The human history of the Yellowhead Corridor: Recommendations for a cultural interpretive program for Jasper National Park (Alberta, British Columbia).

摘要

Jasper National Park consists of 10,878 square kilometres of protected lands along the eastern slope of west-central Alberta's Rocky Mountains. This thesis identifies the need for a cultural interpretive program along the Yellowhead Corridor within this park and develops recommendations for how this need might be filled.; A conceptual framework of the topic of interpretation is provided, and this background is used as a basis for assessment of Jasper National Park's interpretive needs. Based on this assessment, the Yellowhead Corridor is identified as the area of the park most in need of interpretive opportunities. The scope of the project extends to incorporate the gateway communities of Hinton, Alberta and Valemount, British Columbia. With the theme defined as the Human History of the Yellowhead Corridor, and interpretive program objectives designed to increase visitor awareness of the significance of relationships between humans and the natural resources of the Yellowhead Corridor, design and layout recommendations for a cultural interpretive program for the park are presented.