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| Title: | My Valley, the Kananaskis
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| Author: | Ruth Oltmann |
| ISBN: | 0921102402 : 9780921102403 |
| Illustrations: | b/w photos & maps |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 155x230mm |
| Pages: | 240 |
| Weight: | .39 Kg. |
| Published: | Heritage House Publishing (Rocky Mountain Books) - June 2002 |
| List Price: | 12.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Local history: Canada |
Relates the fascinating history of the valley from Neolithic peoples to present-day tourists. The area was controlled by the Stoney Indians in the mid-1800's when James Sinclair and Captain John Palliser travelled the valley in search of a pass across the Rocky Mountains. In the early 1900's trapper, surveyors and gold seekers set the stage for the commercial exploitation of the 1940's and '50's when the valley became a source of lumber, coal and power for the rapidly-growing City of Calgary. Nowadays the Kananaskis Valley is the heart of Kananaskis Country, a multi-use recreation area developed for Albertans in 1977.
The Kananaskis Valley; The Valley Changes; Researching the Valley; War Comes to the Valley; Managing the Valley; The Growth of Tourism; Enjoying the Valley; The Romance of the Kananaskis; Index.
