The Magnificent Nahanni

Gordon Nelson has received the Massey Medal, the Parks Canada Natural Heritage Award, an Award for Scholarly Distinction in Geography, and the Harkin Medal. He is a distinguished professor emeritus at the University of Waterloo, Ontario. A conservationist, writer, and photographer, Harvey Locke is a recognized global leader in the field of parks, wilderness, wildlife, and large landscape conservation.

Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction A Note on Terminology PART 1 : THE WONDERS OF THE NAHANNI: PLANNING FOR A NATIONAL PARK RESERVE CHAPTER 1: Envisioning the Magnificent Nahanni CHAPTER 2: Creating the Initial Nahanni National Park Reserve: Ideal Wilderness and Top-Down Planning CHAPTER 3: The Struggle for Expansion: New Ideas and Approaches in the 1980s and 1990s PART II: WHY AND HOW THE NATURAL QUALITIES OF THE NAHANNI WERE CONSERVED IN THE PAST CHAPTER 4 : The Nineteenth-Century Fur Trade: The Early Years CHAPTER 5: The Nineteenth-Century Fur Trade: The Later Years CHAPTER 6: Mining and Mixed Economy CHAPTER 7: Conserving the Ecological Integrity of the Nahanni for More than Two Hundred Years PART III: THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES CHAPTER 8: Challenges and Opportunities CHAPTER 9: Analogies with Experience Elsewhere A Note on Sources Appendix A: A Timeline for the Protection of the Nahanni Appendix B: A List of Traditional Place Names in the Dene Language Notes References Permissions Acknowledgements Index