Pathfinder for Pioneer Life and Settlement of the Canadian West in the 1800’s (Pathfinders feature online resources combined with McMath library resources)         ONLINE RESOURCES The Canadian West http://www.collectionscanada.ca/publications/002/015002-2230-e.html Images and information on the settlement of the Canadian West after Confederation. Prairie settlement: The first major wave, 1870-1896 http://www.canadiana.org/citm/themes/pioneers/pioneers10_e.html Excellent primary source documents and information. The Last Best West, 1896-1914 http://www.canadiana.org/citm/themes/pioneers/pioneers11_e.html Excellent source of information on the religious settlements. 19th Century Canadian settlement patterns http://collections.ic.gc.ca/heirloom_series/volume1/chapter5/136-139.htm Deals with each of the colonies separately.  Scroll through to find information on settlement in the North, the Prairies, and British Columbia.  Includes some images and information of settlement after 1900. Peopling Canada - Immigration policy since 1867 http://www.cprn.com/en/diversity1-origins-topic1.cfm Focus is on policy made by Canadian government rather than actual settlement.         BOOKS IN McMATH LIBRARY 971.04  GUT     Discovering Canadian pioneers 971.05 Bal      Confederation and the West 971.05 Cru      The Great adventure: How the mounties conquered the West 971.05 Nel      From the Atlantic to the Pacific: Canadian expansion, 1867-1909 971.2 Ber       Opening the Canadian West 971.2 Ber       Settling the Canadian West 971.27 LEH      Homesteading on the Prairies         VIDEOS IN McMATH LIBRARY VHS 325.71 CAN  Canadian immigration VHS 325.71 LAN  Land of Hope, volume 1 VHS 325.71 NEW  A new life in Canada VHS 971.03 FIR  First winter         MISCELLANEOUS RESOURCES IN McMATH LIBRARY CD      True North: arrivals CD      True North: arrivals 2 SEE ALSO        Development of the Canadian West                 Immigration                 Selkirk settlement                 Canadian history in the 19th Century • General history of Canada books in 971 • your textbooks • the Canadian Encyclopedia online  (accessible from the library homepage) • You may also wish to look at resources for the Red River Colony and/or Selkirk settlement, • Check out biographies of some of the key people using the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online link from the library homepage. Created and maintained by Ms. B. Knoepfel (Teacher-Librarian), McMath Secondary School. Updated March 2007.