The Industrial Transformation of Subarctic Canada
The Industrial Transformation of Subarctic Canada

Author: Liza Piper

Publisher: UBC Press

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 425

ISBN-13: 0774858621

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Between 1821 and 1960, industrial economies took root in the North, transgressing political geographies and superseding the historically dominant fur trade. Imported southern scientists and sojourning labourers worked the Northwest, and its industrial history bears these newcomers' imprint. This book reveals the history of human impact upon the North. It provides a baseline, grounded in historical and scientific evidence, for measuring subarctic environmental change. Liza Piper examines the sustainability of industrial economies, the value of resource exploitation in volatile ecosystems, and the human consequences of northern environmental change. She also addresses northern communities' historical resistance to external resource development and their fight for survival in the face of intensifying environmental and economic pressures.

Sailing Directions for Northern Canada Including the Coast of Labrador North of St. Lewis Sound, the Northern Coast of the Canadian Mainland and the Canadian Archipelago
Sailing Directions for Northern Canada Including the Coast of Labrador North of St. Lewis Sound, the Northern Coast of the Canadian Mainland and the Canadian Archipelago

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Published: 1946

Total Pages: 790

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Provides sailing directions for three areas of northern Canada: coast of Labrador north of St. Lewis Sound, northern coast of Canadian mainland, and Canadian Archipelago. Contains descriptions of coast lines, harbors, dangers, aids, winds, currents and tides, directions for navigating narrow waters and for approaching and entering harbors, port facilities, signal systems, and pilotage services.