Exploration

History of exploration around the world; topics include many explorers (Vikings, Cabot brothers, Hudson, Cartier, Champlain, Cook) with Canadian ties.
http://www.mariner.org/educationalad/ageofex/

Alexander Mackenzie explored the Canadian northwest to find a route from the Western Interior to the Pacific Ocean. In 1793 he achieved this goal on his second attempt.
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=Archiv...

From Quebec City, to Alexander Mackenzie Provincial Park west of Bella Coola, British Columbia route of waterways unites Canada historically and geographically.
http://www.amvr.org/index.htm

The Arctic Blue Books Online is a searchable version of Andrew Taylor's index to the 19th century British Parliamentary Papers concerned with the Canadian Arctic.
http://www.umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/archives/collections...

Provides a bibliography of the Library and Archives Canada primary printed sources on the search for the Northwest Passage in the early nineteenth century.
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/2/21/index-e.html

Documentation of two exploratory surveys of northern Canada includes expedition maps, biographies of Tyrrell brothers, interactive chronologies and images of archival material.
http://digital.library.utoronto.ca/Tyrrell/

"Beyond the Map" features maps, video clips and articles pertaining to the history of exploration in the Pacific Northwest as well as life at sea, marine technology and the First Nations' initial contact with Europeans. Includes educational resources.
http://www.beyondthemap.ca/

Information on a variety of topics relating to the Canadian Arctic including exploration, wildlife, Inuit life and the environment.
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/arctic/english.h...

Pictures, biographies and information on these extraterrestrial explorers and their space missions, get involved in the Canadian space program.
http://canadaonline.about.com/od/canadianastronauts/index.ht...

Series of articles from the 400th anniversary of Samuel de Champlain's landing in Nova Scotia in 1604 discuss his journey and the history of Acadia.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/champlainanniversary/