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A project to provide enhanced access to Canada's published heritage. Offers a full text online collection of over 3,000 books and pamphlets documenting Canadian history from the first European contact to the late 19th century.
http://www.canadiana.org/

A showcase of resources and classroom projects that help improve knowledge of Canadian history.
http://www.histori.ca

Offers historical information, documents, maps, opinions and views of Canadian History. Provides visual, period, political, conflict and document based perspectives.
http://www.canadahistory.com/

History resources for global and Canadian studies; timeline chronology, elibrary, images and quiz.
http://207.61.100.164/canquiz/index.html

Provides an overview of Canada's history from the Discovery of Canada to Native Peoples issues.
http://www.linksnorth.com/canada-history

Sell a maritime history CD and includes a collection of links describing selected events and historic details.
http://www.geocities.com/grbosse.geo/

Provides detailed, well documented and referenced information for Canadian fur trade era re-enactors, historic site interpreters, and educators.
http://www.northwestjournal.ca/abtnwj.html

Explore historic images of Canada and Canadians. Pre-selected searches offer 50 to 300 images on various topics or themes, such as ships, fishing, and wildlife.
http://www.imagescanada.ca/r1-205-e.html

An interactive timeline brings 100 years of art, people events in Canada to life.
http://www.art2life.ca/

Multimedia CD-ROM and integrated website on Canada, Confederation to Present.
http://www.chinookmultimedia.com/poccd/

Links to government and other sites on Canadian History
http://www.culturecanada.gc.ca/c...nterface2.nsf/engdocBasic/8.html

A Canadian history and social studies link page geared towards teachers and students. The site covers a number of different topics but the focus is on Canada.
http://www.geocities.com/scottamckillop/index.htm

Comprehensive survey of geography, culture, peoples and politics of Newfoundland and Labrador from its Aboriginal roots to present times. Includes a glossary, gazeteer and games and original images.
http://www.heritage.nf.ca/

Photo essay and digital collection relating to Tyrrell's expedition to present-day Nunavut. Over 5000 searchable images including correspondence, diaries, expedition maps, photos, field notebooks and published texts.
http://digital.library.utoronto.ca/Tyrrell

Collections of objects of historical or cultural significance, which help define Canada's national heritage.
http://www.civilization.ca/collect/csintroe.html

Set of 50 maps tells the story of the discovery and exploration of North America.
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/pugsley/

A Canadian history magazine for a general audience interested in the history of Canada.
http://www.historysociety.ca/bea.asp

Established in 1978 to locate early printed Canadian materials (books, annuals, and periodicals), to preserve their content on microfilm, and to make the resulting collections available to libraries and archives in Canada and abroad.
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/cihm/cihm.htm

Selection of special colour supplements produced by newspapers for more than a century to mark important events.
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/2/14/

Includes reports, briefs, submissions, evidence, working papers and other documents associated with more than 200 Commissions that have taken place since Confederation.
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/7/6/index.html

Research tool provides access to databases created by the National Archives of Canada. Includes finding aids for textual and audiovisual records ranging from the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Post Offices, government records, census, home children to Dominion land grants.
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/0201_e.html

Web-based resources in the fields of archaeology, ethnology, history and folk culture.
http://www.civilization.ca/orch/www00_e.html

A discussion group for scholars including publication reviews, calls for papers and resource links.
http://www.h-net.org/~canada/

Designed for students, teachers and Canadians concerned with the role and character of history in contemporary Canada. Featuring debates on Great Canadian Questions between notable Canadian intellectuals.
http://www.greatquestions.com/

Large collection of virtual exhibits from archival institutions across Canada.
http://www.archivescanada.ca/english/virtual/search.asp

Built around the Government Documents collection of the Early Canadiana Online collection, this site integrates narrative text with links to primary source texts.
http://www.canadiana.org/citm/index_e.html