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History – Canada (page

page 1:	General history \| Chronology \| Historical geography
page 2:	Biography, demography and genealogy
page 3:	Emblems, symbols and flags \| Constitutional history \| Politics and government
page 4:	Discovery and exploration
page 5:	Migration and settlement
page 6:	The French régime \| The British colonial period \| Canada, the nation
page 7:	Economic history (Exploitation of natural resources, Industries and trades, Labor, Commerce, Finance)
page 8:	Transportation history (Water transportation, Railways, Air transportation, Space flight) \| Communications history
page 9:	Religious history \| Social history \| Women’s history

Transportation history

HREF="http://www.civilization.ca/tresors/treasure/transpor.html">Treasures
Gallery: Transportation and distribution

http://www.civilization.ca/tresors/treasure/transpor.html

History of Nova Scotia,
with special attention given to Communications and Transportation

http://alts.net/ns1625/nshist01.html

A
History of Transportation in Winnipeg

http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/transactions/3/transportation.shtml

Images
Canada: Automobiles

http://www.imagescanada.ca/r1-116-e.php?trail=trail1

History of Automobiles:
The Early Days in Nova Scotia 1899-1949

http://alts.net/ns1625/automobiles.html

Trans-Canada
Highway: Bridging the Distance

http://archives.cbc.ca/300c.asp?id=1-73-678

Le Chemin du Roy

http://www.lecheminduroy.com/en/index.php

HREF="http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/exhibits/timemach/galler08/frames/index.htm">British
Columbia’s Economy and Technology: Transportation and the British Columbia
Economy

http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/exhibits/timemach/galler08/frames/index.htm

Early
Transportation on the Skeena River

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

HREF="http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/history/material_culture/duplessi/index.html">When
Horse Was King: 19th Century Horse Drawn Vehicles in Canada

http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/history/material_culture/duplessi/index.html

HREF="http://www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca/english/whatson/bikes.cfm">Bikes:
The Wheel Story

http://www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca/english/whatson/bikes.cfm

All
Time List of Canadian Transit Systems

http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~wyatt/alltime/index.html

HREF="http://www.windsorpubliclibrary.com/digi/fleetway/english/framesindex.htm">The
Fleetway: An Exhibit of the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel

http://www.windsorpubliclibrary.com/digi/fleetway/english/framesindex.htm

Water transportation

Images
Canada: Gone Paddling

http://www.imagescanada.ca/r1-116-e.php?trail=trail8

Our Canoeing
Heritage

http://www.canoemuseum.ca/index.php/20081224119/our-canoeing-heritage/
our-canoeing-heritage-main/canoeing-heritage-mainhtml

HREF="http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/vmnf/champlain/expl3_en.shtml">The
Birchbark Canoe (1603)

http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/vmnf/champlain/expl3_en.shtml

HREF="http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/canoe/can00eng.shtml">The
Canoe: Portraits of the Great Fur Trade Canoes

http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/canoe/can00eng.shtml

Making a
Birchbark Canoe

http://www.northwestjournal.ca/VIII4.htm

HREF="http://www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca/english/collection/watercraft.cfm">Canoes:
The Shape of Success

http://www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca/english/collection/watercraft.cfm

Ship
Information Database

http://daryl.chin.gc.ca:8000/basisbwdocs/sid/title1e.html

Marine
Museum Research Resources

http://www.marmuseum.ca/research.html

Historic Sailing
Page

http://historicsailing.tripod.com/menu.html

Sailing into History:
The Maritime Paintings of Gordon Miller

http://gordonmiller.ca/

Usque ad
Mare: A History of the Canadian Coast Guard and Marine Services

http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/eng/CCG/USQUE_Table_Contents

Destination:
Nova Scotia. Sea Tales

http://www.destination-ns.com/content/stories/sea.asp

Nova
Scotia Motor Fishing Boats

http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/lifelines/linsa01e.shtml

Construction of
the Cutty Sark and the War Moncton

http://website.nbm-mnb.ca/CAIN/english/cutty_moncton/

Royal
William (Canadian trans-Atlantic paddle-steamer)

http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Royal_William.html

HREF="http://www.bluenose2.ns.ca/Legacy/index.html">Bluenose

http://www.bluenose2.ns.ca/Legacy/index.html

Bluenose: A Canadian Icon

http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/bluenose

The Marco
Polo Project

http://www.new-brunswick.net/marcopolo/

Paper Passages:
An Introduction to the Sources for the Study of Great Lakes History at the
National Archives of Canada

http://www.marmuseum.ca/salmon.html

Maritime History of
the Great Lakes

http://www.hhpl.on.ca/greatlakes/

A
Brief History of Shipping and Wrecks Around Kingston

http://www.carf.info/kingstonpast/marinearchaeology.php

CANOE: Computer
Archiving of Northern Oration and Exhibitions

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

Transportation
in the Canadian Northwest: York Boats, 19th century

http://victoria.tc.ca/history/etext/york-boat

The
Frontenac: A Reappraisal

http://www.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/documents/Frontenac/

