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Local history – Canada (page 1)
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- General history
Our Roots: Canada’s local histories
onlinehttp://www.ourroots.ca/
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
Citieshttp://www.mta.ca/faculty/arts/canadian_studies/english/about/cities/index.htm
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 citieshttp://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/education/cap_e.php
Reading a Community:
Doing Urban History at the Local Levelhttp://www.uoguelph.ca/history/urban.html
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/urbanplanning/
HREF="http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/hale-katherine/romance/romance.html">Canadian
Cities of Romancehttp://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/hale-katherine/romance/romance.html
http://scaa.usask.ca/gallery/northern/
- Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and
Labrador Heritagehttp://www.heritage.nf.ca/home.html
Newfoundland
and Labrador Historical Informationhttp://ngb.chebucto.org/Articles/1dist-hist-idx.shtml
Dr. Mel Baker’s
Newfoundland and Labrador Historyhttp://www.ucs.mun.ca/~melbaker/
A
Reader’s Guide to Newfoundland History to 1869http://www.swgc.mun.ca/nfld_history/index.htm
A
Discourse and Discovery of Newfoundlandhttp://www.mun.ca/rels/hrollmann/relsoc/texts/whitbourne/whit.html
1880′s
Newfoundland: A Pictorialhttp://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/nfld/index.html
Paul-Émile
Miot: Photographs of Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island,
1857-1859http://www.collectionscanada.ca/05/0504_e.html
Places in Newfoundland and Labrador,
Canadahttp://www.library.mun.ca/qeii/cns/comm.php
http://www.labradorvirtualmuseum.ca/History
http://www.labradorstraits.net/home/7
Them Days:
Preserving Labrador Historyhttp://www.themdays.com/
At the
Heart of the French Shorehttp://www.frenchshore.com/en/welcome.htm
Discover
the Heritage of the Baccalieu Trailhttp://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/baccalieutrail/default.htm
http://www.baccalieudigs.ca/
City of St. John’s:
A Brief Historyhttp://www.stjohns.ca/cityservices/archives/history.jsp
St. John’s History
stjohns.foundlocally.com/Local/Info-CityHistory.htm
http://www.battleharbour.com/home/3
http://www.bayroberts.com/history.htm
http://www.bellisland.net/history/index.htm
http://www.brigus.net/history.htm
HREF="http://www.heritage.nf.ca/society/stephenville/default.html">Stephenville,
Newfoundland, Canada… the American influencehttp://www.heritage.nf.ca/society/stephenville/default.html
A
Brief History of Mount Pearlhttp://www.heritage.nf.ca/society/mtpearl/mphist.html
HREF="http://www.placentia.ca/ourhistory.asp">Town of Placentia History Pagehttp://www.placentia.ca/ourhistory.asp
The Placentia Area
Communities Sitehttp://www.laval.k12.nf.ca/lavalhr.htm
A
Brief History of Fox Harbour (St. Lewis), Labradorhttp://www3.nf.sympatico.ca/calpol/localhistory.htm
Hopedale,
Land of Undiscovered Wondershttp://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/agvituk/default.htm
http://www.heritage.nf.ca/avalon/default.html
Cape Breton:
A Virtual Tour of Three Communitieshttp://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/virtualtours/default.htm
- Nova Scotia
Nova Scotian Facts
and Trivia…http://www.twrsoft.com/trivia/hist03.htm
Blupete’s History
of Nova Scotiahttp://www.blupete.com/History.htm
http://alts.net/ns1625/nshist01.html
Little Known Portions
of Nova Scotia Historyhttp://alts.net/ns1625/histindx.html
The Waldren
Studios: Images of Nova Scotia 1870-1940http://www.library.dal.ca/archives/waldren/
The H.R. Banks
Collection of Nova Scotianahttp://www.westerncounties.ca/banks/index.html
http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/nsandsea/
A Brief
History of Halifax Regional Communityhttp://www.halifax.ca/community/history.html
http://halifax.foundlocally.com/Local/Info-Cityhistory.htm
Halifax
and Its People, 1749-1999http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/halifax/
A Vision
of Regeneration: Reconstruction after the Halifax Explosion, 1917-1921http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/explosion/
McNab’s Island:
An Historical Overviewhttp://www.mcnabsisland.ca/HistoryIndex.htm
