http://bchistoryportal.tc.ca/SPT--Home.php News, events and links from the past, present and future of British Columbia's history on the Internet/Web. http://bchistoryportal.tc.ca/images/bchistory_rss.gif http://bchistoryportal.tc.ca 50 100 British Columbia History Web Portal logo en-us mattison@victoria.tc.ca mattison@victoria.tc.ca Thu, 17 May 2012 04:40:59 -0700 Thu, 17 May 2012 04:40:59 -0700 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 http://bchistoryportal.tc.ca//SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=710 This site integrates source material on the Chinese in British Columbia from the University of British Columbia's Chung Collection and the City of Vancouver Archives Yip family and Yip Sang Ltd. fonds. Three thematic content sections look at Immigration, Work and Social & Cultural Life. Users are encouraged to leave a comment through the description and image of any of the digitized objects and records. 2009-11-23 08:03:29 http://bchistoryportal.tc.ca//SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=709 According to the home page, this site is "a permanent, public Canadian website, created to enhance critical thinking, heritage preservation and historical research in the fields of psychiatric medicine and mental health.The site is run by a collective which includes Canadian, American and British scholars from across the social sciences. We welcome national and international involvement from educators, researchers, mental health providers and psychiatric survivors. While we are currently operating in English, we are committed to building a fully bilingual site."Site features include a section with digitized selections of archival records, a library of digitized and electronic (digital) publications, information from the Open Doors Project research project (2007-2012) and educational resources. 2009-11-02 06:46:58 http://bchistoryportal.tc.ca//SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=308 Devoted to the history of British Columbia's motor vehicle license plates, the author, Christopher John Garrish, is attempting "to create a concise history of the province's license plates in both print and image for the 100th anniversary of the first vehicle registration on February 29, 2004." This well-designed and informative Web site was awarded the 2001 British Columbia History Web Site Prize on May 11, 2002 at the annual meeting of the BC Historical Federation in Revelstoke. 2009-07-11 09:40:06 http://bchistoryportal.tc.ca//SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=504 Owned by the City of New Westminster and operated by the Royal Agricultural and Industrial Society of British Columbia, the Samson V was a snag-puller along the Fraser River. The Web site for the Samson V won the 2002 British Columbia History Web Site Prize awarded by the BC Historical Federation. 2009-07-11 09:29:02 http://bchistoryportal.tc.ca//SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=549 "This website is devoted to keeping alive the memories of the now-closed company mining town of Cassiar, British Columbia, Canada and its former residents. ... Many Cassiarites from the 40-year history of Cassiar currently use this website to stay in touch, find long-lost friends, get current news of Cassiarites, stroll down memory lane and more."Cassiar, Do You Remember? was the winner of the 2004 BC History Website Prize awarded by the BC Historical Federation. 2009-07-11 09:26:32 http://bchistoryportal.tc.ca//SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=708 An illustrated traveller's guide with a historical focus to the portion of Highway 3, the Crowsnest Highway, that runs between Hope, BC, and Medicine Hat, Alberta. Access to the content is through an index map and index of communities. A chronology and bibliography of offline and online resources are also site features.The Virtual Crowsnest Highway was awarded the 2006 BC History Web Site Prize by the BC Historical Federation. 2009-07-10 06:51:40 http://bchistoryportal.tc.ca//SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=707 Illustrated, documentary site about the Semiahmoo Indian Band. The site is based on a graduate paper the author wrote while studying for his Master's degree. 2009-06-03 15:06:44 http://bchistoryportal.tc.ca//SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=706 Illustrated, documentary site about the City of Surrey based in part on the author's Master's thesis, "The Historical Geography of South Surrey, British Columbia." 2009-06-03 14:51:39 http://bchistoryportal.tc.ca//SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=705 Illustrated documentary site about the early history of Horsefly, BC. A Teacher's Corner contains a brief list of suggested educational activities. 2009-06-03 13:35:17 http://bchistoryportal.tc.ca//SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=704 Informally organized in 1983, the Old Cemeteries Society of Victoria is a registered non-profit society whose members are "interested in the preservation of Victoria's beautiful and historic cemeteries." Their Web site contains information about walking tours of various cemeteries, most notably Ross Bay Cemetery in the Fairfield neighbourhood of Victoria, and a database completed in 2009 that documents the Old Burying Ground (Pioneer Square) on Quadra Street.The Old Cemeteries Society of Victoria site was awarded the 2007 BC History Web Site Prize by the BC Historical Federation. 2009-04-09 10:52:19 http://bchistoryportal.tc.ca//SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=703 Janis Ringuette started researching and writing this comprehensive, illustrated history of Victoria's Beacon Hill Park in 2002. 2008-12-23 19:54:29 http://bchistoryportal.tc.ca//SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=702 From the To the Teacher section: "Working Lives is an integrated, cross-curricular, multi-level resource package with materials focusing on the economic history of B.C. during the province?s first 100 years of growth and development. Ten traditional and original folk songs tell the personal stories of workers involved in the mining, forestry, fishing and transportation industries." 2008-10-09 21:23:11 http://bchistoryportal.tc.ca//SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=701 From its front page: "A non-partisan, independent Office of the Legislature, Elections BC is responsible for administering the electoral process in B.C. This includes provincial general elections and by-elections, provincial referendums, and recall and initiative petitions and votes." The Web site includes a Resource Centre with an Electoral History of BC section that contains a chronology of Important Dates in BC Election History, as well as two publications in PDF format, the Electoral History of British Columbia, 1891-1986 and the Electoral History of British Columbia, Supplement, 1987-2001. Also found in the Resource Centre are reports, statistics, surveys and legislation issued by or about Elections BC and the electoral process. 2008-09-25 06:46:06 http://bchistoryportal.tc.ca//SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=700 Created and maintained by the Royal Engineers Living History Group, this site documents the presence and activities of the Columbia Detachment of Royal Engineers (known as Sappers), British Army, under Colonial R.C. Moody, as well as the activities of the North American Boundary Commission and other military operations associated with the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia between 1858 and 1863. The Web site also describes and depicts the activities of the Royal Engineers and Associates Living History Group, which is based in British Columbia and conducts reenactments around BC and Washington Territory's history. 2008-08-29 09:49:55 http://bchistoryportal.tc.ca//SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=699 Reproduced from the original negatives, or from the only known surviving prints, this site by Dudley Booth contains digitized photographs by BC photographers or taken in BC by visiting photographers, both amateur and professional, such as Cyril R. Littlebury, R. W. Reford and Alfred E. Booth. The collection also includes many photographs taken outside BC. 2008-08-11 06:45:45