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Canadian Geographic’s In-depth is a recurring feature, found only online, that expands upon a feature story found within the pages of
Canadian Geographic Magazine.
Here is a listing of past In-Depth stories:
Landmark land settlement
Canada's first modern, urban treaty gives the Tsawwassen First Nation control of its land and the chance at a prosperous future
The Carbon Conundrum
Our world has too much of a good thing: Carbon. Experts are looking to Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) to resolve this problem. Explore our website to learn more about CCS, the projects happening in Canada and worldwide, and view an animated video clip on Enhanced Oil Recovery.
Caribou in Canada
Across the country, caribou are struggling to survive in their ever-changing habitat. Facing a modern world, they are losing the battle.
The Mackenzie Delta
Thirty years after the initial project was proposed, the Mackenzie Gas Pipeline public hearings and panels are moving ahead for a final decision by 2008.
Former Iqaluit resident Lisa Gregoire returns to the north to investigate the Mackenzie Delta and discover how the pipeline project affects those living in surrounding communities. Beyond the objections and praise of the project, she finds northern generosity and hospitality from the local people. Read on with Canadian Geographic and relive her week-long adventure in the Arctic.
Torngat Mountains
Canada's newest national park
Keepers of the forest - Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands)
After years of residential schooling and cultural suppression, First Nations across the country are taking remarkable steps to rebuild their cultural heritage. Canadian Geographic explores Haida Gwaii and takes a look at Haida efforts to protect monumental cedar and save their native language.
Travels with Louis
Last July, Canadian Geographic writer James Raffan and photographer Benoit Aquin spent two weeks aboard the CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent, the largest of Canada's icebreakers, for their feature "Policing the passage". Through Raffan's daily on-board log, photo gallery and additional facts and links, you can trace their nautical journey and discover the sea-bound community that patrols our Arctic waters.
Come to the islands
The geography of British Columbia's balmy Gulf Islands are as diverse as its population.
Moose on the loose
Learn more about Canada's elusive ungulate.
Exploring sustainable cities
Can Canadian cities address their problems with pollution, dying urban centres and unrestrained sprawl and move into a more sustainable future?
Icebergs
Lumbing giants born from glacial parents, icebergs can chill our hearts with fear and awe, but they can also help us understand the past as well as the future.
The ground of music
Check out Canada's musical landscape! Feature stories such as a streeter with Sam Roberts, Sarah Harmer, Susan Aglukark and more Canadian musicians, Glenn Gould's Idea of North, how geography determined our musical landscape in First Nations peoples, the science of sound in acoustic ecology, indie rock stages across Canada, a history of Canadian sound inventions and a fun interactive Flash piece that lets you create your own symphony of nature sounds!
Dammed river
Delve into Quebec's James Bay region and its latest damming project.
Venture into the Valley
Explore with us as we head deeper into the Ottawa Valley.
Green with jade
Mine further in to Canda's jade industry, and the people and land it affects.
Hunting for cures
Searching the world's oceans and forests for thet next wonder drug.
Wild horses
Wild horses on a wild land. Learn about this humanized ungulate and the land they roam.
Canada's Bison
Interesting information about Canada's Bison.
Canada's place in the world
Discover where Canadians have made a difference across our globe.
Lessons learned in schools
Is there a future for salmon farms in Canada?
Power of powwows
Experience the culture, history and art of powwows in Canada
Cougars in Canada
Prowl through the shadowy world of Canada's largest cat
Greenland sharks
Dive into the underwater world of Canada's mysterious sharks
Boreal birds
Known as the Phantom of the North, the great grey owl, Strix nebulosa, is synomynous with the boreal forest.
Arctic grizzlies
Are grizzlies encroaching on the domain of their great white cousins?
Lake Erie's
Is biological pollution killing Lake Erie?
Canada's burning bush
The heat and storms of summer
are elements to fear as stray bolts of lightning or careless campers can cost Canadians millions of dollars in firefighting efforts. In a cloud of smoke, this pervasive yet fragile ecosystem can be decimated. Learn how we battle this natural disaster and how fire is shaping the boreal forest.
Energy matters
Canadian Geographic's annual environment issue always inspires us to reflect on our own lives to see if there are things we can do to lessen our own environmental footprints. An important consideration in our country is energy consumption and efficiency.
Parks for all
Last fall, the federal government announced it would create 10 new national parks and five new marine conservation areas over the next five years.
Bighorn sheep: Wanted dead and alive
Though the stately and nimble Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep are a fairly common site in the mountains of Alberta and British Columbia, they remain creatures of wonder for many Canadians.
Finding our way in the wilderness
Getting lost in the woods can be a terrifying experience. But with constantly improving search-and-rescue methods the odds are getting better and better that you will be brought home quickly and safely.
Shipwrecks of Nova Scotia
It was something formidable and swift, like the sudden smashing of a vile of wrath...
Canada's grizzly bears
Writer Brian Payton comes face to face with the wild grizzlies of British Columbia's Khutzeymateen Valley.
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