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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Title: Troubled tributaries : Alberta anglers, fish fights, and the race to save mountain coldwater streams, 1900–1930 / George Colpitts.
Names: Colpitts, George, 1964- author
Description: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20250321157 | Canadiana (ebook) 20250321165 | ISBN 9781773856858 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781773856865 (softcover) | ISBN 9781773856872 (EPUB) | ISBN 9781773856896 (Open Access PDF) | ISBN 9781773856889 (PDF)
Subjects: LCSH: Fishes—Conservation—Alberta—History—20th century. | LCSH: Stream conservation—Alberta—History—20th century. | LCSH: Fishers—Alberta—History—20th century. | LCSH: Fly fishing—Alberta—History—20th century.
Classification: LCC SH224.A4 C65 2026 | DDC 333.95/609712309041—dc23
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Cover image: Catching a fish, Waterton Lakes, ca. 1920s. W. J. Oliver collection, NA-4868-139os, Glenbow Library and Archives.
Cover design, page design, and typesetting by Melina Cusano