Author : J. A. Kraulis
Publisher : Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,69 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Canada
ISBN : 9781554070367
J.A. Kraulis is one of Canada's most prolific and talented photographers. This selection of 200 color photographs capture a beautiful and diverse landscape and a photographer's inspiring relationship with it.
Author : Maeve Conrick
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 47,73 MB
Release : 2017-03-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 177112203X
The image of the “land” is an ongoing trope in conceptions of Canada—from the national anthem and the flag to the symbols on coins—the land and nature remain linked to the Canadian sense of belonging and to the image of the nation abroad. Linguistic landscapes reflect the multi-faceted identities and cultural richness of the nations. Earlier portrayals of the land focused on unspoiled landscape, depicted in the paintings of the Group of Seven, for example. Contemporary notions of identity, belonging, and citizenship are established, contested, and legitimized within sites and institutions of public culture, heritage, and representation that reflect integration with the land, transforming landscape into landmarks. The Highway of Heroes originating at Canadian Forces Base Trenton in Ontario and Grosse Île and the Irish Memorial National Historic Site in Québec are examples of landmarks that transform landscape into a built environment that endeavours to respect the land while using it as a site to commemorate, celebrate, and promote Canadian identity. Similarly in literature and the arts, the creation of the built environment and the interaction among those who share it is a recurrent theme. This collection includes essays by Canadian and international scholars whose engagement with the theme stems from their disciplinary perspectives as well as from their personal and professional experience—rooted, at least partially, in their own sense of national identity and in their relationship to Canada.
Author : Stephen S. Birdsall
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 19,41 MB
Release : 2008-08-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 0470098260
This bestselling book has been praised for providing general readers with an excellent introduction to major geographic concepts and fundamental themes. The new seventh edition builds on this success, presenting updated and revised material. It includes information from the 2002 agricultural census and the 2005 mid-point US population census. Readers will also find updated coverage of the Southern Coastlands and Hurricane Katrina as well as new details on the Northlands and the impact of global warming. Anyone interested in the geography of Canada and the US will find this a valuable resource.
Author : Olav Slaymaker
Publisher : Springer
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 46,85 MB
Release : 2016-12-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 3319445952
This is the only book to focus on the geomorphological landscapes of Canada West. It outlines the little-appreciated diversity of Canada’s landscapes, and the nature of the geomorphological landscape, which deserves wider publicity. Three of the most important geomorphological facts related to Canada are that 90% of its total area emerged from ice-sheet cover relatively recently, from a geological perspective; permafrost underlies 50% of its landmass and the country enjoys the benefits of having three oceans as its borders: the Arctic, Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Canada West is a land of extreme contrasts — from the rugged Cordillera to the wide open spaces of the Prairies; from the humid west-coast forests to the semi-desert in the interior of British Columbia and from the vast Mackenzie river system of the to small, steep, cascading streams on Vancouver Island. The thickest Canadian permafrost is found in the Yukon and extensive areas of the Cordillera are underlain by sporadic permafrost side-by-side with the never-glaciated plateaus of the Yukon. One of the curiosities of Canada West is the presence of volcanic landforms, extruded through the ice cover of the late Pleistocene and Holocene epochs, which have also left a strong imprint on the landscape. The Mackenzie and Fraser deltas provide the contrast of large river deltas, debouching respectively into the Arctic and Pacific oceans.
Author : Stephen S. Birdsall
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 31,58 MB
Release : 2017-01-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 1118790340
Extensively praised, Regional Landscapes of the US and Canada, 8th Edition is known for providing general readers with an excellent introduction to major geographic concepts and fundamental themes. The new eighth edition builds on this proven success, presenting updated and revised material. Anyone interested in the geography of Canada and the US will find this a valuable, accessible resource.
