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Historica invites you to explore Canada through a series of interactive presentations drawn from The Canadian Encyclopedia. Note: These presentations require certain plug-ins to play. |
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| RETROSPECTIVES |
| An introduction to some of the great themes in Canada's history and culture. |
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Boy with a Piece of Bread
Ozias Leduc, 1892-99
Oil on canvas |
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| GAMES & LEARNING |
| Test your knowledge of Canadian geography, learn common phrases in English or French, and discover the importance of the hydrological cycle. |
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Artwork from the
Hydrological Cycle |
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| INTERACTIVE MAPS |
| Interactive maps allow you to explore themes in Canadian history and to discover Canada's natural wonders. |
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The spectacular puffin colony
at Witless Bay, Nfld, one of
Canada's natural wonders |
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| Technical Requirements: |
To allow satisfactory playback of the multimedia on your computer you will need a fast broadband connection to the Internet (Cable, ADSL etc.). As well, a few browser plug-ins are required:
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You may need to download the Flash and Shockwave players. Click the buttons to the left to go to the download pages. Once the page loads, click the Auto Install Now button.
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Our sound samples are in the Real Audio format. Click the button to the left to go to Real.com and download the free player.
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Our digital video and QuickTime VR movies are served in Apple QuickTime format. Click the button to the left to go to the Apple website and download the free QuickTime player.
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Browse the rich visual resources of The Canadian Encyclopedia through thematic galleries of Canadian Art, History, Nature, People, and Science and Technology.
Illustrations, lively text, animations, sounds and games help make learning about Canadian history, art, geography, architecture and other topics entertaining as well as informative.
The ultimate test of your knowledge of Canada, trivial and otherwise. You can choose from more than 60 dynamic quizzes with visual or text clues. Your scores depend on the speed with which you answer and the number of clues you need. Results are sent to you by email and high scores are posted on the site.
This unique resource includes more than 6000 events from Canadian and world history. It can be searched by era, subject, keyword or date. To find out what happened on your birthday, select the month and day of your birth.
This selection of the 100 "greatest" events in Canadian history was made by editor in chief James H. Marsh to draw attention to events that have left an indelible memory in the minds of later generations.
| THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MUSIC IN CANADA |
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| Cliff (John Clifford) McKay. Clarinetist, saxophonist, danceband leader, b Seaforth, near Stratford, Ont, 1909, d Niksic, Yugoslavia, 26 Mar 1987. His father, Archie McKay, was a noted fiddler in Guelph, Ont. The younger McKay ... |
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