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This page offers a selection of Library and Archives Canada resources on the topic of exploration and settlement. ( Children's Resources, For Kids)
Digital Collections |
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Searchable collections of materials that are available online, such as textual documents, maps, photographs, architectural drawings and works of art. | ![Graphical element](/web/20061120153053im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/000/001/000001-tb-btb03.gif) |
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![List item](/web/20061120153053im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/000/001/000001-misc06.jpg) | The Jesuit Relations and the History of New France |
![List item](/web/20061120153053im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/000/001/000001-misc06.jpg) | Maps, Plans and Charts (ArchiviaNet Research Tool) |
![List item](/web/20061120153053im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/000/001/000001-misc06.jpg) | New France New Horizons: On French Soil in America (Canada France Archives) |
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Research Aids |
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Tools to help locate and use materials at Library and Archives Canada, such as guides, finding aids, catalogues, bibliographies and reference works. |
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![List item](/web/20061120153053im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/000/001/000001-misc06.jpg) | Arctic Exploration and the Search for the Northwest Passage |
![List item](/web/20061120153053im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/000/001/000001-misc06.jpg) | Private Archives and Colonial Records (ArchiviaNet Research Tool) |
![List item](/web/20061120153053im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/000/001/000001-misc06.jpg) | Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online |
![List item](/web/20061120153053im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/000/001/000001-misc06.jpg) | Documentary Art (ArchiviaNet Research Tool) |
![List item](/web/20061120153053im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/000/001/000001-misc06.jpg) | Photographs (ArchiviaNet Research Tool) |
![List item](/web/20061120153053im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/000/001/000001-misc06.jpg) | The Search for Franklin and Franklin Relics: 1847-1880 |
![List item](/web/20061120153053im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/000/001/000001-misc06.jpg) | Selected Almanacs in Library and Archives Canada Collection |
![List item](/web/20061120153053im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/000/001/000001-misc06.jpg) | Western Land Grants, 1870-1930 (ArchiviaNet Research Tool) |
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External Links |
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Links to resources beyond the Library and Archives Canada website. |
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![List item](/web/20061120153053im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/000/001/000001-misc06.jpg) | Canadian Information by Subject |
![List item](/web/20061120153053im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/000/001/000001-misc06.jpg) | Early Canadiana Online |
Virtual Exhibitions |
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Informative sites that highlight and provide context for selected Library and Archives Canada materials. |
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![List item](/web/20061120153053im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/000/001/000001-misc06.jpg) | Canada - A Collector's Passion: The Peter Winkworth Collection |
![List item](/web/20061120153053im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/000/001/000001-misc06.jpg) | Canada at Scale: Maps of our History |
![List item](/web/20061120153053im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/000/001/000001-misc06.jpg) | The Canadian West |
![List item](/web/20061120153053im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/000/001/000001-misc06.jpg) | The Kids' Site of Canadian Settlement ![For Kids](/web/20061120153053im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/000/001/000001-misc15.jpg) |
![List item](/web/20061120153053im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/000/001/000001-misc06.jpg) | Life of a Rock Star ![For Kids](/web/20061120153053im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/000/001/000001-misc15.jpg) |
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Moving Here, Staying Here. The Canadian Immigrant Experience |
![List item](/web/20061120153053im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/000/001/000001-misc06.jpg) | New France New Horizons: On French Soil in America |
![List item](/web/20061120153053im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/000/001/000001-misc06.jpg) | Passageways: True Tales of Adventure for Young Explorers ![For Kids](/web/20061120153053im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/000/001/000001-misc15.jpg) |
![List item](/web/20061120153053im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/000/001/000001-misc06.jpg) | Pathfinders and Passageways: The Exploration of Canada |
![List item](/web/20061120153053im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/000/001/000001-misc06.jpg) | Paul-Emile Miot: Photographs of Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island |
![List item](/web/20061120153053im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/000/001/000001-misc06.jpg) | The Shamrock and the Maple Leaf |
![List item](/web/20061120153053im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/000/001/000001-misc06.jpg) | Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill ![Children's Resources](/web/20061120153053im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/000/001/000001-misc10.jpg) |
![List item](/web/20061120153053im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/000/001/000001-misc06.jpg) | William Hind's "Overlanders of '62 Sketchbook" |
![List item](/web/20061120153053im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/000/001/000001-misc06.jpg) | Written in Stone: William E. Logan and the Geological Survey of Canada |
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AMICUS and ArchiviaNet |
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In addition to our Digital Collections and Virtual Exhibitions, search AMICUS and ArchiviaNet for access to further materials. |
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![List item](/web/20061120153053im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/000/001/000001-misc06.jpg) | AMICUS |
Provides bibliographic information about books, periodicals, music, video and other published materials in Library and Archives Canada's collection. AMICUS also shows holdings for other Canadian libraries. |
![List item](/web/20061120153053im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/000/001/000001-misc06.jpg) | ArchiviaNet |
Provides access to our archival holdings from governmental and private sources, including textual documents, maps, works of art, photographs, videos and films, sound recordings, architectural drawings, stamps and medals. |
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See Also |
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![List item](/web/20061120153053im_/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/000/001/000001-misc06.jpg) | Aboriginal Peoples |
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