The wild coasts of Canada

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    Author: Forsyth, Scott
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    An astounding collection of photographs and essays celebrating the grandeur of Canada's most remote regions located along the three ocean coastlines. Divided into three main sections - the Atlantic (Newfoundland and Labrador), the Arctic (Nunavut and The Northwest Passage), and the Pacific (Haida Gwaii and The Great Bear Rainforest) - the book will highlight features of geographical and cultural significance using glorious full-colour photographs and personal reflections written by some of Canada's most honoured writers, including Wade Davis, Ken McGoogan, Terry Fallis, and Douglas Gibson. These stunning photographs and warm-hearted stories will inspire the reader to embark on their own journey to explore places still unfamiliar to them in this vast and magnificent landscape of Canada.

    Contents:
    • Intro; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I: The Pacific; Haida Gwaii, ""Islands of the People; The Great Bear Rainforest; PART II: The Arctic; The Arctic Ocean; The Arctic Peoples; The Inuit; The Europeans; Roald Amundsen and Gjoa Haven; Arctic Sovereignty- Canadian Federal Government Policy; Nunavut; Conservation; Tallurutiup Imanga/Lancaster Sound; Central Arctic Fishing Agreement; Life in the North; PART III: The Atlantic; Labrador; Newfoundland; About the Author
    Subject(s): Canada
    Original Publisher: Toronto [Ontario] , RMB Rocky Mountain Books
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9781771603539

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An astounding collection of photographs and essays celebrating the grandeur of Canada's most remote regions located along the three ocean coastlines. Divided into three main sections - the Atlantic (Newfoundland and Labrador), the Arctic (Nunavut and The Northwest Passage), and the Pacific (Haida Gwaii and The Great Bear Rainforest) - the book will highlight features of geographical and cultural significance using glorious full-colour photographs and personal reflections written by some of Canada's most honoured writers, including Wade Davis, Ken McGoogan, Terry Fallis, and Douglas Gibson. These stunning photographs and warm-hearted stories will inspire the reader to embark on their own journey to explore places still unfamiliar to them in this vast and magnificent landscape of Canada.

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Canada
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Toronto [Ontario]

RMB Rocky Mountain Books

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