Author: Myrna Kostash
Publisher: Coteau Books
ISBN: 9781550503173
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Framed within her own view of this great river, well-known prairie writer Myrna Kostash has combed the available literature to compile this compendium of writings - poetry, fiction and non-fiction -- from those who spent time reading the river. Beginning with Saskatchewan River Crossing, at the river's source, she takes the reader through 21 communities along the North Saskatchewan, from Edmonton to Prince Albert, from Shandro Crossing (Alberta) to The Pas (Manitoba). Included are the words of people from writers like Hugh McLennan, Eli Mandel, Aritha van Herk, John V. Hicks, and Tomson Highway, to the explorer Alexander Mackenzie, 19th Century mountaineer James Monroe Thorington, to a Cree legend. Reading the River opens with an introduction by Myrna Kostash, and a charting of the geological origins of the North Saskatchewan River, and closes it with The Future River, a commentary in several voices on, among other things, the river's likely return to a place of prominence in prairie lives, not as a transportation route, but this time as a source of crucial fresh water. Each author has a concise biography, setting their remarks in the context of their time and their works. What emerges is a portrait of this vital lifeline, the terrain and the culture that grew, and is growing, on its shores, to be appreciated by anyone who travels on, along, or merely to, the great river.
Reading the River
Author: Myrna Kostash
Publisher: Coteau Books
ISBN: 9781550503173
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Framed within her own view of this great river, well-known prairie writer Myrna Kostash has combed the available literature to compile this compendium of writings - poetry, fiction and non-fiction -- from those who spent time reading the river. Beginning with Saskatchewan River Crossing, at the river's source, she takes the reader through 21 communities along the North Saskatchewan, from Edmonton to Prince Albert, from Shandro Crossing (Alberta) to The Pas (Manitoba). Included are the words of people from writers like Hugh McLennan, Eli Mandel, Aritha van Herk, John V. Hicks, and Tomson Highway, to the explorer Alexander Mackenzie, 19th Century mountaineer James Monroe Thorington, to a Cree legend. Reading the River opens with an introduction by Myrna Kostash, and a charting of the geological origins of the North Saskatchewan River, and closes it with The Future River, a commentary in several voices on, among other things, the river's likely return to a place of prominence in prairie lives, not as a transportation route, but this time as a source of crucial fresh water. Each author has a concise biography, setting their remarks in the context of their time and their works. What emerges is a portrait of this vital lifeline, the terrain and the culture that grew, and is growing, on its shores, to be appreciated by anyone who travels on, along, or merely to, the great river.
Publisher: Coteau Books
ISBN: 9781550503173
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Framed within her own view of this great river, well-known prairie writer Myrna Kostash has combed the available literature to compile this compendium of writings - poetry, fiction and non-fiction -- from those who spent time reading the river. Beginning with Saskatchewan River Crossing, at the river's source, she takes the reader through 21 communities along the North Saskatchewan, from Edmonton to Prince Albert, from Shandro Crossing (Alberta) to The Pas (Manitoba). Included are the words of people from writers like Hugh McLennan, Eli Mandel, Aritha van Herk, John V. Hicks, and Tomson Highway, to the explorer Alexander Mackenzie, 19th Century mountaineer James Monroe Thorington, to a Cree legend. Reading the River opens with an introduction by Myrna Kostash, and a charting of the geological origins of the North Saskatchewan River, and closes it with The Future River, a commentary in several voices on, among other things, the river's likely return to a place of prominence in prairie lives, not as a transportation route, but this time as a source of crucial fresh water. Each author has a concise biography, setting their remarks in the context of their time and their works. What emerges is a portrait of this vital lifeline, the terrain and the culture that grew, and is growing, on its shores, to be appreciated by anyone who travels on, along, or merely to, the great river.
