At mouth of Columbia. =Index=: (Sir James Douglas era) Astoria renamed, 149.
Fifeshire, Scotland. Attended St. Andrews University. Took part in an inquiry into the condition of the poor in Great Britain, and carried on an aggressive agitation for a reform o...
The first building in Quebec. Erected by Champlain, 1608. Stood about where the church of Notre Dame des Victoires stands to-day. An illustration of the Habitation is in Champlain'...
member of Council of Public Instruction of Upper Canada, 236. =Bib.=: Dent, Can. Por.; Cyc. Am. Biog.
school legislation, 144. =Bib.=: Morgan, Can. Men; Canadian Who's Who; Dent, Last Forty Years.
Britain, 234; makes New York western terminal of his line, 234. =Bib.=: Dent, Can. Por.; Johnson, First Things in Canada, under Steam Communication.
(Joseph Howe era) Member of Lord Falkland's Council, 69; declaration as to ministerial responsibility, 75; retires from government, 87; offered seat in Executive Council, 1846, 103...
Cousin of Sir Alexander Mackenzie. Came to Canada from Scotland in 1784, and entered the service of the fur-trading firm of Gregory, McTavish & Co., of Montreal. The following year...
Veran, his appointment as commander-in-chief in New France, 1; his friendship with Chevalier de Levis, 3; birth and descent of, 3; education, 4; enters the army, 4; returns to Cand...
(John Graves Simcoe era) First Church of England clergyman to arrive in Upper Canada, conducts school at Montreal, and then moves to Cataraqui (Kingston), 158; opens first school i...
Born in Scotland. Educated at King's College, Aberdeen. Came to Canada, and practised law in Montreal. Appointed recorder of Rupert's Land, 1838, and arrived in the Red River Settl...
(General Brock era) His connection with the John Henry letters, 186, 187; discovered to be an impostor, 188.
Governor of Nova Scotia, 1840-1846. =Index=: (Joseph Howe era) Lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia, 69; his character and policy, 69; invites Howe to join the Council, 69; his admin...
Criticizes British commercial policy, 12; president of Board of Trade, 15; colonial secretary, 16; resigns, 16; commends Poulett Thomson's speech on Navigation Acts, 17; his propos...
Lauridsen, Vitus Bering; Muller, Voyages from Asia to America; Laut, Vikings of the Pacific.
(Lord Dorchester era) Hangs Joshua Huddy, 198.
(Samuel de Champlain era) Captain of the Levrier, one of the two vessels of Champlain's first expedition to Quebec, 40.
(Lord Dorchester era) British troops concentrated at, 153.
Red River Rebellion of 1869-1870, was also responsible for the Saskatchewan Rebellion of 1885. The government had neglected to issue patents to the half-breeds on the Saskatchewan,...
Catholic Church in Ontario; Cameron, Catholic Church in Maritime Provinces in Canada: An Ency., vol. 2.
Studied law, and called to the bar of Lower Canada, 1842. Represented Montreal in Legislature, 1854-1861. Formed administration with George Brown, 1858. Defeated by Cartier in Mont...
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Abandons French post at Toronto, 26.
(General Brock era) Letter of, relating to death of Brock, 307.
Emigrated to Canada; opened a school near L'Original, and about 1828 moved to Rice Lake, where he entered the Methodist ministry, and began his life-long Work among the Indians. In...
Halliburton, chief-justice of Nova Scotia. Called to the bar, 1829; appointed deputy-clerk of the Legislative Council, 1830, and clerk, 1838. In early life challenged Joseph Howe t...
(Samuel de Champlain era) One of the men landed by Kirke on St. Pierre Island, 174.
(Count Frontenac era) Abenaquis chief, 329.
(Count Frontenac era) Name given to trading Company formed by inhabitants of Canada in 1645, 36.
and served through the War of 1812. Entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1824. Became editor of the Christian Guardian, 1832, and secretary of the British and Fo...