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Local history – Canada (page 1)

General history







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


HREF="http://www.mta.ca/faculty/arts/canadian_studies/english/about/cities/index.htm">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


HREF="http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/education/cap_e.php">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/


HREF="http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/hale-katherine/romance/romance.html">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







Newfoundland and
Labrador Heritage


http://www.heritage.nf.ca/home.html


Newfoundland
and Labrador Historical Information


http://ngb.chebucto.org/Articles/1dist-hist-idx.shtml


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://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/baccalieutrail/default.htm


Baccalieu Trail
Archaeology


http://www.baccalieudigs.ca/


City of St. John’s:
A Brief History


http://www.stjohns.ca/cityservices/archives/history.jsp


St. John’s History

stjohns.foundlocally.com/Local/Info-CityHistory.htm



Battle Harbour
History


http://www.battleharbour.com/home/3


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


HREF="http://www.heritage.nf.ca/society/stephenville/default.html">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


HREF="http://www.placentia.ca/ourhistory.asp">Town of Placentia History Page


http://www.placentia.ca/ourhistory.asp


The Placentia Area
Communities Site


http://www.laval.k12.nf.ca/lavalhr.htm


A
Brief History of Fox Harbour (St. Lewis), Labrador


http://www3.nf.sympatico.ca/calpol/localhistory.htm


Hopedale,
Land of Undiscovered Wonders


http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/agvituk/default.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





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Nova Scotia







Nova Scotian Facts
and Trivia…


http://www.twrsoft.com/trivia/hist03.htm


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


HREF="http://www.townofcanso.com/history.php">History of Canso


http://www.townofcanso.com/history.php


HREF="http://www.whitmanwharf.com/localhistory.htm">History of Canso
and area


http://www.whitmanwharf.com/localhistory.htm


History of
Sherbrooke


http://museum.gov.ns.ca/sv/history.php


Communities of Yarmouth County,
Nova Scotia


http://www.yarmouth.org/villages/index.htm


HREF="http://www.councilofnsarchives.ca/exhibits/ExhibitFut/ATCHA.htm">Argyle
Township Municipal Records


http://www.councilofnsarchives.ca/exhibits/ExhibitFut/ATCHA.htm


Digital Archives of
the Argyle District Acadians


http://www.museeacadien.ca/argyle/html/home.htm


Lunenburg’s
Heritage: History and Architecture


http://www.explorelunenburg.ca/history-and-architecture/


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/


HREF="http://www.birthplaceofhockey.com/windsor/w1frenchenglish1.html">A Brief
History of Windsor, Nova Scotia


http://www.birthplaceofhockey.com/windsor/w1frenchenglish1.html


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/


HREF="http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=1351">The
Chignecto Isthmus and Its First Settlers


http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=1351


Digby Neck
In Stories


http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/digby_neck/default.htm





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New Brunswick







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


HREF="http://www.cityofsaintjohn.com/services_history.cfm">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/


HREF="http://www.greatcanadianrivers.com/rivers/miramichi/history-home.html">Miramichi
River History


http://www.greatcanadianrivers.com/rivers/miramichi/history-home.html


HREF="http://www.city.fredericton.nb.ca/ee2.asp?550">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


HREF="http://new-brunswick.net/new-brunswick/moncton/page1.html">City
of Moncton History


http://new-brunswick.net/new-brunswick/moncton/page1.html


HREF="http://www.happyones.com/franco-american/st-croix/index.html">St.
Croix: 1604-2004


http://www.happyones.com/franco-american/st-croix/index.html


A Brief
History of Sackville, New Brunswick


http://www.sackville.com/community/history/


Sense
of belonging and taking roots into Greater Madawaska (1860-1960)


http://www.umce.ca/hoteldieustbasile/en/expositions/liste2.php





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Prince Edward Island







HREF="http://www.gov.pe.ca/infopei/index.php3?number=19830&lang=E">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


The Island Way of Life,
Mirrored Through the Eyes of the Kensington Area


http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/island/default.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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