Rises in a small lake, a little west of long. 110 deg., and south of lat. 66 deg., and after a course of 525 miles flows into Coronation Gulf, on the Arctic coast of Canada. It was...
Appointed by the Hudson's Bay Company, for the government of the colonists in their territory. The first meeting was held Feb. 12, 1835, with Sir George Simpson as president. Bisho...
(William Lyon Mackenzie era) Elected to the Assembly, 150; delivers rejoinder to governor, 300.
(John Graves Simcoe era) Armed schooner of eighty tons, 113; Prince Edward embarks on, at Kingston, 183.
historical and scientific papers. See Bibliog. of Royal Society (R. S. C., 1894). For biog., see Morgan, Can. Men; Dent, Can. Por.; Who's Who; Grant, Ocean to Ocean.
(Sir Georges E. Cartier era) Their appeal to the public, 26-27.
(Tilley era) Conducts funeral service of Sir Leonard Tilley, 146.
(Bishop Laval era) Companion of Father Marquette, 62.
(John Graves Simcoe era) Accompanies Simcoe as chaplain, 47.
(Samuel de Champlain era) Name given by Champlain to the Nicolet River, 52.
(Mackenzie / Selkirk / Simpson era) The vessel which brought the Red River settlers from Stornoway to Hudson Bay, 150-151.
A partner of the North West Company. Member of the fur-trading firm of McTavish, Frobisher and Company. Built a fort on Red River, and penetrated to the Churchill River, 1774, wher...
See Aubert de Gaspe.
(General Brock era) Canadian Highland corps, 180.
Educated at the University of New Brunswick; studied law and called to the bar of New Brunswick, 1883. Alderman of Fredericton and mayor for two years. Elected to the House of Comm...
Brock, Sir Isaac, Correspondence, 1811, Serie Q, Volume No. 315. Papers relating to the War of 1812, Canadian Archives, Serie Q, Volumes No. 129-130, Admiralty Papers. Corresponden...
See Ticonderoga. =Index=: (Lord Dorchester era) Fort seized by American rebels, 82. (Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Carleton's raiders penetrate beyond, 149.
(Bishop Laval era) Accompanies Laval to Canada, 141; theologist of chapter of Quebec, 197. (Count Frontenac era) Preaches against theatre, 336.
(Joseph Howe era) Member of Executive Council, Nova Scotia, 1838, 56-57.
Canada College and University of Toronto. Called to the bar of Ontario, 1859. From 1867 to 1872 a member of Alexander Mackenzie's Dominion ministry; in 1875-1877 minister of justic...
Employed for some years on military and other engineering works in Canada. In 1701 commenced a canal from Lachine to the Little River, with the object of providing a boat channel a...
(John Graves Simcoe era) Very prevalent, 72; punishments for, 72; causes of, 73. (Wolfe / Montcalm era) From ranks of Canadian militia frequent, 152. (General Brock era) Followed b...
(Count Frontenac era) Killed at Laprairie, 313.
(William Lyon Mackenzie era) Loyalists retreat under, 373.
(Lord Elgin era) Brother of Louis Joseph Papineau, 35; Metcalfe brings into Cabinet, 35; his lack of influence in Lower Canada, 44, 66. (Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks era) Elected...
See also United States Bureau of Ethnology Reports.
(William Lyon Mackenzie era) Aids Mackenzie's escape, 384.
(Samuel de Champlain era) An early settler in Quebec, 145, 146; goes to Gaspe, 181; remains in Quebec during English occupation, 196, 208.