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Royal City Music Project

This Web site documents the "history of the Victoria ... music scene between 1956-1985" through a series of databases that allow you to look up information about individual musicians and bands. You ca...

http://www.rcmpsite.com/

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The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia, 1846-1871

"This digital archive contains the original correspondence between the British Colonial Office and the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia. This project aims to digitize and publish onli...

http://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/

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The History of Oak Bay Web Site: An Online Celebration of Oak Bay's Early Years

According to the Welcome page, "This website started as the Centennial project of Gary Wilcox, author of the upcoming book, Oak Bay: The Formative Years. The mandate of the site is to collect a...

http://www.webturf.com/oakbay/history/

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U'mista Cultural Society

Incorporated in 1974, the U'mista Cultural Society opened the U'mista Cultural Centre in November 1980 to house part of the returned 'Potlatch Collection,' a sister collection to one preserved by the ...

http://www.umista.org/

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Victoria Historical Society

"The Victoria Historical Society is open to anyone interested in learning about, promoting or preserving the history of Victoria and British Columbia, Canada. We are a member society of The BC Histori...

http://www.victoriahistoricalsociety.bc.ca

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Victoria's Early History Digital Collection

Created by Special Collections, McPherson Library, University of Victoria, this digital collection contains "early Victoria maps, books, pamphlets and ephemera, together with archival material from th...

http://contentdm.library.uvic.ca:8000/cdm4/browse.php?CISORO...

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Victoria's Victoria

Victoria's Victoria is 'a project of the History department at the University of Victoria in partnership with the Provincial Archives of British Columbia [BC Archives] and other local archives. It is ...

http://web.uvic.ca/vv/

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viHistory.ca

"viHistory.ca is a dynamic integrated website. It features several large databases derived from 19th century census records, directories, and tax assessment rolls. Each database is a significant histo...

http://history.mala.bc.ca/

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Virtual Victoria 1891: View from the Steeple

Making use of a 1891 panoramic photograph taken from the steeple of St. Andrew's Cathedral in Victoria, this Web site combines census, business directory, and other historical data with computer techn...

http://cdhi.mala.bc.ca/steeple

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