Historical Photographs

The Canadian Letters and Images Project is an online archive of the Canadian war experience, from any war, as told through the letters and images of Canadians themselves. Begun in August 2000, the Project is located in the Department of History at Vancouver Island University. Through the digitization of contemporary letters, diaries, photographs, and other related materials, the Project permits Canadians to tell their story, and Canada’s story, through their own words and images. It is history without a lens of interpretation by the present.

Selections of photographs from the Serge Jauvin (2,338 images) and Paul Charest (Richard Dominique sub-fonds, 290 images) collections of the Tshakapesh Institute. These photographs show the practice of traditional activities such as camp life, hunting and fishing, trapping, hide processing, canoe making and practice, crafts, as well as religious rituals. Portraits and landscapes are also included.

La série Manouane au bois a été réalisée en juin 1978 par le photographe Serge Jauvin. Pendant une semaine, plusieurs familles atikamekw se sont rassemblées aux alentours du Manawan sakihikan (lac Manouane), afin de pratiquer différentes activités traditionnelles sous l’œil attentif du photographe.

Various photographs of the Université Laval campus from 1961 to 1976 by Yves Tessier, who was head of the Map Library at the University Library from 1964 to 1998.

Humorous historical photographs mostly taken in Canada, with an emphasis on Ontario

Photographs taken between 1858 and 1948 relating to bodies of water in Canada with an emphasis on boats

Photographs relating to the Canada during World War I and World War II

Historical photographs of Canadians taken by photojournalists.

Historical commercial photographs, mostly taken in Central Canada, with an emphasis on various modes of transportation

Historical photographs relating to immigration to Canada, with an emphasis on Asian immigrants