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The Great Bear Rainforest : Canada's forgotten coast

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    BC Libraries Cooperative, 2020
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  • Author: McAllister, Ian
    Contributor: McAllister, Karen; Young, Cameron
    Date:
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    1997
    Summary:

    Along the coast between Vancouver Island and Alaska lies 250 miles of forested island and inlets. Ian and Karen McAllister spent seven years photographing and mapping this forgotten wild ecosystem. Their informative text and remarkable photographs (including some of the most extraordinary images of wild bears ever published) present a complete picture of this unique area. 150 color photos.

    Contents:
    • Chapter one: Ancient forests of the Salmon Bear
    • Chapter two: Into the heart of the Great Bear Rainforest
    • Chapter three: Amongst the Fiords
    • Chapter four: North to the border
    • Great Bear Rainforest proposal.
    Genre:
    Illustrated works, Canadian nonfiction, Nature and the environment
    Subject(s): British Columbia | Great Bear Rainforest | Natural history | Rain forest conservation | Rain forest ecology
    Original Publisher: San Francisco, Sierra Club Books
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 1578050111, 9781578050116
    Collection(s)/Series: BC and Yukon Book Prizes 2020