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Exploring the Hudson Bay Lowlands with Chris Brackley
Canadian Geographic’s cartographer explores the many facets of the Hudson Bay Lowlands, one of the world’s most significant wetlands
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A multination effort to restore the Great Lakes: A watershed moment
Fifty years after the landmark Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, what’s changed?
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Cod moratorium: How Newfoundland’s cod industry disappeared overnight
A bountiful cod industry is pictured on a 1920s map. Decades later, a moratorium would change everything.
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Contrary connections: Mapping Canada’s rural-urban internet divide
How Canada’s rural-urban internet divide determines which communities can tap into an efficient internet network
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Science & Tech
Canadian technology takes ocean mapping to new depths
Researchers and industry leaders now have quicker access to data showing the complexity of the world’s seabed. Part five of Canada’s Ocean Supercluster: A six-part series.
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The Renaissance-era map that introduced Canada to the world
In 1560, Italian map engraver Paolo Forlani became the first to include “Canada” on a printed map
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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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Vintage railway maps from Library and Archives Canada’s collection
Early maps of the railways that shaped our country
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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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Our land: Mapping Nitassinan
An Innu school board has created a map to pass on intergenerational knowledge to schoolchildren
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Ocean Week: Howe Sound community creates interactive map protecting ecological, economic and cultural values
The 400-layer map will connect communities, celebrate culture and share data to protect the Howe Sound ecosystem
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Places
Exploring Canada’s original place names with Google Earth
Google Earth Voyager story highlights place names and naming practices of Indigenous Peoples across Canada
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Mapping Canada’s climate future
The Climate Atlas of Canada shows users what trends to expect in their communities as a result of climate change
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A port passed by
How Port Moody, B.C., missed out on becoming one of the world’s great harbours
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People & Culture
A celebration of the Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada
The first-of-its-kind educational resource aims to share the stories and cultures of Indigenous peoples with Canadians and the world
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Interactive map tells weather forecast entirely in emojis
Today's weather: smiley with a chance of umbrellas
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Mapping the future of Canada’s capital
As Canada celebrates its 150th anniversary, the National Capital Commission is helping to plan how Ottawa will evolve over the next half-century
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Mapping Canada’s biggest earthquakes
A recent earthquake in Nunavut has drawn attention to Canada's surprising seismic zones
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Interactive map showcases traditional Indigenous lands across continents
Users can learn about the Indigenous territories, languages and treaties of the cities they live in with just a few clicks
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Every country’s top tourist attraction, mapped
Niagara Falls is Canada's can't-miss attraction, according to TripAdvisor U.K. users
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Beyond the boundary
How George Dawson’s seminal work for the British North American Boundary Commission did far more than simply mark the 49th parallel
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Interview: Mapping the displacement of 60s Scoop adoptees
Indigenous rights activist and 60s Scoop survivor Colleen Cardinal discusses her project to map the Indigenous adoptee diaspora
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When geography and the law collide
A case decided this week by the Supreme Court of British Columbia was, in essence, all about geography
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Environment
Map: Visualizing Canada’s fresh water
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Toronto exhibition celebrates maps as works of art
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Remembering PEI’s first modern cartographer
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The little-known history of Halifax’s island hoosegow
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The first map of Hudson Bay
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Jacques-Nicolas Bellin and the cartography of cod
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Environment
How artificial intelligence could help predict major forest fires
Researchers at the University of Alberta have trained a "self-organizing map" to identify high-risk days for fires
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Mesmerizing map lets you visualize the flow of global trade
The global import market was worth $15.6 trillion in 2015. See where goods came from and where they went.
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Stunning map predicts how wildlife will move to adapt to climate change
Researchers say protecting wilderness corridors will be essential to preserving biodiversity in the face of climate change
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Satellites produce new ultra-precise topographic map of Earth
German satellites TanDEM-X and TerraSAR-X spent five years orbiting Earth in close formation to create 3D global map of unprecedented accuracy
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Map shows Pokémon in your area
Playing Pokémon Go? A new interactive map makes it easy to catch 'em all
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