Trudeau congratulated Shoalts on his recent appointment

Lightfoot accepted the award Friday night at a benefit concert in Toronto 

Lightfoot a reçu sa médaille vendredi soir lors d’un concert-bénéfice donné à Toronto

Cousins David McGuffin and Terry Camsell relive their ancestor Charles Camsell’s first formal mapping expedition on the Peel River

Appreciating the craftsmanship of Canada's national animal

Seven outstanding individuals recognized for their contributions to nature and the environment 

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?

Although often unheralded in accounts of Champlain's accomplishments, Indigenous Peoples played an important role in helping the famous explorer map New France

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

The goal was simply to get home. Except, there was nothing simple about it.

Here, Dan Clark discusses their trip and reveals his film about the adventure: 'Together to the Tundra.'

From pulling drinking water out of desert air to riding with eagle hunters in Mongolia, see what just a few of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s more than 1,000 Fellows have been working on lately

Les chemins de l’or bleu expedition is close to its destination of Inuvik, and the group can't wait for junk food.

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

Uprooted repeatedly by development projects, the Oujé-Bougoumou Cree wandered boreal Quebec for 70 years before finding a permanent home. For some, the journey continues.

Whether through music or paintings, these artists are making waves in the art world

An excerpt from the August 1946 issue of the Canadian Geographical Journal, in which the renowned art historical Donald Buchanan wrote on how Tom Thompson was inspired by the landscapes of Canada

Adam Shoalts has written a book called Alone Against the North, due out Oct 6. Here, he discusses the adventure of writing about his adventures.

Five-month trek will take him across the Arctic Circle from Old Crow, Yukon to Baker Lake, Nunavut

Mathew Borrett's new exhibition, Hypnagogic City, depicts Hogtown in a parallel universe

Thomas Hall review the Seattle Sports Firewater Multi-Bottle and Mountain Hardwear Lamina Z Spark sleeping bag

A fall photo tour captures the spirit of Canada's largest Great Lake

Comfortable air mattress is best suited for car camping or easy canoe trips

Highlights from Day 3 of Canada's Coolest School Trip

Old journals offer a glimpse of the Canadian North in the days before World War II

Inspired by 18th century explorers, the serial entrepreneur and adventurer sailed non-stop around the world using just a sextant, navigational log tables, and good old pen and paper

Part of our roundup of 90 of Canada’s greatest explorers, these 16 explorers significantly advanced our knowledge of Canada’s geography through mapping

Shoalts is fundraising to support his goal of traversing 4,000 kilometres of the Arctic Circle