Canadian Geographic articles from November 1999

Canadian Geographic archives from November 1999

On the trail of mom's tall tales.(history of Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman Major James Welsh)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... A CARAVAN of covered wagons and mounted Mounties crossed the Prairies this past summer to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the arrival in the West of the North West Mounted Police. All along the route farmers, townsfolk and tourists...

A geomagnetic storm worthy of the millennium.(increased sunspot activity generates spectacular aurora borealis)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Skywatchers throughout much of North America can expect a fantastic show this year and next as sunspots and solar flares reach a peak. Sunspot activity ebbs and flows in 11-year cycles and is accompanied by three years of heightened solar...

Fuel never tasted so good.(use of canola oil to create new fuel-efficient fuel additive)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... In the last two decades, canola seed oil has captured three-quarters of the Canadian vegetable oil market. The enthusiastic response of health-conscious consumers to an oil low in saturated fats and bursting with essential fatty acids has...

Unlocking the secrets of the iceman.(discovery in British Columbia of prehistoric human preserved in ice)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... It could go down in history as one of the most important archeological discoveries in Canada. Three school teachers stumbled on a breathtaking find in British Columbia's remote Tatshenshini-Alsek Park last August while hunting for Dall sheep....

Fish farm closes in Quebec, opens in Nova Scotia.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... After the government of Quebec spent $2 million to close him down, trout fish farmer Serge Lafreniere has opened up again, this time in Nova Scotia. Quebec revoked Lafreniere's operating permit at Lac Heney, 70 kilometres north of Ottawa,...

Deal of the century?(nineteenth-century Canadian land development treaty)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... On a June day 100 years ago near Lesser Slave Lake in what is now Alberta, individual Metis and chiefs from the First Nations of the Athabasca District negotiated with federal officials the largest Canadian land settlement of the 19th century....

Polar bear's banquet.(study of predator-prey relationship between polar bear and ringed seal)
November 1, 1999... About twenty years ago, as a promising young biologist, Malcolm Ramsay deliberately chose to focus his attention on one of the simplest predator-prey systems on Earth. The High Arctic seemed to offer nature in its most elemental, stripped-down...

REQUIEM for a FOSSIL FOREST.(Canadian scientific research in the Arctic)
November 1, 1999... Has Canada abdicated scientific sovereignty in the Arctic? On a Sunday evening in early July, James Basinger flew in to the tiny settlement of Resolute on the south shore of Cornwallis Island, some 1,500 kilometres northeast of Yellowknife....

VANCOUVER ELECTRIC.(reappearance of neon light on streets of Vancouver)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... The colours of neon once blazed brightly oil Vancouver's streets. Sapphire-blue cocktail glasses, chopsticks in red Chinese bowls and giant hot-pink coffee cups were all part of the allure of downtown at night. Then, in the 1960s, neon's...

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE.(relationship between Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman James Welsh and Sioux chief Sitting Bull)
November 1, 1999... In an era when whites and Indians often viewed each other with suspicion and hostility, a Mountie and a Sioux warrior chief formed a perilous friendship The suitcase is an ugly beige. I shoved it under my bed years ago, after my mother...

A passionate ode to the mountains.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... A wise, tough mountain guide gave Alberta writer Sid Marty some precious climbing advice a long time ago: "Once you find a pace that works for you, it will work for your whole life." Value the trek upwards as much as the summit, Marty learned....

Piecing together the Canadian mosaic.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... The page count says it all - 1,334 of text, uninterrupted by maps, pictures or graphics. Certainly no light read for a lazy afternoon. But for anyone seeking detailed information on any of 130 peoples populating this country, it would be hard...

In the footsteps of the fossil hunters.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Paleontologists are often stereotyped as absent-minded bone hunters. They paw through the badlands in places with names like Scabby Butte, looking for the carcasses of long-dead monsters. There is some truth to this image. Paleontologists...

Canada takes silver.(International Geography Olympiad)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Students face stiff competition at International Geography Olympiad Few Canadians had heard the word "Papiamento" before 16-year-old Torontonian Mark Laurie offered it as the correct answer to the following question at the International...

Arctic oases and cultural beacons.(James W. Bourque Studentship in Northern Geography)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Scholarship winners probe northern wetlands and the demise of lighthouses and grain elevators Robert Hodgson was drawn to the Arctic as many geographers have been before him: alight with the desire to encounter the unknown. "It's more...

Rooted in Montreal's mysteries.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... It is not just the quarrel of languages, the pull of Europe and the nature of life on an island that make Montreal so unlike most Canadian cities. It's also the way that this city is steeped and enfolded in history - layers of it, more than 350...