MR. GOODMAN'S PROJECTS
SOCIALS 10--THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY
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Copyright Cleared Media (Note that rules still apply. Read the conditions carefully before posting.)
You can also search Google for items that have been authorized for reuse, but be careful. Many items that you find this way still require permission.
Note: Many photographs (such as the driving of the last spike) are no longer bound by copyright rules because they are old enough to be in the public domain. But many historical photographs are still covered by copyright rules.
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Some Places to Start:
Once you have selected your "stops" you have a wide range of options for finding historical information about that community. Looks for books in the Van Tech library. We have many books on the history of major Canadian cities and towns.
There is also a wealth of information online. Try the following strategies. For example, if you choose Sudbury, you could search for and use sites made available by the local library, historical societies and the city council:
Note: Check copyright prior to posting ANY image online. Even images found using the "reuse" category on a Google image search may not necessarily be recopied and posted online.
Copyright Cleared Media (Note that rules still apply. Read the conditions carefully before posting.)
You can also search Google for items that have been authorized for reuse, but be careful. Many items that you find this way still require permission.
Note: Many photographs (such as the driving of the last spike) are no longer bound by copyright rules because they are old enough to be in the public domain. But many historical photographs are still covered by copyright rules.
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Some Places to Start:
Once you have selected your "stops" you have a wide range of options for finding historical information about that community. Looks for books in the Van Tech library. We have many books on the history of major Canadian cities and towns.
There is also a wealth of information online. Try the following strategies. For example, if you choose Sudbury, you could search for and use sites made available by the local library, historical societies and the city council:
- Greater Sudbury Historical Database (Greater Sudbury Public Library) Public libraries often have searchable databases of local historical photographs and documents.
- Look for local museums and look at their links: Heritage Museums--Greater Grand Sudbury
- The official city or town web site often has useful information and links: e.g. Greater Grand Sudbury
- Local histories are often available online: e.g. Our Roots.ca
Note: Check copyright prior to posting ANY image online. Even images found using the "reuse" category on a Google image search may not necessarily be recopied and posted online.
- Canadian Pacific Railway Photograph Collection (VPL)
- British Columbia--Historical Photographs Online
- Framing Canada (Canadian Historical Photographs)
- Archives Canada (Also search for provincial archives, e.g. Manitoba Archives)
- BC Archives--Collection Search or for images: BC Archives [graphic material search]
- Early Canadiana Online
- Open Collections (UBC Library)--has wonderful pictures and documents relating to the building of the CPR
- BC Historical Newspapers
- Wikipedia: List of Online Canadian Newspaper Archives
- You can also search for historical photographs by location. For example, the following site was found searching for Kamloops sites linked to the CPR: Onderdonk's Way (put together by the Kamloops Art Gallery)
- Canadian Pacific Railway (The Canadian Encyclopedia)
- The Canadian Encyclopedia
- Railway Maps (Canadian Geographic)
- Canada--by Train (Library and Archives Canada)
- Connecting Canada: a History of the Railway through Rogers Pass from 1865 to 1916
- Driving the Nation: the Last Spike and the Faces of the CPR (video by The National Portrait Gallery of Canada)
- Sir Sandford Fleming: a Knight of Time
- The Ties that Bind
- Atlas of Alberta Railways
- Nitro (video about Chinesse labourers)
- Rail Videos (Canadian Geographic)
- CP History for Students