{"product_id":"levelling-the-lake-9780774835480","title":"Levelling the Lake","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStretching across Ontario, Manitoba, and Minnesota, the Lake of the Woods and Rainy Lake basin spans boundaries and jurisdictions. \u003cem\u003eLevelling the Lake\u003c\/em\u003e explores a century and a half of social, economic, and legal arrangements through which the resources and environment of the Lake of the Woods and Rainy Lake watershed have been harnessed and harmed. Jamie Benidickson traces the environmental consequences of mining, forest industries, commercial fishing, hydro-electricity production, and recreation, as well as their often unanticipated impacts on local residents, including Indigenous communities, which encouraged new legal and institutional responses. Assessing the transition from primary resource extraction toward sustainable development at a watershed level, \u003cem\u003eLevelling the Lake\u003c\/em\u003e also shows how interjurisdictional and transboundary issues  many involving the Canada-US International Joint Commission  continue to play a significant role throughout the region.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBenidickson shows how the many controversies and challenges—from the early negotiations around leveling the lake, to the Winnipeg water problems, the search for answers to the mercury crisis, and the need for a bridge and road to address the living conditions of the Shoal Lake band, illustrate how essential and necessary multi-agency solutions have been for the problems of the Lake of the Woods basin. -- Francis M. Carroll, St. John’s College, University of Manitoba * Prairie History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBenedickson’s story embraces the field of environmental history.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Mark Kuhlberg, Social History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBenidickson shows how the many controversies and challenges—from the early negotiations around leveling the lake, to the Winnipeg water problems, the search for answers to the mercury crisis, and the need for a bridge and road to address the living conditions of the Shoal Lake band—illustrate how essential and necessary multi-agency solutions have been for the problems of the Lake of the Woods basin.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Francis M. Carroll, St. John’s College, University of Manitoba * Prairie History *\u003cbr\u003eJamie Benidickson injects subtle ironic humour throughout [\u003ci\u003eLevelling the Lake\u003c\/i\u003e], but readers not interested in water or history may find it a long, hard haul … but ultimately this is a rewarding read, perhaps best appreciated as an unfolding story … while subdued in tone, \u003ci\u003eLevelling the Lake\u003c\/i\u003e offers a valuable analysis on how ecosystems and relations between people can decline from one generation to the next … the book quietly and forcibly puts into relief how long-term economic and social security can be assured only through mutual trust among peoples, along with the proper maintenance and re- establishment of ecological balance. -- Robert Sandford * Literary Review of Canada *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis lengthy, erudite, and often (necessarily) dense manuscript details the environmental and social consequences of resource development in numerous sectors: fish, water levels, hydropower, pollution, logging, mining, recreation, etc.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Daniel Macfarlane\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBenidickson is to be congratulated for both the depth and quality of his research. His understanding of the complex legal and constitutional frameworks which have been imposed upon this region from the 1860s to the present is outstanding. [...]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an important work – and a pioneering one at that.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Jim Mochoruk * NiCHE *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword by Graeme Wynn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Building Boundaries\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Cultural, Commercial, and Constitutional Fishing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 This Land Is My Land – It Can’t Be Your Land\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Water Rights and Water Powers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Pulp and Paper: From Emergence to Emergency\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Bacterial Waterways\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Levelling the Lake\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Power Struggles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Economy and Ecology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 We Are All in This Together\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 \"Slowly to the Rescue as a Community Fails\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 Lumbering towards Sustainability\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 Fishing Contests\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14 \"For Water Knows No Borders\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: Finding the Watershed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes; Suggested Readings; Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404937077079,"sku":"9780774835480","price":66.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774835480.jpg?v=1730488117","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/levelling-the-lake-9780774835480","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}