Online Resources for Canadian Heritage

History

Historic sites, buildings and monuments - Canada

General works

World Heritage Sites in Canada
http://www.thesalmons.org/lynn/wh-canada.html

National Historic Sites
http://www.pc.gc.ca/progs/lhn-nhs/index_e.asp

Great Canadian Places
http://www.historylands.com/index.html

An Approach to Aboriginal Cultural Landscapes
http://www.pc.gc.ca/progs/pfa-fap/arch8_e.asp

The History of Canada's National Parks: Their Evolution and Contribution Towards Canadian Identity
http://www.pc.gc.ca/edu/TRC/htm/evolution_e.asp

Architecture in Canada
http://www.tceplus.com/archit.htm

Canadian Architect and Builder (1888-1908)
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/architect/
also at: http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/cab/

Canadian Architecture Collection
http://cac.mcgill.ca/

Building Canada: A Selection of Images from the John Bland Collection of Canadian Architecture
http://cac.mcgill.ca/bland/building/

Architectural Styles... A Visual Glossary
http://www.pcma.ca/arstyles.htm

Fur Post Construction
http://www.northwestjournal.ca/PostCon.htm

A Brief History of Canadian Lighthouses
http://members.aol.com/stiffcrust/pharos/index.html

Canadian Prairie Sentinels Gallery
http://www.harrypalmergallery.ab.ca/galsentplaces/galsentplaces.html
Prairies grain elevators.

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Newfoundland

Newfoundland and Labrador's Registered Heritage Structures

also at:

If These Walls Could Talk: A Brief History of the Colonial Building
http://www.heritage.nf.ca/law/colonial/default.html

Salt Boxes and other Newfoundland heritage architecture
http://www.heritage.nf.ca/society/saltbox/default.html

Ten Historic Towns: Heritage Architecture in Newfoundland
http://www.wordplay.com/tourism/communities/ten_historic_towns/

Child labour in Bell Island mines
http://www.heritage.nf.ca/society/bellisland/default.html

Historic Lighthouses of Newfoundland and Labrador
http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~dmolloy/lighthouse.html

Point Amour Lighthouse
http://www.labradorstraits.nf.ca/ptamour.html

L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site: History
http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/nl/meadows/natcul/hist_e.asp

Red Bay National Historic Site
http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/nl/redbay/natcul/histo_e.asp

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Nova Scotia

War Memorials, Historic Monuments and Plaques in Nova Scotia
http://ns1763.ca/remem/plaques.html

Fortress of Louisbourg CDROM Home Page
http://www.fitzgeraldstudio.com/html/louisbourg/home.html

Fortress of Louisbourg: The Official Louisbourg Institute Home Page
http://fortress.uccb.ns.ca/

Welcome to the Fortress of Louisbourg
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/louisbourg/

Louisbourg
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/mclennan/section6.htm

Sherbrooke Village
http://www.ednet.ns.ca/educ/museum/sv/

Grassy Island Historic Site
http://www.multiculturaltrails.ca/level_3/Guys-Grassy-Island.html

Clockmaker's Inn
http://fox.nstn.ca:80/~hantsrda/clockmak.html

McNabs Island, Halifax Co, Nova Scotia: An Historical Overview
http://www.mcnabsisland.ca/history/hist-int.html

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New Brunswick

New Brunswick's Oxbow Site and Augustine Mound
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/oxbow/

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Prince Edward Island

InfoPEI : National Historic Monuments
http://www.gov.pe.ca/infopei/index.php3?number=12346⟨=E

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Quebec

Ramsay Traquair: The Architectural Heritage of Quebec
http://cac.mcgill.ca/cac/traquair/

Patrimoine urbain et insignifiance
http://www.fl.ulaval.ca/geo/cgq/textes/vol_42/no_116/Ma-623.html

Répertoire des monuments commémoratifs de la ville de Québec
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/quebec/

