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Learn about more than 13,000 historic places in Canada and their conservation standards and guidelines. Explore the Canadian Register of Historic Places, a collaborative initiative of federal, provincial and territorial governments.
- L’Anse aux Meadows. L’Anse aux Meadows is the only-known site of Viking settlement in North America, which dates to approximately 1000 AD. Located on the northernmost tip of Newfoundland in eastern Canada, the site is evidence of pre-Columbian contact between the Americas and Europe.
- Canadian National War Memorial. The Canadian National War Memorial was built to commemorate the Canadians who died during World War One. It has since come to represented those killed during World War Two, the Korean War, the Second Boer War and the War in Afghanistan.
- Canadian War Museum. The Canadian War Museum is the national military history museum of Canada. With over 2,000 artefacts on display ranging from weapons to vehicles as well as photos, interactive and artistic exhibits, the museum looks at the military history of Canada.
- Canadian Museum of History. The Canadian Museum of History is a museum dedicated to the history of Canada. Founded in 1856, it focuses on the human history of Canada, including the culture and heritage of First Nations people in Canada, as well as the stories of people who have shaped Canadian history.
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Canada’s national historic sites bear witness to this nation's defining moments and illustrate its human creativity and cultural traditions. Each national historic site tells its own unique story, part of the greater story of Canada, contributing a sense of time, identity, and place to our understanding of Canada as a whole.
- Jane Mclean
- L’Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland. Long before Christopher Columbus boarded a ship, Vikings sailed across the Atlantic and arrived in North America. Proof of this mission can be found at L'Anse aux Meadows, an authentic 11th century Norse settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada's most easterly province.
- Ninstints, Haida Gwaii Islands, British Columbia. For the adventure minded who enjoy a dose of history and culture with their travel, Haida Gwaii, formerly the Queen Charlotte Islands, is a unique and compelling destination.
- Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta. Long before Canada was on the radar of European explorers, dinosaurs made this country their home. Evidence of their ancient Canadian residency remains in Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta.
- Fortress of Louisbourg, Nova Scotia. The Fortress of Louisbourg is an unexpected treasure for visitors to Cape Breton, an island that is part of the province of Nova Scotia.
National Historic Sites of Canada ( French: Lieux historiques nationaux du Canada) are places that have been designated by the federal Minister of the Environment on the advice of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada (HSMBC), as being of national historic significance. [1] [2] Parks Canada, a federal agency, manages the National ...
About national historic sites. There are 1004 national historic sites in Canada, located in every Canadian province and territory. 171 of these are administered by Parks Canada. National historic sites can be found in almost any setting, from rural and urban to wilderness; they may be sacred spaces, archaeological sites, battlefields, heritage ...
