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Headwaters:
Through the Ya Ha Tinda and the Upper Red
Join publisher Brian Peters
as he explores the Ya Ha Tinda, a legendary prairie inside
the Rocky Mountains on the upper Red Deer River west of
Sundre. This story features the Parks Canada horse ranch,
archeological digs dating back to the glacial epoch, studies
on the region's elk herd and wolf predation, and the horse
and hiking trails leading to the river's headwaters, glaciers
and remote wilderness valleys. It is filled with information
about lodges, camping, guidebooks, permits, maps and tours.
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Images
Of The Peace: Photographs from the book
The Peace River is the only
river in North America to breech the ramparts of the Rocky
Mountains. Follow Donald Petit as he photographs the Peace
from where it rises in northern British Columbia and then
as he accompanies the river downstream through the foothills
and table-flat prairies of Alberta's Peace River farmlands,
to where it eventually merges with the Athabasca River in
Wood Buffalo National Park.
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Ranchers
and Rattlesnakes
The lower Red Deer River is
a vast region with a sparse human population and many remarkable
wildlife species unique to the shortgrass prairie ecosystem.
Jana Joujan, Bob Scammell and other journalists write about
the people, the places and the views in this stunning visual
presentation of the area's flora and fauna, archeology,
fishing, and canoeing.
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Highway
646 Revisited
The secondary highway leading
east from Elk Point is one of the most interesting day trips
in the province. Explored and surveyed by Peter Fidler over
two centuries ago, it was the site of the first European
trail into Alberta, and is now home to an array of historical
and geographical features.
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Tomorrow
Winter Comes
High school student Natasha
Schmale of Winfield depicts the passing of the seasons in
her photographs and field notes about this Provincial Natural
Area at Battle Lake in west central Alberta. By researching
and writing this feature, Natasha becomes the first contributor
to our Junior Photojournalist Program.
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Forum
Peak: Where Alberta, British Columbia and Montana Meet
In the first of our Borders
Series, Pincher Creek resident Edwin Knox shares his experiences
about reaching the precise location where the boundaries
of two Canadian provinces and a US state intersect, including
both summer and winter adventures to this seldom-visited
place.
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Maps
this issue
Maps in the Special
Inaugural Issue include the two-page Headwaters map about
the Ya Ha Tinda and the upper Red Deer (see map to left),
the two-page Ranchers and Rattlesnakes map about Empress
and the lower Red Deer River valley, the two-page Peter
Fidler Country map of the Elk Point area, and the half-page
Battle Lake map, scene of our Mount Butte Natural Area story.
B. Smail prepared
the Peace River Watershed map for the book "The Peace, An
Exploration in Photographs". It is sold through select retail
outlets listed in the magazine.
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