North Saskatchewan River Guide
Author: Billie Milholland
Publisher: Over the edge publications
ISBN: 9780969952213
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
The North Saskatchewan River stretches across the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. It flows out of the ice fields in the Rocky Mountains, down through the foothills and across the prairies.On most of it's east - west journey it seperates the great western plains to the south from the boreal forests of the Canadian north. This unusual geographical position allows it to shelter a wide diversity of plants and wildlife, some of the speecies at the southern end of their natural range and some species at the northern end.
Publisher: Over the edge publications
ISBN: 9780969952213
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
The North Saskatchewan River stretches across the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. It flows out of the ice fields in the Rocky Mountains, down through the foothills and across the prairies.On most of it's east - west journey it seperates the great western plains to the south from the boreal forests of the Canadian north. This unusual geographical position allows it to shelter a wide diversity of plants and wildlife, some of the speecies at the southern end of their natural range and some species at the northern end.
The North Saskatchewan River Valley
Author: River Valley Alliance (Edmonton Region, Alta.)
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Category : North Saskatchewan River Valley (Alta. and Sask.)
Languages : en
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Riverlines
Author: Douglas Elves
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1525551078
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
Douglas Elves writes of the North Saskatchewan River. Ranging from midstream to far watershed, the Saskatchewan Glacier to Cumberland House and beyond, his poems are of those who have lived and worked on or near this river: the coal-miner fishing in the foothills stream; the little girl roller-skating in a hotel above the river; the young farmers exchanging labour; the fur trader following a moonlight-coloured horse; the Belgian lawyer homesteading alone in Saskatchewan; Doukhobors making linen by the river’s Great Bend; sons of Batoche threshing grain; and so many more. While most poems here are ‘riverlines,’ this book includes others, including some written in youth. riverlines.ca
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1525551078
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
Douglas Elves writes of the North Saskatchewan River. Ranging from midstream to far watershed, the Saskatchewan Glacier to Cumberland House and beyond, his poems are of those who have lived and worked on or near this river: the coal-miner fishing in the foothills stream; the little girl roller-skating in a hotel above the river; the young farmers exchanging labour; the fur trader following a moonlight-coloured horse; the Belgian lawyer homesteading alone in Saskatchewan; Doukhobors making linen by the river’s Great Bend; sons of Batoche threshing grain; and so many more. While most poems here are ‘riverlines,’ this book includes others, including some written in youth. riverlines.ca
Report on Water Quality Aspects of the North Saskatchewan River
Author: Edmonton (Alta.). River Water Quality Task Force
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Category : Water
Languages : en
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Languages : en
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Northern Saskatchewan Canoe Trips
Author: Laurel Archer
Publisher: Erin, Ont. : Boston Mills Press
ISBN: 9781550463699
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A guide to 15 true wilderness rivers in Northern Saskatchewan, including detailed route descriptions, maps, advice on rapids, hazards, campsites, special attractions, as well as the historical and wilderness value of each river.
Publisher: Erin, Ont. : Boston Mills Press
ISBN: 9781550463699
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A guide to 15 true wilderness rivers in Northern Saskatchewan, including detailed route descriptions, maps, advice on rapids, hazards, campsites, special attractions, as well as the historical and wilderness value of each river.
Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Model of the North Saskatchewan River. May 2009
Author: North Saskatchewan Watershed Alliance
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Languages : en
Pages : 90
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Languages : en
Pages : 90
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Surveys of the North Saskatchewan River
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Category : North Saskatchewan River (Alta. and Sask.)
Languages : en
Pages : 480
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Category : North Saskatchewan River (Alta. and Sask.)
Languages : en
Pages : 480
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North Saskatchewan River, Saskatchewan-Alberta [NTS 73].
Author: Geological Survey of Canada
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Category : NTS 73
Languages : en
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Category : NTS 73
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Surveys of the North Saskatchewan River
Author: L. R. Voligny
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Category : North Saskatchewan River (Alta. and Sask.)
Languages : en
Pages : 480
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Publisher:
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Category : North Saskatchewan River (Alta. and Sask.)
Languages : en
Pages : 480
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