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Death rattle: a B.C. priest’s war on rattlesnakes
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Wreck of Quest, famed Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton’s last ship, found in Labrador Sea
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Documentary filmmakers find 1895 steamship wreck in Lake Huron
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Ham radio and the world of amateur radio operators
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Back to the future: A transatlantic crossing on Queen Mary 2
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The hatchery crutch: How we got here
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.
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Cobalt: Reclaiming the ancient Indigenous silver mining trade
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.
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Un morceau manquant : La Colombie-Britannique s’est jointe à la Confédération il y a 150 ans
La Colombie-Britannique s’est jointe à la Confédération il y a 150 ans. Mais cela a failli ne pas se produire.
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A crucial piece: British Columbia joins Confederation
British Columbia joined Confederation 150 years ago. But it almost didn’t happen.
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Throwback Thursday: The 1919 Stanley Cup final
For the first time in history, officials were forced to cancel hockey’s biggest game as a flu pandemic continued to rage
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A five-stop historical tour of Kelowna — the grizzly bear city
Beaches, peaches, silver mines and history — this B.C. city does it all with a modern, urban twist.
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Digging into Dawson
Seven must-do experiences in the Yukon’s Gold Rush town
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New commemorative park opens at Vimy Ridge
The Vimy Foundation Centennial Park provides a home for 100 repatriated ‘Vimy Oaks’ and is intended to be a space for reflection on the decisive battle
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7 spots to explore along eastern Ontario’s Canadian Canoe Route
Connect with Canada’s past and present on this network of waterways between Peterborough, Ont. and the nation’s capital
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Five perfect pairings to enjoy in Greater Williamsburg, Virginia
Your guide to exploring the sights, tastes and history of Greater Williamsburg
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A tale of two bagels
Alex Hutchinson goes inside the friendly rivalry between two titans of the Montreal-style bagel to figure out the secret of the doughy snack’s allure
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Six notable moments in the Château Frontenac’s 125-year history
As Quebec's grand railway hotel turns 125, we look back at some key political and pop culture moments that happened there
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Seven must-see sites for cyclists on Quebec’s Véloroute Marie-Hélène Prémont
Discover the New France of Samuel de Champlain on this scenic cycling route along the St. Lawrence River
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Exploring San Antonio, Texas’ historic treasure
Past and present blend seamlessly in this colourful cultural hub, home to missions and Tex-Mex
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The Abbot Pass hut, an iconic mountain refuge, is dismantled — due to climate change
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
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Grosse-Île : L’île de quarantaine du Canada
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.
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Grosse Île: Canada’s quarantine island
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
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Behind the wires: A look back at Canada’s golden age of telegraphy
On the 175th anniversary of Canada’s first telegraph message, a pioneering telegrapher recalls her exciting career
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Watch: The Canadian island named after a satellite
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10 maps that made Canada
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Samuel de Champlain’s cartographic debt
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The maps that sparked Canada’s bicycle frenzy
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The little-known history of Halifax’s island hoosegow
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Jacques-Nicolas Bellin and the cartography of cod
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Time and the war
Roaming First World War sites and cemeteries in northern France and Belgium, Stephen Smith reflects on what time heals — and what it can’t
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Our home and grateful land
An interactive mapping project compiles the nation’s geographic memorials to Canada’s role in global conflicts
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“That never happened:” Film reveals the hidden history of Canada’s First World War internment operations
Between 1914 and 1920, some 5,000 ethnic Ukrainians were imprisoned in Canadian internment camps. A new documentary tells their stories.
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The outbreak and its aftermath
The little-known story of the 1918 Spanish Flu and how we're preparing for the next great pandemic
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Canadian Geographic looks back at the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918
New multimedia project will examine the social and political impact of the flu on Canada, and how experts are preparing for the next pandemic
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Louis Riel: Hero, heretic, nation builder
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
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“Burning libraries:” The race to save Canada’s coastal archaeological sites before they’re washed away
As sea level rise and the accelerating pace of coastal erosion threaten cultural heritage around the world, Canada has a lot to lose
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Jens Munk: An expedition ahead of its time
Two hundred years before Franklin and 300 years before Amundsen, a daring Dane came closer to finding the Northwest Passage than anyone had before
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Welcome to 50 Sussex, Canada’s new Centre for Geography and Exploration
The new headquarters of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society is transforming the way the 90-year-old organization carries out its mandate
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La grande faucheuse
L’histoire méconnue de la grippe espagnole de 1918 et notre état de préparation à la prochaine grande pandémie
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Cartographier l’histoire des pensionnats autochtones grâce à Google Earth
Première organisation canadienne à inscrire un contenu sur Google Earth Voyager, Canadian Geographic propose, en collaboration avec le Centre national pour la vérité et la réconciliation, une description approfondie du système des pensionnats autochtones.
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Mapping Canada’s history of residential schools with Google Earth
As the first Canadian organization to launch a story with Google Earth Voyager, Canadian Geographic, with the support of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, offers an in-depth look at the residential school system
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Toward a Métis homeland
As Canada embarks on a process of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, the Métis are still without territory to call their own
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Canadian Geographic Education commemorates Vimy Ridge centennial in France with EF Tours
Nearly 9,000 Canadian high school students explored giant floor maps of Vimy Ridge and the western front over two days
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A port passed by
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The disaster that reshaped a city
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The Renaissance-era map that introduced Canada to the world
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From the archives: Mapping the river city
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Vintage railway maps from Library and Archives Canada’s collection
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General James Murray’s massive mapping mission
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For the love of the leaf
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.
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Q&A: Filmmaker Viveka Melki on war and the healing power of storytelling
"The point of all this is to make history intimate"
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The man who saved the Kinsol Trestle
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
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Images of 20th-century Canada from the country’s most prolific photographer
George Hunter made it his lifelong mission to show Canadians their country. Now, his iconic images have been compiled into a book.
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The true story of Pauline Johnson: poet, provocateur and champion of Indigenous rights
The daughter of a hereditary Mohawk chief and an English immigrant, Johnson used her hard-won celebrity to challenge Indigenous stereotypes
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Seven iconic Canadian trees
In a nation of forests, these trees stand head and shoulders above the rest
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Watch the first-ever Inuktitut Heritage Minute
The latest Heritage Minute from Historica Canada profiles Inuit artist Kenojuak Ashevak and is the first to be produced in three different languages
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New book introduces the unsung heroes of Arctic 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
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Eight Canadian places that could become UNESCO World Heritage Sites
A look at the fascinating sites Parks Canada has proposed for UNESCO World Heritage Site designation
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Mapping Canadian memorials overseas
Thousands of Canadians have fought and lost their lives overseas — and they haven’t been forgotten
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Honouring “Canada’s fightingest ship”
Why HMCS Haida became the flagship of the Royal Canadian Navy
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Canadian Geographic to conduct review of past issues
Magazine to look for evidence of racist language and attitudes in every issue published since 1930 and report on its findings
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Allan Hawco on his new fur trade TV series ‘Frontier’
Discovery Canada's original drama portrays the struggle for wealth and power in 1700s Canada
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The incredible true story of Canada’s Kon-Tiki
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
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Interview with Adrienne Clarkson
The former governor general of Canada reflects on the challenges facing Canadian women today
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Roy MacGregor on the rivers that shaped our nation
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
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Throwback Thursday: Vancouver then and now
A look at how the Canadian Geographical Journal covered Vancouver’s 50th birthday
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