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Archives of Ontario - Fur Trade Collection

Collection consists of surviving and photocopied materials from both the Northwest Company and the Hudson's Bay Company. The material is predominantly from the Temiskaming and Michipicoten districts of northeastern Ontario, but also includes copies of original Northwest Company documents originating in western Canada. Also included are a variety of materials relating to Aboriginal history in Ontario.

Capilano Timber Company fonds

The Capilano Timber Company Collection forms part of University of British Columbia Library's Rare Books and Special Collections. The images are originally from a single photograph album, and depict the operations of the Capilano Timber Company, including loggers, logging camps, and views of the Capilano Valley and the Capilano Suspension Bridge in North Vancouver.

Findmypast - Canada- Barristers and Solicitors, 1919 $

Findmypast has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

Findmypast - United States/Canada- Directory of the Biscuit and Cracker Bakers of the United States and the Dominion of Canada, 1885 $

Findmypast has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

Findmypast - United States/Canada- The Blue Book, Textile Directory, 1897-1898 $

Findmypast has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan - The Fur Trade in New France

Fur Trade Canoe Routes of Canada/Then and Now

An ebook by Eric W. Morse.

Genealogy Ensemble - Chasing the Voyageurs, part 1

Blog post about the fur trade in Montreal by Jacques Gagn

Genealogy Ensemble - Chasing the Voyageurs, part 2

Blog post about the fur trade in Montreal by Jacques Gagn

Immigrants to Canada, Porters and Domestics, 1899-1949 - Library and Archives Canada

In Pursuit of Adventure: The Fur Trade in Canada and the North West Company.

From McGill University Libraries. In Pursuit of Adventure: The Fur Trade in Canada and the North West Company provides access to the full text of thirty-eight manuscripts collectively known as the Masson Papers. The Masson Papers comprise letters, diaries, travel narratives, and other textual documents relating to the North West Company and the colonial-era fur trade more generally. The papers represent a settler perspective of North American places and peoples.

Library and Archives Canada - Fur Trade

Library and Archives Canada - Post Offices and Postmasters: 1851 - 1981

MacMillan Bloedel Limited fonds

The records of MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. ("MacBlo") are part of University of British Columbia Library's Rare Books and Special Collections. During its existence MacBlo was one of the largest forest products companies in the world.

Material Histories: Scots and Aboriginal peoples in the Canadian Fur-Trade

Mining Accidents United States, Canada, Australia & New Zealand

600,000 mining accident records (fatal and nonfatal) covering most of the United States, New Zealand, provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec in Canada, and provinces of New South Wales and Queensland in Australia. However, about 283,000 of the mine accident records are the state of Pennsylvania. The mining accident records are from the late 1800s through the early 1900s.

National RCMP Graves Website and Database

Index of RCMP member's memorials/grave sites worldwide. Many details of service and some pictures. Maintained by volunteers/former RCMP.

Société historique de Saint-Boniface - Voyageur Database

The Voyageur Database includes data from approximately 35,900 fur trade contracts signed in front of Montreal notaries between 1714 and 1830.

The Canadian Encyclopedia - History of Agriculture

The Canadian Encyclopedia - Timber Trade History