Haliburton: A History of Human Impact on the Land

Title

Haliburton: A History of Human Impact on the Land

Author

Dueck, Cathy

Supervising Faculty

Wadland, John; Whillans, Tom 
Departments: Canadian Studies and Environmental Studies

Reference Number

TPB-568

Date

1990

Location of Document

U-Links Office and online

Area

Haliburton County

Subject

Human impacts on land in Haliburton

Description

The paper presents a case study based on the Haliburton Region, tracing the nature of human impact on the land and the cultural values they reflect. It discusses the original native populations in the area, the arrival and dispersion of white settlers, and the subsequent wholesale clearing of the land, the logging years, the rise and fall of agriculture and the development of the tourism industry.

Publisher

Trent University

Files

Reference

Dueck, Cathy, Haliburton: A History of Human Impact on the Land, Trent University, 1990