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  1. General works



    2. World
    Heritage Sites in Canada

    http://www.thesalmons.org/lynn/wh-canada.html


    National
    Historic Sites

    http://www.pc.gc.ca/progs/lhn-nhs/index_e.asp


    Great Canadian
    Places

    http://www.greatcanadianplaces.com/


    An Approach
    to Aboriginal Cultural Landscapes

    http://www.pc.gc.ca/docs/r/pca-acl/index.aspx


    The History
    of Canada’s National Parks: Their Evolution and Contribution Towards
    Canadian Identity

    http://www.pc.gc.ca/apprendre-learn/prof/itm2-crp-trc/htm/evolution_e.asp


    Parks Canada’s 3-D Tours

    http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dci/src/3d_e.asp


    Canadian Architect
    and Builder (1888-1908)

    http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/cab/


    Canadian Architecture Collection

    http://cac.mcgill.ca/


    Building
    Canada: A Selection of Images from the John Bland Collection of Canadian
    Architecture

    http://cac.mcgill.ca/bland/building/


    Canadian
    Civil Engineering History & Heritage

    http://heritage.csce.ca/


    Fur Post
    Construction

    http://www.northwestjournal.ca/PostCon.htm


    HREF="http://www.harrypalmergallery.ab.ca/galsentplaces/galsentplaces.html">Canadian
    Prairie Sentinels Gallery

    http://www.harrypalmergallery.ab.ca/galsentplaces/galsentplaces.html

    Prairies grain elevators.


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  2. Newfoundland


    3. Newfoundland
    and Labrador’s Registered Heritage Structures

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


    If
    These Walls Could Talk: A Brief History of the Colonial Building

    http://www.heritage.nf.ca/law/colonial/default.html


    Salt
    Boxes and other Newfoundland heritage architecture

    http://www.heritage.nf.ca/society/saltbox/default.html


    Child
    labour in Bell Island mines

    http://www.heritage.nf.ca/society/bellisland/default.html


    Historic
    Lighthouses of Newfoundland and Labrador

    http://www.newfoundlandlabrador.com/CultureAndHeritage/Lighthouses.aspx


    Point Amour
    Lighthouse

    http://www.pointamourlighthouse.ca/home/


    HREF="http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/nl/meadows/natcul/hist_e.asp">L’Anse
    aux Meadows National Historic Site: History

    http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/nl/meadows/natcul/hist_e.asp


    Red Bay
    National Historic Site

    http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/nl/redbay/natcul/histo_e.asp


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  3. Nova Scotia



    4. War Memorials,
    Historic Monuments and Plaques in Nova Scotia

    http://ns1763.ca/remem/plaques.html


    Lighthouses
    of Nova Scotia

    http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/lighthouses/default.asp?Language=English


    Fortress of Louisbourg: The
    Official Louisbourg Institute Home Page

    http://fortress.uccb.ns.ca/


    Welcome
    to the Fortress of Louisbourg

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


    HREF="http://louisbourg.com/">Louisbourg

    http://louisbourg.com/


    Fortress
    of Louisbourg’s Digital Collection

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


    Sherbrooke
    Village

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


    HREF="http://www.multiculturaltrails.ca/level_3/Guys-Grassy-Island.html">Grassy Island
    Historic Site

    http://www.multiculturaltrails.ca/level_3/Guys-Grassy-Island.html


    Clockmaker’s
    Inn

    http://www.theclockmakersinn.com/


    McNabs
    Island, Halifax Co, Nova Scotia: An Historical Overview

    http://www.mcnabsisland.ca/history/hist-int.html


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  4. New Brunswick



    5. Covered Bridges – A Part of New Brunswick’s Heritage

    http://archives.gnb.ca/Exhibits/CoveredBridges/?culture=en-CA


    New
    Brunswick’s Oxbow Site and Augustine Mound

    http://www.gnb.ca/0007/heritage/oxbow/


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  5. Prince Edward Island



    6. InfoPEI :
    National Historic Monuments

    http://www.gov.pe.ca/infopei/index.php3?number=12346&lang=E


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  6. Quebec


    7. Répertoire du patrimoine culturel
    du Québec

    http://www.patrimoine-culturel.gouv.qc.ca/


    Ramsay
    Traquair: The Architectural Heritage of Quebec

    http://cac.mcgill.ca/traquair/


    HREF="http://www.fl.ulaval.ca/geo/cgq/textes/vol_42/no_116/Ma-623.html">Patrimoine
    urbain et insignifiance

    http://www.fl.ulaval.ca/geo/cgq/textes/vol_42/no_116/Ma-623.html


    Industrial
    architecture of Montreal

    http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/industrial/


    L’inventaire
    architectural du Vieux-Montréal

    hhttp://www.vieux.montreal.qc.ca/inventaire/hall_fla.htm


    Hospital Architecture
    in Montreal: A digital resource

    http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/hospitals/


    Maison
    Saint-Gabriel: A Present from the Past!

