"Between the arrival of the first humans tens of thousands of years ago and the activities of mining and logging companies in the present, the environment of the North American Arctic has been shaped by people and their activities. Canada and Arctic North America is the first comprehensive, interdisciplinary environmental history of Canada - exploring the complex interplay between human societies and northern North America, from the Aleutian Islands to the Grand Banks, and from the Great Lakes to the Arctic Islands."--Jacket.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 443-477) and index.

pt. 5. Nature transformed 21. Corridors of modernization 22. Power lines 23. Northern visions 24. Rapacious harvests 1 : from forests and mines 25. Rapacious harvests 2 : from land and sea 26. Urban mapping pt. 6. Reflections on the remaking of northern North America

27. Trade, technology, and the transformation of the environment 28. Hubris and hope Important people, events, and concepts Timeline References and further reading Index About the author.