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An interactive mapping project compiles the nation’s geographic memorials to Canada’s role in global conflicts
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Mapping
An interactive mapping project compiles the nation’s geographic memorials to Canada’s role in global conflicts
History
Thousands of Canadians have fought and lost their lives overseas — and they haven’t been forgotten
History
Why HMCS Haida became the flagship of the Royal Canadian Navy
History
Acquisition ensures that the medal set awarded to Saskatchewan-born Lieutenant-Colonel David Vivian Currie in the Second World War will stay in Canada
History
Travel
History
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People & Culture
Travel
Beaches, peaches, silver mines and history — this B.C. city does it all with a modern, urban twist.
Travel
Seven must-do experiences in the Yukon’s Gold Rush town
Travel
Connect with Canada’s past and present on this network of waterways between Peterborough, Ont. and the nation’s capital
Travel
Alex Hutchinson goes inside the friendly rivalry between two titans of the Montreal-style bagel to figure out the secret of the doughy snack’s allure
Travel
As Quebec's grand railway hotel turns 125, we look back at some key political and pop culture moments that happened there
History
On the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Exclusion Act, a look at the system of IDs used to track and control Chinese residents
History
From their beginnings in the late 19th century, salmon hatcheries have gone from cure to band-aid to crutch. Now, we can’t live without manufactured fish.
Places
Built by Swiss guides high on the Continental Divide, a storied refuge will be dismantled just months ahead of its 100th birthday, a casualty of our warming planet
History
Long before an amateur prospector struck it rich near Cobalt Lake in northern Ontario, local Indigenous nations mined and traded silver. It’s time to set the record straight on the “discovery” of Canada’s immense resource wealth.
People & Culture
On the 175th anniversary of Canada’s first telegraph message, a pioneering telegrapher recalls her exciting career
People & Culture
A celebration of the real Louis Riel, Métis leader and Manitoba founder, on the 150th anniversary of the Red River Resistance and the 175th of his birth
People & Culture
As sea level rise and the accelerating pace of coastal erosion threaten cultural heritage around the world, Canada has a lot to lose
People & Culture
The new headquarters of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society is transforming the way the 90-year-old organization carries out its mandate
People & Culture
How does a Canadian wind up wandering an ancient tea-trading route through the Himalayas? We talk to 'Tea Explorer' Jeff Fuchs about his documentary film and his ongoing journey to unlock the secrets of the leaf.
Places
Première organisation canadienne à inscrire un contenu sur Google Earth Voyager, Canadian Geographic propose, en collaboration avec le Centre national pour la vérité et la réconciliation, une description approfondie du système des pensionnats autochtones.
Places
As the first Canadian organization to launch a story with Google Earth Voyager, Canadian Geographic, with the support of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, offers an in-depth look at the residential school system
History
Nearly 9,000 Canadian high school students explored giant floor maps of Vimy Ridge and the western front over two days
People & Culture
Replica biplanes, giant floor maps headed to France for Vimy Ridge centennial events
Places
Cobalt’s silver rush in the 1900s changed how mining was carried out in Canada and internationally — and not always for the better
History
La Colombie-Britannique s’est jointe à la Confédération il y a 150 ans. Mais cela a failli ne pas se produire.
History
British Columbia joined Confederation 150 years ago. But it almost didn’t happen.
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
History
For the first time in history, officials were forced to cancel hockey’s biggest game as a flu pandemic continued to rage
History
L’histoire méconnue de la grippe espagnole de 1918 et notre état de préparation à la prochaine grande pandémie
History
Magazine to look for evidence of racist language and attitudes in every issue published since 1930 and report on its findings
History
Discovery Canada's original drama portrays the struggle for wealth and power in 1700s Canada
History
Photos of flying ace Joe Fall offer a rare glimpse at life during the Great War
People & Culture
Master carpenter Gordon Macdonald on restoring an iconic B.C. bridge, the value of heritage infrastructure, and why he's set his sights on the Antarctic
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
People & Culture
The latest Heritage Minute from Historica Canada profiles Inuit artist Kenojuak Ashevak and is the first to be produced in three different languages
People & Culture
George Hunter made it his lifelong mission to show Canadians their country. Now, his iconic images have been compiled into a book.
Environment
In a nation of forests, these trees stand head and shoulders above the rest
Exploration
Two hundred years before Franklin and 300 years before Amundsen, a daring Dane came closer to finding the Northwest Passage than anyone had before
Travel
Your guide to exploring the sights, tastes and history of Greater Williamsburg
Environment
In his new book, Original Highways: Travelling the Great Rivers of Canada, Roy MacGregor examines the historical legacy and future of Canada's greatest rivers
Exploration
The Raftsmen tells the remarkable (and once nearly forgotten) story of how four French expats living in Canada became the first to cross the North Atlantic by raft
Exploration
Author Ken McGoogan says his latest book, Dead Reckoning: The Untold Story of the Northwest Passage, is the “more inclusive narrative of Arctic exploration” that the 21st century demands
Travel
Past and present blend seamlessly in this colourful cultural hub, home to missions and Tex-Mex
People & Culture
The daughter of a hereditary Mohawk chief and an English immigrant, Johnson used her hard-won celebrity to challenge Indigenous stereotypes
Places
A look at how the Canadian Geographical Journal covered Vancouver’s 50th birthday
People & Culture
The former governor general of Canada reflects on the challenges facing Canadian women today
Mapping
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin’s 18th-century map reveals how the pursuit of the humble fish helped shape the nation