CANADIAN GEOGRAPHIC & THE GROUP OF SEVEN

Canadian Geographic’s relationship with the Group of Seven goes back to our very first issue in May 1930. You can read the republished story (page 40), featuring the first Arctic adventure of A.Y. Jackson, a founding fellow of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society. In the years since, Can Geo covered both the group, as they traversed the geography of Canada, and their art.

Clockwise from top left: Arthur Lismer by Robert Ayre, December 1946 issue (previous page); The Solemn Land by J.E.H Macdonald, September 1946 issue; map showing the railways and roads that crisscrossed Jasper National Park when the Group were painting, October 1930 issue; Northern River by Tom Thomson, October 1946 issue; Yellowknife Bay by A.Y. Jackson, January 1957 issue.

Previous page, clockwise from top: Jasper National Park by R.W. Cautley, Mount Edit Cavell by A.Y. Jackson, October 1930 issue; Rain in the North Country by Arthur Lismer, May 1959; Pyramid Mountain by A.Y. Jackson, October 1930 issue.

This page, clockwise from top left: April, Petite Rivière by A.y.jackon, December 1948; Malign Lake by A.Y. Jackson, October 1930 issue; Jasper National Park by R.W. Cautley, Amethyst Lake by A.Y. Jackson, October 1930 issue.

Clockwise from top left: The Golden Glade by Franz Johnston, October 1957 issue (previous page); Jasper National Park by R.W. Cautley, Mount Robson (from a photograph), October 1930 issue; Afternoon Sun, Lake Superior by Lawren S. Harris, June 1947; Jasper National Park by R.W. Cautley, The Athabaska Valley by A.Y. Jackson, October 1930 issue.