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Geography and local history
Local history – Canada (page 3)
| page 1: | General history | Newfoundland | Nova Scotia | New Brunswick | Prince Edward Island |
| page 2: | Quebec | Ontario |
| page 3: | Manitoba | Saskatchewan | Alberta | British Columbia | Yukon | Northwest Territories | Nunavut |
- Manitoba
Manitoba History
http://www.mhs.mb.ca/
TimeLinks: Manitoba’s history 1910-1920
http://timelinks.merlin.mb.ca/
Manitoba Historical Society Transactions Online
http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/transactions/
Au pays de Riel
http://www.shsb.mb.ca/paysriel/accueil.html
Pathways to Winnipeg History: 1874-1924
http://www.winnipeg.ca/Clerks/docs/pathways/default.stm
Winnipeg streets in the 1911 Canada census
http://www.mhs.mb.ca/data/census/1911/winnipeg/index.shtml
Langruth, Manitoba, Canada
http://www3.sympatico.ca/walterarksey/Langruth.html
Portage la Prairie: Heritage
http://www.city.portage-la-prairie.mb.ca/community/heritage.asp
Wawanesa: History
http://www.wawanesa.ca/Village%20History.htm
History of Brandon
http://www.brandonchamber.ca/brandon_history.aspx
Mayors of Brandon
http://www.kenora.net/manitoba/towns/brandon.htm
- Saskatchewan
Documenting Saskatchewan
http://library2.usask.ca/90th/
The Saskatchewan Landscape
http://scaa.usask.ca/gallery/saskatchewan/
Main Street, Saskatchewan
http://scaa.usask.ca/gallery/mainstreet/
Saskatchewan Stories
http://www.saskstories.ca/
Celebrating Saskatchewan’s Heritage
http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/Saskatchewan100/index.html
Saskatchewan Archival Information Network – Virtual Displays and Digital Projects
http://scaa.sk.ca/sain/gallery.php
Saskatchewan Cities
http://www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/sask/skcities.html
From the Athabasca to the Mackenzie Delta: A journey on Canada’s inland waterways
http://scaa.usask.ca/gallery/northern/jones/
Saskatoon: City History
http://www.saskatoon.ca/DEPARTMENTS/City%20Clerks%20Office/City%20Archives/
City%20History/Pages/default.aspx
Saskatoon History
http://saskatoon.foundlocally.com/Local/Info-CityHistory.htm
Saskatoon: The Early Years
http://scaa.usask.ca/gallery/saskatoon/
Let’s Learn About Regina
http://www.regina.ca/Page1568.aspx
FoundLocally: Regina History
http://www.foundlocally.com/Regina/Local/Info-CityHistory.htm
Regina’s Past to Present
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/regina/default.htm
Regina: The Early Years
http://scaa.usask.ca/gallery/regina/
Musée virtuel francophone de la Saskatchewan
http://musee.societehisto.com/
Exploring Saskatchewan History through the Decades – The Story of the Missouri Coteau Region
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/exploring/index.htm
History of Estevan
http://estevan.ca/tourism-history.html
City of Yorkton – History
http://www.city.yorkton.sk.ca/history/
Prince Albert: Our Proud History
http://www.princealberttourism.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=2
The Legend of Last Mountain (Govan History)
http://www.govansk.com/townhistory.htm
Southeast Saskatchewan’s Digital History
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/MarievalHistory/default.htm
- Alberta
Our future, our past: The Alberta Heritage Digitization Project
http://www.albertaheritage.net/directory/digitization_project.html
Albertasource: Alberta’s Online Encyclopedi
http://www.albertasource.ca/aoe/ui/index.aspx
Alberta Historical Review
http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/bibliography/9021.html
Alberta: How the West Was Young
http://www.abheritage.ca/alberta/
Alberta: Home, Home on the Plains
http://www.abheritage.ca/pasttopresent/
Alberta’s Political History: The Making of a Province
http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/
Alberta Heritage
http://www.albertaheritage.net
Albertans: Who do they think they are?