Quebec Religious Heritage Foundation: Architecture and heritage
http://www.patrimoine-religieux.qc.ca/architecture/index_e.htm

Industrial architecture of Montreal
http://blackader.library.mcgill.ca/indarch.html

L'inventaire architectural du Vieux-Montréal
http://www.vieux.montreal.qc.ca/inventaire/inv.htm

Hospital Architecture in Montreal: A digital resource
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/hospitals/

Maison Saint-Gabriel: A Present from the Past!
http://www.maisonsaint-gabriel.qc.ca/maison/000_e.html

Les ponts couverts de facture traditionnelle en Estrie
http://www.mcc.gouv.qc.ca/region/05/pamu/pontcouv.htm

Société québécoise des ponts couverts
http://www.mcc.gouv.qc.ca/pamu/organis/sqpc/sqpc.htm
Wooden covered bridges in Quebec

Bilan des interventions du ministérielles - Fonctions culturelle et récréative (Québec)
http://www.mcc.gouv.qc.ca/pamu/themes/liste7.htm
The schedules listed here describe heritage resources, in terms of functions or structures (e.g. flour mills, shipbuilding facilities), talk about their historical development, and evaluate their significance.

Religious Heritage
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/relig/

Repertory of commemorative monuments of Quebec city
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/quebec/accueil/accueil_anglais.html

Harry Palmer Gallery: Quebec City Places Gallery
http://www.harrypalmergallery.ab.ca/galquectyplaces/galquectyplaces.html

Rallye patrimonial de Lanaudière
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/rallye/ralley.htm

Les trésors de la Cathédrale [de Joliette]
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/tresors/

La Pulperie de Chicoutimi
http://reseau.qc.ca/pulp_mur.htm

The History of Grosse-Île
http://parcscanada.risq.qc.ca/grosse_ile/menu_history_e.html

Attraits patrimoniaux du centre-ville de Buckingham
http://ppp.atreide.net/infocomm/shb-f.htm

Le Manoir Papineau
http://www.petite-nation.qc.ca/patrimoine/manoir.html

Les Jardins de Métis: Portrait of a Landscape
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/metis/

Le moulin seigneurial de Saint-Pacôme
http://www.moulin-st-pacome.ca.tc/

Written in the Stone: An architectural tour of the Canadian Museum of Civilization
http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/architecture/indexe.html

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Ontario

A Treasure to Explore: Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
http://parliamenthill.gc.ca/

Jewel on the Hill: The Story of Canada's Parliament Buildings
http://www.parliamentbuildings.com/

Ontario Heritage Foundation
http://www.heritagefdn.on.ca/home-eng.htm

Laurier House
http://laurierhouse.archives.ca/

Built Heritage: the City and Town Halls of Ottawa
http://www.carleton.ca/ccph/associated_projects/webpage/index.htm

Archaeological and Historical Landmarks of Ottawa
http://aix1.uottawa.ca/~weinberg/ottawa.html

Rideau Canal Waterway - Human History
http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/history/hist-human.html

The Architecture of Bellevue House
http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/on/bellevue/natcul/natcul3_e.asp

Fort Henry: History
http://www.novatech.on.ca/history/fthtour.html

Fort Malden National Historic Site
http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/on/malden/natcul/natcul2_e.asp

Bits and Pieces of Toronto's History
http://www.torontohistory.org/

A History of Fort York
http://www.torontohistory.on.ca/archives/guide.html

The Great Cover-up: Spadina's Historic Wallpapers
http://www.torontohistory.on.ca/spadina/Wallpaper%20Web/index.htm

Pinhey's Point: A Historic Tourist Site in the Ottawa-Carleton Region
http://www.pinheyspoint.ca/

Joseph Schneider Haus
http://www.region.waterloo.on.ca/jsh/index.html

A Brief History of the Custom House in Hamilton
http://www.web.net/~owahc/1332.htm

Peel County Courthouse and Jail: Architecture and History
http://www.region.peel.on.ca/heritage/architec.htm

