Arrived at Port Royal, June 14, 1690, being commissioned to inquire into the condition of the colony. In June, 1691, received from the French king a commission as governor of Acadi...
(Samuel de Champlain era) Grant of, to Sir Thomas Gates, 223.
the University of Glasgow. A minister in Glasgow for a number of years, and professor of divinity for the secession branch of the Presbyterian Church. In 1843, at the disruption, j...
Accompanied Joncaire on an embassy to the Indians of Niagara, 1720. Sent to Acadia with De Ramezay, 1747. Took part in the action at Grand Pre. Returned to Quebec, but again sent t...
Montreal newspaper, established 1826. =Index=: (Louis Joseph Papineau era) Morin's seditious articles in, 101; denounces every one opposed to Papineau, 122-123. (Baldwin / La Fonta...
Accompanied his father to York about 1799, where he settled. Served with the York Volunteers during the War of 1812-1814. An active supporter of the Reform party in Upper Canada. A...
(Lord Dorchester era) One of the protesting members of Council under Carleton, 34.
to the Legislature and became provincial secretary in the Gray ministry, 1863; represented Prince Edward Island at the Charlottetown Conference, 1864, and the Quebec Conference, 18...
(Count Frontenac era) Rescues comrades cast away on Anticosti, 304.
(Sir John A Macdonald era) Bill brought in by Macdonald in 1882, to adjust representation in House, 273; Blake on, 274; description of, 274; Globe on, 275; unfairness of, 275-276;...
(Count Frontenac era) French engineer, prepares plans for defence of Quebec, 326.
The first public library in Canada was the Quebec library, founded in 1779 largely through the efforts of Haldimand. After many vicissitudes, the library was absorbed by the Litera...
Newspaper published at Niagara. =Index=: (George Brown Era) Ridicules Globe's proposal for annexation of North-West Territories, 217-218.
(William Lyon Mackenzie era) Executed, 435; monument to, 436.
Discovered by John Bell, of the Hudson's Bay Company, in 1842, and explored to its junction with the Yukon, by Bell, in 1844. In 1847 Alexander Hunter Murray, of the same company,...
(William Lyon Mackenzie era) Casual and territorial, how derived and appropriated, 54-55; subject of contention, 55. (Lord Sydenham era) Control of, contended for by provincial Ass...
Educated at Oxford. Went to South Africa, 1871, and made a fortune in the diamond mines. Entered the Assembly of Cape Colony, 1881, and became a member of the Executive Council, 18...
(Samuel de Champlain era) Clerk, brings news of amalgamation of de Monts and de Caen Companies, 138.
(Lord Elgin era) Postmaster-general in Hincks-Morin government, 140.
Born at Grenoble. Came to Canada in 1685 as vicar-general under Laval. Succeeded Laval as bishop of Quebec, 1688. Returning from France in 1704, on La Seine, taken prisoner by the...
(Samuel de Champlain era) Indian, brings news of Kirke's arrival, 176.
Scotia, presides at trial of Joseph Howe for libel, 24; contest for his office, 168; his son challenges Howe, because of supposed insulting references to the father, 236. =Bib.=: H...
69-72. =Bib.=: Parkman, Old Regime; Jesuit Relations, 1660; Faillon, Histoire de la Colonie Francaise; Dollier de Casson, Histoire de Montreal. The exploit has inspired several Can...
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Chief of the Follis-Avoines, 41.
A tributary of the Mackenzie; rises in the Yukon district, south-west of Frances Lake, about lat. 61 deg., long. 131 deg. Its length is about 550 miles. Explored by McLeod in 1834,...
family of that name. Served for several years in the King's Regiment; instrumental in organizing the Glengarry Fencibles in 1811, of which he was given command. Served with distinc...
Accompanied Eliza on his voyage to the North-West Coast in 1790, and under his orders explored the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and named various points on both sides of the strait. Ret...
(John Graves Simcoe era) Maiden name of Simcoe's mother, 15.
Buckingham and Buckinghamshire in Parliament, 1734-1752; first lord of the Admiralty, 1756-1757; lord privy seal, 1757-1761. =Index=: (Wolfe / Montcalm era) Witnesses singular beha...
Scotia. Educated at Free Church Academy, Halifax. In 1859 a reporter in the House of Assembly. In 1865 called to the bar and practised in Halifax. In 1877 member for Antigonish, in...