Assembly, 1841-1854; member of Executive Council and solicitor-general, 1842 and 1844-1846; attorney-general for Upper Canada, 1847-1848.
(John Graves Simcoe era) English constituency for which Simcoe sat, 15.
Born in the Ramah Indian settlement, Lake Simcoe, Ontario. Adopted in early life by a Pennsylvania family whose name he took and by whom he was educated. About 1840 went to the Nor...
(Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks era) Incorporated in 1847, 277-278.
Canada in the spring of 1666; granted by the Sulpicians the seigniory of Lachine, from which, in 1669, he set out with Dollier de Casson and Galinee upon the first of those explora...
(Bishop Laval era) Brother of Bishop Laval, 19; bad conduct of, 139.
(Bishop Laval era) Bestowed by king on diocese of Quebec, 136.
(Lord Dorchester era) French minister to United States, proposes to visit Canada, 247-248.
(Bishop Laval era) Settlement of Christian Indians at, 74.
the army; served under Wolfe at Quebec, 1759; became lieutenant-colonel, 1761, colonel, 1777; major-general, 1779; defeated General Ashe at Brier Creek, 1779, and defended Savannah...
(William Lyon Mackenzie era) Defends Windsor, 447; shoots prisoners, 447; condemnation for, 448.
(Tilley era) Deserts Liberals in New Brunswick, 18.
(Samuel de Champlain era) One of the vessels of Company of New France, 245.
command of marines in expedition to Baltic, 24, 29; organizes Rifle Brigade, 25. =Bib.=: Dict. Nat. Biog.
Westminster, England. Educated at the Gray Coat School; and entered the service of the Hudson's Bay Company, 1784. The first of his voluminous journals opens at Fort Churchill in t...
Educated there at the Jesuit College. In 1740 entered the diplomatic service, being sent to Lisbon. In 1741 took part in the negotiations that resulted in the election to the empir...
(Lord Dorchester era) Name of Sorel changed to, 240.
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Sent to erect defences at fords of Montmorency, 112; accompanies Levis to the West, 147; in battle of Ste. Foy, 257, 261.
(Samuel de Champlain era) Comes to Quebec, 252; Godfather to young Hurons, 223.
(Sir James Douglas era) Accompanies Simon Fraser on voyage down the Fraser, 60. (Mackenzie / Selkirk / Simpson era) With Simon Fraser in New Caledonia, 108-109; river named after,...
(William Lyon Mackenzie era) Virginian, settled at Chippewa, 138; Mackenzie defends, 138; goes to England about Alien Act, 139; success of his mission, 142, 143.
medicine at Edinburgh and Glasgow Universities. Elected to the New Brunswick Assembly, 1857; Speaker, 1865, and again in 1870; a member of the government, 1883. A strong opponent o...
The largest island on the west coast of North America. Named after Captain George Vancouver, who explored this coast in the years 1792-1794. The island was first named Quadra and V...
Born in 1678 in the fort on her father's seigniory on the St. Lawrence River, twenty miles below Montreal. In 1692 she heroically defended this fort, with the assistance of her two...
Capital of British Columbia, and formerly capital of the colony of Vancouver Island. Founded in 1843 as Fort Camosun, afterwards Fort Victoria, the latter name in honour of the que...
American explorers. Sent by the United States Government, in 1803, to find an overland route to the Pacific by way of the Missouri. They ascended the Missouri in 1804, to the Manda...
(John Graves Simcoe era) Accompanies Simcoe as major of brigade, 47; clerk of Council, 79; aide-de-camp to governor, 177; describes the site of the present city of London, 200, 201...
See Joly de Lotbiniere; Chartier de Lotbiniere.
at the Jesuit College, Montreal. In 1865 called to the Quebec bar; and in 1872 elected to the Dominion Parliament for Rouville. In 1879 appointed solicitor-general in the Quebec pr...
(Wilmot era) Appointed to New Brunswick Council, 69.