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Fur Trade
- From
the Warpath to The Plains of Abraham
http://1759.ccbn-nbc.gc.ca/index.html
An online flash interactive game that invloves the student in the develoment
of New France from the perspective of The French, The British, The Canadian,
and Amerindian. The student clicks on the hotspots in turn.
- Canadian
Military History Gateway
http://www.cmhg.gc.ca/html/default-en.asp
The Gateway provides Canada’s military history dating back to
1000 A.D. It offers access to over 4000 online links to military history,
with resources such as digitized books, music, art, photos and video,
narratives, interactive games and scholarly research. The target audience
- youth, educators and life long learners can use online tools to
access the
military history resources of all the partners. These tools include
a graphical timeline to navigate quickly through centuries, decades
and years, to a specific time in Canada’s military history and
will also include in the near future an array of learning resources
and lesson plans.
Select a century from the timeline to access resources from the database.
You can create a personal account to keep track of your personal research
called 'My
Gateway'.
- The
Fur Trade and the Hudson's Bay Company
http://www.canadiana.org/hbc/intro_e.html
The history of the fur trade, the personalities, stories, a timeline
and links to primary sources.
- Personalities: Samuel de Champlain, Etienne Brule, Madelaine de Vercheres and others
- Stories: Coureurs de Bois, Filles du Roi: the King's Daughters
- Timeline
- HBC Heritage
http://www.hbc.com/hbcheritage/
History of the fur trade of the Hudson's Bay Company
- Publications-
order free copies
- Map-
Click on the menu at the top of the map to see the progression of
the fur trade in North America
- E-Books
- Adventurers and Tales from the Bay
- Image
Gallery
- The Fur Trade in New France Voyageurs and Hired Men
http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/index_e.aspx?DetailID=4808
Use the lower menu to follow the content of
Les Coureurs des Bois
New France
- The Kids Site of Candian Settlement -
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/settlement/kids/021013-2051.5-e.html
- Canada:
A People's History
http://history.cbc.ca/histicons/
Included in the banner is a clickable timeline.
- Pathfinders
and Passageways: The Exploration of Canada
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/explorateurs/index-e.html
Explorers and maps of North America.
- Map of New France
http://www.cmhg.gc.ca/cmh/en/image_40.asp
- France
in America
http://international.loc.gov/intldl/fiahtml/
A France and USA joint project that explores the history of the French
presence in North America from the first decades of the 16th century
to the end of the 19th century. Includes direct digital access to complete
books, maps, prints, and other documents.
- The
Virtual Museum of Canada
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/English/index_flashFT.html
English and French
- People of New France
http://204.19.14.35/vmnf/popul/popul-en.htm
- Filles du Roi --"King's Daughters"
http://www.delmars.com/family/filleroi.htm
Ancestors of Robert Perrault
- A New France ABC
http://204.19.14.35/vmnf/avent/abc09-12/accu_cde.htm
Artifacts presented bor each letter of the alphabet
- First Nations of the New France Era
http://204.19.14.35/vmnf/premieres_nations/en/index.html
Inuit
Northern Algonquians
Southern Algonquians
Northeastern Iroquoians
Southeastern Indian Peoples
Plains Indians
- Explorers
of New France
http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/index_e.aspx?DetailID=4174
Biographies of :
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Cartier, 1534-1536
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Champlain, 1604-1616
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Brűlé, 1615-1621
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Nicollet, 1634
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De Quen, 1647
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Des Groseilliers, 1654-1660
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Radisson, 1659-1660
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Perrot, 1665-1689
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Cavelier de La Salle, 1670-1687
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Albanel, 1672
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Marquette, 1673-1675
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Jolliet, 1673-1694
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Greysolon Dulhut, 1678-1679
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Hennepin, 1678-1680
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Lahontan, 1684-1688
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Chevalier de Troyes, 1686
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Le Moyne d'Iberville, 1686-1702
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Lamothe Cadillac, 1694-1701
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La Vérendrye, 1732-1739
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- Tracing the History of New France
http://www.archives.ca/05/0517/051701_e.html
Click through and read the descriptions in the exhibition then
take the very challenging quiz.
- French
Ontario in the 17th and 18th Centuries
http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/exhibits/franco_ontarian/index.html
Primary source documents.
- Role
Playing: John Talon Statcan Lesson Plan
http://www.statcan.ca/english/kits/jtalon1.htm
Lesson plan with hand-outs. Includes: graphing activities,
with a presentation focus. Census data is provided on-line.
English and French
- Jean
Talon, First Intendant of New France
http://www.civilisations.ca/educat/oracle/modules/cgourdeau/page01_e.html
The man and his achievements.
- Censuses
of Canada 1665-1871 Statistics of Canada
http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/98-187-XIE/index.htm
Includes information on early exploration, early French settlement,
Acadians, Upper Canada Loyalist, population in the 1800s, addition of
place names in Canada.
- E-Stat
data for the population of New France
http://estat.statcan.ca/cgi-win/CNSMCGI.EXE?LANG=E&CenGrp=COL:COL1,COL2,COL3,COL4
On-line census data where you can create on-line charts and graphs.
Password is available to Canadian schools. Contact your site administrator
to register. (Simcoe County Schools are registered to use this service.
See your teacher-librarian for information)
- Martyr
Shrine
http://www.martyrs-shrine.com/story/index.cfm?
Brief Sketches of the Jesuit Martyr-Saints: John de Brebeuf, Gabriel
Lalemant, Anthony Daniel, Charles Garnier, Noel Chabanel, Issac Jogues,
Rene Goupil, John de Lalonde.
- New
France New Horizons On French Soil in America
http://www.archivescanadafrance.org/
- Exhibition
- 350 archival documents sorted by 12 themes.
- Brief
biography of St. Marguerite D'Youville
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=200
- An Adventure in New France
http://204.19.14.35/vmnf/boucher/index.html
While reading an imaginary travel diary, students are given
the opportunity to live the experiences of the famous pioneer and
they must consult various documents in order to situate the events
in their proper context. During their "voyage", participants
are invited to maintain their own personal diary and communicate their
discoveries to other students.
- The
Fortress of Louisbourg
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/louisbourg/
Pictures, and a site map of the fortress.
- Fortress
of Louisbourg
- Acadia:
Lifestyle in the days of our incenstors
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Acadie/index_e.html
Use the menu at the top of the page.
- Maps
of the French and Indian War
http://www.masshist.org/exhibitions/mfi.cfm
Primary source documents.
- Chronology
of Candian Military History
http://warmuseum.ca/cwm/chrono/1000firstpeople_e.html
- An
Authentic Plan of the River St. Lawrence
http://www.masshist.org/maps/2739_Atlas_16/2739_Atlas_16.html
Depiction of the tactical events of the battle of the Plains of Abraham.
- Battle
of the Plains of Abraham
http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Battle_of_the_Plains_of_Abraham
A summary of the events of the campaign on Quebec.
- Battle
for a continent
http://history.cbc.ca/history/?MIval=EpContent.html&chapter_id=8&episode_id=4
Summary of the battle of Plains of Abraham.
- Letter
from the Plains of Abraham
http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/discipline/SpecColl/archives/holmes/holmes.html
A primary source document from a soldier in the battle.
- A
Soldier's Account of the Campaign on Quebec, 1759
http://www.militaryheritage.com/quebec1.htm
A wrttien account with paintings.
Copyright
2001
Pat Elliott, Library Specialist
Sunday November 2, 2008 3:07 PM
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