Looking back over the park prisoner experience, it is apparent that the two world wars and the Depres
sion unleashed some deep-seated fears and tensions - some real, some imagined - among Canadians, whose sense of justice, toleration and compassion had finite limits. It is also clear that the history of Canada'
s national parks is about more than wildlife preservation and outdoor recreation, and tha
t places like Yoho, Jasper, and Prin ...[+++]ce Albert were intimately involved in national developments during the first half of this century.
En réfléchissant à l'histoire des prisonniers des parcs, il est évident que les deux guerres mondiales et la grande crise économique ont déchaîné des craintes et des tensions profondes - certaines réelles, d'autres imaginaires - chez les Canadiens, dont le sens de la justice, de la tolérance et de