
History
Throwback Thursday: Nazi weather station in Labrador
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An excerpt from We All Expected to Die: Spanish Influenza in Labrador, 1918-1919
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The amazing story of Renatus Tuglavina, remembered in northern Labrador as a folk hero
History
From noble mountains to local elementary schools, the Queen’s reign and the bonds she’s forged with Canadians are reflected across the map of Canada
History
Travel
Award-winning author Charlotte Gray explores the wild and fierce beauty of Canada’s hidden coast
Travel
The adventurer behind the Man and Dog expedition puts a life jacket through its paces in the Labrador and northern Quebec wilderness
Travel
Parks Canada is seeking nominations for potential places to add to its impressive list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Here are five sites that were most recently added.
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.
Travel
The tourism industry is calling on Canadians to pledge to travel in Canada once restrictions are lifted
Mapping
Newfoundland and Labrador could one day be connected by tunnel
Mapping
Thanks to Google’s popular Street View tool, armchair travelers can now explore three northern towns from the comfort of their desktop
Mapping
An Innu school board has created a map to pass on intergenerational knowledge to schoolchildren
Mapping
Environment
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Exploration
The Boreal to Barrenlands Expedition, funded by The Royal Canadian Geographical Society, returns from their summer slog through northern Quebec and Labrador
Exploration
Canadian Geographic Photographer-in-Residence Michelle Valberg offers a glimpse at her journey to Torngat Mountains National Park in Labrador
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.
Wildlife
"Just another day at the office."
Science & Tech
Future missions to the moon will focus heavily on geology. Fortunately, Canada offers astronauts the perfect place to hone their skills.
Exploration
Two pairs of snowshoes. 400 kilometres. A lot of frozen sandwiches.
Exploration
An explorer unravels the story of an early 20th century haunting in the isolated foothills of Labrador’s Mealy Mountains
Exploration
Gather ’round and listen as explorer and bestselling author Adam Shoalts spins a spine-tingling tale of tracking a legendary creature in Labrador’s Mealy Mountains
Exploration
Part of our roundup of 90 of Canada’s greatest explorers, these 16 explorers significantly advanced our knowledge of Canada’s geography through mapping
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People & Culture
As NASA and the world’s space agencies prepare to return to the moon, geologist Dr. Gordon “Oz” Osinsky helps train potential lunar explorers in remote northern Labrador on what they could find there
People & Culture
The historian and geographer filled in “a great gap” in Canadian history, from the time of Cartier to the arrival of Champlain
People & Culture
A celebration of the Canadian Coast Guard’s renowned search-and-rescue capabilities — and more — as the special operating agency turns 60
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
Kids
Travel
An insider’s account of the modern-day gold rush
Travel
Bring it … and leave it all on the mountain
Travel
Thomas Hall review the Seattle Sports Firewater Multi-Bottle and Mountain Hardwear Lamina Z Spark sleeping bag
People & Culture
Photographer Michelle Valberg discusses Project North, her not-for-profit that delivers hockey equipment to communities in Nunavut, Northwest Territories, northern Quebec and Labrador
Environment
An exclusive excerpt from the new book Cod Collapse: The Rise and Fall of Newfoundland's Saltwater Cowboys
Environment
Canada missed a chance to rebuild northern cod stocks in the 1980s, highlighting the importance of taking a long view of fisheries management, researchers say
Wildlife
No one knew golden eagles in the Yukon and Alaska migrated along the Rockies’ front ranges, until an avid birder noticed something strange
Environment
The Environment and Climate Change minister shares insights from her recent tour of Labrador's Nunatsiavut region and Torngat Mountains National Park
Environment
The Environment and Climate Change minister visited Labrador’s Inuit region from August 2 – 5 to explore all-Indigenous National Park management and the impacts of climate change in the area.
People & Culture
Once a traditional way of life across Canada, trapping survives and even thrives in communities throughout the North, including Colville Lake, N.W.T.
Science & Tech
How so-called rare earth elements are powering our modern tech — and where to find them
Wildlife
New technology is helping researchers understand how birds time their migrations when the seasons send mixed signals
Environment
Streams surrounded by intact forest are better at providing clean water, carbon storage and wildlife habitat
Environment
Permafrost thaw is widespread, accelerating and irreversible. With it comes visible effects on the ecology, hydrology and landscapes, and communities of the North.
Kids
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The Canadian Geographic Challenge is turning 20! To celebrate we’ve compiled a list of our favourite past quiz questions. Can you answer them correctly?
Environment
Fire activity in the Brazilian Amazon surged this week; here are some key things to know about the situation
Wildlife
Following a deadly summer for the endangered whales, Fisheries and Oceans Canada is tightening regulations for crab fishers in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
Science & Tech
A video by NASA’s Earth Observatory blog reveals the little-known history of tiny Landsat Island — and the Canadian woman who helped discover it
Wildlife
Plus: Marathon hare migrations, increasingly efficient wolves, wandering basking sharks and homemaking bees
Mapping
This online map platform displays hundreds of stories on ecological farming issues from around the world
Environment
Five eco-friendly products used around the world to create paper
Environment
Wrapping paper, packaging, plastic plates and cutlery — it all adds up. Here are some easy ways to avoid a nightmare around Christmas.
Environment
Now there's a way to visualize exactly what a record warm year globally meant in your city
Wildlife
Why Canada’s cougars are on the rise — and what that means for us
Science & Tech
Just as traditional knowledge of plants is helping northern researchers, the plants themselves have much to teach us about human history in the North
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Massive oilfields, huge offshore rigs, high-tech refineries, colossal dams, sprawling wind farms — how much do you really know about BIG power in Canada?
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Tout autant que le savoir traditionnel des plantes aide les chercheurs dans le Nord, les plantes elles-mêmes peuvent nous apprendre beaucoup au sujet de l’histoire humaine des zones nordiques
People & Culture
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Explore Canada's various tartans (and the stories behind them)
People & Culture
The Olympic medallist and mental-health-awareness champion shares her memories of inspiration in northern Labrador’s Torngat Mountains
People & Culture
Mistaken Point, an important fossil repository, has become Canada's newest UNESCO World Heritage Site and the fourth in Newfoundland and Labrador
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
Wildlife
Plus: Bacterial “first responders,” modelling cod and more marmots
People & Culture
#MuseumSelfie trended on Twitter January 20th as people the world over shared their snaps.
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Whales are beginning to return to B.C. waters — but will they find a safe haven?
People & Culture
Canadian Paralympians and Para athletes join the mission to increase trail accessibility across Canada
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Science & Tech
Artificial intelligence combines with social-media analysis to inform first responders and scientists
Wildlife
Algonquin wolves face an uncertain future primarily because they can be legally shot and trapped in many parts of Ontario
People & Culture
*Do your own research
Science & Tech
Physical distancing requirements to slow the spread of COVID-19 will make it difficult for researchers to visit suspected tornado sites this year, so the team behind the Northern Tornadoes Project is calling on the public to help
People & Culture
Twitter users engage in a friendly battle to determine Canada's best outdoor skating rink.