British Columbia's magnificent parks : the first 100 years

Anderson, James D. 1941- (Author).

Summary: "In 1910 a highly unlikely party of politicians, poets, social butterflies and an overweight cook, all led by a Shakespeare-quoting bushrat named Hughie Horatio Nelson Baron Bacon, set out from the Willows Hotel in Campbell River to explore the wild interior of Vancouver Island. They were launched on a noble, and for its time, highly imaginative mission: to assess the fitness of the region to become a wilderness park, the first in BC history. They survived with only minor injuries and produced such a glowing report that Strathcona Park, BC's first provincial park, was duly created on 19 March 1911." --BOOK JACKET.

Record details

ISBN: 9781550175073 (hc.)
Physical Description: print
264 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Publisher: Madeira Park, B.C. : Harbour Pub., 2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- Origins and early days -- Developing the BC parks system, 1913 to 1944 -- Parks in the post-war years, 1945 to 1957 -- Development versus conservation, 1957 to 1969 -- Growth years, 1969 to 1975 -- Parks Branch restructuring and the resource wars, 1976 to 1983 -- Changing government and policy shifts, 1983 to 1991 -- The 12 percent solution, 1991 to 2001 -- Approaching the centennial, 2001 to 2011.