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page 2:
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page 4:
Discovery and exploration
page 5:
Migration and settlement
page 6:
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The British colonial period | 
Canada, the nation
page 7:
Economic history
(Exploitation of natural resources, Industries and
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page 8:
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Women’s history



  1. Discovery and exploration



    2. The
    Champlain Society Digital Collection

    http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/champlain/search.cfm


    The Viking Discovery
    of America

    http://www.iceland.is/history-and-culture/History/Discovery-of-America/


    Norse
    Expansion into North America

    http://www.stavacademy.co.uk/mimir/norseexpand.htm


    HREF="http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/canp1/ca01eng.shtml">Canada Hall:
    The Norse

    http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/canp1/ca01eng.shtml


    Vikings in
    America

    http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/vinland.html


    Land of Wine
    and Forests: The Norse in North America

    http://www.mercatormag.com/501norse.html


    HREF="http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/education/teacher-resources/oracles/archaeology/rmcghee/vinland">Vinland

    http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/education/teacher-resources/
    oracles/archaeology/rmcghee/vinland


    Where is Vinland?

    http://www.canadianmysteries.ca/sites/vinland/home/indexen.html


    HREF="http://www.millersville.edu/~columbus/data/art/JUNGER01.ART">The
    Search for Vinland: On the Trail of the Vikings

    http://www.millersville.edu/~columbus/data/art/JUNGER01.ART


    New World
    Explorers, part 1: The Vikings in Vinland: L’Anse aux Meadows

    http://www.athenapub.com/vinland1.htm


    L’Anse
    aux Meadows National Historic Site

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


    HREF="http://www.millersville.edu/~columbus/data/art/WILSON06.ART">The
    Vikings and the Eskimos

    http://www.millersville.edu/~columbus/data/art/WILSON06.ART


    HREF="http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/canp1/ca02eng.shtml">Canada Hall:
    North Atlantic Crossings

    http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/canp1/ca02eng.shtml


    HREF="http://www.mta.ca/faculty/arts/canadian_studies/english/about/multimedia/explorers/index.html">Great
    Canadian Explorers

    http://www.mta.ca/faculty/arts/canadian_studies/english/
    about/multimedia/explorers/index.html


    HREF="http://www.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/lewis_clark/ch1.html">Novus
    Orbis: Images of the New World, 1507-1669

    http://www.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/lewis_clark/ch1.html


    Empire of the Bay

    http://www.pbs.org/empireofthebay/


    The
    Explorers of New France

    http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/explore/virtual-museum-of-new-france/the-explorers


    Exploration
    and Settlement: Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage

    http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/default.html


    HREF="http://www.mun.ca/rels/hrollmann/relsoc/texts/whitbourne/whit.html">A
    Discourse and Discovery of Newfoundland

    http://www.mun.ca/rels/hrollmann/relsoc/texts/whitbourne/whit.html


    HREF="http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=4266">A
    Woman’s Way Through Unknown Labrador: An Account of the Exploration of
    the Nascaupee and George Rivers

    http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=4266


    HREF="http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=4019">The
    Lure of the Labrador Wild: The Story of the Exploring Expedition Conducted
    by Leonidas Hubbard, Jr.

    http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=4019


    Who Was
    John Cabot? A Short History of John Cabot, the Adventurer

    http://www.beyondbaccalieu.com/webpages/cabot.html


    John &
    Sebastian Cabot

    http://www.knight.org/advent/cathen/03126d.htm


    John
    Cabot’s Voyage and his ship “The Matthew”

    http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/cabot.html


    John
    Cabot and the John Day Letter

    http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/johnday.html


    Cabot fever

    http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/magazine/ja97/tongue.asp


    Jacques
    Cartier

    http://www.histori.ca/minutes/minute.do?id=10123


    HREF="http://www.civilisations.ca/mcc/explorer/musee-virtuel-de-la-nouvelle-france/les-explorateurs/jacques-cartier">Jacques Cartier

    http://www.civilisations.ca/mcc/explorer/musee-virtuel-de-la-nouvelle-france/
    les-explorateurs/jacques-cartier


    The Voyages of
    Jacques Cartier

    http://www.chroniclesofamerica.com/french/jacques_cartier_voyages.htm


    HREF="http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/frobisher/frint01e.shtml">Inuit
    and Englishmen: The Nunavut Voyages of Martin Frobisher

    http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/frobisher/frint01e.shtml


    HREF="http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/vmnf/champlain/indexeng.shtml">Living
    in Canada in the Time of Champlain

    http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/vmnf/champlain/indexeng.shtml


