REGIONAL PROFILE
Valley roots
To most Canadians, Ottawa means Parliament Hill. But just upriver is another world.
By James Raffan with photography by David Barbour
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And always the river
Ottawa has grown up alongside its river to become a capital city that is home to almost a million people
By Phil Jenkins
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Capital celebration
A brief look back at Ottawa’s first 150 years
By Phil Jenkins
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE
CG In-depth: Welcome to the Ottawa Valley

POSTER MAP SUPPLEMENT
The Ottawa Valley
The region where Quebec greets Ontario is defined by a fierce sense of belonging

SPACE
World view
A Canadian astronaut shares his vision of space
Photography and story by Chris Hadfield
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WILDLIFE
Seabirds in the wake
Bilge oil illegally dumped on the Grand Banks kills about 300,000 birds annually. That’s like an Exxon Valdez every year.
By Harry Thurston
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The inside story
Caribou crusader, Team Canada gets bronzed, Development plans, High praise, CG chart toppers

Editor’s notebook
Into the Ottawa Valley

Contributors
Meet our writers and photographers

Reverberations
Rekindling the romance, Wildwood neighbours, Feats of science, Nuclear revisited, Who let the urbanites in?

Discovery
Global risk assessment, Ocean predators lose their bite, Wilderness by Wal-Mart, Science of sailing, Taking the pulse of Turtle Mountain, Man for all rivers, Dispatches

Explorer
A bike tour along Prince Edward Island’s Confederation Trail is a trip through island history
By Stephen Jermanok with photography by Barrett & Mackay

À la carte
Hurricane season is in full force. What fuels these sometimes deadly Atlantic storms?
By Sarah Mayes and Steven Fick

Reviews
Global marks humans make, Home on the wild Western steppe, Dreamy Vancouver

Re:sources
An information guide to stories in this issue

On the horizon
Tracing papa bear’s lineage

Mosaic
Quebec’s rainbow connection
Photography by Ryan Carter

In Habitat
Mountain man: Andrew (“Andy”) George Alexander Russell
By Sid Marty