http://www.abheritage.ca/albertans/
Mavericks: an incorrigible history of Alberta
http://www.glenbow.org/mavericks/
Edmonton: A City Called Home
http://www.edmontonhistory.ca/prelaunch/citycalledhome/index.php
Edmonton History
http://edmonton.foundlocally.com/Local/Info-CityHistory.htm
Calgary and Southern Alberta
http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/calgary/
Calgary History
http://calgary.foundlocally.com/Local/Info-CityHistory.htm
A Virtual Tour of Historic Calgary
http://calgarypubliclibrary.com/library/historic_tours/tours.htm
Calgary in the 1950s
http://www.glenbow.org/50s/index.htm
Bonnyville’s History Rich in Colourful Characters
http://town.bonnyville.ab.ca/livingin/about/history/
Bonnyville – History
http://cnc.virtuelle.ca/bonnyville/english/histoire/index.html
History of Lethbridge
http://www.lethbridge.ca/home/Enjoying+Lethbridge/Picture+Gallery/
History+of+Lethbridge/History+of+Lethbridge.htm
St. Vincent and St. Paul: Memory in francophone Alberta
http://www.abheritage.ca/stvincent-stpaul/
Life and Activities in a Mission Parish at Mellowdale, Alberta, Canada
http://www.lccarchives.ca/essay.htm
About Airdrie: Airdrie History
http://www.airdrie.ca/about_airdrie/history.cfm
History of Red Deer
http://www.reddeer.ca/Visitors/About+Red+Deer/History/default.htm
History of Turner Valley
http://www.turnervalley.ca/page-one/page-2a/
Hanna Online: History
http://www.hanna.ca/Visitors/History/tabid/78/Default.aspx
Smoky Lake History Archive
http://www.smokylake.com/history/
Lac La Biche Mission
http://cnc.virtuelle.ca/laclabiche/essentials.html
Plamondon en histoire
http://cnc.virtuelle.ca/plamondon/
Historical Athabasca Landing, 1880-1914
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/athabasca/index.htm
The History of Fort McMurray
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/fortmc/index.htm
- British Columbia
British Columbia Archives presents the Amazing Time Machine
http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/exhibits/timemach/index.htm
British Columbia History Portal
http://bchistoryportal.tc.ca/index.php
La francophonie en Colombie-Britannique : Histoire
http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/Colombie-Britannique/dossiers/150anscb/votreHistoire.shtml
Archives authentiques de l’histoire des francophones de la Colombie-Britannique
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/archfc/default.htm
Journeys & Transformations: British Columbia Landscapes
http://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/exhibits/journeys/english/index.html
Gosnell’s Digital Year Book of British Columbia
http://hp.bccna.bc.ca/Library/Yearbook/home.html
Living Landscapes: Past, Present & Future
http://livinglandscapes.bc.ca/
Okanagan History
http://okanagan.foundlocally.com/Local/Info-CityHistory.htm
Rockies History
http://rockies.foundlocally.com/Local/Info-CityHistory.htm
City of Victoria – History
http://www.victoria.ca/visitors/about_hist.shtml
Victoria History
http://victoria.foundlocally.com/Local/Info-CityHistory.htm
Victoria, British Columbia, 1889
http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/exhibits/birdseye/victoria.htm
Virtual Victoria 1891: View from the steeple
http://cdhi.mala.bc.ca/steeple/
Nanaimo in the 1890s
http://www.mala.ca/history/nanaimo/index.htm
Vancouver History
http://vancouver.foundlocally.com/Local/Info-CityHistory.htm
North Vancouver City
http://www.discovervancouver.com/GVB/north-vancouver-city.asp
West Vancouver Destinations Time Walk
http://westvancouver.ca/uploadedfiles/Arts_and_Culture/District_Archive/Destinations-Time-Walk/index.html
City Lights: Vancouver’s Neon Heritage
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/neon/default.htm
History of Richmond Municipality
http://www.richmond.ca/cityhall/archives/exhibits/history.htm
New Westminster Heritage
http://www.nwheritage.org/
Delta, British Columbia
http://www.ladnerslanding.com/
History of Vernon
http://www.vernon.ca/history/index.html
Kelowna, B.C.: A Pictorial History
http://www.kelownabc.com/kelowna/
About Fernie: History
http://www.fernie.com/about_fernie/history_intro.html
Fernie: The Early Years
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/fernie/default.htm
Thompson / Okanagan
http://www.livinglandscapes.bc.ca/thomp-ok/index.html
History of Lumby – Grassroots to Treetops
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/lumby/default.htm
Edgewood Past & Present