The People of
the Ship “Hector”

http://www.ralstongenealogy.com/hector.htm

Canada Steamship
Lines

http://www.csl.ca/history.html

Lady
Sherbrooke : Une fenêtre sur les débuts de la navigation
à vapeur sur le Saint-Laurent

http://www.diablesdesmers.qc.ca/revue_la_plongee/lady_sherbrooke.htm

Rediscovering
the P.S. Lady Sherbrooke

http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/lady/index1.htm

Promotion
of Steamboat Travel on the North Saskatchewan River

http://victoria.tc.ca/history/etext/steam.sask.html

History
of S.S. Klondike

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

HREF="http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/cp.html">Canadian
Pacific Railway and Canadian Pacific Navigation

http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/cp.html

In Search
of Shipwrecks: Government Archives Sources Relating to Marine Casualties
in Canada

http://www.marmuseum.ca/wrecks.html

Shipwrecks
of the Atlantic Coast

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/sos/shipwrecks/002031-3000-e.html

Graveyard of the
Pacific: The Shipwrecks of Vancouver Island

http://www.pacificshipwrecks.ca/

HREF="http://www.math.mun.ca/~dapike/family_history/coaker.html">The
Schooner President Coaker

http://www.math.mun.ca/~dapike/family_history/coaker.html

The
Empress of Ireland – a titanic tale of forgotten tragedy

http://en.allexperts.com/e/r/rm/rms_empress_of_ireland.htm

The
Halifax Explosion

http://www.region.halifax.ns.ca/Community/explode.html

Titanic
and the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic

http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mma/titanic/titanic.htm

Encyclopedia
Titanica

http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/

Great
Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System – History

http://www.greatlakes-seaway.com/en/seaway/history/index.html

Rideau Canal
Waterway – History of the Canal

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

HREF="http://shubie.chebucto.org/">The
Shubenacadie Canal

http://shubie.chebucto.org/

History of
Saskatchewan Waterways

http://canoesaskatchewan.rkc.ca/history.htm

From the Athabasca
to the Mackenzie Delta: A journey on Canada’s Inland Waterways

http://scaa.usask.ca/gallery/northern/jones/

RBCM
Notes: Sternwheelers in British Columbia

http://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Human_History/History.aspx?id=330

HREF="http:/explorenorth.com/library/yafeatures/bl-Canadian.htmm">Yukon
River Sternwheelers – the Canadian

http:/explorenorth.com/library/yafeatures/bl-Canadian.htm

CG
Icebreaker – The History of Canadian Icebreakers

http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/eng/CCG/USQUE_Icebreaker

Railways

Mail,
Rail, and Retail: Connecting Canadians

http://www8.cpr.ca/cms/English/General+Public/Heritage/default.htm

HREF="http://imagescn.technomuses.ca/photoessays/railways/railways01.cfm">Railways
in Canada: A Brief History

http://imagescn.technomuses.ca/photoessays/railways/railways01.cfm

HREF="http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm">Significant
Dates in Canadian Railway History

http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm

HREF="http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/cnphoto/cnphoto.html">Canadian
National Railway Historic Photograph Collection

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

Canada, by
Train

http://www.collectionscanada.ca/trains/index-e.html

CN Images of Canada Gallery: A
Canadian History

http://216.94.16.48/

Images
Canada: Trains

http://www.imagescanada.ca/r1-116-e.php?trail=trail5

HREF="http://www8.cpr.ca/cms/English/General+Public/Heritage/default.htm">Canadian
Pacific Railway: Company History

http://www8.cpr.ca/cms/English/General+Public/Heritage/default.htm

Sandford Fleming, The knight of time

http://www.sandfordfleming.ca/en/

The Newfoundland
Railway

http://www.heritage.nf.ca/society/railway.html

Newfoundland
Rail Scenes

http://www3.nf.sympatico.ca/gazebo.hill/nrs.html/

History of Railway
Companies in Nova Scotia

http://alts.net/ns1625/railways.html

Henry
George Clopper Ketchum: The Railway to Glory or Despair

http://www.lib.unb.ca/archives/finding/ketchum/virtual_exhibit.html

Along
The Line: Photographs of the P.E.I. Railway

http://www.edu.pe.ca/paro/exhibits/display.asp?railway.1.1

HREF="http://www.kennet.pe.ca/chip/english/railway.htm">Railway
History in Kensington

http://www.kennet.pe.ca/chip/english/railway.htm

Electric Lines
in Southern Ontario

http://www.trainweb.org/elso/

All
Aboard Toronto! Railways and the Growth of a City

http://ve.torontopubliclibrary.ca/allaboard/index.html

HREF="http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/archives/canada_first_subway/index_subway.htm">Canada’s
First Subway

http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/archives/canada_first_subway/index_subway.htm

