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Canadian culture
Culture.ca, is a gateway to Canadian culture and is used daily by many Canadians to access information about Canadian history, art, upcoming festivals and events, sports, diversity and land.
http://www.culture.ca/ |
Canadian Heritage Gallery
Collection of photographs, documents, illustrations, and maps highlighting Canadian history.
http://www.canadianheritage.org/ |
Canadian History Portal
A guide to materials on Canadian history in digital format. Content is supervised by an expert editorial board.
http://www.canadianhistory.ca |
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.
http://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.
http://www.irishclans.com/ |
Historic Hudson's Bay Company
Presents stories, information and photographs about the Hudson's Bay Company and Canada's early history.
http://www.hbc.com/ |
Memories of Ladder Valley
Story of the pioneer homesteaders of Ladder Valley in Saskatchewan, Canada. Contains autobiographies, photos and links for further reading.
http://www.mixedbunch.com/ladder/ |
National Historic Sites of Canada
An alphabetical list of national historic sites in Canada. Offers links to these sites as well.
http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/lhn-nhs/list_e.asp |
Roughing It In The Bush
Book and poems of pioneer life by Susanna Moodie.
http://www.canadiana.org/cgi-bin/ECO/mtq?doc=26276 |
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.
http://www.edunetconnect.com/cat/rebellions/ |
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.
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/05/0529_e.html |
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.
http://www.pc.gc.ca/ |
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