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J.B. Harkin

Father of Canada's National Parks

by (author) E.J. (Ted) Hart

Publisher
The University of Alberta Press
Initial publish date
Jan 2010
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780888645128
    Publish Date
    Jan 2010
    List Price
    $38.99
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780888647610
    Publish Date
    Jan 2010
    List Price
    $27.99

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Description

Many of Canada’s superb national parks owe their existence to James Bernard Harkin (1875–1955), the first commissioner of Canada’s new Dominion Parks Branch in 1911. Ted Hart follows Harkin’s career from his apprenticeship in the Department of the Interior to his retirement in 1936, and presents Harkin as a major force in early Canadian parks and wildlife conservation. He supported Canadian wildlife conservation at its inception, created the world’s first park service, and developed major park policies. Conservationists, serious history enthusiasts, and those with an interest in Canada’s national parks will enjoy this biography of a multifaceted and significant individual.

About the author

E.J. (Ted) Hart is the executive director of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies in Banff, Alberta. He has been actively involved in the archival and museological fields of Canadian Rockies history for nearly thirty-five years and has served as mayor of the town of Banff.

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