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Local history - Canada (page 1)
Our Roots: Canada's local histories online http://www.ourroots.ca/
Urbanization in Canada http://info.wlu.ca/~wwwgeog/special/vgt/English/can_mod2/unit11.htm
The Rise of Cities in Canada Before 1914 http://www.collectionscanada.ca/cha-shc/002013-119.01-e.php?&booklet_id=H-32&page_sequence_nbr=1&browse=yes&&PHPSESSID=jf2l9v8r8ph3mdoca7r8g662v5
Canada's Cities http://www.mta.ca/faculty/arts/canadian_studies/english/about/cities/index.htm
Canada's Capital Cities http://www.capcan.ca/ccco/canadas_capitals_e.asp
Canada, Provinces & Territories: The naming of their capital cities http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/education/cap_e.php
Reading a Community: Doing Urban History at the Local Level http://www.uoguelph.ca/history/urban.html
Urban Plan Collections http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/urbanplanning/
Canadian Cities of Romance http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/hale-katherine/romance/romance.html
Northern Research Portal http://scaa.usask.ca/gallery/northern/
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Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage http://www.heritage.nf.ca/home.html
Newfoundland and Labrador Historical Information http://www.wordplay.com/tourism/history.html
Dr. Mel Baker's Newfoundland and Labrador History http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~melbaker/
A Reader's Guide to Newfoundland History to 1869 http://www.swgc.mun.ca/nfld_history/index.htm
A Discourse and Discovery of Newfoundland http://www.mun.ca/rels/hrollmann/relsoc/texts/whitbourne/whit.html
1880's Newfoundland: A Pictorial http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/nfld/index.html
Paul-Émile Miot: Photographs of Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island, 1857-1859 http://www.collectionscanada.ca/05/0504_e.html
Places in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada http://www.library.mun.ca/qeii/cns/comm.php
Labrador History http://www.labradorvirtualmuseum.ca/History
Labrador Straits History http://www.labradorstraits.net/home/7
Them Days: Preserving Labrador History http://www.themdays.com/
At the Heart of the French Shore http://www.frenchshore.com/en/welcome.htm
Discover the Heritage of the Baccalieu Trail http://www.baccalieutourism.com/history.htm
Baccalieu Trail Archaeology http://www.baccalieudigs.ca/
City of St. John's: A Brief History http://www.city.st-johns.nf.ca/cityservices/archives/history.jsp
St. John's History stjohns.foundlocally.com/Local/Info-CityHistory.htm
Battle Harbour History http://www.battleharbour.com/history.html
Springdale Information: History http://www.nfcap.nf.ca/central/Springdale/profile/info/history.html
History - Baie Verte Peninsula http://www.ezc.ca/webs/page.asp?user=dorsettrail&sub_category=History&title=Baie+Verte+Peninsula
Brief History, Baie Verte, NF http://www.centralnewfoundland.com/baieverte.php3
Bay Roberts History http://www.bayroberts.com/history.htm
Bell Island History http://www.bellisland.net/history/index.htm
History of Brigus http://www.brigus.net/history.htm
Stephenville, Newfoundland, Canada... the American influence http://www.heritage.nf.ca/society/stephenville/default.html
A Brief History of Mount Pearl http://www.heritage.nf.ca/society/mtpearl/mphist.html
Histoire française de Plaisance XVIe-1713 http://www.grandcolombier.com/2003-histoire/musee/plaisance.html
Welcome to the Town of Placentia History Page http://www.nfcap.nf.ca/east/Placentia/information/history.html
The Placentia Area Communities Site http://www.laval.k12.nf.ca/lavalhr.htm
The History of Fox Harbour http://www.geocities.com/foxharbour2001/history.html
A Brief History of Fox Harbour (St. Lewis), Labrador http://www3.nf.sympatico.ca/calpol/localhistory.htm
Colony of Avalon http://www.heritage.nf.ca/avalon/default.html
Cape Breton: A Virtual Tour of Three Communities http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/virtualtours/default.htm
Nova Scotian Facts and Trivia... http://www.twrsoft.com/trivia/hist03.htm
Nova Scotia Notebook http://www.gov.ns.ca/cmns/notebook/default.asp
Blupete's History of Nova Scotia http://www.blupete.com/History.htm
History of Nova Scotia http://alts.net/ns1625/nshist01.html
Little Known Portions of Nova Scotia History http://alts.net/ns1625/histindx.html
The Waldren Studios: Images of Nova Scotia 1870-1940 http://www.library.dal.ca/archives/waldren/
The H.R. Banks Collection of Nova Scotiana http://www.westerncounties.ca/banks/index.html