    http://www.maisonsaint-gabriel.qc.ca/maison/000_e.html


    Les
    ponts couverts de facture traditionnelle en Estrie

    http://www.mcccf.gouv.qc.ca/index.php?id=1105


    HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/pq/sqpc/page01.htm">Société
    québécoise des ponts couverts

    http://www.angelfire.com/pq/sqpc/page01.htm

    Wooden covered bridges in Quebec


    HREF="http://www.harrypalmergallery.ab.ca/galquectyplaces/galquectyplaces.html">Harry
    Palmer Gallery: Quebec City Places Gallery

    http://www.harrypalmergallery.ab.ca/galquectyplaces/galquectyplaces.html


    Rallye
    patrimonial de Lanaudière

    http://rallye.connexion-lanaudiere.ca/ralley.htm


    Les trésors
    de la Cathédrale     [de Joliette]

    http://cathedrale.connexion-lanaudiere.ca/cathedrale.htm


    La Pulperie
    de Chicoutimi

    http://www.pulperie.com/f/bienvenue.htm


    HREF="http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/qc/grosseile/natcul/natcul1.aspx">The
    History of Grosse-Île

    http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/qc/grosseile/natcul/natcul1.aspx


    Le
    Manoir Papineau

    http://www.petite-nation.qc.ca/patrimoine/manoir.html


    Les Jardins
    de Métis: Portrait of a Landscape

    http://www.refordgardens.com/english/gardens/history-about-the-gardens.php


    Le moulin seigneurial
    de Saint-Pacôme

    http://www.moulin-st-pacome.ca.tc/


    Written
    in the Stone: An architectural tour of the Canadian Museum of
    Civilization

    http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/cmc/architecture/indexe.shtml


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  7. Ontario



    8. A Treasure to Explore:
    Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    http://parliamenthill.gc.ca/


    Jewel on the Hill:
    The Story of Canada’s Parliament Buildings

    http://www.parliamentbuildings.com/


    Canada by Design:
    Parliament Hill, Ottawa

    http://collectionscanada.ca/structures/parliament/index-e.html


    Ontario Heritage
    Foundation

    http://www.heritagefdn.on.ca/


    Laurier House

    http://laurierhouse.archives.ca/


    Archaeological
    and Historical Landmarks of Ottawa

    http://aix1.uottawa.ca/~weinberg/ottawa.html


    Saint
    Patrick’s Basilica – A Guided Tour

    http://www.basilica.org/churchtour/begin.html


    Pinhey’s Point: A Historic
    Tourist Site in the Ottawa-Carleton Region

    http://www.pinheyspoint.ca/


    HREF="http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/history/hist-human.html">Rideau Canal
    Waterway – Human History

    http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/history/hist-human.html


    The
    Architecture of Bellevue House

    http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/on/bellevue/natcul/natcul3_e.asp


    Fort Henry:
    History

    http://www.parks.on.ca/fort/pasthist.htm


    Fort
    Malden National Historic Site

    http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/on/malden/natcul/natcul2_e.asp


    Bits and Pieces
    of Toronto’s History

    http://www.torontohistory.org/


    A
    History of Fort York

    http://www.fortyork.ca/history.htm


    Joseph
    Schneider Haus

    http://www.region.waterloo.on.ca/jsh/index.html


    Joseph Schneider Haus
    On-line Collections

    http://www.region.waterloo.on.ca/WEB/Region.nsf/DocID/
    33237BDCDCA24C6F85256B0500528A5A?OpenDocument


