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CBC Archives - http://archives.cbc.ca/
Hundreds of radio and television clips from the archives of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. |
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Our Roots: Canadian Digital Local Histories - http://www.ourroots.ca/
An online library, archive, museum and school all in one providing Canadian local histories and educational resources. |
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Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History - http://www.canadianmysteries.ca/
A collection of historical documents, photographs, maps and multimedia that enable users to investigate mysteries in Canadian history. |
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Canadian Geographical Names - http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/
Interactive and authoritative source of data with over 350,000 official and formerly official geographical names available in both English and French. |
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The Dominion Institute - http://www.dominion.ca/
Works to develop the shared memory and pride in the nation's accomplishments among Canadians, through educational programs, surveys and polls, and documentaries. |
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National Historic Sites of Canada - http://www.pc.gc.ca/progs/lhn-nhs/index_E.asp
A directory to National Historic sites in Canada, with links where available. |
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The Beaver: Canada's History Magazine - http://www.thebeaver.ca/
Publication of Canada's National History Society, devoted to popularizing Canadian history and to make Canadians more aware and appreciative of their past. |
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Status of Women Canada - Women's History Month - http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/dates/whm-mhf/index-eng.html
Lists themes, news releases and products for the annual Women's History month, which is celebrated each October. |
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The Barren Lands Digital Collection - http://link.library.utoronto.ca/tyrrell/
Photographs, maps, and documents from two exploratory surveys conducted by J.B. Tyrrell of the region west of Hudson Bay. |
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New France New Horizons - http://www.archivescanadafrance.org/english/accueil_en.html
Marking the 400th anniversary of the French presence in North America in 2004, France and Canada have created this portal to a virtual exhibition and a database containing more than one million images. |
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Heroines.ca - http://www.heroines.ca/
A guide to women in Canadian history with biographies, quotes, and links to related resources for students, teachers and history buffs. |
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Territorial Evolution of Canada - http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/023001-2101-e.html
Provides maps that depict the evolution of the nation's international, provincial and territorial boundaries from 1667 through 1999. |
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Canadian War Brides of World War Two - http://www.canadianwarbrides.com/
The history of the Canadian War Brides of World War Two; 48,000 British and European women who met and married Canadian servicemen overseas between 1940-1946 and who came to Canada to live at the end of the war. |
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Historic Hudson's Bay Heritage - http://www.hbc.com/hbcheritage/
Presents stories, information and photographs about the Hudson's Bay Company and Canada's early history. |
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In Pursuit of Adventure: Fur Trade in Canada and the North West Company - http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/nwc
A scholarly site illustrates and documents heroic age of fur trade. Examines exploits of the North West Company and other Montreal-based fur trading companies. Includes full texts of manuscripts known as the Masson Papers from 1790 -1820. |
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Important Moments In Canadian History - http://web.ubc.ca/okanagan/creative/links/his_home.html
From prehistory to present, brief descriptions of the important events in Canadian history. |
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The Canadian West - http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/canadian-west/index-e.html
The National Archives of Canada presents this virtual exhibition. A gateway to the large-scale digitization of selected holdings. Topics include the fur trade, scientific expeditions, aboriginal claims and urbanization. |
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History of the Northwest Coast - http://www.hallman.org/indian/.www.html
Significant events and history of the people of the northwest Canada from 1774 to present day. Includes journal entries from Captain Cook, fur traders, Indian prophets, and ethnographers. |
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Canada - A Collector's Passion: The Peter Winkworth Collection - http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/art/index-e.html
An exhibition of the Peter Winkworth Collection, a nationally significant, rare, and valuable art collection that documents more than four centuries of Canadian history. |
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Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill - http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/moodie-traill/index-e.html
The conditions and challenges of emigrants' lives in 19th-century Canada as reflected in the lives and writings of Catharine Parr Traill(1802-99) and Susanna Moodie (1803-85). |
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The Shingwauk Project - http://www.shingwauk.auc.ca/
Historical photos and documents of the Shingwauk Indian Residential School, with information about the Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association. |
