1830; and called to the bar, 1831. In 1838 secretary to Lord Durham and accompanied him on his momentous mission to Canada. In 1846 judge advocate-general, and in 1847 chief poor l...
(Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks era) Organized in Upper Canada, July 16, 1836. (Lord Dorchester era) William Baldwin, president, Francis Hincks, secretary, 42; its programme, 42.
(Lord Dorchester era) Member of Council, sent by Murray on mission to England, 16; replaces Carleton during his absence from Canada, 59; declines to decide question of an Assembly,...
(Tilley era) Confederate candidate in New Brunswick, elected, 89; attacks government in Assembly, 102.
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Unsuccessful employment of by French at Quebec, 131.
(William Lyon Mackenzie era) Organizes shooting matches, 342; rebels meet at his house, 360; opposes advance on Toronto, 362; his house burned, 375; objects to Mackenzie's plans, 3...
Explored by Henry Hudson, 1610, and named after him. Explored by Sir Thomas Button, 1612; Jens Munk, 1619; Foxe and James. 1631. In 1668 the first trading-ship of the Hudson's Bay...
(Tilley era) History of, 59-71, 73-87; defeated in New Brunswick, 89-110; accepted by New Brunswick, 111-125; completion of, 127-132. (Sir John A Macdonald era) History of the move...
reviews condition of provinces, 86, 87; topics discussed in, 94-97; reports debates, 102, 103; granted a subsidy for printing, 103; moved to York, January, 1825, 106; House refuses...
(Count Frontenac era) Niece of Talon, wife of Francois Perrot, 97.
depressoir"; "Charnier en barrique"; "Les Brouettes"; "Timbre a laver la Morue"; Edifice de l'eschaffaut, complet hormis la couvertur d'un voile; Plan de l'eschaffaut, planchaye" e...
(Samuel de Champlain era) Jesuit missionary at Miscou, 234. (Bishop Laval era) Dies of plague, 62.
(Samuel de Champlain era) Jesuit missionary at Miscou, 234.
(Count Frontenac era) Son-in-law of Mme. de Sevigne, a candidate for governorship of Canada, 65.
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) In battle of the Plains, 257.
A tribe of the widespread Algonquian family, occupying the upper waters of the Ottawa River, and the country about Lake Nipissing. First mentioned and described by Champlain, who c...
Formerly Bytown. Founded about the year 1827, and named after Colonel By, a Royal Engineer, who built the Rideau Canal, and whose workmen formed the nucleus of the infant town. The...
ship carpenter, and later became captain of a merchantman sailing from Boston. In 1687 succeeded in raising a Spanish treasure-ship which had been sunk near the Bahamas, recovering...
(William Lyon Mackenzie era) Shoots at Mackenzie, 364; his treachery, 365.
Removed to Upper Canada; studied law and called to the bar, 1803. Elected to the Assembly for Leeds, 1821; Speaker of the Assembly, 1822; Speaker of the Legislative Council, 1841....
emigrated to Canada, and ascended the river Ottawa sixty miles beyond any previous known settler, with the object of selecting a suitable tract of land for a settlement. Eventually...
Cel. Can.; Dict. Nat. Biog.
to the bar, 1878, and practised at Kentville and Halifax; appointed Q.C., 1890. In 1896 elected for the city and county of Halifax to the Dominion Parliament, and for Carleton Coun...
(William Lyon Mackenzie era) Agent of Papineau to Upper Canada, 345; sets out for Michigan, 345; secures assistance in Michigan, 427.
(Sir James Douglas era) Founded in 1832 by Hudson's Bay Company, on route from Fort Vancouver to San Francisco Bay, 132.
(Samuel de Champlain era) Endows Jesuit College at Quebec, 228.
1755-1763 in North America. =Bib.=: Journals of the Hon. William Hervey in North America and Europe from 1765 to 1814, with Order Books at Montreal, 1760-1763.
(General Brock era) Establishes independent republic in St. Domingo, 39, 40; death of, 40.
Accompanied Alexander Mackenzie on his memorable journey of 1793 to the shores of the Pacific. In charge of Ile a la Crosse House, 1797-1799; signed the Montreal agreement of 1804,...
(Samuel de Champlain era) General name given by French to four Huron tribes, 89.