Canadian Heritage Photography Foundation

Published purpose

The Canadian Heritage Photography Foundation (CHPF) houses an extensive archive of photographic images by award-winning Canadian photographer George Hunter. In this project, the CHPF will preserve, digitize and make available approximately 4,000 photographs (from the larger collection) featuring landscape and culture in Quebec and the Maritime provinces from 1940 to 1990. Photographs include images of daily life, aerial shots, industry, farming, cities and small towns. By digitizing and making these images available to researchers, community groups, historians, teachers and the public, in both official languages, the collection offers points of reference, historical context and representations of cultural diversity within Canada.