(Sir James Douglas era) Hudson's Bay Company vessel, 183.
as ensign, and promoted lieutenant the same year. In 1786 captain; in 1795 major; in 1800 lieutenant-colonel; and in 1810 colonel. Served with distinction during the War of 1812-18...
prevailing enthusiasm for missionary work in Canada, and in 1640 journeyed to Rochelle, intending to embark for the New World. At Rochelle met Dauversiere and others interested in...
the Iroquois at the Lake of the Two Mountains; and in 1690 led an expedition against Schenectady. Killed during an attack on Fort St. Anne, Hudson Bay. =Index=: (Count Frontenac er...
1604 groom of the King's privy chamber; in 1618 surveyor of the Court of Wards, and chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster; and in 1625 privy councillor; in 1629 one of the commissio...
(Wilmot era) Established as provincial university, 1859, 51; formerly King's College, previous history, 86; part of Madras school property handed over to, 88. (Tilley era) History...
(Samuel de Champlain era) Early settler, 145.
(Tilley era) Ship-owner of St. John, New Brunswick, Anti-Confederate candidate there, 84; defeated in St. John, 109.
army. In 1764 sent to North Carolina, and on the death of Dobbs succeeded him as lieutenant-governor in 1765. Held the position until 1771, when appointed governor of New York. In...
Accompanied Jogues and Chatelain to the Huron mission, 1636; and, with the former, to the Tobacco Nation, near Nottawassaga Bay, 1639-1640. Returned to the Huron mission, where, in...
115. =Bib.=: Bibaud, Dict. Hist. and Pan. Can.
Qualified as a civil engineer in Montreal, and practised his profession for some years. The author of many pamphlets, in addition to his monumental history, the preparation of whic...
(Bishop Laval era) Ancestor of Bishop Laval, 17.
(Lord Dorchester era) Colonel of Quebec militia, 246.
mourning in Upper Canada for death of, 193.
Cambridge. Rector of St. Martin's, Ludgate, London, 1614-1626. Fell heir to a number of unpublished narratives left by Hakluyt, and edited them with many others, in his collections...
Wife of preceding. =Index=: (John Graves Simcoe era) Centre of society at Niagara, 179; receives present of a horse, 181; spends winter of 1794-1795 at Quebec, 213.
1758 and 1759; severely wounded in the attack on Fort George; commended by Montcalm for conspicuous bravery in the battle of Carillon; and commanded the right wing of the French ar...
Entered the service of the Hudson's Bay Company about 1779, and carried out important surveys for the Company. Stationed at Cumberland House in 1789, and while there gave David Tho...
(General Brock era) Failure of, 119.
(Wilmot era) Born, 1679, son of William Wilmot, 3.
Situated in Grenville County, Ontario, and the scene of an engagement between filibusters from the United States under Colonel Von Schoultz (q.v.), and Canadian troops, in November...
Through the Rocky Mountains. Elevation, 3733 feet above sea level. The summit of the pass is eighteen miles in a straight line from the Athabaska River. Yellowhead Lake, a little w...
of George III and father of Queen Victoria. Sent to Canada, 1791; served in West Indies, 1794; returned to Canada, 1796; commander-in-chief of forces in British North America, 1799...
First superior of Jesuit missions in Canada; arrived at Quebec from France in 1625, with Enemond Masse and Jean de Brebeuf. They were the guests of the Recollets for two years, unt...
La Nouvelle Angleterre, La Nouvelle Hollande, La Nouvelle Suede, La Virginie, etc., avec les nations voisines et autres terres nouvellement decouvertes, Suivant les memoires de F....
1774. =Index=: (John Graves Simcoe era) Public mourning ordered in Upper Canada for death of, 193. =Bib.=: Larousse, Dictionnaire Universel.