Reflections from the lone traveller for whom a highway was never the
intended destination Walking the Bypass recounts Ken Wilson’s
singular experience of walking alongside the decidedly
pedestrian-unfriendly Regina Bypass, all while situating the highway
within the ongoing history of settler colonialism in southern
Saskatchewan. Through a series of ambitious and unconventional
walks, Wilson sets out to understand the arrival and significance of
the new (and politically contentious) highway encircling
Saskatchewan’s capital as well as the Global Transportation Hub, a
sprawling warehouse park the Bypass was intended to serve. He offers a
new perspective on these heavily travelled yet untrodden spaces in a
region dominated by industrial agriculture and high-speed
transportation. Reflecting on the profound transformations to the land
since the arrival of settlers in the 1880s, he wonders whether it’s
possible to form a connection with the land through walking—even on
the gravelly edge of the freeway. In vivid and sincere prose that
captures the thoughts of a man trudging along the roadside, Walking
the Bypass explores how walking can transform non-places into places
and enable settlers to forge a relationship with the land around them.
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ISBN
9781779400789
Publisert
2025
Utgiver
ACP - University of Regina Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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