Letter to The Minister

1- The North

• Northern Frontier, Northern Homeland
• The Northern Biome
• Northern peoples

2- The Corridor Concept

• The Corridor Concept and Cumulative Impact
• The Northern Yukon Corridor and the Mackenzie Valley Corridor
• The United States’ Interest in the Corridor

3- Engineering and Construction

• The Project: Its Scope and Scale
• Buried Refrigerated Pipeline: Frost Heave
• The Construction Plan and Schedule

4- The Northern Environment

• Environmental Attitudes and Environmental Values
• Wilderness
• Wilderness and Northern Land Use

5- The Northern Yukon

• A Unique Heritage
• The Pipeline and the Corridor
• Man and the Land: Old Crow
• Porcupine Caribou Herd
• Other environmental Concerns
• A National Wilderness Park for the Northern Yukon
• An Alternative Route Across the Yukon

6- The Mackenzie Delta - Beaufort Sea Region

• Man and the Land
• Region and Environment
• Industry’s Plans
• Delta Region Impacts
• Whales and a Whale Sanctuary
• Offshore Concerns
• Spill Clean-up
• Summary

7- The Mackenzie Valley

• The Region
• The People and the Land
• Environmental Concerns
• Corridor Development
• Balancing Development with the Environment

8- Cultural Impact

• Cultural Impact: A Retrospect
• Schools and Native Culture
• The Persistence of Native Values
• The Native Economy
• Native Preferences and Aspirations

9- Economic Impact

• The Development of the Northern Economy
• Objectives of Economic Development
• The Mixed Economy
• The Local Experience of Economic Development
• Impact and Returns
• Employment on the Pipeline
• If the Pipeline is Not Built

10- Social Impact

• The Northern Population
• Social Impact and Industrial Development
• Specific Impacts
• The Limits to Planning

11- Native Claims

• History of Native Claims
• Self-determination and Confederation
• Native Claims: Their Nature and Extent
• Native Claims: A Closer Examination
• The Claim to Native Control of Education
• The Claim to Renewable Resources
• Native Claims and the Pipeline

12- Epilogue Themes for the National Interest

Appendices

• The Inquiry and Participants
• Bibliographic Note and Terminology
• Photographs and Diagrams
• Acknowledgements