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"And No One Lives There Anymore"
Livyer's Lot Museum
Between 1965 and 1975, when the fishing industry was in decline, several harbour villages in Newfoundland experienced great upheaval. At the time, the federal and provincial governments offered families money to relocate to find better economic...
"Number Please" The Davis Telephone Company - Rural Communication History
Bonnechere Museum
This Community Memories exhibit is the story of the Davis Telephone Company, a family business founded by Joseph Davis in 1910 in Rankin, Ontario. This exhibit is also the story of the importance of the development of a communications systems in a rural...
"We Made Our Own Fun"
Newcastle Village and District Historical Society
During the 1920s, Austin Campbell, a Toronto lawyer who resided in the Village of Newcastle, Ontario began filming people, places and various things. In May, 1940, another Newcastle resident, Cecil Carveth purchased Campbell's Kodak Model B movie camera,...
'Enemy Aliens': The Internment of Jewish Refugees in Canada, 1940-43
Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre
Through eyewitness testimony and artefacts, this exhibit explores a little-known chapter in Canada's national history: The wartime internment of approximately 2,300 civilian refugees of Nazism, most of them Jews. The internees' journey - from fascist...
100 Years in Stony Plain
Multicultural Heritage Centre
The Beginnings of Stony Plain, AlbertaIn 1881, carpenter John Leod McDonald was the earliest pioneer to stake a claim in a region of Alberta then known as Dog Rump Creek, not far from today's Edmonton. As soon as McDonald became the area's first...
100 Years of Transportation in Lanigan and District
Lanigan & District Heritage Centre
Lanigan, Saskatchewan, sits in the midst of a peaceful landscape of rolling prairie grass, poplar bluffs and northern bush scarred only by the deep tracks and intertwining paths of the once abundant Prairie buffalo. The surrounding area teems with wildlife...
150 Artefacts for 150 Years: Celebrating Hillary House National Historic Site
Hillary House
Built in 1862, Hillary House is considered one of Canada's best examples of Gothic Revival architecture and was designated as a National Historic Site in 1973. The residence was home to four doctors throughout its history, two of whom were members of the...
1759 : From the Warpath to the Plains of Abraham
National Battlefields Commission
The Seven Years War began in 1756 and was the first world armed conflict. This incredibly detailed website will walk you through the history of this conflict from the perspectives of the French, the British, the Canadians and the Amerindians. Over three...
1820 - 1920. A Century of Industry on the North Shore of Nova Scotia: Wallace to River John
Sunrise Trail Museum
There is something special about the part of the North Shore of Nova Scotia that lies between the Cobequid Mountains and the Northumberland Strait. It is not extensive, there are no major towns, there is no public transport, there is only one specialized...
1930: A Year in the Life of a Young Lourdais
Musée des Pionniers et des Chanoinesses
This Community Memories exhibit tells the story of life in a small Franco-Manitoban town in the 1930s as a diary that could have been written by a typical young boy living in Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes. Each diary entry is accompanied by a photo from the...
2K40
Montréal Science Centre
Have you ever dreamed of exploring the cosmos? Fast forward to 2040 where your country is searching for the best candidates for a mission to Mars and see if you have what it takes to stay alive on a space shuttle mission. Brought to you by the Montreal...
50/50 - The Golden Anniversaries of Willie O'Ree and Yvon Durelle
New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame
The year 2008 marked the 50th anniversary of two significant events in New Brunswick and Canada's sports heritage: on January 18th of 1958, Willie O'Ree made history when he became the first black player in the National Hockey League when he suited up for...
