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Annual Conference and General Meeting 2008
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Call for Papers/Appel de communication
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To celebrate the quatercentenary of Samuel de Champlain's founding of Quebec, the Canadian Nautical Research Society will host its annual conference for 2008 in that city. For detailed administrative arangements and registration form, click here.
 The preliminary programme is now available. The programme includes a balanced mix of established and emerging scholars, offering many papers on themes such as early charts and navigation of the North Atlantic, seventeenth-century naval rivalry and early colonization, naval operations during the siege of Quebec in 1759, commercial and naval shipbuilding in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and transatlantic steamship service. With the Naval Reserve of the Canadian Navy headquartered on Quebec’s lower town waterfront within easy walking distance of the conference venue, two sessions of the conference will be dedicated to an historical appreciation of Canada’s Naval Reserve and the naval presence in Quebec, and certain of the conference activities will be held in the Naval Reserve facilities. The conference venue is the Auberge Saint-Antoine, very near the site of Champlain's original « Habitation ». Located on an important archaeological site, in 300 year-old buildings, the Auberge Saint-Antoine offers a unique introduction to New France. Artfully displayed artifacts throughout the hotel provide a fascinating glimpse into the life of Quebec's first inhabitants. The Auberge Saint-Antoine has created a succession of 94 stunning rooms, many offering a view on the Saint-Lawrence River, others of Quebec's renowned fortifications or the Musée de la civilisation. A block of rooms is reserved for "CNRS 2008" Auberge Saint-Antoine, 8, rue Saint-Antoine, Québec, QC G1K 4C9
Other conference activities will include a guided tour of the historic cityand a dinner boat cruise on the St Lawrence River to Île d'Orléans. Administrative enquiries should be directed to:
e-mail: richard.gimblett@rogers.com |
The Canadian Nautical Research Society will host its annual conference for 2009 in Victoria BC. Papers topics may include exploration, trade, war, ships, individuals, indigenous peoples, shipwrecks, marine disasters and any other topic related to maritime activity in the Pacific. Papers on such topics in other geographic areas will be considered on their merits. Proposals should be directed to:
and Robin Inglis
The conference will be held in the historic downtown section of Victoria. Activities will include guided visits to local sites relating to the conference themes. An optional overnight group excursion by ship at the end of the conference to Barkley Sound on Vancouver Island will also be offered. Bursary available for students presenting a paper in English or French. Administrative enquiries should be directed to: Jan Drent
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Past Conferences
2007 Churchill, Manitoba
Theme: "Northern Navigation"
2006 Manitowoc, Wisconsin, held jointly with the North American Society for Oceanic History (NASOH)
Theme: "Charting the Inland Seas"
2005 Hamilton, Ontario
Theme: "Rivers, Lakes, Canals & The Sea"
2004 Ottawa, Ontario.
Theme: "A Canadian Celebration of Hydrography"
2003 Vancouver, British Columbia.
Theme: "Ships: Their Lives, Work and People"
2002 Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Theme: "Halifax and the North Atlantic in Peace and War"
2001 Kingston, Ontario, held jointly with the North American Society for Oceanic History (NASOH)
Theme: "Canadian-American Relations on the Great Lakes in Peace and War"
2000 Ottawa, Ontario
Theme: "Maritime Moments of the Millennium"
1999 Corner Brook, Newfoundland, held jointly with the Association for the History of Northern Seas (AHNS)
Theme: "Merchants and Mariners in Northern Seas"
This conference included field trips to the Basque whaling station at Red Bay, Labrador, and the Viking settlement at L'Anse Aux Meadows, near St. Anthony, Nfld.
1998 Calgary, Alberta
Theme: "Naval War, Exploration and Societies"
1997 Saint John, New Brunswick
Theme: "Ports and People"
1996 Kingston, Ontario
Theme: "Commerce and War"
1995 Montreal, PQ, held in conjunction with the International Commission for Maritime History (ICMH) at the International Congress of Historical Sciences
Theme: "Ports, Port Cities and Maritime Communities"
1994 Vancouver, British Columbia, with the North American Society for Oceanic History
Theme: "The Pacific Coast and Wider Seas"
1993 Toronto, Ontario
Theme: "Working Waterfronts: Challenges, Conflicts and Change"
1992 St. John's, Newfoundland. One day was held in common with the
Naval Officers Association of Canada (NOAC)
Theme: "Ships, Shipping and Seafarers"
1991 Ottawa, Ontario
Theme: "Ships, Men and Governments: The Connection Between Government Policies and Naval and Merchant Shipping"
1990 Victoria, British Columbia, in conjunction with the Canadian Historical Association
Theme: "Canadian and International Maritime History"
1989 Halifax, Nova Scotia
Theme: "The Merchant Marine: Its Research Sources and History"
1988 Windsor, Ontario, in conjunction with the Canadian Historical Association
Theme: "Selected Topics of Canada's Maritime History"
1987 Kingston, Ontario, with the North American Society for Oceanic History (NASOH)
Theme: "The Great River, the Great Lakes and Beyond"
1986 Galiano Island, British Columbia
Theme: "Seamanship, Trade & The Flag"
1985 No conference was held
1984 Kingston, Ontario
Theme: "Canada's Atlantic Communities"
The Canadian Nautical Research Society was incorporated under Letters Patent issued by the Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs, Canada, on 25 October 1984.
The incorporation of the society marked the culmination of work begun at a meeting held at the University of Ottawa on 10 June 1982. Professor Keith Matthews of the Memorial University of Newfoundland was in the chair.