(Samuel de Champlain era) Recollet priest, 149.
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) A strong defence on left bank of St. Charles River, 207; panic among troops crowding into, 207.
Voyages; Parkman, Conspiracy of Pontiac; Schoolcraft, Indian Tribes of the United States; Jesuit Relations, ed. by Thwaites. See also Sulte's papers in the Royal Society of Canada...
(Egerton Ryerson era) Founded at York (Toronto), 1829, 82; Egerton Ryerson, first editor, 82; exponent of Methodist views on religious, educational, and political questions, 82-83;...
from the Assembly of Lower Canada; re-elected after the union, and held his seat until 1854. Contributed to Quebec Gazette and Mercury.
Rises in Upper Columbia Lake, lat. 50 deg. 10', long. 115 deg. 50', and flows into Pacific Ocean. Total length about 1150 miles. Its mouth was discovered by Robert Gray, of Boston,...
(Lord Sydenham era) Sydenham takes part in negotiations for, 336.
At junction of Red and Assiniboine Rivers, where the city of Winnipeg now stands. (Sir John A Macdonald era) Wolseley and the expeditionary force arrive there Aug. 24, 1870, 162; m...
(Tilley era) Of Miramichi, member of Smith government, New Brunswick, represents lumber interests, 91, 92.
Practised in Montreal. Entered public life in 1872 as member for Montreal East, defeating Sir Georges E. Cartier. Appointed puisne judge of Supreme Court of Quebec, 1878; and the s...
Sailed to the North-West Coast with Quadra in 1775, and again in 1779. Embodied the results of the explorations in several charts of the coast with explanatory text, which were pub...
Quebec with his father, an army officer, 1813. Returned to England, 1815, and until 1824 was a student at Eton. Came back to Canada, 1830. Called to the bar, 1835. Took part in the...
his parents to Canada, 1812. Called to the bar of Lower Canada, 1827; created Q.C., 1837. Assisted in the prosecution of the insurgents who had been arrested during the Rebellion o...
(Lord Elgin era) Member of the Parti Rouge, 108.
(Samuel de Champlain era) French ambassador in London, instructions to, 214.
In Northern Canada. Area 11,821 square miles. Discovered by men of the North West Company, and a post established on or near the lake about 1800. Fort Franklin built on south-west...
The peasants of Quebec. =Index=: (Lord Dorchester era) More independent than peasantry of France, 12; raised to dignity of jurymen, 40; their objection to juries, 68. (Wolfe / Mont...
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Grandfather of Sir Frederick Haldimand, 2, 17, 72, 311.
(Count Frontenac era) Wounded in skirmish on Beauport flats, 294.
A band of Roman Catholic Iroquois from Caughnawaga, Quebec, who settled about 1755 in the village of St. Regis, on the south bank of the St. Lawrence, on what afterwards became the...
(Samuel de Champlain era) Fortified, 157.
See Lauzon-Charny.
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Under British rule, 64-81; Haldimand comes north from, 83, 87; Haldimand's interest in, 90; suggests closing of ports of, 104; his career there, 121;...
First suggested by Dr. Rae, in 1832. W. E. (afterwards Sir) Logan was appointed provincial geologist, 1842, and, the government having decided to carry out a geological survey of t...
(Tilley era) Attends Sir Leonard Tilley in his last illness, 145.
(Bishop Laval era) United to parish of Montreal, 176; commenced by Sister Bourgeois, 177; held in high honour, 178.
Came to Canada as an officer of the Carignan Regiment. In 1694 appointed to the command of the post at Michilimackinac. In 1701 built a fort at Detroit, and remained in command the...
The Act was designed to harmonize the conflicting interests of French and English by dividing Quebec into two provinces,--Upper and Lower Canada,--thereby giving to each a larger c...
(Count Frontenac era) Erected at Cataraqui, 83; conceded to La Salle, 156; seized by La Barre, 178; restored to La Salle, 179; Dongan demands its destruction, 218; Denonville gives...
See Crown Point. =Index=: (Wolfe / Montcalm era) At head of Lake Champlain, 17; evacuated by Bourlamaque, 146. =Bib.=: Garneau, History of Canada.