Description:This collection of 42 essays and stories explores the flora, fauna, landscape, history, geology, literature and mythology of one of Canada's undiscovered ecotomes.Ranging from the southern edge of the Algonquin Dome to the outskirts of Kingston, Ont, The Land Between is rich in history, recreation, and unique species.It is a complex, irregularly-shaped strip of land about 240 km long and 20-40 km wide, its core of two strips - Precambrian, and Ordovician. Parts of The Land Between comprise some of Ontario's beloved cottage country. The area is a storehouse of biodiversity.Every building, every streetscape, every farmstead, every marsh, every lake, every rocky outcrop, every individual in The Land Between has a story to tell, and each speaks freely when consciously addressed.A.Y. Jackson was a resident of The Land Between, as was Stephen Leacock, and Al Purdy. The Algonquin First Nation called The Land Between home.Land Between residents are passionate about their territory, and this book provides an ample and exuberant illustration of that fact.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Land Between: Encounters on the Edge of the Canadian Shield. To get started finding The Land Between: Encounters on the Edge of the Canadian Shield, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
170
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Release
2013
ISBN
1554552117
The Land Between: Encounters on the Edge of the Canadian Shield
Description: This collection of 42 essays and stories explores the flora, fauna, landscape, history, geology, literature and mythology of one of Canada's undiscovered ecotomes.Ranging from the southern edge of the Algonquin Dome to the outskirts of Kingston, Ont, The Land Between is rich in history, recreation, and unique species.It is a complex, irregularly-shaped strip of land about 240 km long and 20-40 km wide, its core of two strips - Precambrian, and Ordovician. Parts of The Land Between comprise some of Ontario's beloved cottage country. The area is a storehouse of biodiversity.Every building, every streetscape, every farmstead, every marsh, every lake, every rocky outcrop, every individual in The Land Between has a story to tell, and each speaks freely when consciously addressed.A.Y. Jackson was a resident of The Land Between, as was Stephen Leacock, and Al Purdy. The Algonquin First Nation called The Land Between home.Land Between residents are passionate about their territory, and this book provides an ample and exuberant illustration of that fact.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Land Between: Encounters on the Edge of the Canadian Shield. To get started finding The Land Between: Encounters on the Edge of the Canadian Shield, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.