Cultured wilderness in Jasper National Park

The upper Athabasca River valley in Jasper National Park has witnessed cons iderable human influence over the past 200 years. by analysing a wide varie ty of influences at different times during the past two centuries, this ess ay considers again the meaning that Canadians accord the idea of wilderness , generally, and the idea of wilderness in the context of national parks, s pecifically. The discussion is guided by the view that wilderness is itself a human construct, deeply informed by human values, even if those values a lter from one epoque to another.