In this issue of Canadian Geographic, writer Monique Roy-Sole and award-winning photographer Benoit Aquin document the tenacity of Canada’s oldest industrial city, Trois-Rivières, which is attempting to reinvent itself while celebrating its 375th birthday. Writer Mark Abley explores another resurgence, that of Canada’s once-scorned Métis people, who are finding new strength and pride in their culture. And writer Heather Pringle digs into the fascinating story of archaeologist Pat Sutherland, whose work is shedding new light on the misunderstood relationship between Norse travellers and the Dorset in Canada’s Arctic.

PLUS: Meet the Canadian who’s bringing bike lanes to Mexico City’s snarled streets, and ride shotgun with a safety-conscious long-distance trucker.

Online exclusive: Trois-Rivières
In its 375th year, Trois-Rivières is reconnecting with the rivers that shaped it, drawing strength and renewed vitality. View a timeline of this boom and bust city, browse a photo gallery and listen to author MoniqueRoy-Sole discuss her approach to this story.

Strands of evidence
In Europe, the Vikings were feared as bloodthirsty pirates, but in the Canadian Arctic, a leading archaeologist reveals, their 11th-century voyages were about trading rather than raiding.
By Heather Pringle

Mixed blessings
Canada’s Métis population has grown fourfold in the past 20 years. The reason? Ordinary people are examining their ancestry and developing pride in their bloodlines. But some Métis leaders are resisting the uprising.
By Mark Abley with photography by Nayan Sthankiya

The inside story
Pictures worth thousands of words, A new editor for a new era, All the motivation in the world, Going beyond the book

Editor’s notebook
Exit, stage left

Contributors
Meet our writers and photographers

Reverberations
Throat-singers, What’s Innu name? Blight on Bloor, Working together, 14,000 phantom whales

Discovery
Life cycles, You pick, you pay, Local colour, Science depiction, Happy new sun cycle, The triumph of Captain Bob

À la carte
Shedding light on the unseen forces of global magnetism
By Steven Fick and Dan Rubinstein

Reviews
True North strong and free? The dark recess of the mines

On the horizon
Can wind power deliver clean energy and economic renewal?

Mosaic
Surge on the Saint John
Photography by Andrew Danson Danushevsky with text by Mark Anthony Jarman

In Habitat
Road rage
By Howard Wood