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Author : James Williamson
Publisher : Kingston [Ont.] : J. Duff ; Montreal : H. Ramsay
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1854
Category : Canada
ISBN : MINN:319510020166748
Author : James Williamson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Fisheries
ISBN : OCLC:1050498291
Author : James 1806-1895 Williamson
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1013712382
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Linda B. Myers
Publisher : Country Beautiful Corporation
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015071373073
Author : Theodore J. Karamanski,Theodore Karamanski
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Press
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780299326302
Theodore J. Karamanski's sweeping maritime history demonstrates the far-ranging impact that the tools and infrastructure developed for navigating the Great Lakes had on the national economies, politics, and environment of continental North America. Synthesizing popular as well as original historical scholarship, Karamanski weaves a colorful narrative illustrating how disparate private and government interests transformed these vast and dangerous waters into the largest inland water transportation system in the world. Karamanski explores both the navigational and sailing tools of First Nations peoples and the dismissive and foolhardy attitude of early European maritime sailors. He investigates the role played by commercial boats in the Underground Railroad, as well as how the federal development of crucial navigational resources exacerbated sectionalism in the antebellum United States. Ultimately Mastering the Inland Sea shows the undeniable environmental impact of technologies used by the modern commercial maritime industry. This expansive story illuminates the symbiotic relationship between infrastructure investment in the region's interconnected waterways and North America's lasting economic and political development.
Author : John DISTURNELL
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0017994290
Author : I.P. Martini
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 0080870821
The various chapters of this book have been written by researchers who are still working in the Canadian Inland Seas region. The chapters synthesize what is known about these seas, yet much still is to be learnt. It is hoped that this collection of information will serve as a springboard for future, much needed, studies in this fascinating, diverse region, and will stimulate comparative analyses with other subarctic and arctic basins of the world. The Canadian Inland Seas are the only remnants, albeit cold, of the ancient cratonic marine basins which occupied central North America throughout the Paleozoic and part of the Mesozoic. Precambrian rocks and gently dipping Paleozoic sedimentary rocks underlie the seas. The area is also close to the centers of Pleistocene glaciations. The coastal areas represent an emerged landscape of the post-glacial Tyrrell sea, as the region has been isostatically uplifted to about 350 meters since glacial times. A total of 56 fish species inhabit Hudson Bay and James Bay. Seals, whales and one of the largest and southernmost populations of polar bears inhabit the seas as well. The coastal areas are important habitats for migratory bird populations, some of which migrate from as far away as Southern Argentina. The ostic environment has preserved these regions relatively unchanged by man, with only a major harbour at Churchill, Manitoba, which is active for part of the year, and a second large, rail-terminal settlement in the south at Moosonee, Ontario. A few, small, native Indian and Inuit villages dot the coasts. The seas are being affected indirectly by the damming of rivers for the generation of hydroelectric power, and by drainage diversions towards the man-made reservoirs. A major project is being completed in Quebec east of James Bay, but other rivers in Ontario and Manitoba have been dammed as well. Undoubtedly freshwater is one of the more important resources of the area, however its exploitation needs careful thought because of the possible long-range effects on the environment, particularly the coastal marshes, which sustain much of the eastern American intercontinental migratory avifauna. Other resources occur in the regions, primarily minerals and perhaps petroleum. For the most part however, such resources remain to be discovered.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044024228256
Author : John Disturnell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Great Lakes (North America)
ISBN : UOM:39015071185808
Author : William Donohue Ellis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Great Lakes (North America)
ISBN : 0517187841
Author : Rachel Carson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Ocean
ISBN : 9780195147018
One of the most popular books ever written about the natural world is now in a beautifully illustrated commemorative edition. 130 illustrations, many in color.
Author : Arthur M. Woodford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Geodesy
ISBN : MINN:31951D002969368
Author : Arthur M. Woodford
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0814324991
Throughout the history of the Great Lakes many organizations have played important roles in the growth and development of the water system. Charting the Inland Seas highlights the work done by the U.S. Lake Survey, one of the most notable, yet least known, organizations in the history of the Great Lakes. With the first great influx of settlers into the Great Lakes region came the need for extensive surveys and accurate navigational charts. In the 1830s shipowners and masters pressed the federal government to begin a thorough survey of the Great Lakes in order to make available detailed maps and charts of the various routes by which the lakes could safely be sailed. In 1841, Congress appropriated $15,000 for the Corps of Topographical Engineers to begin a survey of the northern and northwestern lakes, thus marking the formation of the United States Lake Survey. Arthur M. Woodford documents how the role and responsibility of the Lake Survey grew as conditions on the Great Lakes changed over the next 135 years. Great Lakes ships evolved into larger vessels with greater drafts, creating the need for new and more exact surveys and charts. In order to more accurately predict the water levels of the Great Lakes, special forecasting techniques evolved. When erosion of beaches threatened to destroy valuable lakefront property, extensive studies by the Lake Survey determined the causes. And as the number of recreational crafts increased, a program began for the design and publication of large scale book charts for boaters to use. In addition, the U.S. Lake Survey was one of the military's major suppliers of maps and charts during the two world wars and the Korean conflict. In 1970 the federal government established the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as part of the Department of Commerce, and brought together, in a single agency, the major federal programs dealing with the seas and the atmosphere, and the U.S. Lake Survey was reorganized. In 1976, the U.S. Lake Survey was completely phased out, concluding an important chapter in the history of the Great Lakes.
Author : Michael J. Everhart
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780253027153
“Excellent . . . Those who are interested in vertebrate paleontology or in the scientific history of the American midwest should really get a copy.” —PalArch’s Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Revised, updated, and expanded with the latest interpretations and fossil discoveries, the second edition of Oceans of Kansas adds new twists to the fascinating story of the vast inland sea that engulfed central North America during the Age of Dinosaurs. Giant sharks, marine reptiles called mosasaurs, pteranodons, and birds with teeth all flourished in and around these shallow waters. Their abundant and well-preserved remains were sources of great excitement in the scientific community when first discovered in the 1860s and continue to yield exciting discoveries 150 years later. Michael J. Everhart vividly captures the history of these startling finds over the decades and re-creates in unforgettable detail these animals from our distant past and the world in which they lived—above, within, and on the shores of America’s ancient inland sea. “Oceans of Kansas remains the best and only book of its type currently available. Everhart’s treatment of extinct marine reptiles synthesizes source materials far more readably than any other recent, nontechnical book-length study of the subject.” —Copeia “[The book] will be most useful to fossil collectors working in the local region and to historians of vertebrate paleontology . . . Recommended.” —Choice
Author : David Andrew Nichols
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 0821423207
David Andrew Nichols offers a fresh history of the Lakes peoples over nearly three centuries of rapid change. As the people themselves persisted, so did their customs, religions, and control over their destinies. Accessible and creative, this book is destined to become a classroom staple for Native American history.
