Hardcover in good condition. With an introduction by Robert Fulford and captions by William Toye. Light wear to the board edges and corners. The upper edges of the jacket are worn and slightly peeling in places. Tiny nick to the rear upper leading corner of the jacket. The left side of the spine head has an abrasion to the laminate. The pages are clean and clear with sound binding. CM
You can hear the wind and waves the moment you open this gorgeous book. With its ancient glacier-smoothed islands, its twisted pines, its wide beaches and dramatic limestone cliffs, Georgian Bay is one of Canada's most breathtaking geographic features.
A Celebration
Canada: A Celebration is both a spectacular photographic depiction of the land and a written tribute to its people.More than two hundred years ago, Voltaire described Canada as a few acres of snow. Today, Canadians occupy a subcontinent greater in area, and more diverse in climate, that Europe, China or the United States. The immensity of the country and the astonishing variety and grandeur of its land forms-the fog-bound Atlantic coastline, the oldest exposed Precambrian shield on earth, the youngest major mountain range, the horizonless Arctic, and the rugged Pacific shore-provide images that dominate the imagination and shape the character of the Canadian people. Paralleling this geographic diversity, Canadian society has developed a pattern of cultural diversity rather than assimilation. In contrast to the American melting pot, the outcome is a cultural mosaic: beginning with the traditions of Native Canadians, and the first English and French settlers, later immigrants have added the cultural inheritance of (among others) Italy and Germany, Poland and the Scandinavian countries, the Orient and the Caribbean.
The natural beauty of the Grand River Valley and the rural charm of its communities come alive in this magnificent book.
