(Wolfe / Montcalm era) On British left, at Quebec, 189.
(Wilmot era) Conducts Madras system of schools in New Brunswick, 86.
Came to Nova Scotia as lieutenant-colonel of General Philipps's regiment. Appointed to the governor's Council, 1720. Appointed lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia, 1724; held office...
A village two miles below Quebec. =Index=: (Wolfe / Montcalm era) Defended by entrenched camp, 80; headquarters of intendant and commissary of stores, 88; hasty abandonment of camp...
(Tilley era) Confederate candidate in York, 108.
(Joseph Howe era) Member of Uniacke administration, Nova Scotia, 1848, 110.
the rebellious colonists that the French of Canada could readily be won to their side. As a matter of fact the latter, while for the most part showing no enthusiasm to join Carleto...
board of trade, when Poulett Thomson was vice-president, 26.
(Samuel de Champlain era) Montagnais chief, 68.
College, Dublin, and emigrated to Canada in his youth. During the Rebellion in 1837, paymaster of the Royal Foresters. Called to the bar of Upper Canada, 1838. A member of the Legi...
the University of Toronto; studied law and called to the bar, 1853; made Q.C., 1867; Bencher of the Law Society, 1871. Appointed a puisne judge of the Court of Queen's Bench of Ont...
The earliest canal in Canada and in North America was that at Lachine, which dates back to the beginning of the eighteenth century. Between 1779 and 1783, lock canals were built by...
Two forts of this name were founded by the Hudson's Bay Company. One stood on the banks of the Saskatchewan, above the forks; the other on the upper waters of the Assiniboine. Both...
On St. Lawrence, near mouth of Richelieu. =Index=: (Samuel de Champlain era) Fur trade carried on at, 119, 139.
(Bishop Laval era) Reached by Jolliet and Marquette, 146.
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A Breton, of noble birth. Came to Canada as a Jesuit missionary in 1666. After two years spent at Quebec, left in 1668 for his mission among the Cayugas. Spent a number of years th...
(Samuel de Champlain era) Brings out settlers, 252.
Fort, otherwise known as St. Louis, on the Richelieu. Built by Jacques de Chambly, 1665. =Index=: (Count Frontenac era) Fort erected at, 51. (Lord Dorchester era) Captured by Montg...
Battle in War of 1812-1814, fought Nov. 11th, 1813. The scene of the fight was near the head of the Long Sault Rapids, on the St. Lawrence. Morrison commanded the British troops, a...
melodious speaker, 1-3; compared with Cartier, 2; his parentage, 3-4; services in War of 1812, 5, 33; his house at Montebello, 6; college days, 32; enters Assembly, 1812, and immed...
(Samuel de Champlain era) Murdered by Montagnais Indians, 164.
(Tilley era) Seconds the address in New Brunswick Assembly, 115.
(Samuel de Champlain era) Governor of Dieppe, obtains charter for colonization of Canada, 8; suggests that Champlain should visit Canada, 9; death of, 9. (Count Frontenac era) Trad...
(Sir James Douglas era) Hudson's Bay Company post, built on Upper Stikine River, 121.
Jesuit missionary, with La Verendrye in his western explorations. Murdered by Sioux on an island in the Lake of the Woods, May, 1736.
(Lord Sydenham era) Name of governor-general's residence at Kingston, 294.