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Canadian Geographic’s best maps of 2020
Cartographic highlights from Canadian Geographic’s 2020 issues
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Mapping Canada’s 75 biggest islands
Canadian Geographic's cartographer Chris Brackley shares insights into his process in charting the country's largest islands for an exclusive wall map
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Mapping COVID-19: How maps make us feel
Canadian Geographic cartographer Chris Brackley continues his exploration of how the world is charting the COVID-19 pandemic, this time looking at how artistic choices inform our reactions to different maps
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Mapping COVID-19 cases in Canada per capita
Canadian Geographic cartographer Chris Brackley continues his exploration of charting the coronavirus pandemic
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Watch: The Canadian island named after a satellite
A video by NASA’s Earth Observatory blog reveals the little-known history of tiny Landsat Island — and the Canadian woman who helped discover it
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10 maps that made Canada
In A History of Canada in 10 Maps: Epic Stories of Charting a Mysterious Land, Adam Shoalts delves into the fascinating stories behind the people and maps that helped shape a nation
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Samuel de Champlain’s cartographic debt
Although often unheralded in accounts of Champlain's accomplishments, Indigenous Peoples played an important role in helping the famous explorer map New France
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The maps that sparked Canada’s bicycle frenzy
Maps like the two pictured here were instrumental in opening up the countryside to urban North American bike owners
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The little-known history of Halifax’s island hoosegow
Today it’s home to a yacht club, but two centuries ago Melville Island was packed with prisoners, not boats
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Map: Visualizing Canada’s fresh water
Canada is home to one-fifth of the world's fresh water. Here's what that looks like
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Toronto exhibition celebrates maps as works of art
Art of Cartography exhibit at the Toronto Public Library features visually stunning maps from the 15th through the 19th centuries
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Remembering PEI’s first modern cartographer
In 1764-65, surveyor Samuel Holland, on orders from the British Crown, created the first truly modern, accurate map of Prince Edward Island
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The last voyage of Captain James Cook
Canada’s Pacific coast took tangible shape after a visit from one of history’s most famous navigators
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The first map of Hudson Bay
Henry Hudson’s final voyage helped open North America’s interior, but it was a journey with disastrous consequences
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Jacques-Nicolas Bellin and the cartography of cod
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin’s 18th-century map reveals how the pursuit of the humble fish helped shape the nation
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General James Murray’s massive mapping mission
A look at the cartographic gem commissioned 250 years ago by Quebec’s military governor
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