{{Short description|Canadian adventure-travel publication}} {{Third-party|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox magazine | title = Outpost Magazine | logo = | logo_size = <!-- default is 180px --> | italic title = no | image_file = | image_size = | image_caption = | editor = Deborah Sanborn | publisher = Matt Robinson | category = Adventure, travel | frequency = Bi-monthly | founder = Christopher Frey | firstdate = 1996 | finaldate = 2022 | finalnumber = 130 | company = Outpost Travel Media | language = English | country = Canada | based = Toronto | website = {{url|outpostmagazine.com}} }} '''''Outpost Magazine''''' was a Canadian adventure-travel publication based out of Toronto, Ontario. Initially published six times a year, it was known for longform adventure narratives from across the world, often with a Canadian perspective.<ref name="OutpostMagazine">{{cite web|url=http://www.outpostmagazine.com|title=Outpost Travel Magazine and Travel Website|work=outpostmagazine.com|accessdate=9 March 2017}}</ref> While no formal announcement was made declaring its closure, Outpost published its 130th and final issue in early 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Outpost Magazine Issue 130 |url=https://the-outpost-shop.myshopify.com/products/outpost-magazine-issue-130 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=The Outpost Shop}}</ref> Its website and social media channels have not been updated since December 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Outpost Magazine on Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/outpostmagazine |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Outpost Magazine on Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/outpostmagazine |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=www.instagram.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Outpost Magazine on Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/outpostmagazine |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Twitter}}</ref>
==History== The first issue of ''Outpost'' was published in April 1996.<ref name="AboutUs">{{cite web|url=http://www.outpostmagazine.com/25-outpost-information/170-about-us-outpost-travel-magazine-and-travel-website|title=About Us - Our Story and Mission|last=Dan|work=outpostmagazine.com|accessdate=9 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=LinkedIn Login, Sign in |url=https://www.linkedin.com/ |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=LinkedIn |language=en-US}}</ref> Its founding editor was Christopher Frey.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-08-23 |title=Random House of Canada launches online magazine as part of digital overhaul - Quill and Quire |url=https://quillandquire.com/digital-publishing-and-technology/2012/08/23/random-house-of-canada-launches-online-magazine-as-part-of-digital-overhaul/ |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Quill and Quire - Canada's magazine of book news and reviews |language=en}}</ref> In 2006, Matthew Robinson took over as publisher after joining the sales team in 1997.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Scott |first=D. B. |date=2006-02-21 |title=The 50th Outpost |url=https://canadianmags.blogspot.com/2006/02/50th-outpost.html |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Canadian Magazines}}</ref>
''Outpost'' distinguished itself in the travel world by sending teams of travel writers and photographers on large-scale multi-day expeditions, eventually labeled "opXpeditions," to various countries such as Colombia, Jordan and Taiwan.<ref name="opX">{{cite web|url=http://www.opxpeditions.com/|title=Outpost opXpeditions|work=opxpeditions.com|accessdate=9 March 2017}}</ref> These trips occasionally took on a specific mission, such as retracing the Franklin's lost expedition in Nunavut.<ref name="Franklin">{{cite web|url=http://www.outpostmagazine.com/articles/47-the-lost-expedition-the-fall-of-franklin-s-men|title=opX: What Really Happened to Franklin?|first=Evan|last=Solomon|work=outpostmagazine.com|date=13 August 2014 |accessdate=9 March 2017}}</ref>
By the mid-2010s, these expeditions evolved into short video web series, focusing on destinations such as Peru<ref>{{Cite web |title=In From The Outpost – Adventuring the world one step at a time |url=https://infromtheoutpost.com/ |access-date=2024-05-13 |language=en-US}}</ref> and Thailand.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Site is being updated |url=https://www.tanyourmind.com/ |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Tan Your Mind - Travel For Real |language=en-US}}</ref> Its multimedia efforts expanded into a podcast miniseries, hosted by journalist Michael Fraiman, entitled "How to Make Money Travelling", which lasted for six episodes in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fraiman |first=Michael |date=2018-07-24 |title=How to Make Money as a Travelling Cartoonist |url=https://outpostmagazine.com/how-to-make-money-as-a-travelling-cartoonist/ |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Outpost Magazine |language=en-CA}}</ref>
In 2022, with no public announcement, Outpost published its final print edition and ceased updating its website.
== Notable contributors == * Evan Solomon, journalist * Les Stroud, producer, host and director of Survivorman * Jeff Fuchs, mountaineer and writer * Ian Wright (traveller), comedian * Daniel Puiatti, online editor * Christopher Frey, journalist * Scott Wilson, host of Departures (TV series) * Bruce Kirkby, Canadian adventurer, writer and photographer * Mateo Askaripour, author * Elspeth Beard, adventurer * Mikael Lindnord, former elite athlete
== Awards == ''Outpost'' has been nominated for several Canadian National Magazine Awards,<ref name="CNMA">{{cite web|url=http://magazine-awards.com/index.php?ci_id=1793&la_id=1%22Awards%22|title=Past Winners Archive|work=magazine-awards.com|accessdate=9 March 2017}}</ref> winning National Magazine of the Year in 2002. In addition, its contributors have earned the publication four gold medals, three silver medals and 19 honorable mentions.<ref name="CBC">[http://www.cbc.ca/albertaatnoon/episode/2012/01/27/travel-safety/ "CBC Interview with Simon Vaughan"]</ref>
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==External links== * {{official|http://www.outpostmagazine.com}}
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