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The spell of the Yukon
An insider’s account of the modern-day gold rush
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An insider’s account of the modern-day gold rush
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Environment
To many, the Yukon appears to be the vanguard of a growing Indigenous land power movement in Canada centred mostly in the North
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People & Culture
After spending more than a century in the shadow cast by the Klondike’s precious metal heyday, First Nations heritage is stepping into the limelight in the Yukon
History
On April 1, 1999, Canada’s youngest population took control of its largest territory. Here’s how Canadian Geographic covered the story.
History
Published in the New York Journal as a fanciful full-page map, Going to Klondyke encouraged everyday newspaper readers to try their luck at gold prospecting in the Yukon
History
Games were started in 1970 to give northern athletes more opportunities for training and competition
History
L’année 1970 marquait la naissance des Jeux, créés pour donner aux athlètes nordiques plus d’occasions de s’entraîner et de participer à des compétitions
Wildlife
Arctic “shrubification” caused by global warming may be drawing herbivores further north
Exploration
Four researchers team up to ascend Mount Logan, measuring change and resilience on Canada’s highest peak
Environment
Ten years after the release of her seminal book Sea Sick, Alanna Mitchell again plumbs the depths of the latest research on the health of the world’s oceans — and comes up gasping
Environment
Jocelyn Joe-Strack, a scientist and geographer from the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations, is embarking on a tour of Canadian embassies in Europe to share Indigenous perspectives on climate change
Wildlife
In the boreal forest, where secretive lynx depend on the snowshoe hare to survive, climate change threatens to upset this longstanding predator-prey relationship
Travel
A Yukon Quest musher shares his thoughts on the sled dog race
Travel
It's a rollicking good time in the land of the midnight sun
Exploration
We came to retrace an ancestor’s 1905 map-making expedition of the Peel River watershed. We left with a new-found appreciation of what this ancient land means to the people who live there.
People & Culture
Pandher celebrated for spreading positivity and showcasing multiculturalism in Canada
Wildlife
The Yukon-based photographer shares more of his wild wolf photos and how he discovered his passion for visual storytelling
Wildlife
Grizzlies, monarch butterflies and other keystone species could be at risk
Wildlife
Your weekly CanGeo round-up of wildlife news
Places
A look at the fascinating sites Parks Canada has proposed for UNESCO World Heritage Site designation
Wildlife
No one knew golden eagles in the Yukon and Alaska migrated along the Rockies’ front ranges, until an avid birder noticed something strange
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Frigid temperatures. Packs of dogs. Sleds. 1,609 kilometres over rugged hinterland in mid-winter. The Yukon Quest is considered the toughest sled dog race in the world. Tag along for the ride of your life.
Travel
Gyrfalcons in the Yukon could face a difficult future
Travel
A new flight experience from Tourism Yukon and Air North offers aurora fans a front-row seat to the phenomenon
Travel
Whitehorse’s cross-country ski club is winning big
Travel
The comic-book aviator hero recalls his first encounter with the northern lights in Eagle Plains, Yukon
People & Culture
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Science & Tech
Findings about the disappearance of large mammals in the North could help scientists understand the potential impacts of modern climate change
Science & Tech
Les découvertes sur la disparition des grands mammifères dans le Nord pourraient aider les chercheurs à comprendre les effets potentiels du changement climatique que nous vivons aujourd’hui
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New study out of the Université de Montréal finds that humans occupied the Yukon's Bluefish Caves 24,000 years ago
Environment
A new report by Alpine Club of Canada scientists and other experts highlights worrying trends in Canada’s mountain ecosystems
Wildlife
New technology is helping researchers understand how birds time their migrations when the seasons send mixed signals
Wildlife
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have found evidence that bowhead whales exfoliate their skin by rubbing against large rocks
Environment
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A major research project from the University of Alberta outlines pockets of Canada's boreal forest that may give wildlife more time and space to adjust to a changing climate
Environment
A cataclysmic landslide occurred in Canada last month – and hardly anybody noticed.
Environment
Through the Key Biodiversity Areas program, rare, endemic and underappreciated species are finally getting their due as important components of their ecosystems
Environment
For approximate the past 300 years the meltwater of Yukon’s Kaskawulsh Glacier has drained into Kluane Lake via Slims River. This spring it stopped.
Environment
Canadian Audible Original takes listeners on a cross-country journey through sound
Environment
Vancouver Island marmot, blue whale and Ungava seal included in NatureServe Canada report
Environment
Exploration
Dana Meise reflects on his seventh season of walking the Trans Canada Trail, and how it feels to be so close to completion
Wildlife
The elusive “glacier bear” of northwestern B.C. and southeastern Alaska remains a genetic mystery
Exploration
Crevasses and the landing location near Mount Lucania force Lonnie Dupre and Pascale Marceau to set their sights on Mount Steele, Canada’s fifth-highest peak
Wildlife
After more than a million years on Earth, the caribou is under threat of global extinction. The precipitous decline of the once mighty herds is a tragedy that is hard to watch — and even harder to reverse.
People & Culture
Comedian Jonny Harris, of Still Standing fame, on finding inspiration from coast to coast to coast
Wildlife
Why Canada’s cougars are on the rise — and what that means for us
Mapping
Cartographic highlights from Canadian Geographic's 2017 issues and special publications
People & Culture
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A Dawson City, Yukon goldpanner is among several Canadians headed to the World Goldpanning Championship in Slovakia
People & Culture
Here are a few of the ways community-led projects, government programs and other organizations are helping to feed northern populations
Places
Parks Canada wants the public to nominate Canadian places worthy of UNESCO World Heritage status. Here are the six sites still on the waiting list.
People & Culture
Ottawa-area marathoner Steven Jackson is one of only 39 people to ever finish the 6633 Arctic Ultra
Mapping
People & Culture
Depending on whom you ask, the North’s sentinel species is either on the edge of extinction or an environmental success story. An in-depth look at the complicated, contradictory and controversial science behind the sound bites
Wildlife
As development cuts into the elusive animal's habitat, the resulting genetic isolation could ultimately lead to a population crash
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The caribou faces environmental challenges in the struggle to survive
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Human and bears sharing more landscapes now than ever before. As we continue to invade their world, will we be able to coexist?
Wildlife
Your weekly CanGeo round-up of wildlife news
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
People & Culture
For the past seven years, Meise has been hiking the Trans Canada Trail solo. Now he's on his way to completing the final instalment his journey.
Science & Tech
From wheat to potatos, Canada has made a name for itself for breeding excellent edibles
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Researcher explores what killed off woolly mammoths — and what this might mean for species today
People & Culture
A new children’s book from Kids Can Press tells the story of Vancouver native Simon Jackson’s efforts to raise global awareness of the importance of British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest
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