Author : Christopher Moore
Publisher : Tundra Books
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 11,1 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1101918942
A gorgeous gift book, reference book, and just plain fun-to-read book--updated for Canada's Sesquicentennial. From Nunavut's Barren Lands to the Torngat Mountains of Newfoundland, from Quebec's Saguenay Fjord to the pingos of the Northwest Territories, The Big Book of Canada explores the many fascinating places that make up this vast land. Christopher Moore, one of the country's foremost historians, brings each province and territory to life, drawing together history and politics, the famous and the infamous, the people, places and industries that have defined a nation. The book is lavishly illustrated with more than 140 photographs and 110 original pieces by award-winning artist Bill Slavin.
Author : Olav Slaymaker
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 597 pages
File Size : 41,1 MB
Release : 2020-02-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 3030351378
This critical book focuses on the geomorphological landscapes of eastern Canada and provides a companion volume to “Landscapes and Landforms of Western Canada” (2017). There are a number of unique characteristics of eastern Canada’s landscapes, notably its magnificent coastlines, the extraordinary variety and extent of wetlands, the huge Great Lakes-St. Lawrence basin, the high incidence of meteorite craters, the spectacular Niagara Falls, urban karst in Montreal and Ottawa, youthful, glaciated karst in Ontario, Newfoundland, Quebec and Nova Scotia, the ubiquitous permafrost terrain of Nunavut, Labrador and northern Quebec and the magnificent arctic fjords and glaciers. Looking at coastlines, the tidal extremes of the Bay of Fundy are world renowned; the structural complexity of the island of Newfoundland is less well known, but produces an astounding variety of coastlines in close succession; the arctic fjordlands of Baffin and Ellesmere islands and the extravagant raised beaches of Hudson Bay bear comparison with the classic fjords of Norway and the Baltic Sea raised beaches. As for wetlands, there are distinctive Arctic, Subarctic, Boreal, Eastern Temperate and Atlantic wetlands, and their extent is second only to those of Russia. In the Hudson and James Bay regions, between 75-100% of the terrestrial surface is comprised of wetlands. One of North America’s largest river basins, the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence basin, has its source in Minnesota, straddles the USA-Canada border and debouches into Quebec as the St. Lawrence River and evolves through its estuary into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, a journey of almost 5,000 km. As far as meteorite craters are concerned, 10% of the world’s total are located in eastern Canada, including some of the largest and most complex landforms. They are preserved preferentially in the ancient Shield terrain of Quebec. Finally, the three million km2 of permafrost controlled relief in eastern Canada serves as a reminder of the vulnerability of eastern Canada’s landscapes to climate change. Effects of warming are expressed through thawing of the permafrost, disruption of transportation corridors and urban construction problems, ever-present geomorphic hazards.
Author : Guy M. Robinson
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 32,2 MB
Release : 2013-12-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1459727711
This collection of essays focus on subjects which formed the basis of his life's work -- the changing character of Canadian landscape and society, and the urbanization of that society, including aspects of its historical evolution, its present spacial forms and current social issues.
Author : Sherman Hines
Publisher : Dartmouth, N.S. : Stone House Pub.
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 46,56 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Canada
ISBN : 9780969052081
Author : Philip J. Hatfield
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 42,74 MB
Release : 2018-06-18
Category : History
ISBN : 178735301X
Canada in the Frame explores a photographic collection held at the British Library that offers a unique view of late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century Canada. The collection, which contains in excess of 4,500 images, taken between 1895 and 1923, covers a dynamic period in Canada’s national history and provides a variety of views of its landscapes, developing urban areas and peoples. Colonial Copyright Law was the driver by which these photographs were acquired; unmediated by curators, but rather by the eye of the photographer who created the image, they showcase a grass-roots view of Canada during its early history as a Confederation. Canada in the Frame describes this little-known collection and includes over 100 images from it. The author asks key questions about what it shows contemporary viewers of Canada and its photographic history, and about the peculiar view these photographs offer of a former part of the British Empire in a post-colonial age, viewed from the old ‘Heart of Empire’. Case studies are included on subjects such as urban centres, railroads and migration, which analyse the complex ways in which photographers approached their subjects, in the context of the relationship between Canada, the British Empire and photography.
