Canadian Geographic articles from January 1994

Canadian Geographic archives from January 1994

Probing the secrets of a sunken forest.
January 1, 1994... About 7,660 years ago, the vast waters of glacial Lake Hough lapped at the foot of a steep limestone cliff, where Georgian Bay laps today along the Bruce Peninsula. A less hospitable site for a young forest could scarcely be imagined--a sheer...

Can cougars contract AIDS?
January 1, 1994... In 1992, after several cougars attacked people, researchers on Vancouver Island began to investigate the island's population of the large tawny cats. Nanaimo veterinarian Ken Langelier took blood samples to analyze the effects of a new...

The benefits of clean living.
January 1, 1994... Before the recent election, the federal Liberal party made a pledge to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide that Canadians spew into the atmosphere from cars and trucks, factories, homes and coal-fired power plants. Carbon dioxide is believed by...

Yukon wolf kill: the wildlife hot seat.
January 1, 1994... A decision to kill more than 100 wolves is bound to be controversial almost anywhere in the late 20th century. But the Yukon's Department of Renewable Resources is discovering just how uncomfortable the hot seat can be. It has been besieged by...

Victoria's great snowstorm of 1916.
January 1, 1994... VICTORIA just may have Canada's most perfect climate. It has fewer thunderstorms, milder winters, and less snowfall than any other major city in Canada, and even when it does snow, it often melts rapidly. Some years, "lotus land" does not even...

White bears of the rain forest. (Cover Story)
January 1, 1994... THE CREEKS on Princess Royal Island, B.C., flowed like spilled madeira wine down through mossy canyons of Chinese jade to meet the emerald sea. But I had come to see the white bear. On a creek under Headless Mountain on Camp Fiord last...

Maple Leaf Gardens: what fate awaits this icon of Canadian culture?
January 1, 1994... ON APRIL 16, 1993, Martha and Jack Warner left their home in Carlyle, Sask., travelling by car and bus to Winnipeg, where they boarded a train for Toronto. For many years, Jack had harboured two dreams. "One," he says wistfully, "was to visit...

The Red River Valley: Manitoba's storied waterway is rich in history and biodiversity. (includes related article)
January 1, 1994... ON A BRIGHT morning in July, a single-engine aircraft rolls down the runway of St. Andrews Airport just north of Winnipeg. Picking up speed, the pilot of the little Piper Cherokee nudges back the control yoke and the plane bumps aloft, mounting...

Northern Oases: polynyas, where arctic waters teem with wildlife.
January 1, 1994... THE INUK HUNTER Masautsiaq Eipe, his wife Sofie Arnapalak and I left Quaanaaq, the main settlement of the Polar Inuit of northwest Greenland, the northernmost people in the world, at nine o'clock in the morning of a clear, cold day in early...

Canadian Geographic's photo contest winners.
January 1, 1994... HEATHER MATHESON -- grand prize winner of Canadian Geographic's ninth annual photo contest -- lives in an ideal location for someone with a passion for photographing landscapes and wildlife. Her home near Heffley Creek, B.C., is situated in the...

Ladysmith to Mafeking: names from South Africa.
January 1, 1994... LOOKING BACK at Canada's daily newspapers from the turn of the century, it is not surprising that the South African or Anglo-Boer War -- between Great Britain and the Boers (people of Dutch extraction in South Africa) -- influenced so many...

The Shape of the City.
January 1, 1994... Since World War II, planners have had a profound influence on urban life. During the 1950s and '60s, they took it upon themselves to rid cities of slums, crowding, traffic congestion and any public buildings that they saw as impediments to...

Rubbish! The Archaeology of Garbage.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1994... In 1972, University of Arizona archeologist William Rathje began teaching archeological principles to his students by collecting and examining garbage in Tucson. Since then the "Garbage Project" has shifted its attention from how archeological...

Prince Charming Goes West: The Story of the E.P. Ranch.
January 1, 1994... This story of royalty and ranching in the Alberta foothills adds a glamorous footnote to the annals of the ranching industry. The E.P. Ranch -- the acronym stands for Edward, Prince -- was the only real property actually owned by His Royal...

No Ordinary Journey: John Rae, Arctic Explorer, 1813-1893.
January 1, 1994... In Arctic Canada, an island, an isthmus, a mountain, a point of land, a strait and a river, as well as a small settlement, are named to commemorate the Scottish explorer John Rae, who died 100 years ago last year. This book was produced by the...

Wings Beyond Road's End: Airplanes Over Saskatchewan's North.
January 1, 1994... Aircraft engines have droned over the lakes and bush of northern Saskatchewan for the past 69 years. But until now, the stories of the people and machines who fought fires, freighted fur and fish, taxied prospectors and flew mercy missions in a...