(Lord Dorchester era) In Loyalist corps, 217.
(Bishop Laval era) At Quebec, 101.
him a patent, September, 1621, to the territory now embracing the provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and the Gaspe peninsula. To further the colonization of his huge domain...
Tierra Noeva, de los Bocalaos, Tavola Prima, Del Mundo Nuova. Print from Plate.
Brunswick, 1825; engaged in mercantile life. Elected to the Legislative Assembly, 1843; appointed to the Legislative Council, 1851; member of the ministry, at first without portfol...
William Young (q.v.). Founded the Nova Scotian newspaper in 1824, and edited it until 1828. For several years a member of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia; and also of the E...
the Iroquois, 92; missionary in Cape Breton, 1633, 237. =Bib.=: Parkman, Jesuits in North America.
Born in England. Under the direction of Governor Shirley of Massachusetts made a survey of the whole of Nova Scotia. In command of a company during the action at Grand Pre. Assiste...
Organized in 1873 by the Dominion government, for the preservation of law and order in the new settlements west of Lake Superior. The force at first numbered only 190 men, subseque...
(Bishop Laval era) Name given by Sulpicians to Montreal, 85; inhabitants of, all aspired to martyrdom, 90. (General Brock era) Former name of Montreal, 99. See also Montreal.
Educated at Westminster and at Edinburgh. One of the founders of the National Colonization Society in 1830. In 1838 accompanied Lord Durham (q.v.) to Canada as unofficial adviser....
(Lord Dorchester era) Magistrate, strong anti-military feeling of, 18; assault upon, 20; inquiry made into affair without result, 21; certain persons accused of participation in, 3...
Lower Canada, 49; commissionership of crown lands promised to, 124; declines appointment, 134; referred to as a rebel in Transcript, 141; attacked by Tory press, 150. =Bib.=: Cyc....
Provincial of Recollets, 154; wrecked off Canseau Island, 200; professor in College of Rouen, 207; conducts seminary for young Indians, 229; first parish priest, 238; administers l...
Moyne, Sieur de Longueuil (q.v.) Wounded, in 1687, in the Iroquois raid on Lachine. Governor of Montreal. Administered the colony in 1725, before the arrival of Beauharnois. =Index...
Administered the colony in 1752, after the departure of La Jonquiere.
University, graduating in 1882 with honours. Appointed to Geological Survey 1881, and promoted to geologist, 1891. Spent many years in exploring the Labrador peninsula, and is the...
(Bishop Laval era) Royal engineer, directs erection of fortifications, 214.
See Farnborough.
(Bishop Laval era) Describes church at Montreal, 89.
with his parents; in business at Brockville with his brothers, William and Alexander. Member for Leeds County in the Upper Canada Assembly, 1837; a commissioner for the improvement...
1678; lieutenant-governor of the colonies north of Chesapeake Bay, 1686-1689; and lieutenant-governor of Virginia, 1690-1694. Governor of Maryland, 1694; and of Virginia, 1698-1705...
Canada. Ordained a priest, and became cure of La Prairie, which position he held until 1841, when he went to Europe with Bishop Bourget. On his return to Canada appointed bishop of...
Entered the army, and engaged in the battles of Dettingen, Fontenoy, and Culloden. In 1759 ordered to Canada; brigadier-general, and commanded one of the divisions under Wolfe. On...
(John Graves Simcoe era) In Devon, family estate of Simcoe, 40, 220, 222.
Born at Corbie, in Picardy, about 1730. Came to Canada about 1755 and joined the Bearn Regiment; practised as a notary in Quebec for many years. Died there some time after 1796. Se...
(Samuel de Champlain era) Mother of Champlain, 1.
entered the service of the government at Quebec. Went on several exploring expeditions, living among the Indian tribes, and mastering the Algonquian language. In 1665 returned to Q...