On Thursday, Library and Archives Canada (LAC) released a new version of the online database Immigrants to Canada. They have added 4,000 names to the database. Settlers who went to the Red River Colony (or Selkirk Settlement) in Manitoba are found in the Thomas Douglas, Earl of Selkirk fonds (MG 19 E1). The database celebrates the 200th Anniversary of the foundation of the Colony.
The database can be found at http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/immigrants-canada/index-e.html
If you want to read more about the Red River Colony, there are some websites you can go to -
The Red River Colony: Lord Selkirk has a Plan
http://www.canadiana.ca/hbc/stories/colony1_e.html
The MÉTIS & THE RED RIVER SETTLEMENT
http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/fp_metis/fp_metis_redriver.html
Red River Colony
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/scotsandcanada/redrivercolony/index.asp
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