Author(s): Maureen Ann Owens
Format: Paperback
No. of Pages: 56
Publisher: Kids Can Press
Language: English
Date Published: 2009-09-01
Dimensions: 228.6 x 297.18 x 10.16mm
Publication City/Country: Ontario, Canada
Edition:
Illustrations: Maps; Illustrations, color

From Native peoples in search of new hunting grounds to European fishermen out for bigger catches, explorers were drawn to Canada for many reasons. They discovered a vast and mysterious land that took hundreds of years to explore and map. But the story of Canadian exploration is about a lot more than mapping wilderness. With no new lands left to discover, present-day explorers focus on outer space, the ocean and the preservation of Earth's changing ecosystems.