An Environmental History of Canada

Throughout history most people have associated northern NorthAmerica with wilderness – with abundant fish and game,snow-capped mountains, and endless forest and prairie. Canada’scontemporary picture gallery, however, contains more disturbing images– deforested mountains, empty fisheries, and melting ice caps.Adopting both a chronological and thematic approach, Laurel MacDowellexamines human interactions with the land, and the origins of ourcurrent environmental crisis, from first peoples to the Kyoto Protocol.This richly illustrated exploration of the past from an environmentalperspective will change the way Canadians and others around the worldthink about – and look at – Canada.