Join the long list of storied explorers who have carried the RCGS Compass Rose flag, with our new sew-on expedition patch. Proceeds to benefit RCGS programming. Made in Canada. No refunds or exchanges.
Canadian Geographic’s exclusive new Biggest islands of Canadamap is meticulously researched and features the country’s 75 largest isles in relative geographical size. This 24” by 36” poster-sized map makes a perfect addition to any space and fits precisely into pre-cut poster-sized frames, making finishing and hanging a breeze. 🇨🇦 Made in Canada, rolled and shipped in a tube.
Celebrate Canada's first female astronaut and the first neurologist in space, Roberta Bondar, who flew aboard space shuttle Discovery on mission STS-42 from January 22 to 30, 1992. Now you can own a replica of her official mission patch with the newest RCGS t-shirt available in our Society Shop. Made in Canada by Roots.
Own a collection of seven unique expedition patches designed for the Royal Canadian Geographical Society's 90th anniversary. Made in Canada, these one-of-a-kind patches are available individually or as a complete collection.
Canada's first female astronaut and the first neurologist in space, Roberta Bondar (an honorary vice-president of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society) flew aboard space shuttleDiscoveryon mission STS-42 from January 22 to 30, 1992. The voyage's main goal was to study the effects of microgravity on a variety of organisms. Own this one-of-a-kind replica patch designed for the Royal Canadian Geographical Society's 90th anniversary.
Led by Royal Canadian Geographical Society Fellow Vilhjalmur Stefansson, this expedition mounted from 1913 to 1918 set out to explore land north and west of the Canadian Arctic archipelago. It identified previously uncharted, major islands in Canada's far north. Own this one-of-a-kind expedition patch designed for the Royal Canadian Geographical Society's 90th anniversary. The expedition's southern party, under RCGS Fellow Rudolph Anderson, undertook important scientific research in the area of the Coronation Gulf.
Celebrate the ethnosphere with this limited edition t-shirt featuring an expedition patch designed for renowned author, explorer and RCGS honorary vice-president Wade Davis. Proceeds to support the critical programming of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. Made in Canada by Roots.
Beginning in Vancouver in June 1940, Royal Canadian Geographical Society Fellow Henry Larsen led the second ever expedition through the Northwest Passage (and the first west-to-east). His crew sailed RCMP schoonerSt. Rochon a treacherous southerly route, where they were trapped in the ice for two winters. They reached Halifax in October 1942. Own this one-of-a-kind expedition patch designed for the Royal Canadian Geographical Society's 90th anniversary.
With the help of an Inuk named Saila, ornithologist and Royal Canadian Geographical Society Fellow Dewey Soper discovered the breeding grounds of the blue goose, a dark-morph snow goose, between 1928 and 1931. Saila drew Soper a map of west-central Baffin Island that was instrumental in the find. Own this one-of-a-kind expedition patch designed for the Royal Canadian Geographical Society's 90th anniversary.
British geographer and Royal Canadian Geographical Society Fellow Edward Shackleton (later Lord Shackleton) organized the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition of 1934 and 1935 to survey uncharted territory on Ellesmere Island. Its mountains, which include Nunavut's highest, were named the British Empire Range, by the expedition's members. Own this one-of-a-kind expedition patch designed for the Royal Canadian Geographical Society's 90th anniversary.
Dominion Government Expeditions to the Arctic Islands patch
Known as "Canada's greatest seaman," Joseph-Elzéar Bernier (a Fellow of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society) led a series of expeditions through the Arctic Islands and Hudson Strait between 1906 and 1910 to assert Canadian sovereignty. He and his crew placed cairns on high points throughout the Arctic to declare them officially part of Canada. Own this one-of-a-kind expedition patch designed for the Royal Canadian Geographical Society's 90th anniversary.
Renowned anthropologist, ethnobotanist, author and photographer Wade Davis (an honorary vice-president of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society) travelled the globe between 2002 and 2009 documenting Indigenous cultures and traditional uses and beliefs associated with psychoactive plants. From this work he coined the term "ethnosphere" to describe manifestations of human spirit.
