Exploration/Expeditions

UNTIL WELL INTO THE 16TH CENTURY, EUROPE'S KNOWLEDGE of the nearest parts of North America was uncertain. It was Jacques Cartier's three voyages between 1534 and 1542 that helped discover the New World and began to give shape to Eastern Canada. Since then, many explorers have travelled the country to experience and uncover its infinite beauty. By the mid-19th century, most of the main geographical features of Canada were known and mapped. So, today, explorers challenge themselves and Mother Nature in hopes of finding new and exciting places and adventures to share with the world.

• Expeditions/Explorations: A look at some current explorations and expeditions funded by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.
• Geography on the job: Explorer John Dunn is always on the run

• Cabot's Trail : Cabot, cod and Newfoundland's first colonists (Canadian Geographic, July/August 1997)
• Archeological dilemma: Quebec's ancestral trail (Canadian Geographic, January/February 1996)

• CCGE Geography Resource Directory - Expeditions
• Marine Expeditions : Google search for sites about underwater adventures
• Special Expeditions : Google search for sites about unique adventures
• World Expeditions : Google search for sites that deal with expeditions around the world
• International Expeditions : Google search for sites about expeditions occuring outside of Canada

• Space Explorations : Google search for sites that focus on out-of-this-world adventures
• Ocean Explorations : Google search for sites that dive into their adventures
• Canyon Explorations : Come and explore the great canyons (Google search)