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ARCHIVED - Framing Canada:
A Photographic Memory

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Essays

Sense of Space

Gallery - Regional Identities

Canada has been called an accident of geography rather than of history. Indeed, for many of us, our sense of belonging to a certain region is a key component of our identity -- we define ourselves as being from the West, the North, the Maritimes, the Prairies, the city or the country. Photographs capture the vast and varied geography of our land, and enable us to share our roots with others by visualizing common ground.

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Photograph of a dirt street lined with buildings, and a body of water with sailing ships in the background, Saint John, New Brunswick, circa 1867-1873

King Street in Saint John
Saint John, New Brunswick, ca. 1867-1873
Photographer: unknown
C-001649
Source

Photograph of part of Montréal, showing a street, houses and several churches, circa 1851

View of Montréal, with Craig Street in the foreground
Montréal, Quebec, ca. 1851
Photographer: Robert Lisle
C-047354
Source

Photograph showing houses in a hillside in winter, with horses and sleighs outside, Lévis, Quebec, circa 1870-1875

Pointe-Lévis
Lévis, Quebec, ca. 1870-1875
Photographer: Alexander Henderson
PA-149807
Source

Photograph of a farmhouse in Beauport, Quebec, date unknown

Farmhouse in Beauport
Beauport, Quebec, unknown date
Photographer: Jules-Ernest Livernois
PA-023641
Source

Photograph of Water Street in St. John's Newfoundland, 1886

Water Street in St. John's
St. John's, Nfld, 1886
Photographer: unknown
PA-139016
Source

Photograph of a town, with a crossroads in the foreground, Digby, Nova Scotia, 1906

View of Digby
Digby, Nova Scotia, 1906
Photographer: Ralph N. Harris
PA-029166
Source

Photograph of harvesting wheat near Sedley, Saskatchewan, date unknown

Harvesting wheat near Sedley
Sedley, Saskatchewan, unknown date
Photographer: unknown
PA-048353
Source

Photograph of the partially frozen Coppermine River, with a sun dog in the sky above, Northwest Territories, date unknown

Coppermine River
Northwest Territories, unknown date
Photographer: George Mellis Douglas
PA-150909
Source

Photograph of CAPITOL Theatre, Vernon, British Columbia, Jan. 1939

Capitol Theatre
Vernon, British Columbia, Jan. 1939
Photographer: Ribelin
PA-119477
Source