Reserves among various denominations, 163. (George Brown Era) Galt takes his place in government, 107. =Bib.=: Finances and Trade of Canada. For biog., see Dent, Last Forty Years.
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Killed in battle of Ste. Foy, 264.
Brown-Dorion; Hincks-Morin; La Fontaine-Baldwin; Macdonald-Cartier; Macdonald-Dorion; Macdonald-Sicotte; MacNab-Morin; MacNab-Tache; Sherwood-Daly; Tache-Macdonald. See under names...
A village on the shores of the Basin of Minas. Stands upon or near the site of the old village of the same name, one of the principal settlements of the Acadians. The scene of many...
(William Lyon Mackenzie era) Wife of William Lyon Mackenzie, granted $4000 by Parliament, 240; at Navy Island, 424; death of, 508.
(Bishop Laval era) Birthplace of Laval, 17.
Hudson's Bay Company, 1814; employed east of the mountains until 1822, when transferred to the Columbia; in charge of Fort Simpson, 1835-1849; appointed chief factor, 1846; removed...
Canada in 1705, as an instructor in the Jesuits' College at Quebec. Returned to France in 1709. It was at this time that he gathered the material for his Histoire et Description Ge...
Located at Halifax. Founded by George Ramsay, ninth Earl of Dalhousie, 1818. Original endowment derived from funds collected at the port of Castine, Maine, during its occupation, 1...
Born in Scotland. Engaged for some years in the China trade. Entered service of Hudson's Bay Company; chief factor at Fort Victoria, Vancouver Island; succeeded Sir George Simpson...
(Lord Elgin era) Commissioner under Seigniorial Tenure law, 187.
(Sir James Douglas era) With Meares on North-West Coast, 1788, 27; at Cook River, 27; arrives at Nootka from Cook River with cargo of sea-otter, 28; sails for Sandwich Islands, 28;...
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Brother of Sir Frederick Haldimand, 2, 312, 343.
(Samuel de Champlain era) Daughter of Abraham Martin, 146.
Established at Kingston, Ontario. Founded in 1839, and incorporated by royal charter in 1841. The first principal was Rev. Thomas Liddell; succeeded by Dr. John Machar, Dr. John Co...
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Conveys Wolfe's remains to England, 238.
(Lord Dorchester era) Her action in the Nootka matter, 250. (Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Her rule in Louisiana, 64-81; war imminent with, 81; recovers Florida, 81; Hamilton's opin...
biog., see Morgan, Can. Men; MacMurchy, Canadian Literature.
Educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen; studied law at the University of Edinburgh, and admitted a writer to the signet, 1859. Came to Toronto, 1859; called to the bar of Ontario,...
His confident prediction of conquest of Canada, 215. =Bib.=: Works, ed. by Colton, 1857; new ed., 1898; Schurz, Life of Henry Clay; Cyc. Am. Biog.
(John Graves Simcoe era) Presbyterian clergyman, performed marriage services in contravention of the law, 164; second clergyman to settle in Niagara district, 165; drowned in wreck...
(John Graves Simcoe era) First session of Upper Canada Legislature held in, 83, 96; church services held in, 159.
(Tilley era) Member for Gloucester in New Brunswick Assembly, votes against Liberals, 18.
(John Graves Simcoe era) Shot for desertion, 73.
(General Brock era) Commander of Iphigenie, and subsequently of Java, 123; his death, 123.
(William Lyon Mackenzie era) Postage on, 93, 103, 106; their tributes to Mackenzie, 509-523. See also under names of individual newspapers.
A tribe of the Algonquian family. First mentioned in Champlain's narrative, 1615. The explorer met a party of these Indians on French River. They were called the Cheveux Releves, b...
Established in Montreal, in 1865. This important French-Canadian magazine contains an immense amount of valuable material bearing on the history and literature of Quebec. Its contr...
the permanent staff of the colonial office, with which he was connected until 1872. In 1835 declined the offer of the governorship of Upper Canada. =Index=: (Wilmot era) His charac...