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- Canada and The War of 1812 - Article on the war of 1812 as well as photos of stamps issued to honor Isaac Brock, Laura Secord, Charles de Salaberry and Tecumseh.
www.rpsc.org/Library/1812/warof1812.htm
- Canadian Confederation - Tells how Canada came to be, from the original four provinces in 1867 to the present. Historical essays showcase documents, articles and photographs.
www.nlc-bnc.ca/2/18/index-e.html
- Canadian Geographical Names. - Interactive and authoritative source of data with over 350,000 official and formerly official geographical names available in both English and French.
whistler.ccm.nrcan.gc.ca
- Canadian Heritage Gallery - Collection of photographs, documents, illustrations, and maps highlighting Canadian history.
www.canadianheritage.org
- Canadian History Portal - A guide to materials on Canadian history in digital format. Content is supervised by an expert editorial board.
www.canadianhistory.ca
- Canadian Labour History: 1850-1999 - The Canadian Museum of Civilization traces the history of Canadian Labour with the aim of showing how it served its members while forcing broader reforms.
www.civilization.ca/hist/labour/lab01e.html
- CultureCanada.gc.ca - Historic Sites - Government of Canada's bilingual directory of links on historic sites in Canada.
culturecanada.gc.ca/chdt/interface/interface2.nsf/engdocBasic/7.html
- Emigration and Bush Life - The conditions and challenges of emigrants' lives in 19th-century Canada as reflected in the lives and writings of Catharine Parr Traill(180299) and Susanna Moodie (180385).
www.nlc-bnc.ca/moodie-traill/t1-3100-e.html
- Exploration, the Fur Trade and Hudson's Bay Company - 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.
www.canadiana.org/hbc
- Fenians and Canada in 1860s - Describes Fenian plans in the 1860s to attain control of what is now Canada and hold it in ransom for the freedom of Ireland.
www.irishclans.com/articles/fenians.html
- Historic Hudson's Bay Company - Presents stories, information and photographs about the Hudson's Bay Company and Canada's early history.
www.hbc.com/hbc/e_hi/tales/tales.htm
- Historical Atlas of Canada Online Learning Project - 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.
mercator.geog.utoronto.ca/hacddp/page1.htm
- History of Royal Bank of Canada - Follow the story of how Royal Bank grew from a small Halifax bank into a national financial institution, from 1864 to the present.
www.royalbank.com/history
- History of the British American Oil Company. - Traces history and development of this firm from creation in Toronto up to its takeover by Gulf Canada in 1969.
www.britishamericanoil.ca/history.html
- History of the Northwest Coast - 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.
www.hallman.org/indian/.www.html
- Important Moments In Canadian History - From prehistory to present. Brief descriptions of the important events in Canadian history.
www.arts.okanagan.bc.ca/finearts/his_home.html
- In Pursuit of Adventure: Fur Trade in Canada and the North West Company - 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.
digital.library.mcgill.ca/nwc
- National Historic Sites of Canada - An alphabetical list of national historic sites in Canada. Offers links to these sites as well.
parkscanada.pch.gc.ca/parks/alpha2e.htm
- Nova Scotia National Historic Sites - Click on a link to one of the many designated Parks Canada National Historic Sites in the Province.
parkscanada.pch.gc.ca/parks/Ns_nhs_e.htm
- Origins of the name, Canada - A passage from the Canadian Encyclopedia describes the origins of the name, "Canada".
www.tceplus.com/canada.htm
- Parks Canada - This Week in History - Weekly presentation on aspects of Canadian history related to commemorations by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada and National Parks.
parkscanada.pch.gc.ca/thisweek/thisweeke.cfm
- Pathfinders and Passageways - Details about the discovery and exploration of Canada with emphasis on explorers and mapmakers.
www.nlc-bnc.ca/2/24/index-e.html
- Quebecers, Catholic Clergy, Manitoba School Question, 1890-1916 - Extensive documentation of Manitoba school legislation of 1890, which was regarded as anti-Catholic, and involvement of Quebecers in the controversy. Bilingual site.
www2.marianopolis.edu/quebechistory/docs/manitoba/index.htm
- Roughing It In The Bush - Book and poems of pioneer life by Susanna Moodie.
www.canadiana.org/cgi-bin/ECO/mtq?doc=26276
- Territorial Evolution of Canada - Provides maps that depict the evolution of the nation's international, provincial and territorial boundaries from 1783 through 1905.
www.nlc-bnc.ca/2/18/h18-2101-e.html
- The 1837 Rebellions - Information about the 1837 Mackenzie-Papineau rebellions that rocked Upper and Lower Canada. Site includes chronology, biographies of the leaders, background, reactions, aftermath and other information.
www.edunetconnect.com/cat/rebellions
- The Barren Lands Digital Collection - Photographs, maps, and documents from two exploratory surveys conducted by J.B. Tyrrell of the region west of Hudson Bay.
digital.library.utoronto.ca/Tyrrell
- The Canadian West - 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.
www.archives.ca/05/0529_e.html
- The Nunavut voyages of Martin Frobisher - Frobisher's expeditions to Nunavut in Arctic Canada 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.
www.civilization.ca/hist/frobisher/frint01e.html
- Winnipeg General Strike - Natalia Beszterda describes what happened during the Winnipeg General Strike in 1919.
198.169.128.1/business/cupe1975/burs4.html
- Winnipeg General Strike 1919 - Larry Zolf provides details of the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919.
cbc.ca/millennium/timelines/feature_generalstrike.html
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