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It took Canadians a long time
to. realize. that the. wildlife
resources of our country were not

unlimited. In the early days of

settlement there was such an

‘abundance of wild animals, birds
and fish, and agriculture was so
limited, that hunting and fishing.

were ihecessary skills for survival.

_ Wildlife was~ not only abun-
dant, it was also a competitor for.
food and living space. Pioneer
farmers had to fight predators to

protect their. crops and herds, and
sometimes their lives and those of
Even today Tan-- |

their :families..

”.. chers and’. sheep raisers. suffer

“significant losses due to predatory. -

animals.

. ‘Against | ‘this. background, the ‘
- realization that ‘wildlife ‘required ::
’ protection” and had an integral

place ina: balanced ecology. was

‘long incoming. Sportsmen were
among the first. to draw attention.
to ie dwindling + number, of wild

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“in advance. of its time.
provinces did not legislate in this: *-
field until well into the: 19th

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animals and to organize for their
protection.

The. actual extinction of some
varities, like the passenger pigeon,
and the threatened extinction of
others, such as the bison and the
whooping crane, helped con-
servationists to. gain the ear of the
public. .

Legislative protection

The fi irst statutory protection of
wildlife..in Canada was an act
passed -: by hig Nova Scotia
legislature .1794 . for the
preservation. ‘of “‘partridge : ‘and
blue- winged duck.’’. This was far
Most

century. ©;
Ontario: adopted its first. game

Jaw ‘in*1821,:but-in: 1892. it-still...
‘lacked a “warden service to enforce: .
the law. Enforcement of wildlife
‘protection did not beginin British ..

Columbia’ ane the. Northwest

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Fleet Finch: trainer chas

been
donated outright. to the CMAT
while ‘several’ other: aircraft, in-

- eluding the | Zalesky’s, are on
permanent loan; A‘ restored P-40_
“fighter is. being offered by its
Canadian owner. ata’ reduced
price to keep it in the country but
‘itis feared it- will eventually goto.

. volved with aircraft. tor.,

: project because .
“disheartening” experiences.

“We've pulled our horns: in’?
says Rose, ‘and realised progress
“js not going to be as iat as We.

“once thought.”
Still, - they ° get. hole “calls
regularly from people wanting

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~. migratory birds,

27 years. .
- and are not going to give up the
of ‘a. few

‘the U.S, for lack of funds.
The museuns is'also interested

die other. modes of transportation ©

as its name implies, but even here’
there: is: disappointment: “Two:

am ma steam locomotives availible

ine B.C, will: probably... go

somewhere ‘else for’ lack of:

Money: , ae
“Keep r in Canada

ey he whole point of this, (he,

¥ museum). iy to keep the stuff. in:
“Canada,” declares Zalesky... The.

“provincial government - has not,
‘offered funding but did write to"

“Ontawa on ‘the ‘OMAT's belalf : :
No: response, Surrey municipality:
o Was pencrous enough to of fer land

but, unfortunately, it was “pot
suitable for an airstrip."
mie Zaleskys have been’ ine

tours of the museum, To ac-
comodate them "we'll have to Bel
>more action and. less baffle-gab.""
Ed issonly. half joking when he ©
‘talks of obtaining a federal works
grant under. a. title he's sure the

bureaucrats will. jump ate the
‘-entymology of moths:.

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whe Gipsy Mot h, the Hornet Moth

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“purchasing :
mthat would makes o fearless
“barmstormer:: weep, Peonothing

ose, the varnage. can he used as oes
“pattems for new components or 7
~ grafted onto something better.

“The only way we're: going to
odo it is Vike a jig- “saw puzzle."

ne couple, has travelled w the:
“Par Basti in quest of potential buys oo

a n ald aircraft, and. dre nor above
‘dilapidated owTetk see

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Territories until 1913.

The federal government’s first
interest in wildlife was confined to
the Northwest: Territories: Only
with the adoption of the
Migratory Birds Treaty in 1917
between .Canada.and the United
States did the federal government
‘become. directly. involved’ in
national protection of wildlife.
This treaty was designed to
protect valuable birds that, by
migration, . divide the year bet--

_-ween the two countries. Without

altering: provincial ownership. of
the - act
“plementing the treaty gave. the
federal. government .
: jurisdiction.

, ‘National parks helped

“Another boost for conservation

caine with the’ establishment: of

» the National Parks system. Banff,’
the first of these, was established .
asa. national park ‘by act of"

: parliament in aor In 1911 Beg -- convened by: the federal. Minister:

“Sof the. Interior to consider current

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coordinate government activities.
“in” this “area: In .1922° the: first
. federal- provincial conference: was |:

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horrible than ‘usual’ acess Great. :
fun but they w ould probably only:

THE NORTH AMERICAN BUFFALO or bison was in 2 danger of ex-
tinction. when. enlightened conservationists suceeded in’ securing its

protection.

