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History
A look at the devastating environmental toll and the unlikely positive influence a historical conflict with rattlesnakes had on Canadian herpetology
History
A dive into the fascinating evolution of radio, starting from the first received message at Signal Hill, Newfoundland
History
Un regard sur le système d’identification utilisé pour contrôler les résidents chinois, à l’occasion du 100e anniversaire de la loi sur l’exclusion des Chinois
History
On the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Exclusion Act, a look at the system of IDs used to track and control Chinese residents
History
Roaming First World War sites and cemeteries in northern France and Belgium, Stephen Smith reflects on what time heals — and what it can’t
Mapping
An interactive mapping project compiles the nation’s geographic memorials to Canada’s role in global conflicts
History
Between 1914 and 1920, some 5,000 ethnic Ukrainians were imprisoned in Canadian internment camps. A new documentary tells their stories.
History
The little-known story of the 1918 Spanish Flu and how we're preparing for the next great pandemic
History
New multimedia project will examine the social and political impact of the flu on Canada, and how experts are preparing for the next pandemic
History
100 years after the Halifax Explosion, the city retains traces of its pre-war life
History
A beautiful panoramic map offers a bird's-eye view of what Winnipeg, Manitoba would have looked like in 1881
Mapping
Maps like the two pictured here were instrumental in opening up the countryside to urban North American bike owners
Mapping
Today it’s home to a yacht club, but two centuries ago Melville Island was packed with prisoners, not boats
Mapping
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin’s 18th-century map reveals how the pursuit of the humble fish helped shape the nation
People & Culture
On the 175th anniversary of Canada’s first telegraph message, a pioneering telegrapher recalls her exciting career
People & Culture
Une célébration du vrai Louis Riel, chef métis et fondateur du Manitoba, à l’occasion du 150e anniversaire de la rébellion de la rivière Rouge et du 175e anniversaire de sa naissance
People & Culture
A celebration of the real Louis Riel, Métis leader and Manitoba founder, on the 150th anniversary of the Red River Resistance and the 175th of his birth
People & Culture
As sea level rise and the accelerating pace of coastal erosion threaten cultural heritage around the world, Canada has a lot to lose
Exploration
Two hundred years before Franklin and 300 years before Amundsen, a daring Dane came closer to finding the Northwest Passage than anyone had before
People & Culture
How does a Canadian wind up wandering an ancient tea-trading route through the Himalayas? We talk to 'Tea Explorer' Jeff Fuchs about his documentary film and his ongoing journey to unlock the secrets of the leaf.
Mapping
In 1560, Italian map engraver Paolo Forlani became the first to include “Canada” on a printed map
Mapping
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
Mapping
Early maps of the railways that shaped our country
History
It plunged five million people into the dark and cold — the recovery would take years
Places
Inside the transformation of the old Ottawa train station into the “Red Chamber on Rideau”
History
Acquisition ensures that the medal set awarded to Saskatchewan-born Lieutenant-Colonel David Vivian Currie in the Second World War will stay in Canada
Travel
As Quebec's grand railway hotel turns 125, we look back at some key political and pop culture moments that happened there
People & Culture
War Flowers, a new exhibition on now at the Canadian War Museum, tells the stories of Canadians in the First World War through floriography, sculpture, scent and sound
Exploration
An expedition led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society found the vessel intact and upright at a depth of 390 metres
Exploration
Yvonne Drebert and Zach Melnick set out to make a documentary about invasive quagga mussels in the Great Lakes. Along the way, they found the wreck of what is likely the steamship Africa, last seen on a stormy October night in 1895.
History
From their beginnings in the late 19th century, salmon hatcheries have gone from cure to band-aid to crutch. Now, we can’t live without manufactured fish.
Places
Built by Swiss guides high on the Continental Divide, a storied refuge will be dismantled just months ahead of its 100th birthday, a casualty of our warming planet
Places
Lors de la migration massive des Irlandais au Canada, il y a 175 ans, quelque 100 000 personnes ont transité par l’île de quarantaine et plus de 5 000 y sont mortes.
Places
During the mass Irish migration to Canada 175 years ago, some 100,000 people passed through the quarantine island — and more than 5,000 died there
Places
Cobalt’s silver rush in the 1900s changed how mining was carried out in Canada and internationally — and not always for the better
Places
Opening to the public in June, Parc national d’Opémican near Temiscaming, Que. preserves a unique chapter of Ottawa River history
Places
Robertson Trading Co. in La Ronge is a living museum to northern Saskatchewan’s storied past
History
Long before an amateur prospector struck it rich near Cobalt Lake in northern Ontario, local Indigenous nations mined and traded silver. It’s time to set the record straight on the “discovery” of Canada’s immense resource wealth.
History
La Colombie-Britannique s’est jointe à la Confédération il y a 150 ans. Mais cela a failli ne pas se produire.
History
British Columbia joined Confederation 150 years ago. But it almost didn’t happen.
Science & Tech
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
History
For the first time in history, officials were forced to cancel hockey’s biggest game as a flu pandemic continued to rage
Places
Winnipeg’s iconic Portage and Main intersection has been closed to pedestrians for 40 years. Is it time to reopen the “crossroads of Canada” to foot traffic?
Travel
Past and present blend seamlessly in this colourful cultural hub, home to missions and Tex-Mex
History
L’histoire méconnue de la grippe espagnole de 1918 et notre état de préparation à la prochaine grande pandémie
History
Thousands of Canadians have fought and lost their lives overseas — and they haven’t been forgotten
History
Why HMCS Haida became the flagship of the Royal Canadian Navy
History
Magazine to look for evidence of racist language and attitudes in every issue published since 1930 and report on its findings
History
Discovery Canada's original drama portrays the struggle for wealth and power in 1700s Canada
History
Photos of flying ace Joe Fall offer a rare glimpse at life during the Great War
People & Culture
The new headquarters of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society is transforming the way the 90-year-old organization carries out its mandate
People & Culture
Replica biplanes, giant floor maps headed to France for Vimy Ridge centennial events
Environment
In a nation of forests, these trees stand head and shoulders above the rest
Mapping
A look at the cartographic gem commissioned 250 years ago by Quebec’s military governor
People & Culture
The daughter of a hereditary Mohawk chief and an English immigrant, Johnson used her hard-won celebrity to challenge Indigenous stereotypes
Mapping
How Port Moody, B.C., missed out on becoming one of the world’s great harbours
People & Culture
Master carpenter Gordon Macdonald on restoring an iconic B.C. bridge, the value of heritage infrastructure, and why he's set his sights on the Antarctic
Environment
In his new book, Original Highways: Travelling the Great Rivers of Canada, Roy MacGregor examines the historical legacy and future of Canada's greatest rivers
Places
A look at the fascinating sites Parks Canada has proposed for UNESCO World Heritage Site designation
People & Culture
The latest Heritage Minute from Historica Canada profiles Inuit artist Kenojuak Ashevak and is the first to be produced in three different languages
People & Culture
The former governor general of Canada reflects on the challenges facing Canadian women today
Exploration
The Raftsmen tells the remarkable (and once nearly forgotten) story of how four French expats living in Canada became the first to cross the North Atlantic by raft
Exploration
Author Ken McGoogan says his latest book, Dead Reckoning: The Untold Story of the Northwest Passage, is the “more inclusive narrative of Arctic exploration” that the 21st century demands
Places
A look at how the Canadian Geographical Journal covered Vancouver’s 50th birthday
Mapping
Although often unheralded in accounts of Champlain's accomplishments, Indigenous Peoples played an important role in helping the famous explorer map New France