Features

ANIMAL CROSSING
This past summer, an ambitious wildlife under/overpass system broke ground in B.C. on a deadly stretch of highway west of the Alberta border. Here’s how it happened.
By Brian Banks

“WE DID THIS”
As the impacts of global warming become increasingly evident, the connections to biodiversity loss are hard to ignore. Can this fall’s two key international conferences point us to a nature-positive future?
By Leslie Anthony

KEEPER OF THE SEA
From being labelled “devil’s apron” by frustrated fishermen to being lauded as a sustainable food solution: how kelp’s potential is being realized, just as scientists learn it’s declining.
By Ryan Stuart

WILD THINGS
Canadian Geographic presents the winners of its annual wildlife photography of the year competition.

THE COOL CALLING
Glaciologist Alison Criscitiello is redefining the term explorer — and uncovering the secrets of climate change at the same time
By Tim Querengesser

AMET*
It means "awake" in Beothuk, the language and people who once called present-day Newfoundland home. Today, a unique collection of maps and art helps us understand a people’s story.
By Alanna Mitchell
with art and maps by Shanawdithit

THE CAT CAME BACK
How Canada's cougars are on the rise — and what that means for us
By Niki Wilson

TRACK RECORD
As geotracking technology on our smartphones becomes ever more sophisticated, we're just beginning to grasp its capabilities (and the possible pitfalls)
By Alex Hutchinson
with illustrations by Anthony Tremmaglia

Which Indigenous language did the word "raccoon" come from? Who were the Group of Seven? What happens to the stuff we send up into space?

This special issue of Canadian Geographic holds the answers to the questions above, plus fun and challenging games, facts about Canadian wildlife and quizzes to test your family and friends. From Q&As with inspiring young change makers to incredible infographics and amazing photos of baby polar bears, the latest volume of Can Geo Kids offers insightful information for kids of all ages. Dive in! 

LAND OF THE ANCESTORS
The new Thaidene Nëné National Park Reserve in the N.W.T. is the heart of sacred Denesoline honeland and a prophesied final refuge of clean water (and ecological integrity) in North America

THIS ART IS GARBAGE
Canadian Geographic commissioned five artists to create works out of plastic waste. The results? Eye-catching and compelling commentary on the material's impact on our planet.

BORDERLINES
An exploration of the evolution of Canada's provincial and territorial boundaries

SHAPED BY TIME
Raised from the sea, sculpted by tides and winds, the ever-changing Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve protects colossal monoliths and myriad species

THE COMPANY
The untold story of the first centuries of Canada’s Hudson’s Bay Company, a now 350-year-old institution that once claimed an enormous portion of the globe

SURVIVOR
Phyllis Webstad turns her residential school experience into a powerful tool for reconciliation through Orange Shirt Day

BEST OF CANADA
Canadian Geographic presents the winners of its 34th Annual Photo Competition

RIVER OF LIFE
An exclusive excerpt from renowned Canadian anthropologist Wade Davis’s new book Magdalena: River of Dreams, about the iconic waterway that has shaped the geography, culture and people of Colombia

CAN GEO TRAVEL
20-plus pages of exclusive travel stories, including a jaunt around Charleston, S.C., the flavours of the Philippines, horsepacking in Argentina, frontier luxury in the Nova Scotia interior, and more!

BROUGHTONS IN THE BALANCE
Salmon runs are failing and grizzlies seem to be on the move in the islands between B.C.’s mainland and northern Vancouver Island. What’s going on in the Broughton Archipelago?

PROMISED LANDS
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.

OPERATION CARIBBE
Canada’s mission: choke off the flow of cocaine and other drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean

CHARTING THE LAKEHEAD
Can a map tell a story? Canadian Geographic sent cartographer Chris Brackley to Lake Superior to answer that question

TURNING THE TIDE
Paul Nicklen, the renowned wildlife photographer and SeaLegacy co-founder, shares stunning images from the poles in a time of climate change

CANADA’S GREATEST EXPLORERS
On its 90th anniversary, Canadian Geographic presents the 90 most influential explorers in the nation’s recorded history

LAW ON THE SEA
Celebrating the RCMP’s 100th anniversary by riding along with the force’s little-known West Coast Marine Services division

‘NEVER FAR FROM FORGETTING’
A glimpse into the lives of Yazidi who’ve found refuge in Canada

THE CURIOUS, EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF ANNE INNIS DAGG
Why the Canadian woman who was the first in the world to study giraffes in the wild is only now getting her due

