Canada Spirit of Place
John McQuarrie with the words of Roy MacGregor
In stores now, 288 pages, full colour, hard and soft cover editions, 11.5" by 8.75" (opening to 23" by 8.75")
Hard cover: $48.00 (9781894673808) ~ Soft cover $38.00 (9781894673815)
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In 2017 we will celebrate our first 150 years as a country and this book will attempt to capture some of the spirit of what it is to be Canadian. This concept of a Canadian identity has eluded thinkers and writers for over 100 years and we know that the quest will not end within the pages of this book. But as you thumb through we hope you will gain new insights into why we are so fortunate to live in a country that is so often placed at, or near, the top of most lists of the finest places to live on Earth. It has been suggested that Donald Trump should amend his pledge to; Make America great again, just like Canada, the country named "Top Country to Visit in 2017" by Lonely Planet. |
"An Easter sunrise glints across the Great Lakes Heartland watershed" Chris Hadfield photo, Government of Canada/NASA (March 30, 2013),
Earth, Spirit of Place, Featuring the Photographs of Chris Hadfield, (Magic Light Publishing, 2014)
People living around Georgian Bay will
certainly embrace Chris's beautiful capture of this golden sun glint. Imagine being on the space station and waking up to this sunrise with Georgian Bay, Lakes Huron, Erie and Ontario, the St. Lawrence river and northern New York State in view! (To visit web page showcasing Chris Hadfields; EARTH, SPIRIT OF PLACE, click on this image.)
Montreal
Cape Spear Newfoundland and Labrador
and Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Nova Scotia.
Cabot Trail, Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Toronto skyline
Canoe matches colour of its surroundings on Meech Lake, Quebec
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Quebec City
Grand~Pre, Nova Scotia
Hopewell Rocks, New Brunswick
Canadian Shield
Niagara Falls
Sunrise by canoe
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Sunrise, Old Woman Bay, Lake Superior north shore
Burleigh Falls on the Trent-Severn Waterway north of Peterborough, Ontario
Pond Hockey, Dwight, Ontario
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Sidewalk in Ottawa after overnight snow storm.
Pick up hockey, Charlevoix Region, Quebec
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Lowell Glacier (David Norton, Minden Pictures & Wayne Lynch, Parks Canada)
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Oil Patch, Oil Sands and Turner Valley, Alberta
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Polar Bears (Stock photos, Matthias Breiter and Sean Crane, Minden Pictures)
Calgary, Alberta
Wind farm near Fort McLeod, Alberta
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Sea of wheat, near Cadillac, Saskatchewan
Prairie grain elevators, then and now
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Storm approaching field of square bales, Alberta
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Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta
Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan
Sunrise from access road to Moraine Lake (left) and the iconic lake itself (right)
Banff, Alberta
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Lake Louise, Alberta
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Takakkaw Falls, Alberta
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Icefields Parkway between Lake Louise and Jasper, Alberta
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Peyto Lake just off the Icefields Parkway
View south on Maligne Lake with iconic Spirit Island in the right hand image
Takakkaw Falls, Yoho National Park
Vancouver skyline as night falls
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The Sunshine Meadows near Banff
Vancouver skyline bathed in sunlight
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The nine-kilometre (six-mile) Seawall Promenade around Stanley Park
Cathedral Grove, Vancouver Island
Victoria, British Columbia
Sunset from Long Beach, Vancouver Island
Even today, wild poppies grow abundantly in Flanders.
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Vimy and Interment of The Unknown Soldier at the National War Memorial
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This spread is the last in the book and contains that wonderful Pierre Elliot Trudeau quote on one aspect of Canada's greatness.
It is included in the text introducing this book on this web site's home page. To return to it click on this image.