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Exploration, the Fur Trade and Hudson's Bay Company - http://www.canadiana.org/hbc/
All about the fur trade in Canada, and how it led to the exploration of Canada, as well as the formation of the oldest and largest company in Canadian history: Hudson's Bay Company. |
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Historical Atlas of Canada Online Learning Project - http://www.historicalatlas.ca/
Maps, graphs and text based on print volumes and redesigned for online, interactive viewing. Includes downloadable data in tabular form as well as printable map images. |
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Canadian Heritage Gallery - http://www.canadianheritage.org/
Collection of photographs, documents, illustrations, and maps highlighting Canadian history. |
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Flickr: Canadian History - http://www.flickr.com/groups/canadianhistory/
This site is dedicated to documenting the various historic sites of Canada. |
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Canadian History Portal - http://www.canadianhistory.ca
A guide to materials on Canadian history in digital format. Content is supervised by an expert editorial board. |
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Canadian Confederation - http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/
Tells how Canada came to be, from the original four provinces in 1867 to the present. Historical essays showcase documents, articles and photographs. |
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Canadian Women's History Month - http://victoria.tc.ca/Community/Whist
Information about how Canadian women gained full legal status as 'persons'. |
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The Nunavut voyages of Martin Frobisher - http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/frobisher/frint01e.shtml
Frobisher's expeditions to Nunavut in the Arctic are described as well as the search for a Northwest Passage to Asia, the first mining venture in Canada, and the earliest attempt by the English to establish a colony in the New World. |
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The History of Ontario's King's Highways - http://www.thekingshighway.ca/
Historical and informational site, showing original highway routes from 1925-Date, old signs, and lots of old photographs. For convenience, highway mileage charts are listed. |
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Catherine de Hueck Doherty - http://www.catherinedoherty.org/life/
Pioneer of Catholic interracial and social justice, author, and foundress of the Madonna House Apostolate based in Combermere, Ontario. |
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Crossing the Bar - http://rc.lsuc.on.ca/library/Crossing%20the%20Bar/Crossing%20the%20Bar%20intro.htm
An online exhibition on the history of women lawyers in Ontario. |
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The Road Scholar - http://www.roadscholar.on.ca/
A site dedicated to Ontario's historical trails, pioneer roads, byways and highways, as well as horseless carriages. |
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Roughing It In The Bush - http://www.canadiana.org/cgi-bin/ECO/mtq?doc=26276
Book and poems of pioneer life by Susanna Moodie. |
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The 1837 Rebellions - http://www.edunetconnect.com/cat/rebellions/
Information about the 1837 Mackenzie-Papineau rebellions that rocked Upper and Lower Canada. Chronology, biographies of the leaders, background, reactions, aftermath and other information. |
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Diary of a Student and Teacher - http://www.alittlehistory.com/Vi-begin.htm
A first hand account of the lifestyle of college students from 1900 to 1905; includes the first person experiences of a young school teacher in Saskatchewan. |
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Historical Highways Society of Ontario - http://www.hhso.ca/
A society devoted to the preservation of Ontario's treasured Provincial Highway system. |
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Bite Size Canada - http://www.bitesizecanada.org/
History, trivia, facts all about Canada, with some online games as well. |
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Macphail, Agnes Campbell - http://www.clanphail.org/roots/agnes_mcphail/
Biographical information concerning first female member of Canadian parliament and Ontario Legislature, forum, photos and link. |
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History of the British American Oil Company. - http://www.britishamericanoil.ca/history.html
Traces history and development of this firm from creation in Toronto up to its takeover by Gulf Canada in 1969. |
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Fenians and Canada in 1860s - http://www.fenians-nky.com/history.htm
Describes Fenian plans in the 1860s to attain control of what is now Canada and hold it in ransom for the freedom of Ireland. |
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http://home.comcast.net/~russ1980/stuff/Pogey.pdf - http://home.comcast.net/~russ1980/stuff/Pogey.pdf
A brief investigation into the origin and meaning of the word "Pogey" (Employment Insurance payments). |
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Quebecers, Catholic Clergy, Manitoba School Question, 1890-1916 - http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/docs/manitoba/
Includes documentation of Manitoba school legislation of 1890, which was regarded as anti-Catholic, and involvement of Quebecers in the controversy. [English and French] |
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CultureCanada.gc.ca - Historic Sites - http://culturecanada.gc.ca/display.cfm?lang=eng&prov=21&category=7
Government of Canada's bilingual directory of links on historic sites in Canada. |
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Origins of the name, Canada - http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&ArticleId=A0001216
A passage from the Canadian Encyclopedia describes the origins of the name, "Canada". |