ABSTRACT
To wonder why North America incurred the sacrifice of national parks, forgoing the revenues which might otherwise have accrued from the exploitation of their resources, is to miss the point. The parks were an integral part of that commerce and enterprise (Hine and Faragher, 2000, pp433–434). Leslie Bella says it all in the title of her Canadian book Parks for Profit. Their purpose was to capitalize upon whatever resources could be found, but with an important proviso. Instead of railroading the produce out, the market (in other words the park visitors) had to be brought to wherever the parks’ scenic wonders occurred (Bella, 1987, pix).
