Protected Places: A History of Ontario's Provincial Parks SystemSince the founding of Algonquin Provincial Park in 1893, Ontario has developed a parks system that is held in the highest regard. Today, some 260 parks span the province. Protected Places is a comprehensive account of the attitudes and actions that have shaped provincial parks policy over the century – notably those of early conservationists and more recently of environmentalists, aboriginal peoples, vacationers of every description, naturalists, scientists, loggers, miners, concession operators, the administrators with the responsibility to plan, develop, and manage the parks, and the politicians who made the ultimate decisions on policy matters. Author Gerald Killan’s analysis cuts across the disciplines of history, geography, political science, environmental studies, and the earth and life sciences. The book will be of compelling interest to readers from all thsese backgrounds, as well as the park visitor. Protected Places is being published in 1993 as part of the celebration of the Centennial of Ontario’s provincial parks. |
Contents
List of Maps vi | 5 |
The First Parks 18931953 | 10 |
Managing the First Parks | 36 |
Logging the Parks for Use and Profit Recreation Wildlife and the Gospel | 52 |
Challenging the Primacy of Utility and Profit in The Quetico Striking | 59 |
Outdoor Recreation Boom | 74 |
Map 1 | 94 |
The Problems of Expansion 19541967 | 120 |
The Politics of Preservation 19681974 | 170 |
A Recommendation for the Zoning of Algonquin | 171 |
Map 3 | 181 |
From the Politics of Special Funding to | 205 |
Map 5 | 217 |
Map 6 | 331 |
Map 7 | 359 |