Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Lytton, Transformed by Transportation
The community of Lytton, British Columbia and the effects of increased access to it are profiled. Initially a town where Aboriginal peoples traded, the coming of fur traders and settlers and the railway all contributed to the growth of...
PBS
Pbs: Empire of the Bay: Alexander Mackenzie
One-page biographical note of explorer and fur trader Alexander Mackenzie.
Other
Northwest Journal: Life of David Thompson
An overview of the life of David Thompson, arguably Canada's greatest explorer.
Curated OER
Report on a Journey to the Rocky Mountains, 1801
This web page is part of a larger National Library of Canada online exhibit about the Canadian West. Here is a reprint from a 1801 report from explorer and fur trader David Thompson on his successful route through the Rocky Mountains.
Curated OER
Indian Hunters Pursuing Buffalo in the Early Spring, Ca. 1822
Reprints of drawings by Peter Rindisbacher completed in 1822 outside the Red River Colony in Manitoba are presented in this web page that is part of a National Library of Canada online exhibit about the Canadian West. It shows the...