Links

www.ydli.org/fnlgsbc.htm This site offers information on the more than 30 First Nations languages of BC, as well as links to related sources.

cariboo-net.com/sentinel/mapbv.htm A sketch of the historic townsite of Barkerville, and a short description of the layout and history of the area.

www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/kids/index-e.html This Government of Canada site describes how the colonies united to become Canada, and is written for 9- to 13-year-olds. It includes educational resources such as handouts and lesson plans.

www.canadianmysteries.ca/sites/klatsassin/home/indexen.html This site provides a history on the attacks, beginning in 1864, between the Tsilhqot’in of the Chilcotin Plateau and the whites who intended to build a road to the goldfields in their territory.

www.goldseal.ca/wildsalmon/salmon_history.asp?article=3 Gold Seal presents a history of salmon fishing on the West Coast.

www.goldseal.ca/wildsalmon/salmon_history.asp?article=6 Gold Seal offers information and historic photographs of the Gulf of Georgia Cannery.

www.library.ubc.ca/spcoll/displays/salmon.html A photo of an artistic display of old salmon can labels. Click on the labels to see them in detail.

ring.uvic.ca/02mar07/labels.html A research partnership between UVic, Gulf of Georgia Cannery and the Richmond Art Gallery links the graphics of pre- and post-war salmon can labels to the social climate and motives of advertisers of the time.

www.saxvik.ca/ The Fraser River salmon run took a beating from a constricting rock slide in 1914 at Hell's Gate. This site outlines the history of remediation attempts and offers guidelines for the construction of fishways.

www.rdcraig.com/bigtrees/ Photos and specifications of Saltspring Island's largest trees.

www.bcferrycommission.com/before_1960__origins.html A history of ferry service in BC, from private, unregulated service to the provincially run service we have today.

www.vancouvermaritimemuseum.com/page189.htm Take a virtual tour of the displays at the Vancouver Maritime Museum.

www.crowsnest.bc.ca/sternwheelers.html Sternwheelers were an important service for transporting ore, goods and people. Here is a description of some of the sternwheelers of the Upper Kootenay River.

www.livinglandscapes.bc.ca/cbasin/index.html Research and public education initiatives specific to the Columbia Basin, co-funded by the Royal BC Museum.

www.bcminerals.ca/files/bc_mine_information/000088.php A map of mining operations in BC in 2009 and details about each operation.

www.bcminerals.ca/files/teacher_resources.php Educational resources for teachers on minerals, mining and geology.

www.fraservalleyguide.com/CYesterday.html Provides histories of Fraser Valley communities, from Abbotsford to Whonnock.

www.nwheritage.org/phototour/citylife/index.htm A look at early New Westminster life in words and photos.

www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=history/secondwar Veterans Affairs Canada provides a history of Canadian involvement in the Second World War. Includes maps, audio recordings and video footage.

www.livinglandscapes.bc.ca/thomp-ok/index.html Research and public education initiatives specific to the Thompson-Okanagan region, co-funded by the Royal BC Museum.

www.livinglandscapes.bc.ca/upperfraserbasin/index.html Research and public education initiatives specific to the Upper Fraser Basin, co-funded by the Royal BC Museum.

www.livinglandscapes.bc.ca/prnr/introduction.html Research and public education initiatives specific to the Peace River and Northern Rockies regions, co-funded by the Royal BC Museum.

www.livinglandscapes.bc.ca/cbasin/doukhobor/intro-to-book.html A background on the Doukhobors, a pacifist community persecuted in Russia who resettled in Southeastern BC.