Some books that I am reading or have read and sometimes re-read in an effort to understand forests and forestry in Nova Scotia; some just for the pleasure, or solace.
Against the Grain: Forestry & Politics in Nova Scotia
LA Sandbery and P. Clancy. 2000. UBC Press. Chapters 1 & 2 are available online. Ch 1, a 37 page introduction, is a must-read for anyone trying to comprehend the politics of forestry in Nova Scotia (indeed, the whole book is so recommended).
Forest Conditions of Nova Scotia
B.E. Fernow. 1912. Commission of Conservation, Ottawa
Available as PDF from NSDNR
From Fernow, 1912. “Mixed forest, Sugar Maple, Yellow Birch, Beech, Red Spruce with Fir on the margin of the lake. Nearly three-fourths of the forests of Nova Scotia are of this type.
Mixed Forest by Lake Martha, Hants Co. Aug, 2016
We Were Not The Savages. A Mi’kmaq perspective of the collision between European and native civilizations
Daniel N. Paul. 2000. Fernwood, Halifax. There is a newer (2006) edition.
Nebooktook. In the Woods
Mike Parker. 2016. Pottersfield Press, N.S.
The Tent Dwellers. Sport fishing in Nova Sotia in 1908
A.B. Paine. Nimbus. (First published in 1908)
The Lost Wilderness. Rediscovering W.F. Ganong’s New Brunswick
N. Guitard. 2015. Goose Lane.
Forests of Nova Scotia
Ralph S. Johnson. 1986. NS Dept of Lands and Forests. Available online from the Internet Archive
Forestkeeping. A history of the Department of lands and Forests in Nova Scotia 1926-1969
Wilfred Creighton. 1988. NS Dept of Lands and Forests.
Green Horizons. The forests and foresters of Nova Scotia
Jim Lotz. 2005. Pottersfield Press, N.S.
Canada’s Forests: A History
K. Drushka. 2003. MgGill-Queens Press.
The Atlantic Coast: A natural history
Harry Thurston. 2012. Greystone Books.
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Restoring the Acadian Forest
J. Simpson. 2008. 2nd ed 2015. Nimbus
Nova Scotia through the trees 1761-1930
Kenneth C. Burrows. 2003. Terra Firma Press, Wellington NS, 149 pp
Available from Internet Archive
My Life with Trees
G.L. Saunders. 2015. Gaspereau Press
At the Cutting Edge: The crisis in Canada’s forests
Elizabeth May. 1998. Key Porter Books.
Pages 78-97 provide a concise history of forestry in Nova Scotia.
Woodchips & Beans. Life in the early lumber woods of Nova Scotia
Mike Parker. 1992, 2012. Nimbus
The North American Assault on the Canadian Forest: A History of the Lumber Trade between Canada and the United States . By Lower A. R. M.. With Studies of the Forest Industries of British Columbia , by Carrothers W. A., and of the Forest Industries in the Maritime Provinces , by Saunders S. A.. [The Relations of Canada and the United States, James T. Shotwell, General Editor.] (New Haven: Yale University Press. 1938