History and Geography Links

BC City Directories (1860-1940)

BC Colonial Despatches: original correspondence between the British Colonial Office and the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia

BC Historical Newspapers: search and view community newspapers published from 1865 and on

BC History Website: many links

BC History Portal

BC Index: from Vancouver Public Library (1998-present)
Early BC Maps: digital collection from UVic, covers 1846-1876

Early Victoria Newspaper Index (1858-1921)

The Homeroom: history of education in BC
MemoryBC: search descriptions of archival materials preserved in repositories throughout the province
Provincial Capital Commission YouTube Channel: short videos on topics ranging from the building of the legislature and Government House to the railways of Vancouver Island and characters such as Emily Carr and Amor de Cosmos.

Vancouver Bibliography: accessed through the UBC Library catalogue

Victoria British Colonist: Digitized newspaper (1858-1910)
Victoria's Early History: From UVic. Includes photos, maps, pamphlets and other ephemera.

viHistory: Vancouver Island history. Includes census records, directories and maps.
West Beyond the West: Digital images, text, audio and video materials about BC history, heritage and culture.

Year Book of British Columbia and Manual of Provincial Information 1901-2001

Canadian Heritage Gallery: a large collection of pictures, documents, etc.

Canadian Encyclopedia

Dictionary of Canadian Biography: for Canadians who died between 1000 and 1920

Historica: a foundation devoted to Canadian history education

SFU Library Editorial Cartoons Collection: cartoons from Canadian newspapers starting from 1952

CIA World Factbook: quick facts on the countries of the world

Country Briefings: by the Economist Magazine

Country Studies: online versions of the books prepared by the Library of Congress

GeoBC: data and information sources from various provincial government ministries and agencies

Global Access: from Michigan State University

Portals to the World: links to country information sources, from the Library of Congress

BC Geographic Names: can display results on a map of BC

Canadian Geographic Names: can calculate point-to-point distance between any two locations

Great Circle Calculator: calculate the distance between any two points on the globe, using latitude and longitude

How Far is it: US-oriented, but some world locations

Tiny Geo-coder: Find latitude and longitude coordinates

Washington Place Names

World Gazetteer

Bing Maps: street maps and driving directions

Google Maps: maps and driving directions

Mapquest: maps and driving directions

Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources: Maps of British Columbia

National Atlas of Canada

Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection: a large collection of online maps