The Great Lakes

Author : Wayne Grady
Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781553658931

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The Great Lakes by Wayne Grady Pdf

The Great Lakes have been central to the development of eastern North America. In this “beautifully designed, comprehensive gem of a guide to the ecosystem at the heart of Canada” (The Tyee), award-winning science and nature writer Wayne Grady makes scientific concepts accessible as he reveals how human impact has changed this life-giving region. The Great Lakes: A Natural History of a Changing Region is the most authoritative, complete and accessible book to date about the biology and ecology of this vital, ever-changing terrain. Written by one of Canada's best-known science and nature writers, it is intended not only for those who live in the Great Lakes region, but for anyone captivated by the splendor of the natural world and sensitive to the challenges of its preservation. It is both a first-hand tribute and an essential guide to a fascinating ecosystem in eternal flux.

Author : John L. Riley
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773589827

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The Once and Future Great Lakes Country by John L. Riley Pdf

North America's Great Lakes country has experienced centuries of upheaval. Its landscapes are utterly changed from what they were five hundred years ago. The region's superabundant fish and wildlife and its magnificent forests and prairies astonished European newcomers who called it an earthly paradise but then ushered in an era of disease, warfare, resource depletion, and land development that transformed it forever. The Once and Future Great Lakes Country is a history of environmental change in the Great Lakes region, looking as far back as the last ice age, and also reflecting on modern trajectories of change, many of them positive. John Riley chronicles how the region serves as a continental crossroads, one that experienced massive declines in its wildlife and native plants in the centuries after European contact, and has begun to see increased nature protection and re-wilding in recent decades. Yet climate change, globalization, invasive species, and urban sprawl are today exerting new pressures on the region’s ecology. Covering a vast geography encompassing two Canadian provinces and nine American states, The Once and Future Great Lakes Country provides both a detailed ecological history and a broad panorama of this vast region. It blends the voices of early visitors with the hopes of citizens now.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Book House
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015006067295

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The Fate of the Lakes by Anonim Pdf

Author : Walter M. Tovell,Royal Ontario Museum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Nature
ISBN : MSU:31293021572353

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The Great Lakes by Walter M. Tovell,Royal Ontario Museum Pdf

The Great Lakes provides a clear and concise introduction to the formation of the Great Lakes and the physical process that control fluctuations in lake levels. Shore erosion and sedimentation are discussed and certain aspects of pollution are explained. Excellent maps, diagrams, and photographs accompany the text.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Water levels
ISBN : UOM:39015092884926

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Monthly Bulletin of Lake Levels for the Great Lakes by Anonim Pdf

Author : Pierre Berton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Great Lakes
ISBN : STANFORD:36105019195077

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The Great Lakes by Pierre Berton Pdf

A travel book which focuses on the Great Lakes area. It includes a brief history of the Great Lakes since European settlement and it is illustrated with black and white and colour photographs.

Author : Linda B. Myers
Publisher : Country Beautiful Corporation
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015071373073

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The Great Lakes by Linda B. Myers Pdf

Author : Margaret Beattie Bogue
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2000-08-17
Category : History
ISBN : UCLA:L0082343278

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Fishing the Great Lakes by Margaret Beattie Bogue Pdf

Examines the history of human use of the fish resources of the Great Lakes, and analyzes the changing nature of the fish populations, especially those that became popular in the commercial markets.

Author : Walter Koelz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1926
Category : Fisheries
ISBN : UOM:39015052467043

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Fishing Industry of the Great Lakes by Walter Koelz Pdf

Author : Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Tidewater Association
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1923
Category : Canals
ISBN : UIUC:30112068903936

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Book of Facts by Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Tidewater Association Pdf

Author : Edward Channing,Marion Florence Lansing
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-21
Category : Great Lakes (North America)
ISBN : 9798390421949

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The Story of the Great Lakes by Edward Channing,Marion Florence Lansing Pdf

The Story of the Great Lakes goes beyond just being a simple historical account of the Great Lakes region of North America, from the time of the earliest human inhabitants to the present day. Instead, Channing and Lansing describe the geological formation of the Great Lakes, the arrival of the first indigenous people, and the subsequent impact of European colonization. Indeed: these lakes have an area of more than half that of the Black Sea or the Caspian, while Lake Superior is the largest body of fresh water on the globe. The four upper lakes are so nearly level that one canal with a single lock has given them a navigable length of over fourteen hundred miles. Lake Ontario, however, is effectively separated from the others by Niagara Falls and its attendant rapids. Other great inland bodies of water are directly connected with the ocean by navigable straits. The Mediterranean Sea is entered from the Atlantic by the Strait of Gibraltar, the Black Sea is connected in its turn with the Mediterranean by the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus; but Niagara closes direct navigation between the Great Lakes and the sea. The authors go on to explore the economic, social, and cultural importance of the Great Lakes region, particularly the role of the lakes as a transportation network for goods and people. He describes the growth of the shipping industry, the development of canals and other transportation infrastructure, and the impact of the lakes on the settlement of the region. The book also includes discussions of important historical events that took place in the Great Lakes region, such as the War of 1812, the Underground Railroad, and the growth of the automobile industry. Channing pays special attention to the role of the Great Lakes in the development of the United States and Canada, and how the region's history has shaped its contemporary identity. --

Author : Mark Bourrie
Publisher : Hounslow Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1995-01-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015071185253

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Ninety Fathoms Down by Mark Bourrie Pdf

Ninety Fathoms Down is the first collection of Canadian stories about the Great Lakes, the inland seas that shaped the development of Ontario. This fascinating book explains the history of the Canadian side of the Great Lakes by telling the stories of people whose lives took dramatic turns on the vast lakes. In these pages you will meet people like Paul Ragueneau, the Jesuit priest who tried to save thousands of starving Hurons in 1650; the seventeenth-century dreamer Rene-Robert Cavalier de La Salle, whose luck always let him down; and Lt. Miller Worsley, who takes revenge on the loss of his little supply ship Nancy by capturing two of the American warships that sank his schooner in the War of 1812. The people whose stories are told here are often at odds with the power of the lakes themselves. For instance, the three hundred sailors who lost their lives in the great storm of 1913 and the passengers of the steamship Algoma, torn apart on a Lake Superior beach by hurricane winds in 1885, learned that there are times when the lakes are unforgiving. Politics, too, play a role in the lore of the Great Lakes. Confederate pirates once prowled Lake Erie, hoping someday for a chance to attack Buffalo or Cleveland and change the outcome of the Civil War. Politicians, including Sir John A. Macdonald, have been at the mercy of the lakes in shipwrecks that have changed Ontario’s history. The Great Lakes have been a stage for courage, greed, misfortune, and murder. Ninety Fathoms Down fills an important void in Ontario’s popular history by using the theme of the great waterways to show the development of central Canada.

Author : David Hunter Hickcox
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Nature
ISBN : UVA:X001644889

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The Great Lakes by David Hunter Hickcox Pdf

Author : Erinn Banting
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07
Category : Canada
ISBN : 1487201435

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The Great Lakes by Erinn Banting Pdf

Author : Robert Elmer Horton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1927
Category : Great Lakes (North America)
ISBN : UOM:39015019173502

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Hydrology of the Great Lakes by Robert Elmer Horton Pdf