Picture this: a group of federal civil servants who work at Cape Breton Highlands National Park in the early 1950s receive a memo from their minister, acting at the request of the Nova Scotia premier, Angus L. Macdonald. These stolid Canadians are to go out and plant imported Scottish heatherall over the hills of the…
Christina Cameron
Christina Cameron holds the Canada Research Chair on Built Heritage at the Université de Montréal. During a 35-year career at Parks Canada, she served as director general of national historic sites.