(Samuel de Champlain era) One of De Caen's vessels, 156.
Morgan, Can. Men; Thibault, Biography of Sir Charles Tupper; Saunders, Three Premiers of Nova Scotia; Campbell, History of Nova Scotia.
(Louis Joseph Papineau era) Lieutenant-governor of Lower Canada--meets views of Assembly as to the budget, 60; his action repudiated by Dalhousie, 61; acting governor during absenc...
Pioneer fur trader in the West. When the French abandoned their fort at Sault Ste. Marie, Cadot remained behind with his native wife and family. Alexander Henry found him there in...
Indian chief. (Sir James Douglas era) His relations with Meares at Nootka, 27.
English bar. Chief-justice of the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island, 1801; judge of the King's Bench of Upper Canada, 1804. Drowned in wreck of the Speedy, while on his way to...
(Lord Sydenham era) Of Quebec and Montreal, their aims, 112; send delegations to Upper Canada and to England to urge union of the provinces, 112.
A partner of the North West Company. =Index=: (Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Petition to Haldimand, 261. =Bib.=: See the memorials of Benjamin Frobisher and Joseph Frobisher, his br...
Probably, according to Masson, a son of Joseph Frobisher. Entered service of North West Company, about 1798. Mentioned as clerk of that Company, in 1804 and 1805, and took a violen...
his first voyage to the New World, entering the Gulf of St. Lawrence by way of the Straits of Belle Isle, landing on the Gaspe shore, and coasting around the eastern end of Anticos...
(George Brown Era) Of Upper Canada, doubled between 1842 and 1851, exceeds that of Lower Canada in 1852, 62, 75; in 1841, 82; in 1852, 134. (Lord Dorchester era) Of Canada in 1763,...
George Brown; Pope, Memoirs of Sir John A. Macdonald; Willison, Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the Liberal Party; Confederation Debates.
(1808-1863). Descended from Loyalist stock. Began to learn the trade of printer at the age of twelve. Acquired an interest in the Acadian Recorder, 1837, and continued to publish t...
(Bishop Laval era) Lays second foundation stone of church at Montreal, 88. (Count Frontenac era) Officer at Montreal, refuses to recognize Frontenac's order for arrest of coureurs...
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Post at Oswego to be established for, 142; allies of the British, 148; their rights respected, 166. See Iroquois.
In Northern Canada. Area 10,719 square miles. Discovered by Samuel Hearne (q.v.), in 1771. A post built there, 1786, by Leroux and Grant, of the North West Company. Three years lat...
Newfoundland; Machray, Life of Archbishop Machray.
Educated at Trinity University, Toronto. Chief official reporter to the Nova Scotia Assembly, 1861-1867, and in 1880 appointed chief clerk of the Dominion House of Commons. For man...
at Edinburgh University. Secretary to Lord Rosslyn and Lord St. Vincent on a mission to Portugal. In 1810 entered Parliament; in 1830 received the great seal and elevated to the pe...
Town of Ontario on the Bay of Quinte. Founded by Captain Myers in 1790. =Index=: (Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks era) Early municipal government of, 298; riot over Rebellion Losses...
The first submarine cables in America were those laid between New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, 1851; and between Cape Breton and Newfoundland, 1856. Newfoundland was connect...
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Engineer, constructs defences on river St. Charles, 86.
(Egerton Ryerson era) Visits England, 1831, 90; his connection with split in Methodist body, 105.
his parents at early age; educated at the Toronto Academy and the Toronto Grammar School. Spent some years in London engaged in the publishing business. Returned to Canada, 1882; a...
(William Lyon Mackenzie era) Aids Mackenzie's escape, 389.
chancellor of the exchequer, 1606; master of the Rolls, 1614-1636.