Views of the Salish Sea : one hundred and fifty years of change around the Strait of Georgia

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  • Author: Stewart, Howard Macdonald
    Summary:

    Interweaving geography, biology and resource economics with history, this is a deft examination of the Strait of Georgia from the 1850s to the modern era.

    Contents:
    • Introduction
    • 1. The sea as barrier, the sea as highway
    • 2. Empty land or stolen land? The colonial Strait
    • 3. Resource mining by the sea : mining and forestry
    • 4. Resource mining in the sea : fish and oysters
    • 5. The strait as waste dump
    • 6. Recreation on the restorative Strait
    • 7. Conclusions and reflections on the twenty-first century Strait.
    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography, Nature and the environment
    Original Publisher: Madeira Park, BC , Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd.
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    1550178040

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    9781550178043

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    1550178032

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    9781550178036

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Abstract

Interweaving geography, biology and resource economics with history, this is a deft examination of the Strait of Georgia from the 1850s to the modern era.

Genre
Canadian nonfiction
History and geography
Nature and the environment
Publisher (Source)

Madeira Park, BC

Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd.

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