n'est pas Compte; Un Bonheur en Attire un Autre; Les Faus Brillants. For biog., see Morgan, Can. Men.
Discovered by John Cabot in 1497. First settlement made by Jacques Cartier, in 1535, on the banks of the St. Charles. In 1608 Champlain founded the city of Quebec, almost on the sp...
(Louis Joseph Papineau era) At meeting of Constitutional Committee, 1834, 88.
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Repulse of British forces at, 18-21. (Wolfe / Montcalm era) The fort defended by Montcalm with De Levis and Bourlamaque, 54-55; attacked by the Britis...
the Society of Jesus; came to Canada in 1633; and in 1634 accompanied Brebeuf to the Huron country, where they laid the beginnings of that ill-fated mission. In 1636 came to Quebec...
(John Graves Simcoe era) Preponderance of, in Upper Canada, 159, 160. See also Presbyterian; Methodist.
A county in Ontario, on the St. Lawrence. Named after the famous glen in Inverness, Scotland. Many Scottish Highlanders left their native country after the battle of Culloden in 17...
A city of Western Ontario, situated on the Speed River, in the county of Wellington. Founded by John Galt (q.v.), 1827. =Bib.=: Lizars, Days of the Canada Company.
Last Forty Years.
Merritt; Matheson, Welland Canal (Women's Can. Hist. Soc. Trans., vol. 2).
See Melville.
Sent to Canada, 1632, by the Company of New France. Led a trading expedition up the Ottawa River, 1636. Killed by the Iroquois at Three Rivers, 1651. =Index=: (Samuel de Champlain...
(General Brock era) British ship, prizes taken by, 224.
(Mackenzie / Selkirk / Simpson era) Joins XY Company, 14; on Peace River, 1792, 62.
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Ineffectual employment of by French, 98; described by Captain Knox, 99; Montcalm on the cause of their failure, 99.
College, Dublin; and entered Parliament in 1765. In 1771 agent for New York province; and in 1774-1775 strongly opposed war with America. In 1782 paymaster of the forces. One of th...
affairs; signed the treaty of 1759 with Austria; minister of war, 1761.
at Quebec in 1759; defeated Spanish fleet off Cape St. Vincent, 1797; became admiral of the fleet, 1821. =Index=: (General Brock era) Gains victory off Cape St. Vincent, 10. (Wolfe...
(Bishop Laval era) His piety, 8.
A tribe closely resembling the Micmacs of Nova Scotia, and inhabiting in the seventeenth century what is now eastern Maine and New Brunswick. They lived by hunting and fishing. =In...
The first definite step in the movement looking towards the union of the British North American colonies, was the Charlottetown Conference, 1864. Delegates from the three Maritime...
(Tilley era) Resigns as postmaster-general, New Brunswick, 49-51; runs for Carleton County in Confederation interest, 89; member of Mitchell government, 105; elected for Carleton C...
Joined the army, 1753; took part in the expedition under Braddock; promoted to rank of major, 1759; in command at Detroit during siege by Pontiac; served throughout the American Re...
Settlement as legal adviser to Adam Thom, recorder of Rupert's Land, 1839. Subsequently entered the service of the Hudson's Bay Company and rose to the position of chief trader. We...
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Repulses landing of English, 107.
Born, 1812. Member of the British House of Commons for Eyre, 1749. Appointed governor of Nova Scotia, 1749. Sailed from England with 2576 emigrants and on July 2, 1749, reached the...