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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
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
Book and poems of pioneer life by Susanna Moodie.
www.canadiana.org
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
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
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
A guide to materials on Canadian history in digital format. Content is supervised by an expert editorial board.
www.canadianhistory.ca
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
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
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
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
Collection of photographs, documents, illustrations, and maps highlighting Canadian history.
www.canadianheritage.org
A passage from the Canadian Encyclopedia describes the origins of the name, "Canada".
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com
Story of the pioneer homesteaders of Ladder Valley in Saskatchewan, Canada. Contains autobiographies, photos and links for further reading.
www.mixedbunch.com
Our Roots: Canadian Digital Local Histories
An online library, archive, museum and school all in one providing Canadian local histories and educational resources.
www.ourroots.ca