Recreational Land Use
Perspectives on Its Evolution in Canada
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 1982
449 pages
978-0-7735-9563-7 (ISBN)
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Content
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- I. INTRODUCTION Themes in the investigation of the evolution of outdoor recreation
- II. RECREATION RESOURCE EVALUATION Changing views of the land as a recreational resource
- III. PIONEER RECREATIONS Pioneer recreation and social life
- IV. PUBLIC PROVISION OF RURAL RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES Canada's national parks: past, present and future
- The evolution of recreation in Glacier National Park, British Columbia, 1880 to present
- Recreation and conservation: the struggle for balance in Point Pelee National Park, 1918-1978
- The evolution of the Ontario Provincial Park system
- V. PRIVATE PROVISION OF RURAL RECREATION OPPORTUNITES The development of tourism in Nova Scotia
- The changing patterns of tourism in Ontario
- Recreational land use in Muskoka
- Northern Ontario's tourist frontier
- The development of tourist accommodation in the Montreal Laurentians
- A history of recreation on the Trent-Severn Waterway
- VI. URBAN RESORTS Banff townsite: an historical-geographical view of urban development in a Canadian national park
- Mowat and a park policy for Niagara Falls, 1873-1887
- The fluctuating fortunes of water-based recreational places
- VII. URBAN RECREATION The beginning of municipal park systems
- The development of supervised playgrounds
- The Vancouver park system, 1886-1929: a product of local businessmen
- The Canadian National Exhibition: mirror of Canadian society
- VIII. ACTIVITY HISTORIES Paddling for pleasure: recreational canoeing as a Canadian way of life
- Camping for fun: a brief history of camping in North America
- Tourism, development, conservation and conflict: game laws for caribou protection in Newfoundland
- The development of snowmobiles in Canada
- IX. HISTORY AS A RECREATION RESOURCE Historical artifacts as recreational resources
- X. CONCLUSION Outdoor recreation and the Canadian identity
- Contributors
