
Exploration
Expedition team makes record-breaking dive to bottom of Mariana Trench
Ottawa-born explorer and submarine builder Patrick Lahey is now the second Canadian to reach the deepest point on Earth
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Exploration
Ottawa-born explorer and submarine builder Patrick Lahey is now the second Canadian to reach the deepest point on Earth
People & Culture
The acclaimed director goes to extremes to explore the ocean’s depths — and to share what he finds with the world
Exploration
Meet Limiting Factor, the submersible leading us to new depths of ocean exploration
Exploration
Royal Canadian Geographical Society Fellow Kelvin Murray recounts his role in the record-setting early 2021 expedition
Exploration
The Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s 2018 Expedition of the Year returns to the Bisaro Anima Cave near Fernie, B.C.
Kids
Nearly 9,000 Canadian high school students explored giant floor maps of Vimy Ridge and the western front over two days
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
Travel
Now that a century has passed since the end of the First World War, is it inevitable that efforts to remember the events of the war will start to fade?
People & Culture
War Flowers, a new exhibition on now at the Canadian War Museum, tells the stories of Canadians in the First World War through floriography, sculpture, scent and sound
History
The little-known story of the 1918 Spanish Flu and how we're preparing for the next great pandemic
Wildlife
New technology is helping researchers understand how birds time their migrations when the seasons send mixed signals
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
By protecting the Muskwa-Kechika, a vast, wild region of mountains, glaciers, and boreal forest in north-central B.C., we can create a climate refuge for vulnerable species
Environment
Herb Norwegian, Grand Chief of the Dehcho First Nations, is the recipient of this year’s Glen Davis Conservation Leadership Prize
Mapping
This online map platform displays hundreds of stories on ecological farming issues from around the world
Mapping
A case decided this week by the Supreme Court of British Columbia was, in essence, all about geography
Mapping
Mapping
Connecting to the past through McMaster's treasure trove of historical maps from the war
Wildlife
International grassroots organizations unite over turtle conservation
Wildlife
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have found evidence that bowhead whales exfoliate their skin by rubbing against large rocks
Wildlife
Wildlife
Whales are beginning to return to B.C. waters — but will they find a safe haven?
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Environment
The renowned underwater explorer talks about his experience navigating the depths of an angry Mother Ocean
Environment
Wrapping paper, packaging, plastic plates and cutlery — it all adds up. Here are some easy ways to avoid a nightmare around Christmas.
Environment
Fire activity in the Brazilian Amazon surged this week; here are some key things to know about the situation
Environment
Five eco-friendly products used around the world to create paper
History
History
History
History
History
A trip back in time to the memorial’s dedication
Wildlife
Why Canada’s cougars are on the rise — and what that means for us
Kids
Canadian Geographic Education and The Royal Canadian Geographical Society unveil new tools to help students explore the legacy of the Great War
History
Read the account of one young soldier’s fight against the Spanish flu in 1918
History
Sites across Canada honouring the war
Travel
Inspired by age-old travelways, a new canoe route knits together the Trans Canada Trail
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.
Kids
Highlights from a visit to the Halifax Citadel on Canada's Coolest School Trip
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.
People & Culture
#MuseumSelfie trended on Twitter January 20th as people the world over shared their snaps.
People & Culture
People & Culture
Nearly 100 years ago, Royal Canadian Geographical Society founding president Charles Camsell wrote a Christmas story that has been shared through his family for generations. In honour of the Society’s 90th anniversary, his family shared it with Canadian Geographic to be published for the first time.
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
People & Culture
The ultimate goal of vaquero horsemanship is to produce a “finished” horse: an exceptionally responsive animal that is a true partner to its rider
People & Culture
Celebrating the art of cartography, a lively national bird debate and the launch of an exciting educational contest
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
History
The act was meant to formalize Canada’s national identity — and keep the peace
Science & Tech
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.
Environment
Before the Rockies formed, B.C. and Alberta may have been an ocean apart
History
The story of the Canadian explorer who discovered Scott’s frozen remains in Antarctica
Wildlife
Plus: Marathon hare migrations, increasingly efficient wolves, wandering basking sharks and homemaking bees
Science & Tech
How a giant hole will help Ontario’s shift away from fossil fuels
Exploration
After being postponed a year due to COVID-19, the Mount Logan Ice Expedition made a successful summit of Canada’s highest peak.
Kids
Wildlife
Algonquin wolves face an uncertain future primarily because they can be legally shot and trapped in many parts of Ontario
Wildlife
Wildlife
Wildlife
Environment
Now there's a way to visualize exactly what a record warm year globally meant in your city
Exploration
Few RCGS-funded expeditions took place last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but many explorers found a way to safely head afield in 2021
History
Stamp honours the No. 2 Construction Battalion, a predominantly Black unit that paved the way for Canadians of all races to serve their country in conflict.
Science & Tech
History
The cup’s history as tribute to the hockey players who died in the First World War