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» 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.




» The Beaver: Canada's History Magazine - Publication of Canada's National History Society, devoted to popularizing Canadian history and to make Canadians more aware and appreciative of their past.




» Bite Size Canada - History, trivia, facts all about Canada, with some online games as well.




» Canada - A Collector's Passion: The Peter Winkworth Collection - An exhibition of the Peter Winkworth Collection, a nationally significant, rare, and valuable art collection that documents more than four centuries of Canadian history.




» 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.




» 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.




» Canadian Heritage Gallery - Collection of photographs, documents, illustrations, and maps highlighting Canadian history.




» Canadian History Portal - A guide to materials on Canadian history in digital format. Content is supervised by an expert editorial board.




» Canadian War Brides of World War Two - 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.




» 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.




» Canadian Women's History Month - Information about how Canadian women gained full legal status as 'persons'.




» Catherine de Hueck Doherty - Pioneer of Catholic interracial and social justice, author, and foundress of the Madonna House Apostolate based in Combermere, Ontario.




» CBC Archives - Hundreds of radio and television clips from the archives of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.




» Crossing the Bar - An online exhibition on the history of women lawyers in Ontario.




» CultureCanada.gc.ca - Historic Sites - Government of Canada's bilingual directory of links on historic sites in Canada.




» Diary of a Student and Teacher - 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.




» The Dominion Institute - Works to develop the shared memory and pride in the nation's accomplishments among Canadians, through educational programs, surveys and polls, and documentaries.




» 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.




» The Famous Five - A National Archives exhibit on the 1927-1929 "Persons Case" in which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council declared women to be "persons".




» 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.




» Flickr: Canadian History - This site is dedicated to documenting the various historic sites of Canada.




» Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History - A collection of historical documents, photographs, maps and multimedia that enable users to investigate mysteries in Canadian history.




» Heroines.ca - A guide to women in Canadian history with biographies, quotes, and links to related resources for students, teachers and history buffs.




» Historic Hudson's Bay Heritage - Presents stories, information and photographs about the Hudson's Bay Company and Canada's early history.




» 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.




» Historical Highways Society of Ontario - A society devoted to the preservation of Ontario's treasured Provincial Highway system.




» The History of Ontario's King's Highways - 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.




» 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.




» 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.




» Important Moments In Canadian History - From prehistory to present, brief descriptions of the important events in Canadian history.




» 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.




» Macphail, Agnes Campbell - Biographical information concerning first female member of Canadian parliament and Ontario Legislature, forum, photos and link.




» National Historic Sites of Canada - A directory to National Historic sites in Canada, with links where available.




» New France New Horizons - 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.




» The Nunavut voyages of Martin Frobisher - 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.




» Origins of the name, Canada - A passage from the Canadian Encyclopedia describes the origins of the name, "Canada".




» Our Roots: Canadian Digital Local Histories - An online library, archive, museum and school all in one providing Canadian local histories and educational resources.




» Pathfinders and Passageways - Details about the discovery and exploration of Canada with emphasis on explorers and mapmakers.




» Pogey - A brief investigation into the origin and meaning of the word "Pogey" (Employment Insurance payments). [PDF]




» Quebecers, Catholic Clergy, Manitoba School Question, 1890-1916 - Includes documentation of Manitoba school legislation of 1890, which was regarded as anti-Catholic, and involvement of Quebecers in the controversy. [English and French]




» The 1837 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.




» The Road Scholar - A site dedicated to Ontario's historical trails, pioneer roads, byways and highways, as well as horseless carriages.




» Roughing It In The Bush - Book and poems of pioneer life by Susanna Moodie.




» The Shingwauk Project - Historical photos and documents of the Shingwauk Indian Residential School, with information about the Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association.




» Status of Women Canada - Women's History Month - Lists themes, news releases and products for the annual Women's History month, which is celebrated each October.




» Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill - 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).




» Territorial Evolution of Canada - Provides maps that depict the evolution of the nation's international, provincial and territorial boundaries from 1667 through 1999.




» Virtual Museum of New France - Information about explorers, natives, European settlers, and chronology of the settling of New France.




» Work Through Time - Cape Breton Stories of Land and Sea - A series of studies of Cape Breton Island culture to show that work is more than earning a living, it expresses values and involves people in relationships with their environment and communities.

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