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Exhibitions Online -- Canada -- British Columbia

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"A Moment in Time": A Collection of Henry Twidle's Photographs

Amateur photographer Henry Twidle (1879-1956), an English immigrant, worked for the B.C. Mills Timber & Trade Company at Rock Bay in the early 1900s and later relocated to Granite Bay on Quadra Island...

http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/momentintime/def...

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A Web of Understanding

Online exhibit based on the exhibit The Back Streets of Kootenay that opened at Fort Steele Heritage Town in the summer of 2001. "The exhibit examined the historic roots of prejudice and intolerance b...

http://www.fortsteele.ca/exhibits/understanding/intro.html

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A Year at Huble Homestead: 1915

Part of the Virtual Museum of Canada, this virtual exhibit places the visitor within the Huble Homestead, "located at the south end of the portage on the Fraser River, 40 kilometers north of Prince G...

http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/pm.php?id=exhibit_home&fl=0&lg=E...

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Balance of Power: Hydroelectric Development in Southeastern British Columbia

A Virtual Museum of Canada site documenting the history of hydroelectric development in southeastern British Columbia through interactive maps, photographs and text.

http://virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Hydro/en/index.php

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BC History Digital Collections

Summary from the home page (2006 11 15): "This website consists of an inventory of digital collections about British Columbia history. The inventory currently includes approximately 100 digital histor...

http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/bchistory/

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BC150 Applied Arts Project, 1858-2008

A sesquicentennial project to celebrate the applied arts in BC between 1858 and 2008, this site includes a virtual museum depicting the history of "craft, design, architecture, graphic design, industr...

http://bc150.eciad.ca/

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British Columbia Archival Information Network

The Archives Association of British Columbia (AABC) maintains this gateway to archival information in British Columbia and the rest of Canada. The principal resources here are the British Columbia Arc...

http://aabc.bc.ca/aabc/bcain.html

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Capturing History: Joseph Frederick Spalding: Photographer, Tourist, Visionary

Summary: "This website celebrates the early history of Fernie and the East Kootenay region of British Columbia as captured in the stunning photographs of Joseph Frederick Spalding. From dramatic scene...

http://www.maltwood.uvic.ca/spalding/

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City of Richmond Archives

The City of Richmond Archives contains databases describing archival records, including special search interfaces for photographs and maps. The maps are available for viewing or downloading as Adobe A...

http://www.richmond.ca/archives/

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Emily Carr

Created by the Vancouver Art Gallery for the Virtual Museum of Canada, this Web site may be the largest and most comprehensive on the artist Emily Carr (1871-1945). You will find a searchable database...

http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/EmilyCarr/

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