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References and Links has information on the map sources, bibliographic references and links to related Web sites.
List of References and Links:
Map Sources
The Atlas maps are composed of several layers of which there are two broad categories: thematic and base layers. Find below a description of each of the map layers. The layer source is included in the metadata.
Thematic Map Layers
- Provinces, Territories, Districts and British Possessions, 1895
- Geomatics Canada. 1995. Territorial evolution of Canada [CD-ROM].
Base Map Layers
- Atlas of Canada Framework Layers
- Base map components are features that provide a geographic context for the thematic data shown on Atlas of Canada maps. These features include rivers, lakes, administrative boundaries, populated places, roads and rail lines. All of the Atlas of Canada base map components are available for immediate free download in five scales and in a number of data exchange formats. The 1:7 500 000 and the 1:1 000 000 scale data are the primary base frameworks used for all Atlas of Canada 6th Edition online maps. You can download Atlas of Canada data from this Web page on GeoGratis.
References
Blas, J. 1985. Brothers of the Heart. New York: Macmillan, 1985.
Ceberlaud-Salagnac, Georges. 1971. La Révolte des métis : Louis Riel héros ou rebelle. Tours: Coll. Les dossiers ressucités, mame, 205 p.
Colombo, J. R., (ed). 1987. Colombo's new Canadian quotations. Edmonton: Hurtig.
Cook, Ramsay. 1981. Le Canada : Étude moderne. trad. par Claude Rommex,Toronto, Vancouver: Clarke, Irwin & Company Ltd.
Davies, Colin. 1981. Louis Riel et la nouvelle nation. trad. par Réjeanne Bissonnette, Agincourt, Ontario: La Société Canadienne du Livre Limitée.
Dorion, Henri. 1963. La Frontière Québec-Terre-Neuve. Les Presses de L'Universite Laval.
Ganong, W.F. 1901. A Monograph on the Evolution of the Boundaries of New Brunswick. Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Second Series, Vol. VII, Section II: 139-449.
Hou, C. 1984. The Riel Rebellion: a biographical approach. Vancouver: Tantalus Research.
Hudson, J. 1990. Dawn Rider. Toronto: Harper Collins.
Hudson, J. 1984. Sweetgrass. Edmonton: Tree Frog Press.
Ireland, Willard E. 1939. The Evolution of the Boundaries of British Columbia. British Columbia Historical Quarterly, October: 263-282.
King, W.F. 1905. Report upon the Title of Canada to the Islands North of the Mainland of Canada. Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau.
Linteau, Paul-Andé. 1990. Histoire générale du Canada. Louiseville, Québec: Éditions du Boréal.
Microsoft Corporation. 1997. Microsoft Encarta 98 Encyclopedia. United States : Microsoft.
Morton, D. 1974. The Queen vs. Louis Riel. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Neering, Rosemary. 1984. Célébrités canadiennes - Louis Riel. Outremont, Québec: Lidec inc.
Newman, Peter C. 1992. Canada - 1892 - La fresque d'une terre promise trad. par Lise Pepin, Québec: Madison Press, pour Éditions du Trécarré.
Nicholson, N.L. 1979. The Boundaries of Canadian Confederation. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada.
Ontario. 1878. Statutes, Documents and Papers Bearing on the Discussion Respecting the Northern and Western Boundaries of the Province of Ontario etc. Toronto: Hunter, Rose and Co.
Smucker, B. 1985. White Mist. Toronto: Penguin Books Canada.
Thurman Hunter, B. 1987. Lamplighter. Richmond Hill: Scholastic Canada.
Truss, J. 1977. A Very Small Rebellion. Toronto: General Paperbacks.
White, J. 1913. Boundary Disputes and Treaties. Canada and its Provinces, Vol. VIII, Part III. Toronto: The Publishers Association.
Yee, P. 1986. The Curses of Third Uncle. Toronto: Lorimer.
. The 1998 Canadian & World Encyclopedia. Toronto : McClelland & Stewart.
. The Canadiana Scrapbook Series. 1990. Scarborough, Ontario: Prentice-Hall of Canada. Chronicle of Canada. Montreal: Chronicle Publications.
. Who's who in Canada: an illustrated bibliographical record of men and women of the time. 1972. Toronto: International Press Limited.
. Dictionnaire des citations françaises. 1991. Paris, France: Coll. Références Larousse.
Web Sites
Federal Government
- Canada: A People's History
- Episode summaries of the Canadian Broadcasting Corportation's documentary series about the history of Canada.
- Government of Canada. Canada's Digital Collections. The Acadian Odyssey
- The History of Acadia and the Acadian Experience in Canada
- Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.
- Information on the Department and on services offered to First Nations People. See "Publications and Research" for recent data on Aboriginal population, First Nations Profiles, news on treaties and land claims, etc.
- National Library of Canada and National Archives of Canada
- The National Archives of Canada authorizes the disposal of records by federal government institutions and specifies the terms and conditions for their long-term preservation when they have archival value or historic importance; offers advice and orientation to support government institutions in the business of information management and record keeping; and provides records storage facilities.
Provincial/Territorial Government
- Gouvernement du Québec. Archives nationales du Québec (available in French only)
- Les Archives nationales du Québec conservent des milliers de fonds : 43 km de documents écrits, 7 000 000 de photographies, 800 000 cartes et plans, 53 000 heures d'enregistrements sonores, de films.
- Government of Manitoba. Archives of Manitoba
- Manitoba's rich documentary past is accessible to you at the Archives of Manitoba, which also houses the world-renowned archives of the Hudson's Bay Company.
- Government of Prince Edward Island. Department of Education. Public Archives and Records Office
- The Public Archives and Records Office of Prince Edward Island (PARO) acquires, preserves, and makes available for public research the records of the government of this province and private-sector papers and records deemed to be of lasting historical value.
Other
- Canadian Heritage Gallery
- The Canadian Heritage Gallery is a very extensive collection of historical Canadiana on the Internet.
- Historical Atlas of Canada Online Learning Project
- This site is still under development but promises to be an excellent site for historical maps of Canada. All maps shown on the site have been adapted from the printed version of three-volume Historical Atlas of Canada.
- Musée McCord Museum
- Founded in 1921 by David Ross McCord, the McCord Museum conserves, studies and presents a remarkable collection of objects, archives and historical photographs, from the 18th century to the present.
- The Hudson's Bay Company Archives
- The HBCA offers a wealth of information on the human and natural history of western and northern Canada and the western USA. Whether you are an historian, genealogist, ethnologist, environmental scientist or land claims researcher, the HBCA may be able to help.
- University of Western Ontario. Faculty of Social Science. Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives (ACMLA)
- ACMLA actively serves as the representative professional group for Canadian map librarians, cartographic archivists and others interested in geographic information in all formats.
