Looking back over the park prisoner experience, it is apparent that the two world wars and the Depression 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 that places like Yoho, Jasper, and Prince 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
