Canada Moves North
by Finnie, Richard

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When this book was first published in 1942, the statement, Canada Moves North, was taken with a grain of salt by the great majority on this continent. Richard Finnie's glowing, first-hand account of the beauty of the Polar Regions and of the great strides that had been made there in transportation, mining, and agriculture read like and enthusiast's wishful thinking to people who had never heard of Goose Bay, Fort Nelson, Norman Wells or, of course, of the Alaska Highway or the immense Canol Project.

Mr. Finnie now has the satisfaction of bringing Canada Moves North up to date with a Postscript in which he describes concisely just what the atomic age has meant to the North. Now at last the idea of the Polar Mediterranean becomes clear, highways and airports are seen as essential to safety and progress, the huge unknown territories are being carefully mapped, and the Arctic is recognized as the crossroads of transpolar aerial commerce. “The attitude of the Government toward social problems in the North” he points out, “seems to be undergoing a change, and some of the policies so earnestly advocated in this book are at last being given serious consideration.”

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Weight:	0.40 kg
Price:	CDN$ 30.00 (US$ 29.19)

Stock Number:	p0287
Author:	Finnie, Richard
Publisher:	Macmillan Co New York, Toronto
Publication Date:	1943
Pages:	239 pp
Size/Dimensions:	8vo - over 7¾
Binding:	Cloth
Condition:	Pub 1943,227 p,b/w photos,foxing on txtblk,bumped spine & edges,jkt has mylar cvr,edgeware on jkt,5.5 in tear on front jkt. Pub 1948,239 pp,b/w photos,foxing to textblock,stamped on inside cover & front end paper,bumped edges & spine,Very Good / Fair