Also known at one time as Jack River House. A post of the Hudson's Bay Company, on Little Playgreen Lake, at the northern end of Lake Winnipeg. The post formerly stood on Mossy Poi...
One of the first fur traders from Montreal to reach the Saskatchewan, about 1771. Preceded by James Finlay (q.v.). =Index=: (Mackenzie / Selkirk / Simpson era) Leaves Montreal for...
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Attempts to introduce, 181, 187.
and under Abercrombie at Ticonderoga, 1758. Took part in the campaign for the conquest of Canada, 1759; made military governor of Montreal after its capitulation, 1760. Succeeded A...
(Lord Elgin era) Father Gavazzi's lectures, 124; cause riots in Quebec and Montreal, 124-125; Clear Grits attack Hincks and the government for failure to suppress riots, 125. =Bib....
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Arrested on charge of treason, 279.
(Bishop Laval era) Appointed to Sovereign Council, 166. (Count Frontenac era) Member of the Sovereign Council, 106.
Entered public life in 1815 as member for Huntingdon, which he represented almost continuously up to 1844. Speaker of Assembly, 1841-1844. Died, 1849. =Index=: (Baldwin / La Fontai...
proclamation to French-Canadians, 123. =Bib.=: Cyc. Am. Biog.
(William Lyon Mackenzie era) In Upper Canada; created under Constitutional Act, 53; irritating relations with Assembly, 55, 58; Durham on, 61; real advisers of the governor, 63; re...
(George Brown Era) Its effect on Canadian invasion, 15, 31-32; recommended by Reform convention of 1857, 217; advocated by George Brown, 47, 233. (Sir Georges E. Cartier era) Peel'...
A small tidal stream, flowing into the Basin of Minas. Grand Pre, once a principal settlement of the Acadians, stands upon its banks.
Lake Erie, north shore. =Index=: (John Graves Simcoe era) Chosen by Simcoe as arsenal for Lake Erie, 204.
Smith on, 3; Dr. Harrison on, 4; W. J. Rattray on, 5, 6; first to enunciate principle of responsible government, 5; "a man ahead of his time," 6; his loyalty, 10; not an annexation...
See North-West Coast.
Intendant of New France, 1675-1682. His commission invested him with the title of president of the Sovereign Council, an office which had hitherto been filled by the governor. As F...
crown law department of Upper Canada, 1854. Retired, 1859, and practised in Toronto. Member for Toronto in first Dominion Parliament, 1867-1872. Chief-justice of the Court of Queen...
(Lord Sydenham era) Provincial secretary for Upper Canada, 283; his resolutions on responsible government, 310, 311. (Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks era) Provincial secretary for U...
(Count Frontenac era) Huron chief, wrecks peace negotiations with Iroquois, 222. (Bishop Laval era) Treachery of, 216; becomes friend of the French, 235. =Bib.=: Parkman, Frontenac...
(Samuel de Champlain era) Daughter of Abraham Martin, 146.
First described from actual observation by Father Hennepin, in the narrative of his journey of 1678. The falls are indicated on Champlain's map of 1632, and are briefly mentioned i...
et Conferences. For biog., see Morgan, Can. Men; Canadian Who's Who.
Frontenac arrives at, 232.
(1826-1902). British commissioner to Syria, 1860; under-secretary for India, 1864-1866, and for war, 1865-1867; governor-general of Canada, 1872-1878; ambassador to Russia, 1879; t...
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Engineer, fortifies bridges over River St. Charles, 85-86; opposes capitulation, 225; directs artillery fire against British camp, 230.
(Samuel de Champlain era) Suggests a canal through Isthmus of Panama, 14.
(John Graves Simcoe era) Quaker, elected to Assembly, but, unable to take oath, resigns, 81.
(Samuel de Champlain era) His alleged discoveries, 74-77, interpreter, 144. =Bib.=: Champlain, Voyages; Parkman, Pioneers of France.
1782; paymaster-general, 1783; Speaker of the House of Commons, 1789; created Baron Grenville, 1790; secretary for foreign affairs, 1791; first lord of the treasury, 1806. =Index=:...