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The Search for a Northwest Passage and Exploration of the Eastmain 1742 to 1749
In the period 1742 to 1749, the British renewed their search for a northwest passage. Part of this involved exploring the « East Main » – the eastern shore of Hudson and James... -
Probing the Rivers on the North Shore of the St. Lawrence 1651 to 1664
Between 1651 and 1664, except for a few trader's agents, missionaries were the principal explorers in the lower reaches of some of the major rivers flowing from the north into... -
Familiarization with Inadequately Known Areas in Hudson Bay and James Bay...
Exploration in the period 1668 to 1689 was initiated by the re-emergence of the English in James Bay. This map shows the routes of seven expeditions into inadequately known... -
French Exploration in Abeyance 1691 to 1729
The period 1691 to 1729 was a time of relative inactivity for exploration in areas of concern to New France and England. The main journeys were out of Louisiana to explore the... -
Exploration West and Southwest Beyond the Great Lakes 1673 to 1688
Exploration in the period 1673 to 1688 was dominated by the return of the intendant, Jean Talon, to New France. In order to keep out the English and promote the fur trade to... -
Exploration of the Rivers to James Bay 1671 to 1686
Exploration in the period 1671 to 1686 was dominated by the return of the intendant, Jean Talon, to New France. In order to keep out the English and promote the fur trade to... -
Early Probes of the North Pacific Coast 1741
In 1741, along the Pacific coast, the first Russian probes reached the Aleutian Islands and the Alaskan mainland. These were the expeditions of Bering (1741) and Chirikov... -
The Search for a Western Passage c1519 to 1527
The second phase of exploration of what is now Canada lasted from 1519 to 1533. During that period, explorers charted the Atlantic Coast in search of a western passage to Asia.... -
The Search for a Northwest Passage 1576 to 1587
The fourth phase of exploration in what is now Canada consisted of Frobisher's three voyages (1576, 1577 and 1578) and the two voyages of Davis (1586 and 1587) made in search of... -
Climate Warming - Global Winter Temperature Scenario: 2100
A simulation of projected changes in December to February mean temperatures from the period 1975 to 1995 to the period 2080 to 2100 is shown on this map. There would be... -
Initial Penetration of the St. Lawrence Valley 1534 to 1583
The third phase of exploration in what is now Canada consisted of the initial penetration of the St. Lawrence valley. This was initiated by Jacques Cartier in two voyages - 1534... -
Flood Extent Polygon - Fredericton, New Brunswick - 2015-05-04 22:21:37Z
The flood extent products are derived from satellite imagery with a system developed and operated by the Earth Sciences Sector (ESS) of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan). This... -
The Atlantic Coast and Saint Lawrence River 1603 to 1607
Champlain's resource surveys of the Atlantic Coast and Saint Lawrence River between 1603 and1607 were the first exploration in this area since Cartier and Bellenger. This map... -
The Arctic Coast and Hudson Bay 1610 to 1632
In the period from 1610 to 1632, English navigators explored Hudson Strait and Hudson Bay. This map shows the routes of seven explorers: Hudson (1610 to 1611), Button (1612 to... -
The Arctic Coast 1602 to 1606
In the early seventeenth century, there were two voyages that explored the Labrador coastline and southern Baffin Island. These voyages were by Waymouth (1602) and Knight... -
Initial Probes 1497 to 1501
This map shows the first phase of exploration of what is now Canada, which was largely confined to the east coast of the island of Newfoundland and to southeastern Labrador.... -
The Atlantic Coast, Saint Lawrence River and Eastern Great Lakes 1609 to 1628
Between 1609 and 1628, European explorers charted more unknown waters along the Atlantic Coast, and also penetrated down the St. Lawrence River into the eastern Great Lakes. The... -
Aboriginal Peoples circa 1823
This map shows the distribution of Aboriginal peoples at the height of British rule when the Hudson's Bay Company dominated the fur trade. Ethnohistorical societies are... -
Canada 1-km, 10-day, SPOT/VEGETATION composites for growing season-2004-07-09
As part of the climate change research, data from the SPOT/VEGETATION instrument are systematically corrected for period 1998-2004 and provided in this archive. The VGT archive... -
Aboriginal Peoples circa 1740
This map shows the distribution of Aboriginal peoples early in the eighteenth century after a hundred years of Aboriginal-European contact at the time of the French Regime....