THE ULTIMATE CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY QUIZ: PHOTO EDITION
From northerly towns to southerly fiords, from satellite snaps to soaring skylines, 25 questions to test your photographic memory

HOW TO EXPLORE LIKE A GIRL
As her new book, Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver, comes out, world-renowned Royal Canadian Geographical Society Explorer-in-Residence Jill Heinerth reflects on what led her to a path of adventurous discovery

STATE OF THE MARIJUANA NATION
A look at the intimate relationship between marijuana and the people who use it — the true nexus between Canadians and legalization one year later

THE HOLY GRAIL OF NEW WORLD ARCHEOLOGY
How a dedicated West Coast team unearthed the oldest archeological sites in Canada

CANADA’S COOLEST SCHOOL TRIP 2019
From teepee building to dancing Métis jigs, students from Teslin, Yukon, experience the best of Manitoba’s Parks Canada sites while tracing the history of the region’s Indigenous Peoples

TREASURES OF THE SOCIETY
The Royal Canadian Geographical Society collections contain a number of prized artifacts from Canadian exploration history. Here are a few of them.

GUARDIANS OF THE GRASSLANDS
How conservationists and ranchers in Saskatchewan are working to slow the loss of an endangered ecosystem

HERO. HERETIC. NATION BUILDER.
A reflection on the real Louis Riel, Métis leader and Manitoba founder, on the 150th anniversary of the Red River Resistance and the 175th of his birth

MAP QUEST
Exploring the amazing cartographic connections behind video games

WELCOME TO CLIMBING CAMP
Camaraderie, conversation and conservation are key at the Alpine Club of Canada’s annual General Mountaineering Camp

IT’S OFFICIAL!
The Royal Canadian Geographical Society celebrates its new headquarters with an official VIP opening

LIFE AT THE SINAAQ
Welcome to the floe edge, where landfast ice meets open Arctic Ocean and species thrive

WITHIN WATER
A legendary deep-sea explorer shares thoughts on ‘the lethal, limitless, life-giving frontier’

RETURN TO THE PEEL
How retracing an ancestor’s 1905 map-making expedition of the Peel River watershed left three explorers with a new-found appreciation for the region

STREET REPAIRS
The once-ideal big leafy yard faces off against housing density as Canada’s first suburbs evolve

PHOTO FINISH
Canadian Geographic presents the winners of its 33rd annual photo competition

RIVERS OF HISTORY
Exploring millennia of Indigenous culture and history at the junction of the Ottawa and Rideau rivers, today a spot home to The Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s headquarters

OUR LAND, OUR STRENGTH
Reflecting on 20 years of Canada’s newest territory, Nunavut

VOLCANO ALLEY
Unbeknownst to the millions who pass through them every year, the mountains of southwestern British Columbia form an active volcanic region that could be on the brink of cataclysmic change

PARK PROTECTORS
Six species at risk that the unsung heroes of Parks Canada are striving to save

TOUT LE MONDE À TABLE
Welcome to the Quinan Wild Game Evening and Auction, an annual Nova Scotian tradition celebrating local Acadian and Indigenous connections to the land

THE INN THAT BUILT TOFINO
How a tiny town on the edge of the continent went from stormy outpost to revered eco-tourism hot spot

‘IT’S KIND OF WHAT I IMAGINE OUTER SPACE TO BE LIKE’
Exploring the underwater world beneath the frozen surface of Ontario’s Georgian Bay

THE EARTH WALL
50 Sussex, Canada’s Centre for Geography and Exploration, is home to the country’s only Google Earth Wall, technology that allows you to explore Canada and the globe in new ways — and on a grand scale

THE BEAR THAT DISAPPEARS
Searching for the legendary and mysterious glacier bears of northwestern Canada

10,000 SQUARE KILOMETRES OF REMOTE MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS. ROUTINE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. AVALANCHE-PRONE SLOPES. MORE THAN 200 RUNS. AND JUST FIVE GUIDES.
Heli-skiing the Skeena Tenure

FLAT EARTH 101*
*Do your own research

THE THAW
Permafrost is slowly disappearing. How that affects global warming will be critical to communities and habitats across Canada’s North — and the world.

THE HUNT FOR NOVA ZEMBLA
How a Royal Canadian Geographical Society flag expedition made the first-ever discovery of a whaling shipwreck in the High Arctic — and shed light on a little-understood chapter of Canada’s past

WILD THINGS
Canadian Geographic and the Canadian Museum of Nature present the winning images of the annual Wildlife Photography of the Year Competition

50 SUSSEX
Welcome to Canada’s new Centre for Geography and Exploration