Educated at Eton and Oxford. In 1844 registrar of joint-stock companies and commissioner of lands and emigration; from 1860 to 1871 permanent undersecretary of state for the coloni...
The constitution of the Dominion; the Act by which the scattered colonies of British North America were united in one Confederation. Drafted at the Quebec Conference, 1864; discuss...
(Count Frontenac era) Montreal, established, 29.
(Sir James Douglas era) Hudson's Bay Company post, built on eastern branch of Liard River, 123.
See York Factory.
Can.; Weir, Sixty Years in Canada.
Rises in northern Minnesota, its chief source being Itasca Lake, and enters the Gulf of Mexico, after a course of 2550 miles. It was discovered by the Spaniards, early in the sixte...
(Samuel de Champlain era) Nephew of Guillaume, 137; left in command of colony, 141; prohibits psalm-singing by Huguenots on his ships, 156; his character, 182; actively defends col...
superintend the fortifications of Quebec, Montreal, and other places in the colony. Prepared a plan of the cathedral at Quebec in 1725; and of the fortifications at Quebec in 1730....
in the South, and with Howe at Philadelphia; succeeded him as commander-in-chief, 1778; Captured Charleston, 1780; succeeded by Sir Guy Carleton, and returned to England, 1782. =In...
(Joseph Howe era) Solicitor-general and member of Executive and Legislative Councils, Nova Scotia--makes statement as to ministerial responsibility, 76; attempts to reconcile Josep...
(Bishop Laval era) La Barre's expedition halts at, 193.
(Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks era) Increased in 1841, 99; and 1842, 147; on agricultural products, and live stock, 189; Act of 1849, 292, 302.
Hendry's Journal (R. S. C., 1907); Cocking's Journal (R. S. C., 1908).
(Count Frontenac era) Executed for conspiracy against Champlain, 8. (Samuel de Champlain era) Locksmith, accompanies Champlain to Quebec, 41; leads conspiracy to assassinate him, 4...
Known in Canadian history as the "Great Earthquake." The most extravagant accounts have come down as to the circumstances attending this earthquake, but it was undoubtedly the most...
Fencibles, 1798; served in Holland the following year, and in 1801 present at the battle of Copenhagen. The same year came to Canada with the 49th Regiment, and served under Brock...
(George Brown Era) Stimulated by British preference of, 1843, 32; advantage swept away by free trade measure of 1846, 32; in 1834, 54.
(Mackenzie / Selkirk / Simpson era) Opposes sale by Hudson's Bay Company of land in Red River valley to Selkirk, 146.
(General Brock era) Canadian, great increase of, 125.
(Samuel de Champlain era) Montagnais chief, 159.
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) On Haldimand. 291.
Sketch of the Public Buildings at Chambly, 1815. Coloured MS.
At Montreal. =Index=: (Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Purchased for government house, 186; belonged to William Grant, 186. (Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks era) Government offices in,...
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Of Bearn regiment, 209; in battle of Ste. Foy, 259, 261, 262.
(General Brock era) On United States ships, 83, 108; benefits Canadian trade, 109, 115; disastrous effects of, both in United States and in England, 110, 111; withdrawn, 114.
(Tilley era) Recruits Fenian army in New York, 105; his force arrives at Eastport, 105.
See Oneidas.
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Becomes a first-class power, 6.
(Samuel de Champlain era) Jesuit mission in Huron country, 92.