Volume 1, numéro 1, 1956

EN :

Stones and pebbles are everywhere in the Canadian Arctic ; it is an integrant part of its physical landscape. When these stones and pebbles are put together in one spot to form a monument, a cairn, a land mark, a tumulus, it is still more significant, it reveals the appearance of men in the country. Man is the principal cause among others of the inukshuks or cairns.

The article deals with : 1. a classification according to shapes of the cairns : 2. a description of their main characteristics ; 3. an analysis of the responsible agents, especially men and its motives.

EN :

Among the numerous problems of morphology in the Quebec section of the St. Lawrence valley, one of the most interesting and debatable problems is the late-glacial and postglacial chronology. The succession of other morphological events depends upon this chronology. How the inlandsis retreated ? When and under which climate ? Were there any glacial recurrences ? What has been the length of the postglacial erosion period ? Was there enough time for the normal erosion to shape the fluvial forms in the bedrock since the ice retreat or not ? These are some of the questions raised in this article.

EN :

Professor Jean Gottmann has written Jour books in the past six or seven years which constitute his main contribution to geography, especially in the field of political and economic geography.

Some of his ideas are and will be discussed ; they certainly bring forward new approaches to old problems and new techniques to old methods. His four books are analyzed and reviewed together : l'Amérique (1949), A Geography of Europe (1950), la Politique des États et leur géographie (1952), Virginia at mid-century (7955).

EN :

What is the origin of the type of settlement known in French speaking Canada as the rang ? Is it an import from France or an original Canadian creation ? The System is based on French agricultural customs, but bas been adapted to theNew World and applied with a geometrical strictness unknown in France.

EN :

Geographical observations extracted from a diary of an Eskimo on Southamp-ton island written over a one year period, from September 1926 until October 1927. These observations are divided into two groups : those related to the winter (October-May) and those related to the summer season (June-September).

EN :

This is an abridged form of a thesis presented on the recent evolution of Orleans island, near Québec.

It is mainly a study of its dominant economic activity : its agricultural production and its agrarian System. The other economic activities such as ship-building and tourism are also examined.

In a second section, the author deals with the demography, settlement and social structure of the population.