In 2001, at the
invitation of the J'Nikira Dinqinesh Education Centre, the National Archives
of Canada and the National Library of Canada commemorated the 150th
anniversary of the establishment of the Anti-Slavery Society of Canada in
1851 with this exhibition based on the collections of the two institutions.
(National Archives of Canada)
"This is the homepage
of CAIN, the Canadian Archival Information Network. Established in 2001,
CAIN was an initiative and creation of the Canadian Council of Archives.
CAIN is a searchable network of information about Canadian archives, with
descriptions of archival documents found in repositories across the country.
It is possible to search archival holdings across Canada and search results
bring up complete descriptive files of relevant collections, along with
contact information for their repositories. The site also provides access to
provincial and territorial archival networks, which can be accessed by
clicking on a map of the country. Users can click to outside links with
digitized photographs, maps, documents and online historical exhibits. In
this section there is a site of the day to highlight different exhibitions
and give site visitors an idea of the resources available. The site is easy
to navigate and should prove to be an invaluable starting point for
researchers in Canadian History, as well as genealogists, students and
members of the general public."
This site contains
lightly revised texts of the writings made by Samuel Hearne during his
explorations of Canada. In particular, 'Artic Dawn' makes available Hearne's
record of his search for the river Chipewyan between 1769 and 1772. Edited
by Rod Davidek, the text has been altered slightly - some place names have
been changed to their modern equivalents, sections considered redundant have
been removed, and syntax has occasionally been modified for clarity. The
editor introduces the site through a discussion of Hearne's career,
background on the native Indian populations with which he came into contact,
and information about Canadian wildlife.
This site documents
two exploratory surveys of the Barren Lands region west of Hudson Bay, in
northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan and the area now known as Nunavut.
Drawing on materials from the J.B. Tyrrell, James Tyrrell and related
collections at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto,
it includes over 5,000 images from original field notebooks, correspondence,
photographs, maps and published reports. (University of Toronto Libraries
Digital Collections)
A site dedicated to
tracking Internet and Web resources for the study of British Columbia's
history. Maintained by David Mattison.
(National
Archives of Canada)
A virtual tour of
this Canadian Museum of Civilization exhibition.
The history of Canada
through the words of men and women who shaped the nation, integrating
narrative text with links to primary source texts.
A National Library
of Canada project featuring historical essays, articles, documents and
photographs.
A "legal
history".
An
extensive collection of historical Canadiana.
A vast list of links
compiled by David Millar.
A selection of almost 4000 images of people, places
and events across Canada and around the world taken from the popular
19th-century magazine. Canadian Illustrated News was published in Montreal,
Quebec by George Desbarats from 1869 to 1883 and was notable for its
innovative use of half-tone photographs. (National Library of Canada)
"An online service that
provides access to websites and digitized resources about Canada’s military
history. The goal of the CMHG is to provide the public with free access to
the collective military history resources of Canadian museums, libraries,
archives and other heritage organizations through a single gateway."
Maintained by the
University of Manitoba, this site provides free access to a collection of
several thousand digitised pimary source materials relating to the experience
of Canada and Canadians during various wars from 1899-1970s. They include the
Boer War (1899-1903), First World war (1914-1918), Second World war
(1939-1945); Korean War (1950-1953) and Vietnam War (1957- 1975). They cover
information relating to military movements, battles and training well as oral
history accounts from soldiers and servicemen/women.
An online archive of the Canadian war experience, from
any war, as told through the letters and images of Canadians themselves. Too
often the story told of Canada at war has been one of great battles and
great individuals, an approach which unfortunately misses the 'ordinary'
Canadian and the richness of their everyday experience. The objective of the
Canadian Letters and Images Project is to let Canadians tell their own story
in their own words and images by creating a permanent online archive which
preserves Canada's wartime correspondence, photographs, and other personal
materials, from the battlefront and from the homefront.
(National Library of
Canada)
This site presents the
pre-1930 Canadian pamphlet and broadside holdings of the Thomas Fisher Rare
Book Library. To date the site consists of approximately 528 titles, mostly
broadsides (single sheets, printed on one or both sides). Pamphlets will be
added in regular installments. The collection includes items printed in
Canada, by Canadian authors, or about Canadian subjects, mainly of a
non-literary nature. The full text of these items is keyword searchable, and
the bibliographic records can be searched or browsed by author, title or
subject. (University of Toronto Libraries Digital Collections)
This exhibition
explores several aspects of European arrival and settlement in the Canadian
West, and provides a glimpse of those people who helped forge the new
society and bring the West into Confederation. (National Archives of Canada)
A fine collection of
historical documents available for online viewing. Courtesy of ITP Nelson
Publishers.
(Bibliothèque
nationale du Québec)
History
through CBC Radio and
Television.
