Reddit mentions: The best pre-confederation canadian history books

This is the best link that I have for official documents and registries: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/history-ethnic-cultural/Pages/french.aspx

I haven't been able to find a ship's registry for the filles themselves, but I know that there are documents re: the carrigan soldier's that came over: https://fillesduroi.org/cpage.php?pt=8

There are a ton of books on the subject, but here are two that I have read that I found interesting and/or helpful:

1. Jeanne Chevalier, Fille du Roi: Her Story - a great glimpse into the life of a Fille du Roi
   
2. Kings Daughters and Founding Mothers - Basically an encyclopedia of the Filles du Roi, including the reason for the program and biographies
   
   Which of the filles are you related to? I've got three in my family tree (so far) - Marie Jacqueline Heron, Louise Madeleine Hubinette, and Marie Barbant.

I’d recommend A Little History of Canada by HV Nelles.

Great intro to Canadian history. It’s about 250 pages so it’s not too intense and covers the main aspects of Canadian history so you can branch out into areas you find interesting. I found it fascinating.

My dad's a fan of the show so we got him this book for xmas and he really enjoys it. It's from the pre-Lugina days but it's an exhaustive summary of all known activity on the island back to the 1700's, and a thorough review of all the theories that actually adds some weight to them. Makes a great supplement to the fractured logic of the show lol

The Man Who Ate His Boots by Anthony Brandt.

The narration is surprisingly important for my enjoyment of a book, and Simon Vance is one of my favorites. The book itself is an extremely well-researched history of the search for the Northwest Passage during the mid-19th century by the British.

Also, The Terror by Dan Simmons. I had the good fortune of reading (listening) to this book right before the AMC series was announced, which is currently on its 7th (out of 10) episodes. This is a fictionalized, but also extremely well-researched, account of the fate of the Franklin expedition of 1845, which is one of the main focuses from the first book I mentioned. This book is 26 hours, so if you're serious about listening to one of them, I would start with the first to see if it interests you. If it does then I would definitely go for The Terror next, since I believe it to be the superior book in terms of grit, atmosphere and emotive quality.

Possibly not what you’re asking for, but I wish every Canadian would read the brilliant biography of Samuel de Champlain from 2009, Champlain’s Dream by David Hackett Fischer

Also from the Penguin Extraordinary Canadians series there is Louis Hippolyte-Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin by John Raulston Saul.

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Hey, I just finished some university courses for pre and post confederation Canada, I'll share the texts that I used. I'm also adding in the links in for the free post-confederation book and the not-free pre-confederation book; I did not use these two books, but I wanted to give you the options.

Not-free books:
[Conflict and Compromise: Pre-Confederation Canada] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/1442635533/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_i_RhhbBbD2N0TEH)
[Conflict and Compromise: Post-Confederation Canada: 2] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074KKKYT4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_i_CdhbBbXF0733Q)

Free books:
[Pre-Confederation] (https://opentextbc.ca/preconfederation/)
[Post-Confederation] (https://opentextbc.ca/postconfederation/)

I strongly recommend the following two companion books: The Atlantic Region to Confederation and The Atlantic Provinces in Confederation. They were among my favourite textbooks when I took my history degree. Each chapter is written by a notable Atlantic historian who specialises in that particular subject, and although they're academic, they're also suitable for lay readers with an interest in history.

I strongly recommend everyone to read this great book about Acadian history. This is a chapter of Canadian history that deserves to be better known.

I read Robert Bothwell's The Penguin History of Canada recently, thought it was great. An example: the 1967 "Vive le Quebec libre" incident.

Some other books I've enjoyed:

• Paul Wells, The Longer I'm Prime Minister (on Harper)
  
• Edward Greenspon and Anthony Wilson-Smith, Double Vision: The Inside Story of the Liberals in Power, on Chretien
  
• John Laschinger and Geoffrey Stevens, Leaders and Lesser Mortals.
  
• C. P. Stacey, The Undefended Border: The Myth and the Reality. Describes the history of relations between the US and Canada from the War of 1812 to the 1871 Treaty of Washington.
  
• Rosemary Neering, The Pig War: The Last Canada-US Border Conflict. Slight but amusing: a miniature conflict over San Juan Island.
  
• Joseph Heath, The Efficient Society. More about policy and institutions than politics.

People like you are so strange. Here is what you said: “ No British military, just British militia.”

There is strong evidence that the British military built the flood tunnels on OI. A book was published about it years ago, although I think it’s out of print now. book

Although it is not about specifically about colonization, Crucible of War which is about the 7 years war touches colonization, relations with the indians, etc.

In search of empire is from cambridge uni press and about americas in general.

The french in NA seems good but i haven't read that one.

You might be interested in chansons de voyageurs et de coureurs des bois ( i managed to grab a copy for cheap)

As always you can also check out wikipedia references/further reading.

OK, now reread my first comment and write something thought out and pertinent. Otherwise this conversation is a waste of my time and an insult to my intelligence.

Fortunately for you, there's this book to answer that very question, if you're interested. I'm afraid you are not and are only here for the lols of trolling.

Edit: Jesus christ dude, adding stuff after I'm done writing my comment. We Québécois believe in interculturalism; it means that everyone is welcome in our nation so as long as they respect it and share it with us. No walls there. I know it's hard to grasp for English Canadians, since you don't really have a culture, but culture is a really important thing to preserve. I know, shocking, right.

There is an entire book on this subject of tar production,

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00Y3BGVDM/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1.

It was an interesting, although not academic, read.

I haven't read it, but this one has been on my Amazon wishlist for a while now. Fortune's A River: The Collision of Empires in Northwest America Its a Canadian historian's look at how the Pacific Northwest/Columbia Territory/Oregon Territory came to be divided up between the British and Americans. Seems interesting.

or this one as well I haven't read it yet but was shown this book

paperback is cheapest.

And his legacy lives on... In my Canadian history textbook

I think this is the article:

https://www.amazon.com/Oak-Island-Excavations-J-McCULLY-ebook/dp/B07KMKWK2N

Il ne reste plus rien en terme d'institution ou choses du genre. Depuis 1763, deux siècles et demi d'histoire ont tout changé.

Il y a une trace "vivante" du rêve de Champlain : l'existence du peuple métis. C'est une trace littéralement "vivante".

Il reste les écrits de Champlain.

Si le sujet t'intéresse, voici probablement le meilleur livre sur le sujet : http://www.amazon.ca/Champlains-Dream-David-Hackett-Fischer/dp/030739767X

P.S. Oui, le pont Champlain, c'est pour lui.