Ontario. Educated at Kingston; studied law and called to the bar of Upper Canada, 1815. Served during the War of 1812-1814 with the militia, being for a time aide-de-camp to the go...
Commanded Spanish expedition to North-West Coast, 1775.
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) French position on Beauport shore, 133, 136, 140.
Born 1599. Accompanied his brother Sir David Kirke on his expeditions to Canada and Newfoundland. Fought on the side of Charles during the Civil War. Commanded a troop of horse at...
Colony; Seven Oaks.
(General Brock era) Newspaper founded in 1806, appealed to race prejudices, 92; claimed unconstitutional power for Legislative Assembly, 92, 93; on the rights of Parliament, 116; s...
quartermaster-general of the army in Canada, 1775; wounded in the naval battle on Lake Champlain, 1776. Appointed first lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick, 1784. Returned to Engl...
at Quebec; studied law and called to the bar of Lower Canada. First entered public life, 1844, defeating John Neilson in Quebec County. Represented the same constituency in the Ass...
Newspaper, published in Toronto. =Index=: (George Brown Era) Edited by Samuel Thompson, 4; George Sheppard, editorial writer on, 135.
(Samuel de Champlain era) Had larger share of trade, 110; proposal to exclude, 110; disagreements with Recollet missionaries, 150; their psalm-singing on board ship objected to, 15...
Newspaper published at Montreal. =Index=: (Sir Georges E. Cartier era) Founded as organ of Le Parti National, in 1872, 30.
Christianity in extreme old age. In 1604 De Monts and his band of colonists landed in Acadia, and the chief received them hospitably. Assisted the French against hostile Indians, a...
(Samuel de Champlain era) Joiner, accompanies Robert Giffard to Canada, 252.
Hoofstad van Kanada; an de Rivier van St. Laurens; das de Engelschen belegend en by Verdrag bemagtigd, mit jaar 1759. Coloured Print from Plate. Plan of the Battle fought the 28th...
his parents, 1833, and engaged in journalistic work. In 1867 elected to the Dominion House of Commons for North Hastings. In 1878 appointed minister of customs, holding that office...
(Egerton Ryerson era) Graduate of Victoria College, 144.
Colonial secretary, 1866-1867, and as such introduced the British North America Act; colonial secretary again, 1874-1878; chairman of Colonial Defence Commission, 1879-1882. Joined...
at Kingston. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Entered public life, 1863, as member for Lennox and Addington. Minister of finance in Mackenzie Cabinet, 1873-1878. On the return...
(Lord Dorchester era) Advised in connection with question of Canadian laws, 63, 68; elected Speaker of the Assembly, 277.
Rises in Caledon Mountains, and enters Lake Ontario, fourteen miles west of Toronto. =Index=: (General Brock era) Tract of land on, purchased by Lieutenant-Governor Hunter from Ind...
Assembly, 80; his reconciliation with Papineau, 180; Papineau's letters to, 144, 181-182, 191-193. (William Lyon Mackenzie era) On Union Act, 405. =Bib.=: History of the Late Provi...
(Bishop Laval era) Dies a martyr, 62.
(General Brock era) United States frigate, captures British transport, 225.
King's School, Canterbury, and at the Military Academy, Woolwich. Entered the army, 1809; served throughout the Peninsular War; employed in the West Indies, 1824-1829; appointed pr...
schools in, 85. (Tilley era) Young Men's Debating Society, 7; preferred men to measures, 25. =Bib.=: Hannay, History of New Brunswick; Lovell, Gazetteer of Canada.
recommends establishment of two trading-posts on Pacific coast, 189. (Mackenzie / Selkirk / Simpson era) Joins North West Company, 7; opposes Selkirk's plans, 7, 146, 151, 159, 167...
(Tilley era) Makes survey for Intercolonial, 53.