Canadian Genealogy Resources

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Web Name: Canadian Genealogy Resources

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Alberta, the westernmost of Canada's 3 Prairie provinces, shares many physical features with its neighbors to the east, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Alberta was named after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, 4th daughter of Queen Victoria. British Columbia is Canada's most westerly province. It is a mountainous area whose population is mainly clustered in the southwestern corner. The province is closely tied to the American Pacific Northwest. Manitoba is the province located in the heart of Canada. Created by the Manitoba Act of 1870, the province was at first a tiny rectangle comprising little more than the Red River Colony radiating from the juncture of the Red and Assiniboine rivers. Brunswick is one of 3 provinces collectively known as the Maritimes. Joined to Nova Scotia by the narrow Chignecto Isthmus and separated from Prince Edward Island by the Northumberland Strait. Newfoundland is Canada's most easterly province. It is made up of two parts: the island of Newfoundland, and Labrador on the mainland of Canada. Scotia is almost entirely surrounded by the sea. The sea affects almost every aspect of Nova Scotia, from the climate and economy to recreation. name was originally applied to the territory acquired in 1870 from the Hudson's Bay Company and Great Britain - Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory - which lay northwest of central Canada. Nunavut, which translates from the Inuktitut dialect of the Eastern Arctic Inuit as Our Land, is a territorial subdivision of the erstwhile Northwest Territories. Ontario is Canada's most populous, richest and second-largest province. The name Ontario, from an Iroquoian word sometimes translated as meaning beautiful lake or beautiful water, Prince Edward Island is the smallest of Canada's ten provinces in both size and population. Referred to by its people as the Island. Quebec is Canada's largest province by area and the second-largest in population. The name Quebec comes from an Algonquian word meaning where the river narrows. Saskatchewan is the central Prairie Province, lying between Alberta and Manitoba. Saskatchewan is derived from an anglicized version of a Cree word denoting a swiftly flowing river. Yukon The Yukon is one of Canada's two northern territories. Yukon Territory takes its name from the Loucheux Native name Yu-kun-ah for the great river which drains most of its area. Names and locations of the Indian tribes of Canada from Indian Tribes of North America by John Swanton. Canadian Indian Tribes (Present Day) Updated and enlarged Forts of Acadia Memorials of the days of the French regime throughout the Provinces which were once comprised within the ill-defined and extensive limits of Acadia, and are now known as Nova Scotia and New Brunswick Chronicles of Canada That early history of Canada, from the aboriginal beginnings up until Post-Confederation Canada, are detailed in the 36 volume set Chronicles of Canada. Gazetteer of British North America Heroines of Canadian History Indian Residents, Middlesex County, Canada, 1580-1888 Arcadians Expelled from Cobequid, Nova Scotia Canada-Canadians The total change of life for the immigrant in their adopted home of Canada. Fenian Raids of 1866 and 1870 One of the most dangerous and critical periods in the history of Canada... The Micmac Indians At Bay D'Espoir Governor's report on a visit to the Micmac Indians Astoria or Anecdotes of an Enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains Canada, Northwest Fur Company, and many Indian tribes The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century Few passages of history are more striking than those which record the efforts of the earlier French Jesuits to convert the Indians. Mound Builders Ours are the only mounds making up a distinct mound-region on Canadian soil. This comes to us as a part of the large inheritance which we who have migrated to Manitoba receive. Passamawquoddy Folklore The study of aboriginal folk-lore cannot reach its highest scientific value until some method is adopted by means of which an accurate record of the stories can be obtained and preserved. Indian Linguistic Families of America North of Mexico The Canada Directory A directory of the towns and post offices in Canada Complete More...Canadian GenealogyThe WebPages may be linked to but shall not be reproduced on another site without written permission.

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