Canadian History and Genealogy Books

• General Canada

  • Canada Directory, The Names of the Professional and Business Men of Every Description, in the Cities, Towns, and Principal Villages Of Canada

    • Post Office Directory, 1851

  • Canadian Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Canadian Men, In the hearts of the young there are ever hopes and yearnings; and although seldom expressed, and often not even acknowledged to themselves, they want only the inspiration of example to point the way

  • Chronicles of Canada, The first 200 years of Canadian history

    • The Dawn Of Canadian History, A Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada

    • The Mariner of St Malo, A Chronicle of the Voyages of Jacques Cartier

    • The Founder of New France, A Chronicle of Champlain

    • The Jesuit Missions, A Chronicle of the Cross in the Wilderness

    • The Seigneurs of Old Canada, A Chronicle of New World Feudalism

    • The Great Intendant, A Chronicle of Jean Talon in Canada 1665-1672

    • The Fighting Governor, A Chronicle of Frontenac

    • The Great Fortress, A Chronicle of Louisbourg 1720-1760

    • The Acadian Exiles, A Chronicle of the Land of Evangeline

    • The Passing of New France, A Chronicle of Montcalm

    • The Winning of Canada, A Chronicle of Wolfe

    • The Father of British Canada, A Chronicle of Carleton

    • The United Empire Loyalists, A Chronicle of the Great Migration

    • The War With The United States, A Chronicle of 1812

    • The War Chief of The Ottawa, A Chronicle of the Pontiac War, 1915

    • The War Chief of the Six Nations, A Chronicle of Joseph Brant

  • Astoria or Anecdotes of an Enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains, I became intimately acquainted with some of the principal partners of the great Northwest Fur Company, who at that time lived in genial style at Montreal, and kept almost open house for the stranger.

  • Canada and the Canadians, Very surprising it seems to assert that the Mother Country knows very little about the finest colony which she possesses

  • Heroines of Canadian History

  • 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.

  • Notes of a Twenty-Five Years Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory, I started from Stuart's Lake on the 22d of February, and arrived at Fort Alexandria on the 8th of March.

• Province

  • British Columbia

    • A history - British Columbia

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  • Newfoundland

    • Report of Mr. W.E. Cormack's Journey in Search of the Red Indians of Newfoundland, The primary motive which led to the formation of the Institution, was the desire of opening a communication with, and promoting the civilization of, the Red Indians of Newfoundland

  • Nova Scotia

    • Pictonians at Home and Abroad, The undertaking of this book, the aim of which is to rescue from oblivion the names, the deeds, the heroism of the pioneers of Pictou.

  • Ontario

    • Lambton County, Ontario Canada Names and Places, This book that it narrates the formative period of Lambton County and a short history of its names and places.

    • Victoria County, Ontario Canada Centennial History, This history has been appearing serially through the Lindsay "Watchman Warder" for the past eleven months and is now issued in book form for the first time.

    • Dorchester Early Settlers, Living Round-About the center of the Township of North Dorchester, Middlesex County, Canada

• Arcadians

  • Arcadians Expelled from Cobequid, Nova Scotia

• Fenian History

  • Troublous Times in Canada, History of the Fenian Raids of 1866 and 1870

• Indian

  • Hydah Indians of British Columbia Canada, These islands are inhabited by about 800 Hydah Indians, a very remarkable race of people.

  • Indian Linguistic Families of American North of Mexico, The terms “family” and “stock” are here applied interchangeably to a group of languages that are supposed to be cognate.

  • Indian Residents, Middlesex County, Canada, 1580-1888 History of the County of Middlesex, Canada: from the earliest time to the present, containing an authentic account of many important matters relating to the settlement.

  • The Micmac Indians at Bay D'Espoir, Bay d'Espoir is a long inlet of the sea, extending up country over a score of miles. The district is hilly, and is covered by a forest of rather small trees, spruce and birch, but further inland the hills are generally bare.

  • Mound Builders, A Lost Race Described by Dr. Bryce, President of the Historical Society

  • Passamaquoddy 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.

  • Report of Mr. W.E. Cormack's Journey in Search of the Red Indians of Newfoundland, The primary motive which led to the formation of the Institution, was the desire of opening a communication with, and promoting the civilization of, the Red Indians of Newfoundland

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