Gulf Islands
Once a backcountry refuge, British Columbia’s mellow archipelago is now home to a new national park reserve and some of the highestpriced real estate in Canada
By Alisa Smith with photography by Ilja Herb
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CG In-depth: British Columbia’s Gulf Islands

Convent conversions
As Montréal’s Sisters of Charity decline in number and health, they face wrenching decisions over their future
By Marian Scott with photography by Pierre St. Jacques
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Additional stories about the Grey Nuns »

Narwhal hunters
Riding the floe edge, dining on caribou eyeballs and waiting for the unicorn of the sea
Story and photography by Margo Pfeiff
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The inside story
National Atlas centennial, New leadership at CG, Iceman Jerry Kobalenko speaks, Tree-free magazine, Speaking for the spotted owl

Editor’s notebook
Islands on the edge

Contributors
Meet our writers and photographers

Reverberations
Kiwi comments, Eternity club, The buzz, Ire rising

Discovery
Going for grapes, Gap in the weather system, Holy house of art, Where the birds are, House of the future, Sixteenth-century adventurers, Ma and Pa bison’s babies, School of green thought, Dispatches

Explorer
Bullied by bison in Elk Island National Park
By Lisa Gregoire
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À la carte
Quebec, Ontario and the New England states are splashed with autumn’s vibrant colour palette
By Jodi Di Menna

Reviews
Feeding epidemic fever, Farley Mowat finds love on the rocks, Map stories

Re:sources
Find resources on the stories in this issue

On the horizon
Eight thousand years down

Mosaic
Nova Scotia folk art
Photography by Dale Wilson

In Habitat
The sea song of a Saskatoon boatbuilder
By Allan Casey