The Environmental History of Highway #35: A Bioregionalism Project

Title

The Environmental History of Highway #35: A Bioregionalism Project

Author

Alls, Steven

Supervising Faculty

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

Reference Number

TPB-542

Date

1999

Location of Document

U-Links Office and online

Area

Haliburton County

Subject

Chronological history of the construction of Highway #35

Abstract

Working within the discipline of environmental history, which attempts to see the connection between human history and the environment, this paper outlines the chronological history of the construction of Highway #35.

Explanations of environmental history and the research methodology employed preface the depiction of the highway construction. Details include a description of the road camps during the depression years of 1931 to 1934, the building phase, the situation after the depression, the advent of tourism to the area with its subsequent effect on the environment, and the development resulting from the highway construction.

Publisher

Trent University

Files

Reference

Alls, Steven, The Environmental History of Highway #35: A Bioregionalism Project, Trent University, 1999