The
Railways of Ottawa

http://www.railways.incanada.net/circle/findings.htm

Significant
Dates in Ottawa Railway History

http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm

Port Arthur, Duluth and
Western Railway

http://www.members.shaw.ca/padwrr/home.htm

Thurso
and Nation Valley Railway

http://www.railways.incanada.net/thurso/tnvrmenu.htm

Transportation
in the Canadian West, 19th Century: The Canadian Pacific Railway and
Western Canadian Settlement

http://victoria.tc.ca/history/etext/cpr-south

HREF="http://victoria.tc.ca/history/etext/winnipeg-railways">Transportation
in the Canadian West, 19th Century: Impact of Railways on Winnipeg

http://victoria.tc.ca/history/etext/winnipeg-railways

Fort Steele:
Railroading

http://files.fortsteele.ca/history/railroad/equipment.asp

A Brief
History of the Kettle Valley Railway

http://kettlevalleyrail.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=68

The Crowsnest Pass Railway
Route

http://www.crowsnest.bc.ca/

HREF="http://cruises.about.com/od/alaskacruises/ig/Skagway---White-Pass-Railway/">The
White Pass Railway

http://cruises.about.com/od/alaskacruises/ig/Skagway—White-Pass-Railway/

Le tramway
à Montréal, de 1861 à 1959

http://www.stm.info/en-bref/tramways/index.htm

Histoire de
la mise en place du métro de Montréal 1910-1966

http://www.stcum.qc.ca/en-bref/mepmetro.htm

Air transportation

HREF="http://www.cahf.ca/">Canada’s
Aviation Hall of Fame

http://www.cahf.ca/

Highlights
in the History of Canadian Aviation

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

Canada’s Innovative Aviation Heritage –
the stories of Canadair and de Havilland Canada

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

Images
Canada: Planes

http://www.imagescanada.ca/r1-116-e.php?trail=trail9

High
Flyers: Canadian Women in Aviation

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

Bush Flying

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

The
deHavilland Fox Moth

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

HREF="http://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Human_History/History.aspx?id=298">First
in the Air in British Columbia

http://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Human_History/History.aspx?id=298

HREF="http://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Human_History/History.aspx?id=307">Jumping
off a Cliff

http://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Human_History/History.aspx?id=307

The Avro Arrow

http://scaa.usask.ca/gallery/arrow/

Winnipeg
Airports Authority – History

http://www.waa.ca/history

Space flight

Canada
in Space

http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/default.asp

The Canadian
Astronaut Program

http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronauts/default.asp

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Communications history

HREF="http://www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca/english/collection/connexions.cfm">Connexions: An Exhibit on Communications

http://www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca/english/collection/connexions.cfm

The History of the
Book in Canada project

http://www.hbic.library.utoronto.ca/

History of Nova Scotia,
with particular attention given to Communications and Transportation

http://alts.net/ns1625/nshist01.html

Nova
Scotia Pony Express 1849

http://ns1763.ca/ponyexpress/ponyexdx.html

Information
found in contemporary New Brunswick records about transportation and communications
links between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in 1849 with special attention given
to the Nova Scotia Pony Express

http://www.littletechshoppe.com/ns1625/nb1849.html

Paper of Record: collection
of historical newspapers

http://www.paperofrecord.com/

Special Editions of
Canadian Newspapers

http://www.collectionscanada.ca/2/14/index-e.html

HREF="http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/explore/resources-for-scholars/resources/atlantic-canada-newspaper-survey">Atlantic Canada Newspaper Survey

http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/explore/resources-for-scholars/resources/atlantic-canada-newspaper-survey

The Oldest
Newspaper in Canada

http://www.littletechshoppe.com/ns1625/news01.html

The
Halifax Gazette – Canada’s first newspaper

http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/Gazette/

Early
Toronto Newspapers, 1793-1867

http://www.edunetconnect.com/cat/oldnewspap/index.html

Alberta Newspapers Collection

http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/newspapr/

Images in the News:
Canadian Illustrated News

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cin/index-e.html

HREF="http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=a1ARTA0001442">Political
Cartoons: Editorial Cartooning from the Pages of Canadian Newspapers

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=a1ARTA0001442

Les 75 ans de la presse
écrite francophone en alberta : de La Survivance au Franco

http://cnc.virtuelle.ca/LaPresse/introduction.html

HREF="http://www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca/english/collection/conn1.cfm">Connexions:
An Exhibit on Communications

http://www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca/english/collection/conn1.cfm

Canadian Railway
Telegraph History

http://www.trainweb.org/railwayop/

History of Telegraph and
Telephone Companies in Nova Scotia

http://alts.net/ns1625/telephone.html

A Very Fierce War:
The Electric Telegraph Lines Between New York and Halifax, 1850

http://alts.net/ns1625/craig02.html

Dr. Alexander Carruthers
Beatty and The Telephone in Hope Township