PHOTO ESSAY
Fire power
A ravaged landscape in northern Quebec reveals the destructive beauty of fire
Photography by Benoit Aquin

RESOURCES
Battling the dragon
How Saskatchewan is getting the jump on boreal forest fires
By Michael Clugston with photography by Todd Korol
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In Depth: Canada's burning bush

PROFILE
Scene setter
Thundering buffalo on the plains, mountain goats on a ledge: Clarence Tillenius has created the illusion of life in the wild for museums across Canada
By Dane Lanken
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URBAN LIFE
Calgary on stampede
Boots, broncos, beer: rodeo city unleashes its inner cowboy
Photography by David Campion with text by Sandra Shields
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HISTORY
Solving a 156-year-old mystery
No trace has ever been found of Sir John Franklin's two ships. Until now. Meet Dave Woodman, whose search may make history this summer.
By Bruce Grierson
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The inside story
News from The Royal Canadian Geographical Society

Editor's notebook
Burn season

Contributors
Meet our writers and photographers

Reverberations
Caribou matters, New solutions for an old city, When time stands still

Discovery
Bug-free mosquitoes, No forest is an island, Far-from-home game, Faux feathered friends, Unloaded for bear, Tidal tug-of-war, Heat springs eternal, Granddaddy of all cranes, Mapping a lost river, Gargoyles' return

À la carte
West Nile moves west

Reviews
History for kids, Life on the Jade Coast, The rush for Arctic gems, Prince George's forestry legacy

Re:sources
An information guide to stories in this issue

On the horizon
A great lake?

Mosaic
Gravel-pit resorts
By Wanita Bates

In Habitat
Under a flood-tide moon
By Gary L. Saunders