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 ====== Resources : Canada ====== ====== Resources : Canada ======
  
-==== General ====+This is a page listing various resources dealing with Canadian history, geography and related topics and subjects. Resources range from website and online article links to lists of recommended non-fiction bibliography.  
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 **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=113665|Professor Zyzzyva's Canadian History 101]]** - A thread dedicated to clearing up misconceptions or innacuracies about Canadian history after the year 1867, courtesy of [[offtopic:Zyzzyva]]. **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=113665|Professor Zyzzyva's Canadian History 101]]** - A thread dedicated to clearing up misconceptions or innacuracies about Canadian history after the year 1867, courtesy of [[offtopic:Zyzzyva]].
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 **[[http://www.imagescanada.ca/index-e.html|Images Canada]]** - Has about 100,000 pictures (from c. 1850 to c 1950). Check out the 'Image Trail' and 'Photo Essay' sections. Good source of 'old' pics. **[[http://www.imagescanada.ca/index-e.html|Images Canada]]** - Has about 100,000 pictures (from c. 1850 to c 1950). Check out the 'Image Trail' and 'Photo Essay' sections. Good source of 'old' pics.
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 +**[[http://wiki.alternatehistory.com/doku.php/resources/canada|The Canadian Encyclopedia.ca]]**
  
 **[[http://www.canadiana.org/eco/english/index.html|Early Canadiana Online]]** - Early Canadiana Online (ECO) is a digital library providing access to 2,293,459 pages in 15,034 volumes of Canada's printed heritage. It features works published from the time of the first European settlers up to the early 20th Century. Pages were scanned and then uploaded in gif format for anyone to view. **[[http://www.canadiana.org/eco/english/index.html|Early Canadiana Online]]** - Early Canadiana Online (ECO) is a digital library providing access to 2,293,459 pages in 15,034 volumes of Canada's printed heritage. It features works published from the time of the first European settlers up to the early 20th Century. Pages were scanned and then uploaded in gif format for anyone to view.
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 **[[http://www.pro.rcip-chin.gc.ca/artefact/index-eng.jsp|Artefacts Canada]]** - Containing millions of collection records and close to 580 000 images from hundreds of museums across the country, this resource is used by national and international heritage professionals. **[[http://www.pro.rcip-chin.gc.ca/artefact/index-eng.jsp|Artefacts Canada]]** - Containing millions of collection records and close to 580 000 images from hundreds of museums across the country, this resource is used by national and international heritage professionals.
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 +**[[https://ottawow.wordpress.com/about/|Ottawa Rewind]]** - A blog dedicated to stories about Ottawa and the surrounding area, winding back time. 
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 ==== Society and Culture ==== ==== Society and Culture ====
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 **[[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/home-children/index-e.html|Library and Archives Canada - Home Children (1869-1930)]]** - Between 1869 and the early 1930s, over 100,000 children were sent to Canada from Great Britain during the child emigration movement. Members of the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa are locating and indexing the names of these Home Children found in passenger lists in the custody of the Library and Archives Canada. **[[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/home-children/index-e.html|Library and Archives Canada - Home Children (1869-1930)]]** - Between 1869 and the early 1930s, over 100,000 children were sent to Canada from Great Britain during the child emigration movement. Members of the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa are locating and indexing the names of these Home Children found in passenger lists in the custody of the Library and Archives Canada.
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 +**[[http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/index.html|Canada's First Peoples]]** - A detailed site focusing on the history, ethnography, economy and culture of the various First Peoples of Canada before European contact.
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 +**[[http://www.firstvoices.com/|FirstVoices.com]]** - Audio recordings of the First Peoples indigenous languages of Canada.
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 +**[[http://www.ydli.org/fnlgsbc.htm|The First Nations Languages of British Columbia]]** - Especially useful for its bibliography lists on each of the featured languages.
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 +**[[http://www.metismuseum.ca/main.php|The Virtual Museum of Métis History and Culture]]** - Pretty much everything you need to know about the Metis of Canada. //Lots// of pictures to view.
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 +**[[http://www.metis-history.info/|Metis-history.info]]** - A detailed site with resources on Métis history and related topics.
