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The Great Lakes
The Illustrated Natural History of Canada
Allen, Robert Thomas Publisher: Natural Science of Canada Limited, Toronto, Canada
Year Published: 1970
Pages: 160pp
Resource Type: Book
Abstract:
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Table of Contents
Prologue: The biggest lakes in the world
THE GREAT LAKES: an album of maps
PART ONE: THE REGION
1 The aquatic domain
2 The balmy south
3 The glacial hills
4 The meeting with the Shield
PICTURE STORY: How glaciers changed the land
PART TWO: GEOLOGY
5 The forming of the rocks
6 Glaciers smother the land
7 The shaping of the Great Lakes
8 The fate of the lakes
PICTURE STORY: Where Canada begins
PART THREE: PLANT LIFE
9 The land becomes green
10 The virgin forests
11 How a forest is reborn
12 Plants that live under water
PICTURE STORY: The freshwater world
PART FOUR: ANIMAL LIFE
13 Crossing the barrier
14 The changing wildlife
15 The animal community
16 Fishes swarm into the lakes
17 The vanishing Lake Erie Walleye
PICTURE STORY: Miniature monsters
PART FIVE: A FIELD TRIP
18 The forgotten land
19 The rocks of the Bruce
20 A region of rare plants
21 Wildlife of the peninsula
PART SIX: CONSERVATION
22 Rocking the balance of nature
23 The smelt take over
24 The tragedy of the mayfly
25 The critical years to come
Geologic time scale
A short list of rocks, plants and animals
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
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