Nova Scotia and the Sea http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/nsandsea/
A Brief History of Halifax Regional Community http://www.halifax.ca/community/history.html
Halifax History http://halifax.foundlocally.com/Local/Info-Cityhistory.htm
Halifax and Its People, 1749-1999 http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/halifax/
A Vision of Regeneration: Reconstruction after the Halifax Explosion, 1917-1921 http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/explosion/
McNab's Island: An Historical Overview http://www.mcnabsisland.ca/HistoryIndex.htm
Concise early history of Canso http://canso.clientview.ca/history.php
History of Canso and area http://www.whitmanwharf.com/localhistory.htm
History of Sherbrooke http://museum.gov.ns.ca/sv/history.php
A Brief History of Ramea http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/9534/ramea1.html
Communities of Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia http://www.yarmouth.org/villages/index.htm
Argyle Township Municipal Records http://www.argylecourthouse.com/archives/munrec/munrec.htm
Digital Archives of the Argyle District Acadians http://www.museeacadien.ca/argyle/html/home.htm
Lunenburg's Heritage: History and Architecture http://www.town.lunenburg.ns.ca/view.php?history-heritage
Lunenburg by the Sea: 250 Years of Challenge and Change http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/lunenburg/
Anecdotal Histories of Life in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia http://www.flora.org/nancy/lunenburg/
Antigonish Town History http://www.townofantigonish.ca/history.html
A Virtual Tour of the Architectural Heritage of Antigonish, Nova Scotia http://www.stfx.ca/people/lstanley/history/welcome.htm
From Querns to Quilts: A Select View of the Material Culture of Antigonish, Nova Scotia http://www.stfx.ca/people/lstanley/Material
A Look At 19th Century Antigonish http://people.stfx.ca/lstanley/Cultural/
A Brief History of Windsor, Nova Scotia http://www.birthplaceofhockey.com/windsor/w1frenchenglish1.html
New France - Electric City, Nova Scotia http://www.ifdn.com/unique/france/main.htm
History of East Hants, Nova Scotia http://www.easthants.com/history.html
Native Born: A Brief History of the Black Presence in Pictou County http://www.parl.ns.ca/projects/nativeborn/
Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia http://www.rootsweb.com/~nscsheet/
The Chignecto Isthmus and Its First Settlers http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=1351
New Brunswick: Our Stories, Our People http://www1.gnb.ca/0007/Culture/Heritage/VMC/default.asp
Historical Images of New Brunswick http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/HistoricalImages/?culture=en-CA
Saint John History http://www.cityofsaintjohn.com/services_history.cfm
Voices, Vessels and Vellum: Saint John History Real and On-line http://www.lib.unb.ca/Texts/NBHistory/VVV/
Heritage Resources, Saint John: A Celebration of Our Community http://www.saintjohn.nbcc.nb.ca/Heritage/
The Great Fire of Saint John, New Brunswick, 1877 http://website.nbm-mnb.ca/CAIN/english/sj_fire/
Miramichi River History http://www.greatcanadianrivers.com/rivers/miramichi/history-home.html
City of Fredericton: History http://www.city.fredericton.nb.ca/ee2.asp?550
Fredericton History http://fredericton.foundlocally.com/Local/Info-Cityhistory.htm
Village of Port Elgin: Village History http://www.villageofportelgin.com/history.html
City of Moncton History http://new-brunswick.net/new-brunswick/moncton/page1.html
St. Croix: 1604-2004 http://www.happyones.com/franco-american/st-croix/index.html
A Brief History of Sackville, New Brunswick http://heritage.tantramar.com/history.html
Sense of belonging and taking roots into Greater Madawaska (1860-1960) http://www.umce.ca/hoteldieustbasile/en/expositions/liste2.php
History of PEI http://www.gov.pe.ca/infopei/index.php3?number=19830&lang=E
Charlottetown History http://charlottetown.foundlocally.com/Local/Info-Cityhistory.htm
Virtual Tour of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island http://www.peisland.com/virtualtour3/v-tour20.htm
Kensington, The Heart of Prince Edward Island http://www.kennet.pe.ca/chip/index.htm
L'Acadie de l'Île - À découvrir http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/acadiedelile/index.htm
L'Acadie des comtés Queens et Kings de l'Île du Prince-Édouard http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/acadie/default.htm
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