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ABOUT NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF CANADA
One of Canada's oldest cultural agencies, the National Archives of
Canada was established in 1872, and serves as the collective memory
of the nation. It does so by acquiring, describing, and preserving
significant archival material relating to Canadian life - literally
millions of manuscripts, photographs, films, maps, tapes, video
recordings, books, paintings, drawings, prints, and electronic and
other records.
The Archives is responsible for conserving Canada's archival
heritage and making it available to as wide an audience as
possible. While most of the material is in traditional "hardcopy"
form, the Archives has been collecting and preserving electronic
records for about twenty years. We would like to make these
computer files available to users of NCF.
Available online for your reading pleasure include such wonderful stories as
"Borrowing microform from National Archives," "Tracing your ancestors,"
"Information on shipwrecks in Canada," and "Treaties with aboriginal
peoples."This site also provides a very useful guide to doing research at the National Archives in Ottawa.
Telnet to freenet.carleton.ca and login as guest. Choose the menu items: Government Center/Federal Government/National Archives of Canada.