(Lord Dorchester era) With crews of two war vessels assists in defence of Quebec, 112.
York. Came to Canada with his parents, 1796. Served during the war of 1812-1814; took part in the capture of Detroit and the battles of Queenston Heights, Stony Creek, and Lundy's...
(Lord Dorchester era) Appointed judge, 183.
(Bishop Laval era) Mother of Laval, 17; death of, 26.
(Bishop Laval era) Director of Seminary, 55.
Educated at Harrow and Cambridge. In 1806 entered Parliament; in 1809 appointed under-secretary for the colonies; in 1810 lord of the Admiralty; in 1812 a member of the Privy Counc...
(Lord Elgin era) Solicitor-general, last in Hincks-Morin government, 126; holds same office in MacNab-Morin ministry, but without seat in Cabinet, 141.
Organized as a provisional district in 1882. It then extended from long. 111 deg. 20' W. to the Manitoba boundary and Lake Winnipeg, and from the northern boundary of the district...
collapse of the revolutionary movement. Went to the United States, 1852. Minister to Spain, 1860-1861; commanded a division in the war with the South; engaged in journalism in Detr...
(Wilmot era) Wilmot's attitude towards, 127. (Tilley era) Peto, Brassy, and Betts propose to construct, 26; subsidies offered by province, 26; progress of, 44.
his report, 136. (Wolfe / Montcalm era) Did not believe British colonies would revolt, 269. =Bib.=: Autobiography; Complete Works, ed. by Bigelow. For biog., see Cyc. Amer. Biog.;...
unveiling of bust of Macdonald in St. Paul's Cathedral, 332-333. =Bib.=: Who's Who.
Newspaper published at Toronto. =Index=: (George Brown Era) Radical journal, founded after Liberal victory of 1874, 235.
(George Brown Era) Moves approval of George Brown's course in Confederation negotiations, 156-157.
called to the bar of Ontario, 1869. Lecturer and examiner to the Law Society, 1872-1879; bencher, 1880; Q. C., 1881; vice-chancellor of the University of Toronto, 1900-1906; judge...
(Lord Dorchester era) Disputed property in, at close of war, 216. See also Slavery.
Canada, 1618, and the same year sent to the Algonquians of Allumette Island, on the Ottawa, to learn their language. Remained with the tribe two years; and afterwards spent eight o...
(Sir James Douglas era) Name of Russian settlement at Bodega Bay, 45; purchased from Russians for $30,000 by Sutter in 1841, 45.
See Prince Edward Island.
1826, and took up mercantile pursuits. For a time editor of the Canada Temperance Advocate; founded the Montreal Witness, 1826. Died in Flushing, New York.
See Chouart.
Studied law and called to the bar, 1832; sat for St. John in New Brunswick Assembly, 1837-1848; in Legislative Council, 1848-1867; member of Executive Council without portfolio, 18...
(General Brock era) Affair of, 82-86.
command at Charleston, S. C., 197; embarks his force with large number of refugees, 204; joins Carleton at New York, 205.
(Sir James Douglas era) Traversed by Mackenzie, 56; origin of name, 56; extent of district, 56; so named about 1806, 59; described, 97; furs and other products of the district, 99....
Former name of the town of Ogdensburg. =Index=: (Lord Dorchester era) Captain Foster stationed at, 142. (Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Starting-point of many scouting parties, 150.
The culmination of a long agitation, on the part of the French-Canadians, for a larger measure of popular government. The older and more experienced of their leaders refused to ove...
See Monteagle, Lord.