Alberta's Resources Negotiations and Bannf and Jasper National Parks

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  • Christopher Gainor

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21971/P7T014

Abstract

The Government of Canada retained control of Crown lands and mineral and water rights in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba until 1930 when they were transferred to the three provincial governments as a result of agreements reached in 1929. In the case of Alberta, the agreement also settled the boundaries for Banff and Jasper national parks. The national parks discussions helped establish the principle that resource extraction would not take place in national parks anywhere in Canada. This paper examines the political background to the discussions over national parks and the process for setting the boundaries of these parks, with an emphasis on a report on park boundaries that addressed resource development and wildlife management in and near the parks, issues that parks administrators continue to face today.

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Author Biography

Christopher Gainor

Christopher Gainor is a provisional doctoral candidate in the Department of History and Classics at the University of Alberta. His main area of interest is the history of space exploration, and he has published extensively in this area, including a book, "Arrows to the Moon: Avro's Engineers and the Space Race" (Apogee, 2001). As a former journalist who has lived most of his life in Alberta and British Columbia, he is also interested in the political histories of these two provinces.

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Published

2008-02-22

How to Cite

Gainor, C. (2008). Alberta’s Resources Negotiations and Bannf and Jasper National Parks. Past Imperfect, 11. https://doi.org/10.21971/P7T014

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