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The park was developed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) between 1934 and 1942 on about 12,000 acres (49 km 2) of land donated to the State of Tennessee in 1933 by the Stearns Coal and Lumber Company. CCC crews built hiking trails, a recreation lodge, a ranger station, five rustic cabins, and a 12-acre (4.9 ha) lake known as Arch Lake.
McNally Robinson, small independently run chain of stores across Canada; The Monkey's Paw in Toronto; Munro's Books in Victoria; Spartacus Books in Vancouver; The Word Bookstore in Montreal; Defunct book stores: Aqua Books — former independent bookstore in Winnipeg, Manitoba; The Book Room — in Halifax, Nova Scotia. At the time of its ...
A dark-sky preserve (DSP) is an area, usually surrounding a park or observatory, that restricts or reduces light pollution or maintains and protects naturally dark night skies. Different terms have been used to describe these areas as national organizations and governments have worked independently to create programs.
Kinngait, Nunavut. This remote hamlet of Kinngait, formerly known as Cape Dorset, is surrounded by an otherworldly, snow-draped Arctic landscape offering a chance to spot herds of caribou, pods of ...
Pages in category "Dark-sky preserves in Canada" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. ... Mont-Mégantic National Park; P.
The skinny: Designated as a dark sky preserve last year, Negwegon State Park "is a rustic, undeveloped area open for hunting, walk-in camping and hiking" along the coast of Lake Huron, just south ...
Created as a wildlife sanctuary for elk, the park has become a part of bison conservation, the Beaver Hills Dark Sky Preserve, and the Beaver Hills Biosphere Reserve. [20] Eighteen moose (nine males and nine females) from Elk Island were introduced to Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Highlands National Park between 1947 and 1948. [19] Forillon: Quebec
Places which have been designated as International Dark Sky Reserves by the International Dark-Sky Association. Pages in category "International Dark Sky Reserves" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.