ISBN: 9780968171554

With an artist's eye, Leslie Leong has created the first photography book on Canada's Northwest Territories. Since the division from Nunavut in 1999, the Northwest Territories h… More...

With an artist's eye, Leslie Leong has created the first photography book on Canada's Northwest Territories. Since the division from Nunavut in 1999, the Northwest Territories has become known as the land of diversity in its people, culture and landscape. This book shows Canadians the diversity in magnificent imagery and insightful text, covering the high arctic up to the Arctic Ocean, the subarctic from boreal forest and mountain ranges, to treeline and tundra, and the human imprint on this vast land. The cultures include Inuvialuit, Gwich'in, Dene Peoples and the Metis, many of whom still make their living on the land and in Canada's first diamond mines, tourism, and the oil & gas industry. The people are as exciting and eccentric as the northern communities, like Yellowknife's Old Town, and the smaller hamlets and settlements scattered in the wilderness. There are 240 exquisite photos by award-winning photographer, Leslie Leong, accompanied by short essays to round out the reader's experience of Canada's Northwest Territories. Leslie Leong, Books, Canada's Northwest Territories: A Land Of Diversity Books <