18; Mackenzie on, 35, 36, 48, 49; forts on, 54-55. =Bib.=: Hearne, Journey to Coppermine; Mackenzie, Voyages; Burpee, Search for the Western Sea.
Alexander Mackenzie, 57; winters at Chipewyan, 57; determines its position, 57. =Bib.=: Burpee, Search for the Western Sea; Bryce, Hudson's Bay Company.
(Count Frontenac era) Left in charge of Port Nelson, 346.
A missionary station and fur-trading post, which stood on the straits between Lakes Huron and Michigan. The name was derived from an Algonquian tribe, the Mishinimaki, and in its o...
The gulf coast of the province was discovered by Cartier in 1534; first settlement made by De Monts and Champlain, on St. Croix Island, near the entrance to the Bay of Fundy, in 16...
(Samuel de Champlain era) Jesuit convent, 45, 227; views of Jesuits in connection with, 229; instruction of Indian children, 232, 233; Recollet convent dedicated to, 148.
(Sir Georges E. Cartier era) Edited by Canon Lamarche, 81; bitterly attacks Cartier, 81-82.
(Tilley era) Candidate in St. John County, New Brunswick. 85, 109.
(Wilmot era) Auditor of king's casual revenue, 34; resigns, 72.
there. In 1836 emigrated to Canada, and served during the Rebellion of 1837. Studied law; called to the bar, 1842, and practised in Montreal for several years. A member of the Legi...
(Lord Dorchester era) Attempts to create discontent on the subject of, 79. (Bishop Laval era) Collection of, by Quebec Seminary, sanctioned by the French king, 10; fixed by Soverei...
(Bishop Laval era) Sulpician, comes out in St. Andre, 31; ministers to those suffering from the plague, 32; dies a martyr, 91.
On the British Columbia coast. Used by the Hudson's Bay Company as an intermediate post between Fort McLoughlin and Fort Simpson. =Index=: (Sir James Douglas era) Built by Hudson's...
(Samuel de Champlain era) Assists in forming Company of New France, 168; made a director, 170.
(Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks era) Victim of election frauds in 1841--elected for Vercheres, 1842, 116; president of Executive Council, 1848, 284; a radical, 284; given seat in L...
Emigrated to Canada, 1848. In 1858 graduated from Toronto University, and later entered the journalistic profession. Published a number of books on religious and general subjects;...
(General Brock era) His letter to Brock from Halifax, 223.
(Sir John A Macdonald era) Formed by George Brown, 85; lasted less than forty-eight hours, 85.
(Tilley era) Came over in the Mayflower in 1620, 2.
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) His account of Montcalm before the battle, 197.
(1827-1885). Secretary to the North American Boundary Commission, 1856; colonial secretary and auditor of British Columbia, 1859; colonial secretary of Vancouver Island, 1864; admi...
A confederacy of the Muskhogean family. Known to the English as occupying what are now the states of Alabama and Florida. First visited by the Spaniards, under De Soto, in 1540. As...
with distinction as a cavalry officer under Turenne. Came to Montreal and joined the Sulpicians in 1666. In 1669-1670 carried out with Galinee an important exploration of the Great...
The first missionaries of the order, Lalemant, Masse, and Brebeuf, arrived in Canada in 1625. Work among the Algonquians began that year; and among the Hurons in 1626. The mission...
(Samuel de Champlain era) Pamphlet against Jesuits, 153.
(Lord Dorchester era) His survey of route through Maine, 106.
A native of France; in early life a medical student. Secretary to the governor of Louisbourg, 1751-1753. Sent to Fort Beausejour as commissary of stores. Furnished information to t...
(Samuel de Champlain era) Director of Company of New France, 170.
The popular name given to the Temperance Act introduced by (Sir) R. W. Scott and passed by the Dominion government in 1878. Its principal provisions were that on a petition of one-...