The River Returns : An Environmental History of the Bow.
Title:
The River Returns : An Environmental History of the Bow.
Author:
Armstrong, Christopher.
ISBN:
9780773576797
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (503 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1 Discovery -- 2 Homeland and Margin -- 3 Home on the Range and River -- 4 The Wooden River -- 5 Power and Flow -- 6 Watering a Dry Country -- 7 The Sanitary Imperative -- 8 The Fishing River -- 9 Overflow -- 10 Building Banff -- 11 Greening Alberta -- 12 Water Powers -- 13 Who Has Seen the River? -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Calgary Power-Generating Capability in the Bow Watershed, 1911-1960 -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y.
Abstract:
Millions of tourists and residents know the Bow River as it tumbles through Banff's spectacular scenery or carves an elegant arc through the city of Calgary. Fewer people know the Bow as a heavily engineered, hard-working river.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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