Provided by the Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN), Artefacts Canada allows users to search and browse information about and images of millions of objects from Canadian museums and archaeological sites. The Humanities section includes all forms of visual art, clothing, jewelry, furniture, tools, surgical instruments, and other historical objects, many accompanied by images. The Natural...

Learning about Canada's past just became a bit easier with the Canada Year Book Historical Collection website. The site provides access to one hundred years worth of the annual "Canada Year Book". These books cover the years 1867 to 1967, and visitors will get the opportunity to learn about social and economic history from across the provinces. Visitors can browse by year or topic, and looking...

Its third phase now complete, this online project produced for the Canadian Digital Collections Program has been much improved and now constitutes a fine resource for architects, architecture students, historians, curators, building restorers, and others. The Canadian Architect and Builder was the first Canadian architecture periodical, published between 1888 and 1908. At the site, visitors can...

This site offers an unusually wide range of online exhibitions and resources held at this and associated museums. The virtual tour includes the First Peoples Hall, the Archaeology Hall, Cultural Traditions, Folk Art and Fine Crafts, and a Quicktime VR tour of the Canada Hall. Each section hosts several exhibits. Future additions to the virtual tour include Canada at War, Kid's Space, and outdoor...

In the evening of December 6, 1917, a massive explosion rocked the harbor of the rapidly growing city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, located in eastern Canada. Caused by the collision of two ships (one of which was carrying a tremendous amount of explosive material), the explosion killed over 1500 people outright, and devastated the settlements around the area. Working with various historical groups,...

Borrowing a good idea from PictureAustralia (last mentioned in the December 1, 2000 Scout Report), Images Canada provides a central point to start a cross-collection search through more than 75,000 images held by participating Canadian museums, archives, and libraries. Like PictureAustralia, there are three ways to search: by keyword (simply enter terms in a box), advanced (limit terms to specific...

The National Library of Canada has recently updated their collection of historical Canadian sheet music. Sheet Music from Canada's Past (see the November 17, 2000 Scout Report for an earlier mention) has updated their collection of sheet music from the World War I era with sheet music published before the Confederation in 1867. One can search the entire collection or search the World War I and...

Hosted by the History Department at Malaspina University College, this site is an effort to create a digital archive of the Canadian war experience, as told through the letters and images of Canadians themselves. At present, the site contains 20 collections. Some offer transcriptions of letters along with images of the originals; others have only digitized images; others also include photos....