Capital of province of Alberta. Situated on the North Saskatchewan. Occupies site of Edmonton House, of the Hudson's Bay Company, and, at a still earlier date, Fort Augustus, of th...
London. Assistant librarian of the House of Commons, 1831; examiner of petitions for Parliament, 1847-1856; clerk of the House of Commons, 1871-1886; and president of the Statute L...
(Wilmot era) On Wilmot, 131.
called to the bar, 1811; commissioner in bankruptcy, 1817; judge of the Supreme Court of Madras, 1820; knighted, 1820; sent to Canada as one of three commissioners to investigate c...
A seaport, and the capital of Nova Scotia; founded in 1749 and named after the Earl of Halifax, then president of the Board of Trade. The first settlers were brought out from Engla...
bar, 1851. Entered journalism, and edited Acadian Recorder, 1853-1861. Appointed chief commissioner of mines for Nova Scotia. An early advocate of Confederation. =Index=: (George B...
Came to Canada in 1830. Represented West York in the Legislature, 1857-1868. Member of Macdonald-Sicotte ministry, 1862, as minister of finance; receiver-general, 1863-1864; postma...
school, Kingston; studied law and became acting attorney-general in 1812, before he had been called to the bar. Played a distinguished part as a volunteer during the War of 1812. O...
(Egerton Ryerson era) His brother, Egerton, takes his place in the Methodist ministry for a year, 15; describes Egerton's Indian school, 24-25; closely associated with Egerton in M...
Called to the bar, 1879. Edited Le Courrier du Canada since 1884. Appointed member of Legislative Council of Quebec, 1892, and elected Speaker, 1895; president of the Executive Cou...
(General Brock era) Stores despatched to, 202.
(George Brown Era) Moving spirit in negro settlement in Upper Canada, 113.
(Bishop Laval era) Parish erected, 175; united to Seminary, 175, 176.
Educated at Eton and Oxford. In 1881-1883 under-secretary for the home office; in 1885 lord privy seal; and later chief commissioner of works; secretary for foreign affairs in Glad...
The name applied to the territories of the Hudson's Bay Company, particularly to that portion lying west of Hudson Bay and east of the Rocky Mountains. The Company held these lands...
(William Lyon Mackenzie era) Newspaper, Mackenzie publishes, 467.
(Lord Elgin era) Commissioner under Seigniorial Tenure Act, 187.
settled at Niagara. Engaged in mercantile life. Commanded a company of militia during the War of 1812-1814. Shortly after the close of the war removed to West Flamboro. Helped in t...
Trinity College there. Came to Canada, 1834. Studied law, and called to the bar of Upper Canada, 1840. Appointed puisne judge of the Court of Common Pleas, 1856; transferred to the...
(William Lyon Mackenzie era) Commander of "patriot" army, 427; quarrels with "General" Sutherland, 427; occupies Sugar Island, 428; put to flight, 428; forms new plot to revolution...
(Lord Dorchester era) Carleton marries, 75; characteristics of, 77.
(John Graves Simcoe era) Speaker of first Assembly of Upper Canada, 80, 85.
(Mackenzie / Selkirk / Simpson era) Chief factor, 1851, 228; last governor of Assiniboia under Hudson's Bay Company, 228.
(General Brock era) Captured at sea by United States privateer, 224.
the most important engagements during the war with France, including the Walcheren expedition. Promoted to lieutenant for gallantry during the fight between the Eurotas and the Fre...
(Sir James Douglas era) His voyage to North-West Coast for sea-otter, 22.
(Lord Dorchester era) Sent with seventy men to attack Arnold in rear, 129; completes discomfiture of enemy, 131. (Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Effects arrest of Du Calvet, 285.
(General Brock era) Commands detachment of 41st Regiment at Brownstown and Maguaga, 237, 238-241.
(John Graves Simcoe era) Try to bring about peace with Indians, 122. (Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Of Pennsylvania, their opposition to the government, 11, 12. (General Brock era)...
(Lord Dorchester era) His report on loyalty of French-Canadians, 301.