This map, “taken on the spot in the year 1768,” tells but a tiny piece of the story of Newfoundland’s bygone Beothuk

How Port Moody, B.C., missed out on becoming one of the world’s great harbours  

How George Dawson’s seminal work for the British North American Boundary Commission did far more than simply mark the 49th parallel

In 1560, Italian map engraver Paolo Forlani became the first to include “Canada” on a printed map