Imagining how prominent national historic sites might confront critical issues in environmental history.

La description

National historic sites commemorate decisive moments in the making of Canada. But seen through an environmental lens, these sites become artifacts of a bigger story: the occupation and transformation of nature into nation. Nature, Place, and Story provides new interpretations for five of Canada’s largest and most iconic historic sites (two of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites): L’Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland; Grand Pré, Nova Scotia; Fort William, Ontario; the Forks of the Red River, Manitoba; and the Bar U Ranch, Alberta.

Reviews

“An extraordinary achievement. Campbell articulates how Parks Canada might use its national historic sites to write a new narrative of Canadian history – and then she writes that history. This is a landmark work of both public policy and environmental history. ” Alan MacEachern, University of Western Ontario and author of Natural Selections: National Parks in Atlantic Canada, 1935–1970