The Beaver Hills Country (The)
A History of Land and Life
- Publisher
- Athabasca University Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2009
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781897425374
- Publish Date
- Sep 2009
- List Price
- $29.95
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Description
This book explores a relatively small but interesting and unusual region of Alberta between the North Saskatchewan and the Battle Rivers. The Beaver hills arose where mountain glaciers from the west met continental ice-sheets from the east to create a complex and diverse landscape. MacDonald relates how climate, water levels, wildlife, vegetation, and fire have shaped the possibilities and provided the challenges to the people who have called the region home.
About the author
Graham MacDonald has worked as a historian, teacher, librarian, and park planner. He is the author of A Good Solid Comfortable Establishment: An Illustrated History of Lower Fort Garry, and Where the Mountains Meet the Prairies: A History of Waterton Country (University of Calgary Press).