(Wilmot era) Council for Doak and Hill in libel case, 75.
A town in Essex County, Ontario; first settled in 1750 by the soldiers of a disbanded French regiment. It was subsequently named after the town of Sandwich, in Kent, England. =Inde...
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Haldimand's opinion of, 335.
(Lord Dorchester era) On Germain, 170.
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Not in operation in Haldimand's time, 275; demanded by Du Calvet, 291. =Bib.=: Shortt and Doughty, Constitutional Documents relating to Canada; Dict....
(Wilmot era) Candidate in St. John County, opposes responsible government, 64.
Le Moyne, Sieur de Longueuil. Entered the French navy, returning to Canada in 1683. Three years later accompanied De Troyes in the expedition against the English on Hudson Bay, and...
preferred against, 200. =Bib.=: Bancroft, History of British Columbia.
(Sir James Douglas era) Of Pacific coast, largely due to Vancouver, 34, 36; Spanish, 36. =Bib.=: Walbran, British Columbia Coast Names.
(Samuel de Champlain era) Secretary of De Monts, 33.
(John Graves Simcoe era) Scarcity of, in Upper Canada, 182.
House, Dublin county, Ireland. In 1852 entered the army as ensign; served in the Burmese War, 1852-1853; in the Crimean War, 1854-1856; and in India, 1857; in 1861 sent to Canada i...
of Congress, in 9 vols., 1853. See also Randolph, Memoirs, Correspondence and Miscellanies of Jefferson. For biog., see Randall, Life of Jefferson; Tucker, Life of Thomas Jefferson...
(Lord Dorchester era) Address of, to French-Canadians, 71, 77; action of, at Philadelphia, 77; sends commission to inquire into military situation of Canada, 135; its action in the...
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Occupied in turn by British and French, 256, 258.
Built by North West Company, 1788, on southern shore of Lake Athabaska, near mouth of Athabaska River. Removed, 1820, by Hudson's Bay Company to north shore, where it still stands....
Hudson's Bay Company post, on Columbia River.
discuss terms of peace, 192. =Bib.=: Dict. Nat. Biog.
Southern extension of Hudson Bay, discovered in 1610, by Henry Hudson who wintered there, 1610-1611, with the Discovery. The bay was named after Captain Thomas James of Bristol, wh...
See St. Maurice River.
(Bishop Laval era) Proposed appointment of, as bishop in Asia, 23.
Chartered in 1799, with a monopoly of the fur trade of Russian America. It absorbed the various smaller independent companies, and for a time was a powerful rival of the Hudson's B...
In affiliation with the University of Toronto. Formerly located at Cobourg, but later moved to Toronto. Founded in 1830; opened 1836. =Index=: (Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks era)...
studied law and called to the bar in 1803. From 1809 to 1812 represented Sorel in the Assembly; and in the latter year appointed to the Court of King's Bench. In 1821 appointed a m...
At head of Puget Sound. =Index=: (Sir James Douglas era) Hudson's Bay Company post, built in 1833, between Langley and Fort Vancouver, 118.
Born in Nottingham, England, 1823. Travelled in Mexico, 1846. Came to Canada, 1847, and appointed lecturer in chemistry and natural philosophy at the Toronto Normal School, Toronto...
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Editor of Mesplet's publications, 277.
and brother of Iberville, Bienville, and other members of this noted family. Trained, like Iberville, for the navy; returned to Canada, and in 1686 accompanied De Troyes on the Hud...
Born at Tours, France. Married early, and was left a widow after two years, with an only child. For twelve years devoted herself to his education; and then entered the Ursuline con...
Ontario, 255; a witness of the shooting of George Brown by Bennett, 255-256.