Canadian Geographic articles from November 1997

Canadian Geographic archives from November 1997

Mussel bound. (mussel picking in Quebec's Wakeham Bay)
November 1, 1997... When the tide goes out, residents of a northern Quebec village tunnel through the sea ice for a hidden feast It seems a small miracle, an arctic paradox, that beneath the icy austerity of northern winter, there should lie a hidden feast. They...

Temperature rising. (global warming)
November 1, 1997... The Mackenzie Basin - one of three climate hot spots worldwide - is a harbinger of climate change globally, say scientists. A landmark study evaluates the impact on humans and wildlife as they adapt to melting permafrost, landslides, forest fires...

Clearing the air. (global warming)
November 1, 1997... In the 1980s, geographer F. Kenneth Hare - a conservative in the global warming field advised Canadian Geographic readers to be skeptical about predictions of Armageddon. Today, he is making a few alarming pronouncements of his own Sixteen...

Memory lanes. (Canada's Roads of Remembrance)
November 1, 1997... Maples, elms and poplars once lined grand avenues nationwide, each tree honouring a soldier killed in the First World War Future generations of Canadians will be reminded," noted the Canadian Municipal Journal in 1922, "of the part that Canada...

Spires of the tombstones. (Tombstone mountain range in Yukon)
November 1, 1997... A range of forbidding peaks rises from the Yukon tundra We perch quietly on the edge of the cliff, anxious that any sound or movement will break the spell and cause us to tumble into the yawning precipice. Or maybe through some mystical...

Flying timber. (logging in British Columbia)
November 1, 1997... British Columbia's coastal rain forests are buzzing with choppers and chainsaws To the loggers felling old-growth timber on a small mountainside bench, the Sikorsky helicopter seems no bigger than a dragonfly poised above the calm waters of...

Canada's golden moment. (Team Canada's victory in the 1997 International Geography Olympiad)
November 1, 1997... Team stands at the top of the world after international competition The moment was quintessentially Canadian, as solid as the Shield. Reflecting different languages, geography and cultures, and cast in the role of underdog, the Canadians pulled...

The breach in Iroquois Bar. (sand bar in Hamilton, Ontario)
November 1, 1997... An elongated hill lies under the streets and buildings of Hamilton, Ont. An ancient, elegant earthwork, six kilometres long, reposing half on land and half in the water of the city's harbour. The earthwork has names. It is called the Iroquois...