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In Banff National Park, Alberta, as in protected areas across the country, managers find it difficult to balance the desire of people to experience wilderness with an imperative to conserve it
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It’s an ambitious plan: take the traditional Parks Canada wilderness concept and plunk it in the country’s largest city. But can Toronto’s Rouge National Urban Park help balance city life with wildlife?
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Not all, but many of Canada's national parks will reopen to some extent on June 1
Science & Tech
A sound artist listens for quiet in Grasslands National Park
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From plains bison in Elk Island National Park to beluga whales in Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park, Parks Canada is leading the charge on these crucial wildlife recovery programs
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How conservationists and ranchers in Saskatchewan are working to slow the loss of an endangered ecosystem
Environment
The 2020 Canadian City Parks Report looks at challenges and opportunties for Canada's parks under a COVID-19 lens
History
Sites across Canada honouring the war
Travel
From the beauty of Davis Mountains State Park to the legacy of Big Bend National Park, Javier Frutos captures the parks of the Lone Star state
Travel
Nine ways to get the most out of stargazing in the 11,000 square kilometer dark sky preserve
Places
A guide to visiting the Northwest Territories National Park Reserves
Travel
Writer Bruce Kirkby discusses his journey through Tuktut Nogait National Park
Places
Established in 1918, Canada’s southernmost national park is a haven for wildlife and nature lovers alike
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A look at the fascinating sites Parks Canada has proposed for UNESCO World Heritage Site designation
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Lead archeologist Bill Perry discusses the latest findings and what they reveal about the region
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Opening to the public in June, Parc national d’Opémican near Temiscaming, Que. preserves a unique chapter of Ottawa River history
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This is not your average summer job
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People & Culture
Henrietta Wilson wasn’t the first to write a love letter to Canada’s mountains, and I doubt she’ll be the last.
People & Culture
Despite being the originators of lacrosse, the Haudenosaunee people are facing hurdles to have their sovereignty recognized on the international sports stage
People & Culture
In this essay, noted geologist and geophysicist Fred Roots explores the significance of the symbolic point at the top of the world. He submitted it to Canadian Geographic just before his death in October 2016 at age 93.
People & Culture
The cultural site near Saskatoon is working to connect non-Indigenous and Indigenous people to 6,000 years of the region’s First Nations heritage
People & Culture
Natan Obed, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, on the idea of a Inuit-Crown relationship, Canada’s Inuit homelands and the role of Inuit in the world
Bison, teepees and black bears: Canada’s Coolest School Trip takes a deeper dive into Riding Mountain National Park
02Canada’s Coolest School Trip arrives in Jasper National Park
03Canada’s Coolest School Trip kicks off in Riding Mountain National Park
04Canada’s Coolest School Trip winners announced
Environment
The first-of-its-kind partnership will bolster city parks at a time when Canadians need them most
Environment
Environment
In her quest to visit and get to know the parks, Marlis Butcher canoed, kayaked, mountain biked, backpacked, hiked, snowshoed, snorkelled, and trekked by whatever means of travel she could devise
Environment
The newly created Birch River Wildland Park joins a network of parks preserving an area of boreal wilderness twice the size of Vancouver Island
Environment
The former astronaut also happens to be an amazing photographer, and is using her talents to raise interest in Canada's wild spaces
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The national park laid 1,070 charges between 2006 and 2016 — more than any other national park in the country during the same period
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Has there ever been a national symbol more loathed or misunderstood? Has there ever been a more important time for the beaver to flourish?
Travel
The trail started with a vision to link Canada coast to coast to coast. Now fully connected, it’s charting an ambitious course for the future.
People & Culture
The two iconic geographic societies formalize a renewed partnership
Travel
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
Mapping
Kids from around the world submit hand-drawn maps for International Cartographic Association contest
History
These images from the first half of the 20th century show Canada's oldest national park when it was still young
History
Wildlife
Editor-in-chief and associate publisher Aaron Kylie contributed this chapter to a compilation book about the Canada Jay
Travel
A guide to visiting the Quebec National Park
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A guide to visiting the Ontario National Park
Mapping
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Land that had been part of the park since 2015 will be federally recognized if Senate passes bill C-18
Wildlife
After two years, nearly 50,000 votes and thousands of public and expert comments, the Canadian Geographic National Bird Project concludes. Meet our newest national emblem.
Wildlife
Travel
The urban wilderness park’s wetland project sits atop a 10-hectare former waste disposal site in Lake Ontario and will be completed in 2019
History
Places
Photographer Megan Lorenz shares her experience shooting in Canada's oldest provincial park
Travel
Explore Canada’s car culture, tour one of the country’s last great estates and catch a rainbow trout
Mapping
This colourful forest-cover map, completed in 1974, provided invaluable information for the management of the National Capital Region’s cherished park
Wildlife
The Banff National Park project seeks to reintegrate the keystone species into the natural ecosystem
Travel
Spread your wings with birdwatching’s elite guard in south Texas
Travel
A guide to visiting the Nunavut National Park
People & Culture
Experts weighed in on Canada's national bird in debate at the Canadian Museum of Nature
Places
A colourful look at the marine biodiversity of Canada’s west coast
Wildlife
The effect moose have on the Gros Morne National Park ecosystem
Wildlife
The decrease in human activity could be the reason
Travel
From fiery sunrises over Fogo Island, N.L., to surf-worthy waves in Pacific Rim National Park, B.C., catch wanderlust from Can Geo's Instagram community
Travel
Leslie Anthony shares the best of the big hills
People & Culture
An interview with Prime Minister Stephen Harper about the past, present and future of Canada's North
Wildlife
Conservation managers at the park reported 63 new fledglings of the endangered bird this year
People & Culture
Medal honours the former President's role in expanding the U.S. national parks system and work with Habitat for Humanity
Wildlife
The return of over 5,000 kokanee salmon to Kluane National Park in southwest Yukon in 2015 was cause for excitement after the population was nearly declared extinct in 2009
Travel
Can Geo editors reveal their favourite destinations and travel experiences from the past year
Environment
As the impacts of global warming become increasingly evident, the connections to biodiversity loss are hard to ignore. Can this fall’s two key international climate conferences point us to a nature-positive future?
Wildlife
Does a bird need to be famous to hold the title of Canada’s National Bird? Jody Allair thinks not.
Travel
Hitting the backcountry slopes in Newfoundland
Exploration
2022 is the International Year of Caves and Karst. Here’s why you should care about the hidden worlds beneath our feet.
Wildlife
Photographer Daisy Gilardini talks about polar bears in Wapusk National Park and her Best Wildlife Photography 2018 cover shot
Places
Interactive map and personal reflection from author Alanna Mitchell
Kids
Highlights from Day 3 of Canada's Coolest School Trip
Environment
The Alpine Club of Canada covers everything from wildfires to watermelon snow in its recently published annual report on Canada's alpine environments
Kids
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Raised from the sea, sculpted by tides and winds, the ever-changing Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve protects colossal monoliths and myriad species
Environment
Glaciers play a vital role in sculpting the landscape, and their retreat can bring about drastic consequences
Kids
Young geographers are preparing for a busy weekend of quizzes, virtual fieldwork, and a live-streamed national final
People & Culture
We caught up with Indigenous filmmaker Sarain Fox to talk Giiwewizh — a series of 16 short films directed and shot in isolation on iPhone 12
Travel
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Known as “grandfathers” by Wanuskewin Elders, these rock carvings provide a glimpse into the lives of the Indigenous Peoples that lived in the region hundreds of years ago