These are websites relating to and about the history of the beautiful country of Canada and it's people.
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- 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.
- Heroines.ca A guide to women in Canadian history with biographies, quotes, and links to related resources for students, teachers and history buffs.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Our Roots: Canadian Digital Local Histories An online library, archive, museum and school all in one providing Canadian local histories and educational resources.
- CBC Archives Hundreds of radio and television clips from the archives of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
- 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.
- 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.
- National Historic Sites of Canada A directory to National Historic sites in Canada, with links where available.
- 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.
- Flickr: Canadian History This site is dedicated to documenting the various historic sites of Canada.
- 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.
- 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 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.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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".
- 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]
- Pathfinders and Passageways Details about the discovery and exploration of Canada with emphasis on explorers and mapmakers.
- Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History A collection of historical documents, photographs, maps and multimedia that enable users to investigate mysteries in Canadian history.
- Territorial Evolution of Canada Provides maps that depict the evolution of the nation's international, provincial and territorial boundaries from 1667 through 1999.
- Roughing It In The Bush Book and poems of pioneer life by Susanna Moodie.
- Hudson's Bay Heritage Presents stories, information and photographs about the Hudson's Bay Company and Canada's early history.
- 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.
- Virtual Museum of New France Information about explorers, natives, European settlers, and chronology of the settling of New France.
- Our Canada 150 Project National, not-for-profit collaborative campaign to celebrate Canada's 150th birthday in 2017 by encouraging Canadians of all ages and backgrounds to record their short and full-length personal, family and community histories.
- Ship Registrations, 1787-1966 Contains more than 78,000 entries of ships registered in ports of Canada between 1787 and 1966. Library and Archives Canada.
- ActiveHistory.ca Connects the work of historians with the public and current events.
- Canadian Orange Historical Site Canadian Orange Lodges are invited to submit a history of their lodge. To preserve Canada’s Orange history.