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Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Up in Flames: The History of Fire in Muskoka Region
The catastrophic fires in the Muskoka region of Ontario are profiled. Archival photographs are included in the exhibit.
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Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Tsunami 1929: The Silence of the Sea
Life before and following a deadly tsunami which struck the area of Burin, Newfoundland is profiled. Archival photographs are included.
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Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Through the Eyes of Everett Baker
Photographer Everett Baker captured the people, places, and events of Saskatchewan in this exhibit. Archival photographs and film are included as a means of preserving the past.
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Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: The Sinking of the Valencia: The Tragedy and Beyond
The tragic sinking of the Valencia off the coast of B.C. and the navigation improvements which followed are profiled. Archival photos and documents are included in the exhibit.
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Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: The Impact of the Railway on the Sutton Region
The coming of the railway to Sutton, Quebec transformed the town and greatly affected all the nearby industries. Archival photographs and documents are included in the exhibit.
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Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: The Lobster Plug Story in West Pubnico
What in the world is a lobster plug? Explore the exhibits of the village of West Pubnico, Nova Scotia to learn about "the lobster plug capital of the world." Archival photographs, documents, and local stories are included.
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Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: The Hubbard Expeditions
It was the goal of reporter L. Hubbard to complete an expedition into the interior of Labrador where no white man had previously gone. The exhibit profiles his ill-fated journey as well as the later successful one of his wife, Mina....
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Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: That Was Phoebe: A Community Remembers Its Past
The love of a generational home is seen in this exhibit. Phoebe Nobbs Hyde willed her home to the community to be used by all those who loved history. Archival photographs are included.
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Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Tall Trees and More
The unique importance of logging and shipbuilding to Milltown-Head Bay d'Espoir, Newfoundland is profiled. Stories of families, logging camps as well as archival photographs are included.
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Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Subsistence of Early Outport Newfoundlanders
The people of Elliston on the east coast of Newfoundland have lived an isolated life. This exhibit examines how they successfully maintained a self sufficient life by living off the land and relying on each other.
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Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Some Boats and Boatbuilders From Central Bonavista Bay
The long, proud history of boatbuilding in Newfoundland is profiled. The exhibit showcases the earliest craft made by the Aboriginal peoples to the many other kinds of boats that came to be constructed. Archival photographs are included.
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Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Seeking the Story of Mission Beach
Mission Beach, Alberta has a history of Aboriginal people of different tribes and Christian missionaries of different faiths meeting together, making it the first mission west of the Red River Settlement.The exhibit includes historic...
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Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Prairie Fire
The growth of a prairie evangelical school located in Eston, Saskatchewan is profiled. Student life and interactions with townfolk as well as archival materials are included.
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Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Prelude to Confederation
The Mockbeggar Plantation and Provincial Historic Site in Bonavista is profiled.It is the location where Newfoundland, the last province of Canada, joined Confederation in 1949.Archival photographs and documents are included.
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Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Port in a Storm: The Newman Wine Vaults of St. John's
Did you know that Portuguese port wine was matured in Newfoundland for over 300 years?These historic wine vaults went from days of glory to disrepair. They now make up the Newman Wine Vaults Provincial Historic Site, and are profiled in...
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Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: On the School Benches
The Ursuline Sisters of Trois-Rivieres who devoted their lives to the education of girls are profiled. Their contributions to the students and to the life of the community is explored through audio presentations as well as archival...
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Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Murder in Navan
The murder case of a suspicious foreigner with an accent in Navan, Ontario is profiled. During World War Two, suspicions and fear ran high everywhere. The death of a local police officer and the killing of a stranger are examined. Was he...
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Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Memories of Oyster Pond's Village Store: 1891 1975
The Hosking General Store in the community of Oyster Pond, Nova Scotia is profiled. Archival records and documents reveal all aspects of the store's growth and change over time.
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Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Memories of Red Lake: Why We Came, Why We Stayed
The mining town of Red Lake, Ontario is profiled. The different factors that attracted people to this wilderness area are examined. Archival photographs, native art, and early legends are included in the exhibit.
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Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Changing Role of Jewish Women in Saint John
This site illustrates the impact and role that Jewish women played within the Saint John, New Brunswick area.
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Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: History of the Independent Record Labels
A fascinating pictorial look at the history of record labels in Canada.
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Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Souls of Black Folk: Hamilton's Stewart Memorial Community
An intriguing look at an exhibit that looks at the role of the Black community in the Hamilton, Ontario area.
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Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: School Yard Memories
Trace the history of Stevenston School from its pre-history construction in the late 1800s through its many upgrades until 1948 with the opening of Lord Byng School #3.
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Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Settlers' Effects Brought to Craik and Aylesbury
This exhibit features images of household items that were brought by settlers to the Canadian prairies between 1890 and 1930. Each item is accompanied by a description.