Joined the Society of Jesus about 1654, and sailed for Canada, 1666. Sent to the Upper Lakes, 1668, and stationed at La Pointe, near the western end of Lake Superior, 1670. Here he...
The gorge cut by the Peace River through the Rocky Mountains. The summit of the pass is 2000 feet above the sea. First traversed and described by Alexander Mackenzie, 1793. Simon F...
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Commandant of garrison of Quebec, 214, 219; describes despondency in city, 224; calls council which declares for capitulation, 225; seeks pretext for capitul...
(Egerton Ryerson era) Father of Egerton Ryerson, a United Empire Loyalist, serves as an officer in Prince of Wales Regiment of New Jersey, in American Revolution, native of New Jer...
The county seat of Chippewa County, Michigan, on the St. Mary's River. In 1641 the Jesuit fathers Raymbault and Jogues founded a mission on its site, and in 1662 Marquette establis...
profession of journalism. Removed to the North-West Territories, and, in 1895, became proprietor and editor of the Leader, Regina. Sat in the House of Commons for Assiniboia West,...
On St. Lawrence River. (Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Contagious disease breaks out at, 190.
(Wilmot era) Solicitor-general of Brunswick, 34.
of George III. Commanded British army in Flanders, 1793-1795. Commander-in-chief, 1798-1809. =Index=: (General Brock era) Takes command of expedition to Holland, 15, 21. =Bib.=: Di...
(Lord Elgin era) Measures for their relief, 1847-1848, 46-47; bring plague to Canada, 47-48; prominent victims, 48; Elgin persuades British government to reimburse Canada for expen...
(Bishop Laval era) Member of the Sovereign Council, 158.
(Lord Sydenham era) Owner of "Alwington," 294.
In Gulf of St. Lawrence. Uncertain who first discovered the group. They were known for many years as the Isles Ramees, or Ramea. This name first appears in narratives of voyages to...
(Samuel de Champlain era) Jesuit, book written by, ordered to be burnt, 153.
(Lord Dorchester era) Limit of French settlement, 8; governorship of, abolished, 21. (Bishop Laval era) Consecrated to the Virgin Mary, 8, 85; granted to the Sulpicians, 108.
Rises in the Pelly Mountains about lat. 62 deg., and flows into the Yukon after a course of 330 miles. Discovered and explored by Robert Campbell between the years 1840-1848. Campb...
(Samuel de Champlain era) Island of Cape Breton once occupied by, 236.
Provided that the boundaries of the province of Quebec in the west should extend from Lake Erie to the Ohio, along the Ohio to the Mississippi, and north to the territories of the...
(Count Frontenac era) Origin of, 28. (Bishop Laval era) Laval lodges at, for a time, 33; nuns of, take charge of the general hospital, 236. =Bib.=: Doughty, Cradle of New France.
(Tilley era) Deserts his party in New Brunswick, 18.
(Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks era) Comes to Kingston to solicit office of provincial aide-de-camp, 172; La Fontaine's opposition to appointment, 173.
England. Educated at Oxford. Entered the diplomatic service, and in 1609 secretary to the British minister at Venice; British representative at the court of Savoy, 1615-1630. Durin...
Representative for Wentworth. =Index=: (Egerton Ryerson era) Speaker of Legislative Assembly, Upper Canada, 64, 65.
(John Graves Simcoe era) Name Toronto officially changed to, 203; name York previously in use, 203. (General Brock era) Fortifications begun at, 182. (Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hinck...
1843, 180; chief officer on death of Charles Ross, 1844, 181; his birth, 181; joins Hudson's Bay Company, 1837, 181; his service and character, 181; his narrative, 181; responsible...
Thought Quebec Act should have been introduced in Commons, 66; discusses Constitutional Act in House of Commons, 265. S Discusses Constitutional Bill in House of Commons, 9. (Gener...
Bellerophon. Headed overland expedition of 1819-1822, from York Factory by way of Great Slave Lake, to the mouth of the Coppermine, and the Arctic coast; and second expedition, 182...
Lucas, Canadian War of 1812; Macdonell, Sketches Illustrating the Early Settlement and History of Glengarry in Canada. See also War of 1812.
life, prints Campbell's letter, 31; his pen picture of Macdonald, 73; on the double majority, 78; Macdonald's notes on Quebec Conference, 106; Macdonald's negotiations with Howe, 1...
Society of Jesus, and sailed for Canada in 1636. Set out almost immediately for the Huron mission. From there sent to the Tobacco nation; and in 1641 visited the Chippewas at Sault...