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Algonquin Park: A Place Like No Other: A History of Algonquin Provincial Park
Newly published, Algonquin Park - A Place Like No Other will guide the reader through the rich history that led to the Park we know today, beginning with early indigenous hunters and gatherers, their displacement by colonist lumbermen, the formation of the Park in 1893, the growth of lodges camps and cottage leases, the challenges faced by early and latter day park superintendents, the development of a multiple-use concept including both regulated logging and recreation, the influence of today’s Algonquin People on the Park and ongoing negotiations about the role they will have within it and much more. Long-time cottager, and director of The Friends of Algonquin Park, Brian Maltman has said, "This is the definitive work on the human history of the Park, and how it has been shaped by the people who explore, work in, live in and love this place." MacKay.
432 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2018
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November 11, 2019
Algonquin Park-A Place Like No Other is a fascinating, detailed and comprehensive history of all aspects of Ontario's massive provincial park.
The book covers the indigenous first peoples--the Algonquins--who have long used the park for hunting, fishing and gathering, the logging history and lives of the lumberjacks, the trappers and poachers, the wardens and rangers and fighting of fires, the railway lines, youth camps, inns and leased cottages, the recreational uses of the Highway 60 corridor and deeper interior camping, and the world-renowned work of the park's researchers.
MacKay writes well and tells a good story, informing the book with his deep knowledge and peppering it with the great old tales of the park's legendary figures. This should be the definitive history on the park for a long time to come.
The book covers the indigenous first peoples--the Algonquins--who have long used the park for hunting, fishing and gathering, the logging history and lives of the lumberjacks, the trappers and poachers, the wardens and rangers and fighting of fires, the railway lines, youth camps, inns and leased cottages, the recreational uses of the Highway 60 corridor and deeper interior camping, and the world-renowned work of the park's researchers.
MacKay writes well and tells a good story, informing the book with his deep knowledge and peppering it with the great old tales of the park's legendary figures. This should be the definitive history on the park for a long time to come.
September 19, 2019
This is the best history of an individual park, written primarily for a popular audience, that I've ever read. MacKay did a fantastic job. Keep an eye out for my full review in the journal 'Ontario History.'
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