    Champlain in
    Acadia

    http://www.histori.ca/champlain/index.do


    Champlain: Travels in
    the Canadian Francophonie

    http://www.ropfo.ca/champlain/intro/angl.php


    Samuel de Champlain
    1567-1635

    http://www.samueldechamplain.com/


    The
    Samuel de Champlain Portal

    http://www.canadachannel.ca/champlain/index.php/
    Welcome_to_the_Samuel_de_Champlain_Portal


    HREF="http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1601-1650/champlain/voyag.htm">Samuel
    de Champlain, Voyages, 1604

    http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1601-1650/champlain/voyag.htm


    The life and times
    of Henry Hudson, explorer and adventurer

    http://www.ianchadwick.com/hudson/


    HREF="http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=6913">Voyages
    of Peter Esprit Radisson, Being an Account of His Travels and Experiences
    Among the North American Indians, from 1652 to 1684

    http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=6913


    HREF="http://www.erudit.org/revue/haf/1998/v52/n2/005421ar.pdf">Le
    voyage de Radisson et Des Groseilliers au lac Supérieur, 1659-1660 :
    un événement marquant dans la consolidation des relations
    franco-amérindiennes

    http://www.erudit.org/revue/haf/1998/v52/n2/005421ar.pdf


    Jacques
    Marquette

    http://www.civilisations.ca/cmc/explore/virtual-museum-of-new-france/
    the-explorers/jacques-marquette


    Louis Jolliet

    http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/explore/virtual-museum-of-new-france/
    the-explorers/louis-jolliet


    HREF="http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/explore/virtual-museum-of-new-france/the-explorers/la-verendrye">La
    Vérendrye

    http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/explore/virtual-museum-of-new-france/
    the-explorers/la-verendrye


    The
    search for a Northwest Passage

    http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/features/northwpass/intro.html


    HREF="http://www.nmm.ac.uk/searchbin/searchs.pl?exhibit=browse&axis=ic0021f&flash=true">Polar
    Exploration: North-West Passage

    http://www.nmm.ac.uk/searchbin/searchs.pl?exhibit=browse&axis=ic0021f&flash=true


    Frozen
    Ocean – Search for the North-West Passage

    http://ve.tpl.toronto.on.ca/frozen_ocean/index.htm


    HREF="http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/anthropology/bluebooks/">Arctic
    Blue Books Online

    http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/anthropology/bluebooks/


    The Barren
    Lands: J.B. Tyrrell’s Expeditions for the Geological Survey of Canada,
    1892-1894

    http://digital.library.utoronto.ca/Tyrrell/


    Beyond the Map:
    The Explorers of the Pacific Northwest

    http://www.beyondthemap.ca/


    Captain
    Alejandro Malaspina

    http://www.mala.bc.ca/www/discover/capt/capt.htm


    Simon Fraser,
    the Explorer

    http://www.sfu.ca/archives/history-SFU/SF-expl.html


    HREF="http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g3512c+ct000914))">George
    Vancouver: “A Chart Shewing Part of the Coast of N.W. America.”

    http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?ammem/
    gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g3512c+ct000914))


    HREF="http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=6596">Official
    Report of the Exploration of the Queen Charlotte Islands for the Government
    of British Columbia

    http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=6596


    HREF="http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g3401s+ct000692))">Alexander
    Mackenzie: “A Map of America between Latitudes 40 and 70 North, and
    Longitudes 45 and 180 West, Exhibiting Mackenzie’s Track.”

    http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?ammem/
    gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g3401s+ct000692))


    Sir John
    Franklin: His Life and Afterlife

    http://www.ric.edu/faculty/rpotter/franklife.html


    HREF="http://libweb5.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/northwest-passage/franklin-second.htm">Franklin’s Second Overland Expedition (1825-1827)

    http://libweb5.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/
    websites/northwest-passage/franklin-second.htm


    The Franklin
    Trail

    http://www.netscapades.com/franklintrail/


    John
    Ross Explores the Arctic

    http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/cseh-twih/archives2_E.asp?id=234


    Fort
    Hope

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


    Deline
    (Fort Franklin)

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


    Beechey
    Island

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


    Northern
    People, Northern Knowledge: The Story of the Canadian Arctic Expedition

    http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/cae/indexe.shtml


    Adventure and Illustration
    in North America and the Caribbean 1760-1895

    http://www.library.yale.edu/beinecke/illus.htm


    Explorers of the West

    http://www.ourheritage.net/


    The
    Well-Dressed Explorer

    http://www.northwestjournal.ca/sample.html


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