Dominion | Forest Reserves and
Parks Act authorized. the
of . additional
national. parks | by. Order in

In. December 1916, . Ottawa:
established the Advisory Board on -

- Wildlife Protection composed | of...
“federal civil servants particularly

concerned with wildlife.and® its

wildlife problems ~ and

Canadian wildlife service.

‘protection, “management: “of.
pate in the National. parks and

conservation | and®:

: protection” of «. wildlife’. “under.

: _ government: supervision. could: be

. gel blasted in turn.

Why not leave ‘well: enough: -.

. alone? Because, - Says. Carole
Carpenter: ‘of York . University,

=, Ontario, Canadians on the: whole
do. not’
4 wilderness. or. its environs. Our

folklore is : filled with: evil ‘and :
: ‘dangerous monsters. and lacks the -

appreciate the.” nasty

moderation. of helpful, or even:
mischievious, _ “extraordinary
“beings.” “

Carpenter. is currently vor
‘ona. project “entitled. ““Extraor-.
in. Canadian:

~ dinary: Beings.
Folklore’
Council

through. a . Canada
Leave

part in creating the - present at-
‘mosphere of.

“Canada. ‘The stories-.of* writers:
-- such as. Charles G.D. Roberts and.
_Ernest Thompson Seaton created. ’
a “new and. more sympathetic -- :
- interest. in wildlife. Jack Miner

with his private bird. sanctuary on... 93

interest on the. Canada. goose

“for: our national :symbol . the

. ate ‘was not: until 1947:that the: _
small - ‘federal | staffs” which” ad-.*

“ministered ‘migratory- -bird or ‘society, ‘wildlife: will: always. be in

myth or “reality —

larger
o4 Mostly they: regard it
i predictable,

Fellowship. ‘
Portions. of her previous: studies -
dealt with monsters of Western |

oo creature

“Canada, ‘and she had this to say to -
© the international conference: :

‘Negative folklore |

“The: mast ‘obvious feature: of.

the: corpus of Canadian monster

. beliefs is the. generally. negative
: aspect Of the creatures portrayed, :

Mostly they. are. malevolent and”
but
almost never purposefully helpful ©
oto mankind. It is significant that.
Sasquatch /Bigfoor tale.
“of w hich any aware wherein the.
humans... is “an.
American. (television) story. Evil:
ciscalways accharacteristic, if not.

when: not, > disinterested,

“the, only:

helps.

the primary one, of many

Canadian mansters ~ either they:
“bring odo. evil, or they appear as

aresult of evil having been done,"
Few’. Canadians” know:

the ‘e

said ‘to have. come oF. age in
Canada.

Many. individuals played their :

‘concern
protecting the native fauna of

for

Lake Erie in Ontario focused

and other. migratory: birds. Grey 4

Owl, the Englishman | who wanted.»

to. be an Indian, roused concern .

beaver. ae
oi an - “arbanized? industrial

danger. of. being, sacrificed onthe
altar “of: _ progress. : St: takes. the
continual MURe Peseta of groups, Tike

natural resource

comprises: “the
their ~cOUNITY;.
as un-
“malevolent /.and
uncontrollable, just like: the-in-
famous:, Canadian ‘climate.

~Awilderness” that.
part. of.

Canadians seem to. view. ‘nature ‘as aes

“ta force apart: from: themselves

: and. working upon them. Nature:
~ is ‘larger. than life, ‘tone might say.
*. Canadians associate. .
monsters with | wild places such as.

monstrous.’

dense forest and deep lakes.:

The: ‘garrison mentality.” of:
early. settlers, and the fact. that
Canada's folklore ---

much of
including: the. Sasquatch —- was

derived from the culture of the

feared’ Indians, go -far in’ ex-

“> plaining the dark view taken. of
‘extraordinary. beings in Canada,*

according to Carpenter.

“Canadian: monsters © are. a:
means: to. understand » the
Canadian’ mind ‘and «the

reales

Canadian. culture, " she believes...

from:
were”

«Ait one figure
national. folklore:

~ namely), thatthe:

thee”
to be:
~ selected 10° represent: the image
omany. Canadians sand some
foreigners: have of: Canada ==.
country. ‘fs
savage, backward, close to-nature —
and: largely. ‘uncultivated “meee NO

better,one than Canada’ § number:

Sones monster,
: could be chosen."

“above, he (the “Sasquateh) © |

the” Sasquatch,

Carpenter concluded: HsBesides.
- possessing all the characieristit

associated with the Indians, and i

“big and dull, just like ¢ Canada is 10. -

many people.” ;
So run, Sasquatehy rune