The Canadian Field-Naturalist, 1981, Vol. 95 (Classic Reprint)

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  • Author : Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
  • Release Date : 2018-09-08
  • Publisher : Forgotten Books
  • Genre : Business & Economics
  • Pages : 544
  • ISBN 13 : 9781396024276
  • File Size : 52,52 MB
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Book Description: Excerpt from The Canadian Field-Naturalist, 1981, Vol. 95 The late seventies have emerged as a time of retrospectives. There is widespread interest in heritage parks and buildings, historical exhibits, and retrospective collages of movies and television shows. There is no time more appropriate for a review of past achievements than at a centenary, and The Ottawa field-naturalists' Club, established 100 years ago, has not let the opportunity slip by. In my opinion, a periodic stocktaking 1s a worthwhile exercise. It tells you not only where you have been and where you are, but, if done seriously and thoughtfully, perhaps where you are going or ought to be going as well. In this spirit, then, the Council of The Ottawa field-naturalists' Club decided to conduct a kind of colloquium, inviting experts in various fields to tell us what has happened in their own fields of specialization over the last 100 years or so. It was decided that the talks should have a Canada wide rather than local focus to emphasize the role this club has played in the study of natural history throughout Canada. The meeting took place on 19 May 1979, at the Victoria Memorial Museum (home ofthe National Museums of Natural Sciences and of Man). The papers, as you will see, related a fascinating history of natural history in Canada. It was clear from the outset that the history took shape as a result of individual personalities reacting to events of the time. In fact, what emerged was a mini-history of Canada, with its stories of the explorations for the transcontinental railways, isolated Hudson's Bay Company trading posts, and growth of the major Canadian cities. They traced the change from the strong influence of Europe and Europeans on early endeavors to the gradual growth of a body of competent Canadian professionals and amateurs. It was pointed Ont by several speakers that serious amateurs made many significant contributions throughout this period. Throughout the talks, it became clear that much of the accumulating information on Canada's natural history was revealed in The Canadian field-naturalist. Members of The Ottawa field-naturalists' Club have every right to be proud of the part the journal has played in documenting the history and development of the field-oriented natural sciences in Canada. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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