Came to Canada, 1639, with Madame de la Peltrie, Marie de l'Incarnation, and Fathers Vimont and Poncet. Accompanied Brebeuf as missionary to the Neutral Nation, whose country was a...
(Lord Dorchester era) Accused in connection with Walker affair, 36; tried and acquitted, 38.
Second-in-command, under Admiral Saunders, before Quebec, 1759. =Index=: (Wolfe / Montcalm era) Instructed to cruise off St. Lawrence, 75; makes some captures, 78; arrives at Ile-a...
(John Graves Simcoe era) French priest, deported, 190.
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Third aide-de-camp to Montcalm, 2; accompanies Montcalm on visit of inspection, 173; with Montcalm in his last hours, 219; informs Levis of Montcalm's death,...
Came to Canada with the 32nd Regiment; served in the Rebellion of 1837 in Lower Canada; sent with despatches to the officer in command at Sorel; captured by Wolfred Nelson and sent...
his parents and studied for a time at Delaware Academy at Delhi, New York. Came to Canada and completed his theological course at Knox College, Toronto. Ordained to the ministry of...
(Sir John A Macdonald era) Formed in 1849 in Montreal as a reply to the Annexation Manifesto--branches followed throughout the country, 40; its objects, 40-41; largely due to John...
(Sir John A Macdonald era) Question embitters public life of Upper Canada, 13, 28; nature and history of the dispute, 55-62; secularization of, carried out by MacNab-Morin coalitio...
(William Lyon Mackenzie era) Newspaper, Mackenzie starts, 320; destroyed by mob, 321; draft constitution of provisional government published in, 356.
Plan des Terres des Environs du Fort St. Frederic. Marquiere par le Sr. Boisclerc, a mil sept cent trente neuf. Sur laquelle Carte sont aussy raporties les sondes qu'il a observe....
See Champlain, Lake.
(John Graves Simcoe era) Teaches school at Hay Bay, 167.
accompanied Cook in survey of coast of Newfoundland and Gulf of St. Lawrence, 1766-1769; and was on the Victory at Ushant, 1778. In 1786 surveyor-general of ordnance, 1786; and vic...
(Sir James Douglas era) Jesuit missionary--supposed to be first priest on Vancouver Island, 178; at Whidby Island, 179.
throne, 1730. =Index=: (Sir Frederick Haldimand era) His foreign policy, 5.
(Sir James Douglas era) Named by Captain Cook, 21; Captain Douglas there in 1788, 27, 28.
(Sir James Douglas era) Hudson's Bay Company post, afterwards city of Victoria, 178.
(Tilley era) Candidate for St. John, New Brunswick, defeated, 25.
Also known as the Red River Settlement; Selkirk Colony; Assiniboia, etc. Founded by the Earl of Selkirk (q.v.), in 1811. The first party of colonists from Scotland reached York Fac...
2; letters and other documents, in Margry, Decouvertes; Shea, Voyages up and down Mississippi; Parkman, La Salle; Winsor, Nar. and Crit. Hist.; Falconer, Discovery of Mississippi;...
(Joseph Howe era) Chosen leader of Anti-Confederation party in Nova Scotia, 187; chairman of Halifax meeting on behalf of Joseph Howe, 194; elected to House of Commons for Guysboro...
Newspaper published at Kingston. =Index=: (Lord Sydenham era) Praises Sydenham's policy, 351. (Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks era) On the debate on responsible government in the Le...
Ordained deacon, 1859; priest, 1865; came to Canada latter year and assigned to the Mackenzie River district. In 1874 consecrated bishop of Athabaska. In 1884 transferred to see of...
Born in France. Governor of Guadaloupe; sent in 1756 with Montcalm to Canada as third in command and colonel of engineers. In command at Ticonderoga in 1759; promoted brigadier-gen...
(Samuel de Champlain era) Carpenter to De Monts's expedition, 22.
Member of the Executive Council and commissioner of public works, 1864-1867. In 1867 privy councillor and minister of agriculture; and 1869-1873 receiver-general. In 1868 called to...