Canadian Geographic articles from July 1996

Canadian Geographic archives from July 1996

Hay is for horses, but eh? is for Canadians.
July 1, 1996... 'Eh' is one of the great markers of Canadian speech. It is often used to ask the listener to repeat something not heard: "Eh? Yes, my hearing aid works. Isn't it wonderful about those Dead Sea squirrels?" Canadians use it frequently as a spoken...

Funnel fury. (global warming and the tornado)(Cover Story)
July 1, 1996... We know where and how often tornadoes occur in Canada. Global warming could change that pattern It is the most violent event in the atmosphere. It can blow buildings to pieces, topple trains from their tracks, and send trucks and cars...

Lakes & ladders: up and down the locks and channels of Ontario's Trent-Severn Waterway.
July 1, 1996... "I've been twice around the world and seen 70 countries, and I've never seen anything even remotely like the Trent-Severn, either for esthetics or function," says Ron Egan, as he surveys his fleet of houseboats docked on Pigeon Lake at the heart...

Montreal on the move; on July 1, the city's tenants engage in an annual, mad game of musical homes.
July 1, 1996... It must have seemed like a good idea back in 1973. The Quebec government, worried about all the students disrupted by moving on May 1 - traditionally the day most residential leases started - announced that those leases would expire June 30. More...

Phantom of the Fraser. (British Columbia's white sturgeon slowly becoming extinct in the Fraser River)(includes related articles on unexplained sturgeon deaths and sturgeon poaching)
July 1, 1996... Relentlessly exploited for more than a century, British Columbia's beleaguered white sturgeon is an elusive sight on the Fraser River these days The olive-brown Fraser river is roiling with spring run-off on this warm May morning. Swirling...

Living in Harmony: Nature Writing by Women in Canada.
July 1, 1996... In advice to my friends, published in 1989 as part of the poem Completed Field Notes, western Canadian writer Robert Kroetsch asks the provocative question, "Just what the hell is a nature poem?" If readers are tempted to ask the same question...

In Search of Ancient North America: An Archaeological Journey to Forgotten Cultures.
July 1, 1996... People who are fascinated by North America's prehistory are rarely offered books that put archeological research into context: too often, writers can't bridge the gap between the science and history. Yet when an author succeeds, the result can be...

Women of the Klondike.
July 1, 1996... With the discovery by academics and other writers that women not only make up half the population but play a vital role in events, our history has become much more vibrant. Frances Backhouse's book, Women of the Klondike, is evidence of this....

Environmental point man: Massey medalist James Bruce has helped Canada address every critical environmental challenge of the last few decades.
July 1, 1996... When Toronto native James Bruce graduated with a Master's degree in physics in 1952, he took a job on the East Coast as an aviation weather forecaster. Despite his training, the work proved daunting. "On one of my very first shifts," chuckles...

Hints of warmth. (social aspects in a 1950s Montreal neighborhood)
July 1, 1996... There is a moment, every spring throughout Canada, when decay and rebirth duke it out - and rebirth wins. Along Outremont Avenue, in the heart of the quiet middle-class Montreal neighbourhood for which the street is named, the ripening buds on...