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- 19th Century Lower St. Lawrence Maritime History - Sell a maritime history CD and includes a collection of links describing selected events and historic details.
www.geocities.com/grbosse.geo
- Another Brick in the Wall - A Canadian history and social studies link page geared towards teachers and students. The site covers a number of different topics but the focus is on Canada.
www.geocities.com/scottamckillop/index.htm
- ArchiviaNet - Research tool provides access to databases created by the National Archives of Canada. Includes finding aids for textual and audiovisual records ranging from the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Post Offices, government records, census, home children to Dominion land grants.
www.archives.ca/02/0201_e.html
- Art 2 life: the Canadian Century - An interactive timeline brings 100 years of art, people events in Canada to life.
www.art2life.ca
- Canada History - Offers historical information, documents, maps, opinions and views of Canadian History. Provides visual, period, political, conflict and document based perspectives.
www.canadahistory.com
- Canada in the Making - A collection of maps that represent Canada's transformation in the period prior to confederation.
www.canadiana.org/citm/period_maps/index.html
- Canada in the Making: First Nation's Treaties 1725-1867 - Explains the purpose of treaties formed between aboriginal peoples and the British Crown, and later the Canadian Government between 1725 and 1923.
www.canadiana.org/citm/treaties/1725-1867.html
- Canada's National History Society - Aims to make Canadians more aware and appreciative of their heritage. Publisher of the Beaver magazine and historical booklet series.
www.historysociety.ca
- Canada, Confederation to Present - Multimedia CD-ROM and integrated website on Canada, Confederation to Present.
www.chinookmultimedia.com/poccd
- Canadian Heritage Information Network - A gateway to museums, galleries and heritage information in Canada. Offers virtual exhibitions, artefacts, and reference tools and resources. Provided by the Department of Canadian Heritage.
www.chin.gc.ca/e_main_menu.html
- Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions - Established in 1978 to locate early printed Canadian materials (books, annuals, and periodicals), to preserve their content on microfilm, and to make the resulting collections available to libraries and archives in Canada and abroad.
www.nlc-bnc.ca/cihm/cihm.htm
- CanPix Gallery - Pictures and audiovisual resources for Canadian Studies. Offers images of people, places, events, culture, flags, coats of arms, flowers and maps. Also offers the national anthem.
www.nelson.com/nelson/school/discovery/images/ncddimag.htm
- CanQuiz Canadian Quizmaster - History resources for global and Canadian studies; timeline chronology, elibrary, images and quiz.
207.61.100.164/canquiz/index.html
- CanText eLibrary - A collection of original resources for Canadian Studies. Offers speeches and addresses, proclamations, charters, acts, treaties, policies and other historic documents from 987 AD to the present.
www.nelson.com/nelson/school/discovery/cantext/cantext.htm
- Civilization.ca - Virtual Collections Storage - Collections of objects of historical or cultural significance, which help define Canada's national heritage.
www.civilization.ca/collect/csintroe.html
- Culture Canada: History - Canada - Links to government and other sites on Canadian History
www.culturecanada.gc.ca/chdt/interface/interface2.nsf/engdocBasic/8.html
- Early Canadiana Online - A project to provide enhanced access to Canada's published heritage. Offers a full text online collection of over 3,000 books and pamphlets documenting Canadian history from the first European contact to the late 19th century.
www.canadiana.org
- H-Canada: Canadian History and Studies - A discussion group for scholars including publication reviews, calls for papers and resource links.
www2.h-net.msu.edu/~canada
- Historica - A showcase of resources and classroom projects that help improve knowledge of Canadian history.
www.histori.ca
- Index to Federal Royal Commissions - Includes reports, briefs, submissions, evidence, working papers and other documents associated with more than 200 Commissions that have taken place since Confederation.
www.nlc-bnc.ca/indexcommissions/index_e.htm
- National Archives of Canada - Preserves Canada's archival heritage through a wide variety of means - publications, exhibitions, special events, as well as reference and researcher services.
www.archives.ca
- Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage - Comprehensive survey of geography, culture, peoples and politics of Newfoundland and Labrador from its Aboriginal roots to present times. Includes a glossary, gazeteer and games and original images.
www.heritage.nf.ca
- Northwest Journal - Provides detailed, well documented and referenced information for Canadian fur trade era re-enactors, historic site interpreters, and educators.
www.northwestjournal.ca/abtnwj.html
- Online Resources for Canadian Heritage - Web-based resources in the fields of archaeology, ethnology, history and folk culture.
www.civilization.ca/membrs/biblio/orch/www00_e.html
- Special Editions of Canadian Newspapers - Selection of special colour supplements produced by newspapers for more than a century to mark important events.
www.nlc-bnc.ca/2/14
- The Barren Lands: J.B. Tyrrell's Expeditions, 1892-1894 - Photo essay and digital collection relating to Tyrrell's expedition to present-day Nunavut. Over 5000 searchable images including correspondence, diaries, expedition maps, photos, field notebooks and published texts.
digital.library.utoronto.ca/Tyrrell
- The Beaver Magazine - A Canadian history magazine for a general audience interested in the history of Canada.
www.historysociety.ca/english/thebeaver
- The Great Canadian Questions - Designed for students, teachers and Canadians concerned with the role and character of history in contemporary Canada. Featuring debates on Great Canadian Questions between notable Canadian intellectuals.
schoolnet.ca/greatquestions/e/index.html
- The History of Canada - Provides an overview of Canada's history from the Discovery of Canada to Native Peoples issues.
www.linksnorth.com/canada-history
- Trails - Images Canada - Explore historic images of Canada and Canadians. Pre-selected searches offer 50 to 300 images on various topics or themes, such as ships, fishing, wildlife and more.
www.imagescanada.ca/r1-205-e.html
- W. H. Pugsley Collection of Early Canadian Maps - Set of 50 maps tells the story of the discovery and exploration of North America.
digital.library.mcgill.ca/pugsley
- Yzowl's Truly Canadian Links & Information - Comprehensive web site full of information and resources about Canada, the history, the government, the land, the economy, and the people. From coast to coast, Discover what Canada is all about!
trulycanadian.freeservers.com
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