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/Inonoaklin/default.htm
Sandon Historical Society
http://www.slocanlake.com/sandon/
Crowsnest Highway
http://www.crowsnest-highway.ca/
Picturesque Cranbrook, c.1905
http://www.crowsnest.bc.ca/camal/picturesque.html
The History of the Upper Fraser Valley
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/chilliwack/history/index.htm
History of Chilliwack
http://www.gov.chilliwack.bc.ca/main/page.cfm?id=167&CFID=552585&CFTOKEN=83354376
Kootenay: an Exploration of Historic Prejudice and Intolerance
http://www.fortsteele.ca/exhibits/kootenay/index.asp
The Gold Rush Town of Yale
http://bcheritage.ca/yale/contents.htm
Wells: Mining the Motherlode
http://wells.entirety.ca/home.htm
Kitimat Centennial Museum
http://www.kitimatmuseum.ca/
History of Alert Bay
http://www.vancouverisland.com/general/details.asp?id=17
Peace Region History
http://fsj.net/peacehistory.html
History is Where You Stand: A History of the Peace Region
http://www.calverley.ca/
The Changing Faces of the North Peace
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/north_peace/index.html
Fondation et développement de la région de Rivière-la-Paix
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/riviere-la-paix/default.htm
History of Osoyoos
http://www.sunnyosoyoos.com/history.htm
Coquitlam History
http://www.coquitlam.ca/Residents/Recreation+and+Community/
Arts+and+Culture/Coquitlam+History.htm
Port Coquitlam History
http://www.city.port-coquitlam.bc.ca/Discover_Port_Coquitlam/About_Port_Coquitlam/History.htm
Port Moody History
http://www.cityofportmoody.com/Discover+Port+Moody/Heritage+and+History/
Port+Moody+History/default.htm
Port Hardy History
http://www.porthardy.com/
Prince George: Street History
http://www.city.pg.bc.ca/pages/streethistory/
Surrey’s History
http://www.surreyhistory.ca
Bella Coola Valley Digital Heritage Project
http://www.bellacoolamuseum.ca/en/digital_heritage/index.php
- Yukon
Yukon/Alaska History
http://www.yukonalaska.com/communities/index.html
The Yukon Photographers: The Gold Rush Era
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Goldrushphoto/02english/02intro.html
The Klondike Weekly: Dawson City, Yukon Territory
http://www.yukonalaska.com/klondike/archive.html
The Yukoner, a Yukon history magazine
http://www.yukoner.com/
Yukon and Alaska Chronology
http://www.explorenorth.com/library/yafeatures/bl-dates.htm
Snowshoes and Sled Dogs: Wintering in the Yukon
http://www.tc.gov.yk.ca/archives/winter/en/index.html
Northern Roadhouses – An Introduction
http://www.explorenorth.com/library/yafeatures/bl-roadhouse.htm
Dawson City History
http://www.yukonweb.com/community/dawson/
History of the Whitehorse
http://www.yukoninfo.com/whitehorse/info/whitehorsehistory.htm
The History of Watson Lake
http://www.yukoninfo.com/watson/watsonlakehistory.htm
Fort Selkirk Virtual Museum
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/FortSelkirk/english/index.html
- Northwest Territories
Historical Timeline of the Northwest Territories
http://pwnhc.learnnet.nt.ca/timeline/index.html
Lessons from the Land: a cultural journey through the Northwest Territories
http://www.lessonsfromtheland.ca/
NWT Archives Photo Gallery
http://pwnhc.learnnet.nt.ca/databases/Archives/index.asp
A Northern Experience: The Journals of Norman Robinson
http://www.pwnhc.ca/exhibits/robinson/index.html
History of Yellowknife
http://higharc.tripod.com/yellowk.html
The Gold Mines Built Yellowknife
http://pwnhc.learnnet.nt.ca/nwtminingcentre/goldinfo.htm
- Nunavut
Nunavut: A Chronology
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/301/inac-ainc/nunavut-ef/nunavut_chrono-e/chrono_e.pdf
The Creation of Nunavut
http://www.tradition-orale.ca/english/the-creation-nunavut-s153.html
The Early Years: Nunavutt
http://www.nunavut.com/nunavut99/english/early.html
Nunavut History
http://www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/~agraham/nost202/nunavut-history-harper5.html
Nunavut Planning Commission
http://npc.nunavut.ca/
Nunavut Communities
http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/peopleandsociety/nunavut/people/communities
Huskydog.com – An educational site on the Arctic
http://www.huskydog.com/
History of Iqaluit
http://www.city.iqaluit.nu.ca/i18n/english/history.html
Welcome to Rankin Inlet
http://www.rankin-inlet.com/
SILA
http://www.sila.nu/
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