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Historical Atlas of Canada Online Learning Project  - http://mercator.geog.utoronto.ca/hacddp/page1.htm  Maps, graphs and text based on print volumes and redesigned for online, interactive viewing. Includes downloadable data in tabular form as well as printable map images.  Canadian Geographical Names.  - http://whistler.ccm.nrcan.gc.ca/  Interactive and authoritative source of data with over 350,000 official and formerly official geographical names available in both English and French.  The 1837 Rebellions  - http://www.edunetconnect.com/cat/rebellions/  Information about the 1837 Mackenzie-Papineau rebellions that rocked Upper and Lower Canada. Site includes chronology, biographies of the leaders, background, reactions, aftermath and other information.  Important Moments In Canadian History  - http://www.arts.okanagan.bc.ca/finearts/his_home.html  From prehistory to present. Brief descriptions of the important events in Canadian history.  The Barren Lands Digital Collection  - http://digital.library.utoronto.ca/Tyrrell/  Photographs, maps, and documents from two exploratory surveys conducted by J.B. Tyrrell of the region west of Hudson Bay.  History of Royal Bank of Canada  - http://www.royalbank.com/history  Follow the story of how Royal Bank grew from a small Halifax bank into a national financial institution, from 1864 to the present.  Roughing It In The Bush  - http://www.canadiana.org/cgi-bin/ECO/mtq?doc=26276  Book and poems of pioneer life by Susanna Moodie.  Quebecers, Catholic Clergy, Manitoba School Question, 1890-1916  - http://www2.marianopolis.edu/quebechistory/docs/manitoba/index.htm  Extensive documentation of Manitoba school legislation of 1890, which was regarded as anti-Catholic, and involvement of Quebecers in the controversy. Bilingual site.  Exploration, the Fur Trade and Hudson's Bay Company  - http://www.canadiana.org/hbc/  All about the fur trade in Canada, and how it led to the exploration of Canada, as well as the formation of the oldest and largest company in Canadian history: Hudson's Bay Company.  Historic Hudson's Bay Company  - http://www.hbc.com/hbc/e_hi/tales/tales.htm  Presents stories, information and photographs about the Hudson's Bay Company and Canada's early history.  The Nunavut voyages of Martin Frobisher  - http://www.civilization.ca/hist/frobisher/frint01e.html  Frobisher's expeditions to Nunavut in Arctic Canada are described as well as the search for a Northwest Passage to Asia, the first mining venture in Canada, and the earliest attempt by the English to establish a colony in the New World.  Canadian History Portal  - http://www.canadianhistory.ca  A guide to materials on Canadian history in digital format. Content is supervised by an expert editorial board.  In Pursuit of Adventure: Fur Trade in Canada and the North West Company  - http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/nwc  A scholarly site illustrates and documents heroic age of fur trade. Examines exploits of the North West Company and other Montreal-based fur trading companies. Includes full texts of manuscripts known as the Masson Papers from 1790 -1820.  History of the British American Oil Company.  - http://www.britishamericanoil.ca/history.html  Traces history and development of this firm from creation in Toronto up to its takeover by Gulf Canada in 1969.  Fenians and Canada in 1860s  - http://www.irishclans.com/articles/fenians.html  Describes Fenian plans in the 1860s to attain control of what is now Canada and hold it in ransom for the freedom of Ireland.  History of the Northwest Coast  - http://www.hallman.org/indian/.www.html  Significant events and history of the people of the northwest Canada from 1774 to present day. Includes journal entries from Captain Cook, fur traders, Indian prophets, and ethnographers.  Canadian Heritage Gallery  - http://www.canadianheritage.org/  Collection of photographs, documents, illustrations, and maps highlighting Canadian history.  Origins of the name, Canada  - http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&ArticleId=A0001216  A passage from the Canadian Encyclopedia describes the origins of the name, "Canada".  Memories of Ladder Valley  - http://www.mixedbunch.com/ladder/  Story of the pioneer homesteaders of Ladder Valley in Saskatchewan, Canada. Contains autobiographies, photos and links for further reading.  Our Roots: Canadian Digital Local Histories  - http://www.ourroots.ca/  An online library, archive, museum and school all in one providing Canadian local histories and educational resources.  CBC Archives  - http://archives.cbc.ca  Hundreds of radio and television clips from the archives of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.  National Historic Sites of Canada  - http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/lhn-nhs/list_e.asp  An alphabetical list of national historic sites in Canada. Offers links to these sites as well.  This Week in History  - http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/cseh-twih/index_e.asp  Weekly presentation on aspects of Canadian history related to commemorations by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada and National Parks.  Emigration and Bush Life  - http://www.collectionscanada.ca/moodie-traill/t1-3100-e.html  The conditions and challenges of emigrants' lives in 19th-century Canada as reflected in the lives and writings of Catharine Parr Traill(1802-99) and Susanna Moodie (1803-85).  The Anti-Slavery Movement in Canada  - http://www.collectionscanada.ca/05/0531_e.html  Online exhibit from the National Archives of Canada.  The Canadian West  - http://www.collectionscanada.ca/05/0529_e.html  The National Archives of Canada presents this virtual exhibition. A gateway to the large-scale digitization of selected holdings. Topics include the fur trade, scientific expeditions, aboriginal claims and urbanization.  The Famous Five  - http://www.collectionscanada.ca/05/0530_e.html  Online National Archives exhibit on the 1927-1929 "Persons Case" in which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council declared women to be "persons".  Pathfinders and Passageways  - http://www.collectionscanada.ca/2/24/index-e.html  Details about the discovery and exploration of Canada with emphasis on explorers and mapmakers.  Territorial Evolution of Canada  - http://www.collectionscanada.ca/2/18/h18-2101-e.html  Provides maps that depict the evolution of the nation's international, provincial and territorial boundaries from 1783 through 1905.  Ghost Towns  - http://www.ghosttownpix.com/  Provides a collection of photographs, stories and maps documenting ghost towns in a number of provinces.  New France New Horizons  - http://www.archivescanadafrance.org/english/accueil_en.html  Marking the 400th anniversary of the French presence in North America in 2004, France and Canada have created this portal to a virtual exhibition and a database containing more than one million images.  Canada - A Collector's Passion: The Peter Winkworth Collection  - http://www.collectionscanada.ca/05/0506_e.html  An exhibition of the Peter Winkworth Collection, a nationally significant, rare, and valuable art collection that documents more than four centuries of Canadian history.  CultureCanada.gc.ca - Historic Sites  - http://culturecanada.gc.ca/display.cfm?lang=eng&prov=21&category=7  Government of Canada's bilingual directory of links on historic sites in Canada.  The Beaver: Canada's History Magazine  - http://www.thebeaver.ca/  Publication of Canada's National History Society, devoted to popularizing Canadian history and to make Canadians more aware and appreciative of their past.  Canadian Confederation  - http://www.collectionscanada.ca/confederation/  Tells how Canada came to be, from the original four provinces in 1867 to the present. Historical essays showcase documents, articles and photographs.