(Tilley era) Confederation candidate, elected in Albert County, New Brunswick, 89, 107.
(Sir Georges E. Cartier era) Cartier favours deepening of, 45.
Commander of the Upper Canadian rebels in 1837; a native of Holland; had been a colonel in Napoleon's army, and had seen much active service. In 1819 emigrated with his family to A...
(Lord Dorchester era) Loyalist, murder of, 198.
(Lord Dorchester era) His connection with the Walker case, 19, 36, 38.
(Tilley era) Elected for the county of Carleton, New Brunswick, 89, 107.
(Samuel de Champlain era) Interpreter, 144.
Institute, Upper Canada College, Toronto, and at the University of Toronto; graduated with triple first-class honours and gold medals in classics, mathematics, and modern languages...
(Samuel de Champlain era) Author of an ode to Champlain, 72.
(Count Frontenac era) Author of Frontenac et Ses Amis, 229; his work, Sir William Phipps devant Quebec, quoted, 293; on losses incurred in siege of Quebec, by Phipps, 302; discusse...
A tribe of the Iroquois confederacy. Their country lay west of that of the Oneidas. They took the British side in the Revolutionary War; and on its conclusion many of them settled...
Established, 1848. Originally incorporated under the title of "College of Bytown"; received the title of "College of Ottawa," 1866. Pope Leo XIII raised it to the rank of a Roman C...
(George Brown Era) Beginnings of agitation for, in Canada, 231; opposed by George Brown, 232-233; at the bottom of objections to proposed Reciprocity Treaty of 1864, 232, 233; secr...
Mackenzie's Voyages, 7, 94; gains controlling interest in Hudson's Bay Company, 7; organizes colony, 7, 8, 100; dies, 1820, 8; Canadian places named after, 115; his lineage, 115, 1...
(Lord Sydenham era) Merchant, father of Sydenham, 4; adds "Poulett" to his name, 4.
(Bishop Laval era) Only sister of Bishop Laval, 19.
(Mackenzie / Selkirk / Simpson era) Marries Sir Alexander Mackenzie, 101; her parentage, 101.
Accompanied Perez to North-West Coast in 1773 as pilot. In 1788 sent again to the North-West Coast as joint commander with De Haro of an expedition to watch the operations of the R...
Ontario. Educated at the London District Grammar School, and at the University of Toronto. Studied law, and called to the bar, 1861. Sat in the Ontario Assembly, 1872-1894; leader...
(General Brock era) British, prohibiting neutral trade between hostile ports, 93, 106, 111; premature announcement of withdrawal of, 120, 121; difficulty of withdrawing, 192, 193;...
(Samuel de Champlain era) Translator of Champlain's Voyages, 277.
Sent to Canada as governor of Montreal, 1670. Obtained a grant of Isle Perrot in 1672. Used his office to further his own interests; quarrelled violently with Frontenac, who had hi...
appointed adjutant-general, 1776, and took part in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown. In 1790 sent on a commission to the Seneca Indians, and arranged a treaty. In 1795 secr...
York. Plan of Toronto Harbour and the proposed town and part of the Settlement. Quebec, Dec. 6, 1788. G. Mann, Captain and Commanding Royal Engineer. Original coloured MS. Plan of...
Seville, and in 1733 entered the navy. Accompanied astronomical expedition to Brazil, 1735; and also that of 1744 to observe the comet. In 1745 taken prisoner at Louisbourg by the...
Pleskau, Esthonia. Educated in the school for cadets in St. Petersburg. Entered the Russian navy in 1812; in 1817 took part in a scientific expedition to Siberia and Kamtchatka; an...
(Lord Sydenham era) His views on corn duties and Irish Church, 40.
superintendent of Indian affairs, and succeeded latter in office after his death. Served under Amherst against the French, in 1759. At the opening of the Revolutionary War, abandon...
the employ of the Company of New France. Educated by the Jesuits, and took minor orders, but renounced his clerical vocation to engage in the fur trade. Sent by Talon to discover c...