    Peel
    County Courthouse and Jail: Architecture and History

    http://www.region.peel.on.ca/heritage/architec.htm


    History
    of Battlefield House

    http://www.battlefieldhouse.ca/


    Built Heritage in Cambridge,
    Ontario

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


    The Martyrs’ Shrine – Midland,
    Ontario

    http://www.martyrs-shrine.com/


    HREF="http://www.saintemarieamongthehurons.on.ca/english/historicalinfo.html">Sainte-Marie
    among the Hurons

    http://www.saintemarieamongthehurons.on.ca/english/historicalinfo.html


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  8. Manitoba



    9. HREF="http://wbi.lib.umanitoba.ca/WinnipegBuildings/">Winnipeg
    Building Index

    http://wbi.lib.umanitoba.ca/WinnipegBuildings/


    A Short
    Pictorial History On Upper Ft. Garry

    http://www.lpgallery.mb.ca/fort_garry/


    HREF="http://www.infoukes.com/culture/architecture/first_church/">First
    Ukrainian Church in Canada

    http://www.infoukes.com/culture/architecture/first_church/


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  9. Saskatchewan



    10. Batoche
    National Historic Site : History

    http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/sk/batoche/natcul/histo_e.asp


    HREF="http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/sk/battleford/visit/visite-tour1_E.asp">Fort
    Battleford National Historic Site – On-line Guided Tour

    http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/sk/battleford/visit/visite-tour1_E.asp


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  10. Alberta



    11. Alberta Museums
    and Historic Sites

    http://www.gov.ab.ca/mcd/mhs/mhs.htm


    Don’s
    Cemetery Page

    http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dsucha/cemetery.html


    Fort
    George – Buckingham House Provincial Historic Site

    http://culture.alberta.ca/museums/historicsiteslisting/
    fortgeorgebuckingham/default.aspx


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  11. British Columbia



    12. Heritage Society of
    British Columbia

    http://www.heritagebc.ca/


    B.C.
    Heritage

    http://www.tca.gov.bc.ca/heritage/


    Measured
    Drawings: An Architectural Heritage of British Columbia

    http://bcheritage.ca/drawings/


    Historical
    Building Site for Victoria, B.C.

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


    Yale –
    St. John the Divine

    http://www.bcheritage.ca/yale/tour/drstjhn.htm


    HREF="http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/helmcken/tour/index.html">Helmcken
    House

    http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/helmcken/tour/index.html


    HREF="http://www.haig-brown.bc.ca/">Haig-Brown
    House

    http://www.haig-brown.bc.ca/


    Fort Steele
    Heritage Town

    http://www.fortsteele.bc.ca/


    A Brief
    History of Fort Langley

    http://users.uniserve.com/~gborden/fl-hist.htm


    Fort
    Langley National Historic Site: History

    http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/bc/langley/index.aspx


    Fort
    Langley National Historic Site Management Plan – 1995

    http://users.uniserve.com/~gborden/flmp-idx.htm


    Hudson’s
    Bay Company at Fort Victoria

    http://www.bcheritage.ca/fortvictoria/


    HREF="http://bcheritage.ca/craigflower/">Teaching,
    Learning and Farming at Craigflower Farm

    http://bcheritage.ca/craigflower/


    HREF="http://www.fogwhistle.ca/bclights/">British
    Columbia Lighthouses

    http://www.fogwhistle.ca/bclights/


    Barkerville
    Online

    http://cariboo-net.com/sentinel/index.htm


    Emily Carr and
    the House of All Sorts

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


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  12. Yukon



    13. HREF="http://www.explorenorth.com/library/yafeatures/bl-MastHouse.htm">Heritage
    Preservation in Whitehorse

    http://www.explorenorth.com/library/yafeatures/bl-MastHouse.htm


    HREF="http://www.explorenorth.com/library/yafeatures/bl-roadhouse.htm">Northern
    Roadhouses – An Introduction

    http://www.explorenorth.com/library/yafeatures/bl-roadhouse.htm


    Dawson
    Historic Complex National Historic Site: History

    http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/yt/dawson/natcul/index_e.asp


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  13. Northwest Territories



    14. Places We
    Take Care Of: Report of the Sahtu Heritage Places and Sites Joint Working
    Group

    http://pwnhc.learnnet.nt.ca/research/sahtu_report/index.asp


    Pelly
    Bay Stone Church

    http://www.pwnhc.ca/exhibits/nv/pelbay.htm


    Old Fort
    Reliance

    http://www.pwnhc.ca/exhibits/nv/ftrel.htm


    Fort
    Hope

    http://www.pwnhc.ca/exhibits/nv/fthope.htm


    Deline
    (Fort Franklin)

    http://www.pwnhc.ca/exhibits/nv/deline.htm


    Kellett’s
    Storehouse

    http://www.pwnhc.ca/exhibits/nv/kellet.htm


    Old Fort
    Providence

    http://www.pwnhc.ca/exhibits/nv/ftprov.htm


    Beechey
    Island

    http://www.pwnhc.ca/exhibits/nv/beechey.htm


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  14. Nunavut






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