PERLS204 Lecture : Feb 10 -NPs.doc

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Physical Education, Recreation and Leisure Studies
• Course: PERLS204
• Professor: Zac Robinson

Document Summary

Who were parks for: victorian tourists, destination for urbanites keen on scenery and nature study, public ownership with private development (ex. Cpr hotels, resource extraction: then: islands of civilization in a sea of wilderness, now: islands of wilderness in a sea of civilization. Ideas of nature and parks: macdonald"s national policy: the west as a unlimited storehouse, national economy based on extraction of natural resource. The mountains are rich in gold and silver and all description of minerals and clothed with some of the finest timber; an inexhaustible means of supplying the treeless expanse of the prairies in the northwest . 3 ideas of nature: mid 1890"s to ww1. Benevolent mother: capable of soothing city worn nerves: mother nature, rejuvenating tonic, a trip to the woods = refure, teacher of youth (boy scouts, summer camps) Limited storehouse: the idea of an unlimited abundance of resources is reappraised.