HREF="http://www.townofcanso.com/history.php">History of Cansohttp://www.townofcanso.com/history.php
HREF="http://www.whitmanwharf.com/localhistory.htm">History of Canso
and areahttp://www.whitmanwharf.com/localhistory.htm
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/sv/history.php
Communities of Yarmouth County,
Nova Scotiahttp://www.yarmouth.org/villages/index.htm
HREF="http://www.councilofnsarchives.ca/exhibits/ExhibitFut/ATCHA.htm">Argyle
Township Municipal Recordshttp://www.councilofnsarchives.ca/exhibits/ExhibitFut/ATCHA.htm
Digital Archives of
the Argyle District Acadianshttp://www.museeacadien.ca/argyle/html/home.htm
Lunenburg’s
Heritage: History and Architecturehttp://www.explorelunenburg.ca/history-and-architecture/
Lunenburg by the Sea:
250 Years of Challenge and Changehttp://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/lunenburg/
Anecdotal Histories of Life
in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotiahttp://www.flora.org/nancy/lunenburg/
http://www.townofantigonish.ca/history.html
A
Virtual Tour of the Architectural Heritage of Antigonish, Nova Scotiahttp://www.stfx.ca/people/lstanley/history/welcome.htm
From Querns
to Quilts: A Select View of the Material Culture of Antigonish, Nova
Scotiahttp://www.stfx.ca/people/lstanley/Material
A Look
At 19th Century Antigonishhttp://people.stfx.ca/lstanley/Cultural/
HREF="http://www.birthplaceofhockey.com/windsor/w1frenchenglish1.html">A Brief
History of Windsor, Nova Scotiahttp://www.birthplaceofhockey.com/windsor/w1frenchenglish1.html
History of
East Hants, Nova Scotiahttp://www.easthants.com/history.html
Native Born:
A Brief History of the Black Presence in Pictou Countyhttp://www.parl.ns.ca/projects/nativeborn/
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nscsheet/
HREF="http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=1351">The
Chignecto Isthmus and Its First Settlershttp://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=1351
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/digby_neck/default.htm
- New Brunswick
New
Brunswick: Our Stories, Our Peoplehttp://www1.gnb.ca/0007/Culture/Heritage/VMC/default.asp
Historical Images of
New Brunswickhttp://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/HistoricalImages/?culture=en-CA
HREF="http://www.cityofsaintjohn.com/services_history.cfm">Saint John
Historyhttp://www.cityofsaintjohn.com/services_history.cfm
Voices,
Vessels and Vellum: Saint John History Real and On-linehttp://www.lib.unb.ca/Texts/NBHistory/vvv/
Heritage Resources,
Saint John: A Celebration of Our Communityhttp://www.saintjohn.nbcc.nb.ca/Heritage/
The Great Fire of Saint John, New Brunswick, 1877http://website.nbm-mnb.ca/CAIN/english/sj_fire/
HREF="http://www.greatcanadianrivers.com/rivers/miramichi/history-home.html">Miramichi
River Historyhttp://www.greatcanadianrivers.com/rivers/miramichi/history-home.html
HREF="http://www.city.fredericton.nb.ca/ee2.asp?550">City of Fredericton:
Historyhttp://www.city.fredericton.nb.ca/ee2.asp?550
http://fredericton.foundlocally.com/Local/Info-Cityhistory.htm
Village of Port Elgin:
Village Historyhttp://www.villageofportelgin.com/history.html
HREF="http://new-brunswick.net/new-brunswick/moncton/page1.html">City
of Moncton Historyhttp://new-brunswick.net/new-brunswick/moncton/page1.html
HREF="http://www.happyones.com/franco-american/st-croix/index.html">St.
Croix: 1604-2004http://www.happyones.com/franco-american/st-croix/index.html
A Brief
History of Sackville, New Brunswickhttp://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
- Prince Edward Island
HREF="http://www.gov.pe.ca/infopei/index.php3?number=19830&lang=E">History of
PEIhttp://www.gov.pe.ca/infopei/index.php3?number=19830&lang=E
http://charlottetown.foundlocally.com/Local/Info-Cityhistory.htm
Virtual
Tour of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Islandhttp://www.peisland.com/virtualtour3/v-tour20.htm
Kensington,
The Heart of Prince Edward Islandhttp://www.kennet.pe.ca/chip/index.htm
The Island Way of Life,
Mirrored Through the Eyes of the Kensington Areahttp://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/island/default.htm
L’Acadie
de l’Île – À découvrirhttp://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-Édouardhttp://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/acadie/default.htm
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