(John Graves Simcoe era) Skirmish at, 24.
First parish church of Quebec; built by Champlain, 1633, and enlarged, 1635. Totally destroyed by fire, June 14, 1640. Replaced in 1645 by the Church of Notre Dame de la Paix, now...
Born in France. Came to Canada to act as intendant during the absence of Talon from 1668 to 1670. Returned to France, 1671, and died there, 1680. =Index=: (Bishop Laval era) Acts a...
A famous coureur de bois who accompanied Champlain on his exploration of the Ottawa, in 1615, and subsequently made extensive explorations in the country of the Hurons and the Iroq...
An officer of the Carignan Regiment; built Fort St. Louis, on the Richelieu, 1665, and given its command. In 1672 the seigniory of Chambly granted to him. Succeeded De Grandfontain...
to Canada, and called to the bar of Upper Canada, 1846. Practised his profession at Cobourg. Represented West Northumberland in the Assembly, 1861-1867; solicitor-general for Upper...
Organized by David Kirke, and chartered by Charles I, to exploit the fur trade of the St. Lawrence. The restoration of Canada to France in 1632 brought the operations of Kirke, Sir...
Cambridge, and in Germany. Secretary of the navy, 1845; ambassador to Great Britain, 1846-1849; and in 1867-1874 minister at the court of Berlin. =Index=: (Bishop Laval era) On La...
(Bishop Laval era) Laval's relations with, 138. (Lord Elgin era) His seigniory of St. Laurent made an earldom in 1676, 181.
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and became a Wesleyan Methodist preacher. Founded the Wesleyan Church in Nova Scotia, and became general superintendent of British American Wesleyan missions. =Index=: (Wilmot era)...
Founded at Toronto, June 20, 1849, by Sandford Fleming, and Kivas Tully, with several other surveyors, civil engineers, and architects practising in and about Toronto. A royal char...
advanced radical than Sydenham, 20. =Bib.=: Morley, Life of Richard Cobden; Dict. Nat. Biog.
(Samuel de Champlain era) One of the Hundred Associates (Company of New France), 171.
(Sir James Douglas era) Hudson's Bay Company post, built on Liard River, 123; pillaged by Indians, and traders murdered, 123.
Born in Scotland, 1793; the third son of the second Earl of Arran. Entered the army, 1808; served throughout the Peninsular War; ordered to Canada, 1814; returned to Europe and pre...
(Samuel de Champlain era) Superstitions of, 10, 12; council held to consider best policy to adopt in dealing with them, 108-111; murders committed by, 115; their great esteem for C...
(Samuel de Champlain era) Marries Champlain, 66; spends four years in Quebec, 141; returns to France, 141; studies Algonquian language, 263; her life at Quebec, 263-264; enters Urs...
Brought up as a draper; drifted to the West Indies, where he had charge of an estate; and thence to New Caledonia. In 1852 superintendent of the coal mines at Nanaimo. Nominated by...
Aberdeen and Palmerston. Governor-general of India, 1855, and through the period of the Indian Mutiny. =Index=: (Lord Elgin era) His record in India, 217.
Ontario. Educated at Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto. Called to the bar of Upper Canada, 1851. Contested West Toronto for the Assembly, 1867, but defeated; elect...
See Walsingham.
(Sir James Douglas era) Formerly Fort Langley--proposed as capital of British Columbia, 246.
In northern British Columbia. =Index=: (Sir James Douglas era) North West Company post, built on Fraser Lake, 98.
(Lord Elgin era) Abolished in Upper Canada with respect to real estate, 87.
(General Brock era) Arrested, 127; discharged, 128.
missionary to Canada, and arrived at the new settlement of Three Rivers in September. Worked among the Indians there for several years. Superior of the missions from 1639 to 1642,...
came to Canada two years later. Devoted his life to a minute study of the languages of the Algonquian and Iroquois tribes, and became one of the leading authorities on the subject....