Canada’s first parks
Where have our national parks been and where are they going?
By Adam Shoalts
PLUS: Park wardens speak about what wilderness means to them.
Preserving the night sky
With light pollution from cities threatening our view of the Milky Way, Jasper National Park is helping lead the way in preserving darkness
By Peter McMahon with photography by Yuichi Takasaka
PLUS: Get tips on celestial photography, find First Nations star stories and the best stargazing smartphone apps
Apps in the park
With attendance down, Parks Canada looks to smartphone technology to get urbanites out exploring historic sites and the wilderness
By Graham Lanktree with illustration by Ksenia Nigmanova
PLUS: See what the neighbourhoods are like around the
Lachine Canal.
Conserving the red knot
Quebec’s Mingan archipelago is a pivotal migratory refuelling station for this highly endangered shorebird and a natural laboratory for the scientists trying to save it
By Andrew Westoll with photography by Robert Baronet
PLUS: Watch Parks Canada’s efforts to
save the piping plover in P.E.I. National Park.
Art in the park
With inspired eyes, artists reinterpret geography and show national parks in a new light
By Amy Kenny
Witness the birth of a national park
A wilderness trekker explores the genesis of the next jewel in the Parks Canada crown: Labrador’s Mealy Mountains
By Jerry Kobalenko
PLUS: People displaced by new parks tell their story
History
How do you update the site of one of the most horrific events of human suffering on Canadian soil?
By Peter Black
Expeditions
Lost looking for Franklin’s crew, wreck discovered after 157 years
By Brian Payton
Technology
New technology reveals details of rock inscriptions
By Brad Himour
Participation
Artifact restoration, endangered species monitoring get boost from volunteers, says Parks Canada
By Kelly Greig
Timeline
From Grey Owl to Chrétien and beyond, 100 years of Parks Canada
By Adam Shoalts
