The Place of Bows: Exploring the Heritage of Banff and the Bow Valley. Part I: to 1930

By E. J. (Ted) Hart

RRP: C$24.95/US$24.95
ISBN - 10: 0-9699732-5-X
344 pages, 6" x 9"


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About The Place of Bows

The Place of Bows traces the vast epic of human interaction within the Banff-Bow Valley, one of the most glorious mountain landscapes in Earth and a place where different cultures have come together for millennia. It is a story rich in character and often dramatic in events, and helps to shed light on how Banff National Park became such a focus of world attention. For those seeking to understand the contemporary debate over conservation versus development in Canada’s first national park, many of the answers lie within this book.
 

About the Author

E. J. (Ted) Hart graduated from the University of Alberta with a Master’s Degree in Western Canadian History in 1972.  Recruited to work in the archives at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, he became Head Archivist in 1976 and in 1979 the Executive Director of the Whyte Museum, a position which he continues to hold. Through this time, Ted has authored a dozen books on the history of Banff and the Canadian Rockies. He was the mayor of Banff from 1995 to 1998.