Sixty two of the
Champlain Society's most important volumes (more than 31,000 printed pages)
dealing with exploration and discovery over three centuries. It includes
first-hand accounts of Samuel de Champlain's voyages in New France as well
as the diary from Sir John Franklin's first land expedition to the Arctic,
1819-22. (University of Toronto Libraries Digital Collections)
"A fully searchable digitized collection of
144,000 contemporary newspaper clippings that report on the events of the
Second World War as that great conflict unfolded." (Canadian War Museum)
(National Library of
Canada)
A
full text online collection of more than 3,000 books and pamphlets
documenting Canadian history from the first European contact to the late 19th
century. The collection is particularly strong in literature, women's
history, native studies, travel and exploration, and the history of French
Canada.
The W.A. Pugsley
Collection at McGill University.
Canadian Newspapers
from 1752 until Today. (Library and Archives Canada)
A
site about the fur trade in Canada and
how
it led to the exploration of the country and the formation of the oldest and
largest company in Canadian history: the Hudson's Bay Company.
Produced by the
National Library of Canada and the National Archives of Canada.
(Archives of Ontario)
(Canadian Museum of
Civilization)
A collection of
historical maps pertaining to Canada. Courtesy of ITP Nelson Publishers.
Part of the
Statistics Canada website.
A biography of
Hudson produced by Ian Chadwick.
A scholarly research
site, which illustrates and documents, in part, the heroic age of the fur
trade in Canada by examining the exploits of the North West Company and
other Montreal-based fur trading companies at the end of the eighteenth and
the beginning of the nineteenth century. The story of the North West Company
is closely tied to the evolving economic, geographic and political history
of Canada and Quebec, especially after France seceded Quebec to Great
Britain in 1763. At the core of this site are the full texts of thirty-eight
manuscripts that are known collectively as the Masson Papers and cover the
period ca 1790 –1820. The patrimonial importance of these diaries is of the
first order and provide important insights into the history of the North
West Company and the fur trade in general. (McGill University Digital
Collections Program)
(Canadian Museum of
Civilization)
The importance of the Jesuit
Relations
in recreating the
history
of New France has long been recognized. Beginning where Champlain's writings
leave off, these missionary texts are one of the major sources of information
about the early years of French colonization in North America.
This virtual
exhibition is about the Canadian government's role in advertising free land
in The Last Best West to farmers and farm workers in Britain, the United
States and Europe. These were the only immigrants targeted by the
government, apart from domestic servants. The Canadian Pacific Railway, and
other rail and ocean transportation companies, helped promote government
land in western Canada to would-be immigrants. (Canadian Museum of
Civilization)
(Canadian Museum of
Civilization)
The official
research site for the Fortress of Louisbourg.
Featuring
a timeline showing the political map of Canada at various points in its
history from 1700 to the present.
An assortment of
maps, chiefly of historical interest, from the Yale University Library Map
Collection.
"To mark the 400th anniversary of the French presence in North America in
2004, France and Canada are re-creating their singular adventure and sparking
new interest in their shared history, by putting documents online, reproduced
in their entirety using the latest digitization technologies, and making them
accessible to a broad public. With enthusiasm and determination that reflect
the scope of the project, the Direction des Archives de France, Library and
Archives Canada, and the Canadian Embassy in Paris set up work teams, whose
members ensured a constant and effective liaison between two continents. This
portal provides access to a virtual exhibition and a database containing more
than one million images. It will continue to grow and be enriched through
contributions from national and local institutions that conserve archives
related to the history of Canada."
A National Library
of Canada digital project focussing on the impact that the Canadian North has
had on the artistic imagination from the age of the Dorset Culture to the
present. A considerable amount of attention is dedicated to the history of the
peoples of the North.
A database of
materials held by the University of Saskatchewan Libraries.
(National Library of
Canada)
A map showing the
routes followed by early explorers of Canada. A useful classroom tool.
This and the
following item are multimedia tutorials produced by the Applied History
Research Group of the University of Calgary. Other tutorials relating to
Canadian history are under development.
 Réseau
de diffusion des archives du Québec
A searchable database of archival
descriptions from Quebec repositories, sponsored by the Réseau des archives
du Québec (RAQ).
Search
for a North-West Passage
The British Library launched this
information site to help publicise their "Americas Collections". The pages
include images and brief historical accounts related to the centuries long
search for the Northwest Passage, a navigable channel that was believed to
connect the North Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. Material ranges from the
late 15th Century voyages of John and Sebastian Cabot, exploration
commissioned by the Hudson's Bay Company, and the ill-fated expedition of
Sir John Franklin in 1845. In addition to a lengthy bibliography, a series
of useful weblinks to related historical and exploration sites is also
provided.
Special
Editions of Canadian Newspapers
A selection of special colour supplements
produced by various Canadian newspapers to mark important events. (Library
and Archives Canada)
(National
Atlas of Canada)
A site dedicated to
the geographer David Thompson, linked to the National Historic Site at Rocky
Mountain House.
(National Archives of Canada)
An attempt to look
at the history of French-Canadian nationalism from the point of view of the
protagonists of the movement.
Copyright ©1998-2005 David Lucking.
All rights reserved.
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