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Examines the history, geography, climate, plants, animals and peoples of the Cordillera region of Canada.
In 1913 two missionaries disappear in the remote Arctic region known as the Coppermine. North West Mounted Police officer Jack Creed and Angituk, a young Copper Inuit interpreter, are sent on a year-long odyssey to investigate the fate of the lost priests.
Canada established a unique mounted police force in 1873 to restore law and order to the western frontier. The men who joined the Force and marched west shared many characteristics - a love of adventure, extreme endurance, and a strong sense of pride in their new country.
Un guide ludique et instructif très bien conçu, qui recèle à la fois une mine d'informations précieuses et des suggestions d'activités pour tous les goûts, qui sont parfaitement adaptées à toute la famille. Des photographies rendant hommage à la beauté paysages font pa...
Shooting Cowboys traces the transformation of the cowboy image in Canada over a ninety-year period. An extensive selection of historical photographs from the Canadian west examines the photographer's role in creating and influencing the cultural myth of the cowboy. Brock Silversi...
"Blashill, herself a child in the 50s, has collected the thoughts and words of dozens of western Canadians, allowing them to remember the often formative, and alway informative, snapshots of their youth.