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900-999 Geography & History >> Pioneers

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Pioneer Life in Upper Canada - A great site, created especially for the Ontario grade 3 curriculum.

Upper Canada Village - Step back in time over 130 years to experience life in a bustling 1860's community.

Great Upper Canada Adventure - An interactive game in which you live the life of a settler in the 1800's!

Library Resources

It can be quite challenging to locate resources about pioneers in the library catalogue, as very similar books are often catalogued under slightly different subject headings. The table below will help you get started.

Topic	Call Numbers begin with	Subject Headings
Pioneers - Canadian	971	• Frontier & pioneer life - Canada - Juvenile literature
Pioneers - American	978	• Pioneers - West (U.S.) - Miscellanea
Children	305.23 978	• Pioneer children - Canada - Juvenile literature • Pioneer children - West (U.S.) - Juvenile literature
Crafts	745.5
Holidays & Traditions	394.26	• Harvest festivals -- Canada -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature • Christmas - Canada - History - 19th century
Schools	370.9	• Schools - History • Schools - Canada - History • Schools - Canada - History - Juvenile literature
General Stores	381.1	• General stores • General stores - Canada - History
Mills	664.72	• Flour mills - History • Sawmills - Canada - History - Juvenile literature
Farms	630.97	• Farm life - Minnesota - History - Juvenile literature
Food & Cooking	641.59	• Cookery, American -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
Travel	388.0971	• Transportation - Canada - History - Juvenile literature • Transportation - Ontario - History
Blacksmith	971 682.09	• Blacksmithing - Canada - History - Juvenile literature • Blacksmithing - United States - History - Juvenile literature