Islands of New Brunswick, living between the tides, Allison Mitcham ; design, Jenn Embree
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Islands of New Brunswick, living between the tides, Allison Mitcham ; design, Jenn Embree
Language
eng
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no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Islands of New Brunswick
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electronic resource
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dictionaries
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Allison Mitcham ; design, Jenn Embree
Sub title
living between the tides
Summary
Culled from her collections Offshore Islands and Paradise or Purgatory (1984), New Brunswick Islands is part ecocritical exploration and part historical survey, as Mitcham explores the province's not-so-far-off islands in search of their unique stories. The result is an extraordinary collection of essays that illuminates the social and cultural histories behind New Brunswick's islands. Exposed are the complexities of island history, from the Aboriginal peoples of Indian Island to the generations of lighthouse keeping on Miscou, to the tragic quarantine history of Passamaquoddy's Hospital Island (Partridge Island). Industrious islands, from the once-lucrative quarries of Grindstone Island, to the still-flourishing fisheries of Grand Manan are also investigated, as well as the mysterious histories behind the now-uninhabited Heron and Shediac Islands, which have largely been reclaimed by nature. This revised edition features the original illustrations by Peter Mitcham
Target audience
adult
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