Author: J. Wesley WhitePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Historical Sketches of the Quetico-Superior
Author: J. Wesley WhitePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Historical Sketches of the Quetico-Superior
Author: Saving Quetico Superior
Author: R. Newell SearlePublisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
ISBN: 9780873511407
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Encompassing the Boundary Waters Canoe Area of Superior National Forest, Voyageurs National Park, and Grand Portage National Monument in Minnesota and Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario, the Quetico-Superior is the only region of its kind in the U.S. and Canada. This book tells the story of the long campaign to secure and preserve it for posterity and also illustrates the development of an American idea -- wilderness preservation.
The Forest for the Trees
Author: Jeff ForesterPublisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
ISBN: 0873517601
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Shows how the global story of logging, forestry, conservation, and resource management unfolded in northern Minnesota.
Lob Trees in the Wilderness
Author: Clifford Elmer AhlgrenPublisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 9781452905525
Category : Boundary Waters Canoe Area (Minn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Historical Sketches of the Quetico-Superior
Author: J. Wesley WhitePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Eighty Years in the Making
Author: Frederick Theodore WitzigPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : National parks and reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Making the Carry
Author: Timothy CochranePublisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 145296856X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
An extraordinary illustrated biography of a Métis man and Anishinaabe woman navigating great changes in their homeland along the U.S.–Canada border in the early twentieth century John Linklater, of Anishinaabeg, Cree, and Scottish ancestry, and his wife, Tchi-Ki-Wis, of the Lac La Croix First Nation, lived in the canoe and border country of Ontario and Minnesota from the 1870s until the 1930s. During that time, the couple experienced radical upheavals in the Quetico–Superior region, including the cutting of white and red pine forests, the creation of Indian reserves/reservations and conservation areas, and the rise of towns, tourism, and mining. With broad geographical sweep, historical significance, and biographical depth, Making the Carry tells their story, overlooked for far too long. John Linklater, a renowned game warden and skilled woodsman, was also the bearer of traditional ecological knowledge and Indigenous heritage, both of which he was deeply committed to teaching others. He was sought by professors, newspaper reporters, museum personnel, and conservationists—among them Sigurd Olson, who considered Linklater a mentor. Tchi-Ki-Wis, an extraordinary craftswoman, made a sweeping array of necessary yet beautiful objects, from sled dog harnesses to moose calls to birch bark canoes. She was an expert weaver of large Anishinaabeg cedar bark mats with complicated geometric designs, a virtually lost art. Making the Carry traces the routes by which the couple came to live on Basswood Lake on the international border. John’s Métis ancestors with deep Hudson’s Bay Company roots originally came from Orkney Islands, Scotland, by way of Hudson Bay and Red River, or what is now Winnipeg. His family lived in Manitoba, northwest Ontario, northern Minnesota, and, in the case ofJohn and Tchi-Ki-Wis, on Isle Royale. A journey through little-known Canadian history, the book provides an intimate portrait of Métis people. Complete with rarely seen photographs of activities from dog mushing to guiding to lumbering, as well as of many objects made by Tchi-Ki-Wis, such as canoes, moccasins, and cedar mats, Making the Carry is a window on a traditional way of life and a restoration of two fascinating Indigenous people to their rightful place in our collective past.
Superior National Forest (N.F.), Echo Trail Area Forest Management Plan
Author: Trapping the Boundary Waters
Author: Charles Ira CookPublisher: Borealis Books
ISBN: 9780873513791
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
On 4 May 4 1919, Charlie Cook set off for a year of adventure in the Minnesota-Ontario Boundary Waters. Soon abandoned by his comfort-loving companion, the restless World War I veteran spent an enlightening year learning -- often the hard way -- how to paddle and sail on windy lakes, hunt and fish for food, bake 'rough delicacies' in a reflector oven, and build winter-proof shelters. His how-to descriptions of trapping beaver, mink, and other game are unsurpassed in their detail. For anyone who loves the Boundary Waters or wonders what this rugged region was like not so long ago, Cook's story reveals a world still ruled by nature but on the brink of change. Cook embarked on his 1919-20 adventure at a time of transition in north-eastern Minnesota's Boundary Waters. Today's readers will find his descriptions of its colourful inhabitants, wild terrain, and abundant animal life evocative of a long-ago era, but they may also note the signs of development that appear on his horizon almost daily.