club Of Canada Imagined The Rockies And Neighbouring Ranges To The West And The North As S Climber's Paradise. Through A Century Of Adventure And Advocacy, The Acc Led The Way To Mountain Pursuits In Spectacular Regions. In Climber's Paradise, Historian And Mountain Studies Specialist Pearl Ann Reichwein Presents A Compelling Case For Understanding Wild Places And Human Activity Within Them As Parts Of A Whole. This Is A Work Of Invaluable Scholarship In The Areas Of Environmental History, Public Policy, Sport Studies, Recreation, And Tourism That Gains Significantly From The Author's Personal Experience Mountaineering And From Has Interest In Mountain Culture, This Book Speaks To Mountaineers, Environmentalists, Travellers Across. Canada And Beyond, And All Of Us Who Embrace Nature. Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Map -- 1. Imagining Canada's Mountain Parks -- 2. Canada's Alpine Club -- 3. Mountaineering Camp In The Tented Town -- 4. Advocacy For Canada's Hetch Hetchy -- 5. Conservation, Sport Tactics, And War Measures -- 6. Limitless Playgrounds? -- 7. Belonging In Mountain Landscapes -- Epilogue -- Reconnections In A Living World -- Appendices -- Notes -- References -- Index. Pearlann Reichwein. Based On The Author's Thesis (doctoral) -- Carleton University, 1996, Under Title: Beyond The Visionary Mountains : The Alpine Club Of Canada And The Canadian National Park Idea, 1906 To 1969. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 359-392) And Index. Text In English.