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 +**[[http://www.native-languages.org/inuit_culture.htm|A collection of links about Inuit topics]]**
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 +**[[http://www.inuitmyths.com/|Inuit Mythology]]**
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 ==== Genealogy ==== ==== Genealogy ====
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 **[[http://www.ourroots.ca/e/about.aspx|Our Roots]]** - Some rather clever people from various Canadian universities went through hundreds (if not thousands) of old books and manuscripts relating to Canadian history and scanned them and then posted the whole book online. You can find everything from the Irish at Grosse Isle, the American Invasion of 1775, the Klondike Gold Rush, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canada’s historic forts and trading posts, the Canadian Anti-Slavery Baptist Association, Aboriginal communities, political and local scandals, ship building in Moncton, and the Sackville telephone exchange, to name just a few. Rather good search engine on it. **[[http://www.ourroots.ca/e/about.aspx|Our Roots]]** - Some rather clever people from various Canadian universities went through hundreds (if not thousands) of old books and manuscripts relating to Canadian history and scanned them and then posted the whole book online. You can find everything from the Irish at Grosse Isle, the American Invasion of 1775, the Klondike Gold Rush, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canada’s historic forts and trading posts, the Canadian Anti-Slavery Baptist Association, Aboriginal communities, political and local scandals, ship building in Moncton, and the Sackville telephone exchange, to name just a few. Rather good search engine on it.
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 +**[[http://www.acadian-cajun.com/index.htm|Acadian & Cajun Genealogy and History Online]]** - Approximately 750 links on everything about Acadian and Cajun history, ranging from archaeology, maps, pictures, postcards, recipes and--of course--geneology.
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 +==== Politics ====
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 +**[[http://web5.uottawa.ca/www5/jmagnet/|Constitutional Law of Canada]]** - Resources pertaining to the Constitutional Law, as well as various aboriginal and international constitution info. The 'Best Sites' directory is quite extensive.
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 ==== Economy and Transportation ==== ==== Economy and Transportation ====
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 **[[http://www.cbc.ca/news/interactives/canada-deficit/|Canada's deficits and surpluses, 1963-2011]]** **[[http://www.cbc.ca/news/interactives/canada-deficit/|Canada's deficits and surpluses, 1963-2011]]**
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 +**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/black-ore-in-ne-canada-in-elizabethan-times.441971/|Black Ore in northeast Canada in Elizabethan times]]** - A discussion on period accounts about resources.
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 ==== Military ==== ==== Military ====
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 **[[http://museum.gov.ns.ca/blackloyalists/|Remembering Black Loyalists, Black Communities in Nova Scotia]]** **[[http://museum.gov.ns.ca/blackloyalists/|Remembering Black Loyalists, Black Communities in Nova Scotia]]**
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 +**[[http://www.warplane.com/warplane-vintage-aircraft-collection.aspx|Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum]]**
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 +**[[http://www.ch2a.ca/|The Canadian Historical Aircraft Association]]**
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 +**[[http://www.canavbooks.com/|CANAV Books]]** - Canada's Aviation Heritage Publisher.
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 +**[[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ww-ii-aircraft-and-remains-recovered-from-vancouver-island-mountainside-1.2659691|WW II aircraft and remains recovered from Vancouver Island mountainside]]**
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 ==== Maps ==== ==== Maps ====
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 **[[http://www.paninuittrails.org/index.html?module=module.about|Pan-Inuit Trails]]** - Interactive Atlas of the Arctic, that shows how the Canadian Arctic has long been explored and mapped by the Inuit people. **[[http://www.paninuittrails.org/index.html?module=module.about|Pan-Inuit Trails]]** - Interactive Atlas of the Arctic, that shows how the Canadian Arctic has long been explored and mapped by the Inuit people.
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 ==== See Also ==== ==== See Also ====
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 **[[pods:Canada|Canadian Points of Divergence]]** **[[pods:Canada|Canadian Points of Divergence]]**
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 ==== Navigation ==== ==== Navigation ====
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 **[[List of Resources by Country and Region]]** **[[List of Resources by Country and Region]]**
  
-**[[resources/resources|Useful Resources Main Directory]]**+**[[resources:resources|Useful Resources Main Directory]]**
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