(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Egoism the principle of, 17; Parkman on, 20; demoralizing effect of, 20. =Bib.=: Fiske, New France and New England.
(Samuel de Champlain era) Jesuit, put in charge of Richibucto mission, 235.
(Lord Dorchester era) Effect of, in Canada, 33, 57.
(John Graves Simcoe era) Rate of, 113.
(John Graves Simcoe era) Member of Legislative Council, 79.
A trading-post on the left bank of the Peace River, about lat. 56 deg., and long. 118 deg. 40'. Built by A. R. McLeod for the North West Company about the beginning of the nineteen...
(Count Frontenac era) Recollet, preaches funeral sermon on Frontenac, 361.
merchant. Went to England, and, with his two brothers, given command of an expedition against the French in Canada, 1627. Appeared before Quebec, but Champlain, who was then in cha...
(Count Frontenac era) Commander of squadron sent against New York, 234.
as member for Jacques-Cartier in Dominion House, 1872; minister of inland revenue, 1876; resigned with the government, 1878. =Index=: (Lord Elgin era) Member of Parti Rouge, 108. (...
Founded through the far-sighted liberality of James McGill, a merchant of Montreal, who in his will left his property of Burnside and L10,000 to found the college. It was granted a...
(George Brown Era) Edits a Bowmanville newspaper, charges Senator Simpson with bribery in 1872, publishes letter from George Brown to Simpson, 249; sued for libel, 249; applies to...
(Lord Dorchester era) Aide-de-camp to Benedict Arnold, describes Arnold's rapid retreat, 147.
See Ashburton.
(Bishop Laval era) Cause of difficulty between the court of France and the pope, 184, 201.
and brother of Iberville, Bienville, and other members of this noted family. Trained, like Iberville, for the navy; returned to Canada, and in 1686 accompanied De Troyes on the Hud...
(Wilmot era) Appointed to New Brunswick Council, 69.
(Samuel de Champlain era) Settles in Miramichi, 237.
See Chouart.
(Lord Dorchester era) Case against, in connection with Walker affair, dismissed by grand jury, 38.
Called to the bar, 1861; in 1870 entered the New Brunswick Assembly, representing Westmoreland until 1874; and reelected, 1878; member of the Executive Council, 1878; premier of th...
(Bishop Laval era) Church at Quebec placed under patronage of, 85. (Samuel de Champlain era) Church of Notre Dame de la Recouvrance consecrated under name of, 240; feast of, observ...
Emigrated to Nova Scotia. Summoned to the Senate at Confederation. Became receiver-general in federal ministry, 1867-1869; president of the Privy Council, 1869-1870. For a time act...
Off the coast of Nova Scotia. It was known from about the beginning of the sixteenth century as Santa Cruz, and so appears on Reinel's map of 1505, and on the Cabot mappemonde of 1...
(Geol. Survey, 1886); Burpee, Search for the Western Sea; Hind, Canadian Red River and Assiniboine and Saskatchewan Expeditions.
(Bishop Laval era) At junction of Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, 150.
See Stanmore.
and commander of forces in British North America, 45; calls attention of home government to lack of proper accommodation for provincial government and Legislature, 50; a Scotsman,...