Saint Patrick's Basilica - A Guided Tour
http://www.basilica.org/church_tour/index.html

History of Battlefield House
http://alpha.binatech.on.ca/~bhmchin/house.html

Banting House National Historic Site
http://www.diabetes.ca/Section_About/BantingIndex.asp

The Martyrs' Shrine - Midland, Ontario
http://www.martyrs-shrine.com/

Sainte-Marie among the Hurons
http://www.saintemarieamongthehurons.on.ca/english/historicalinfo.html

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Manitoba

Winnipeg Building Index
http://www.umanitoba.ca/academic_support/libraries/units/archfa/wbi/index.html

A Short Pictorial History On Upper Ft. Garry
http://www.mbnet.mb.ca/~botan/history.html

Heritage Buildings In Boissevain
http://www.town.boissevain.mb.ca/heritage/tour/index.htm

First Ukrainian Church in Canada
http://www.infoukes.com/culture/architecture/first_church/

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Saskatchewan

Batoche National Historic Site : History
http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/sk/batoche/natcul/histo_e.asp

Fort Battleford National Historic Site - On-line Guided Tour
http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/sk/battleford/visit/visite-tour1_E.asp

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Alberta

Alberta Museums and Historic Sites
http://www.gov.ab.ca/mcd/mhs/mhs.htm

Don's Cemetery Page
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dsucha/cemetery.html

Fort George - Buckingham House Provincial Historic Site
http://www.agt.net/public/gottfred/bhfghsp.html

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British Columbia

Heritage Society of British Columbia
http://www.islandnet.com/~hsbc/

B.C. Heritage
http://www.tbc.gov.bc.ca/culture/heritage/

Measured Drawings: An Architectural Heritage of British Columbia
http://collections.gc.ca/drawings/

Historical Building Site for Victoria, B.C.
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/building/

Yale - St. John the Divine
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/artifacts/collect/yale.htm

Helmcken House
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/artifacts/collect/helmcken.htm

Haig-Brown House
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/artifacts/collect/haigbrwn.htm

Fort Steele Heritage Town
http://www.fortsteele.bc.ca/

Moment in Time. Fort Steele: A Historic Metaphor
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/steele/

A Brief History of Fort Langley
http://users.uniserve.com/~gborden/fl-hist.htm

Fort Langley National Historic Site: History
http://www.harbour.com/parkscan/fl/historye.htm

Fort Langley National Historic Site Management Plan - 1995
http://users.uniserve.com/~gborden/flmp-idx.htm

Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Victoria
http://www.tbc.gov.bc.ca/culture/schoolnet/fortvic/

Teaching, Learning and Farming at Craigflower Farm
http://www.tbc.gov.bc.ca/culture/schoolnet/craigflower/

British Columbia Lighthouses
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/7165/bclighthouselist.html

Barkerville Online
http://cariboo-net.com/sentinel/index.htm

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Yukon

Heritage Preservation in Whitehorse
http://www.explorenorth.com/library/yafeatures/bl-MastHouse.htm

Northern Roadhouses - An Introduction
http://www.explorenorth.com/library/yafeatures/bl-roadhouse.htm

Dawson Historic Complex National Historic Site: History
http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/yt/dawson/natcul/index_e.asp

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Northwest Territories

Places We Take Care Of: Report of the Sahtu Heritage Places and Sites Joint Working Group
http://www.pwnhc.ca/research/places/index.html

Pelly Bay Stone Church
http://www.pwnhc.ca/exhibits/nv/pelbay.htm

Old Fort Reliance
http://www.pwnhc.ca/exhibits/nv/ftrel.htm

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

Deline (Fort Franklin)
http://www.pwnhc.ca/exhibits/nv/deline.htm

Kellett's Storehouse
http://www.pwnhc.ca/exhibits/nv/kellet.htm

Old Fort Providence
http://www.pwnhc.ca/exhibits/nv/ftprov.htm

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

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Nunavut

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