The island more Scottish than Scotland
Revivals of Gaelic traditions have come and gone on Cape Breton Island over the decades, but the ceilidh, a ‘kitchen party’ with food, music and dance, is alive and well today.
Where to drink the world's purest water
Icebergs coming down from the Davis Strait often get stuck just north of the Arctic Circle in Qikiqtarjuaq, where people drink the purest water in the world.
The remote village surrounded by gold
For more than 100 years, Dawson City has lured adventurous souls and nomadic wanderers with the promise of golden opportunities and the possibility of striking it rich.
The village that time almost forgot
Driving along Highway 13, it was once easy to pass by Forget (pronounced ‘for-jay’) without much notice. But today, people drive four hours each way just to come for dinner.
The island of 1,000 shipwrecks
Between 500 and 1,000 shipwrecks were recorded around Quebec’s isolated Magdalen Islands – and the descendants of the resilient survivors live to tell their stories.
An ice road mapped by dog sled
The first paths into Fort Chipewyan were forged by dog sleds. Life moved slowly then, but the creation of an ice road changed everything.
The defiant people of the 60th parallel
Two Yellowknife residents are using one-of-a-kind technology to connect communities separated by thousands of kilometres of ice and snow.
A spirited little island with a big job
If Newfoundland seems like a world removed from Canada, stepping foot onto Change Islands is something else entirely.