Came from Paris to Acadia, 1604; mentioned there in 1610, and again in 1613-1614. Returned to France, and in 1617 came to Quebec, becoming the first permanent settler in New France...
Bill, 14, 15; his report on the Constitutional Act, 55; on the position of lieutenant-governor, 56; on the Legislative Council, 57; on the Executive Council, 58, 63, 64; says Refor...
(Wilmot era) Appointed to Executive Council, New Brunswick, 1843, 72; resigns, 1845, 76; retires, 1848, 116.
(Samuel de Champlain era) Explorer, gives information to Champlain respecting a copper mine, 13.
(Egerton Ryerson era) His brother, Egerton, takes his place in the Methodist ministry for a year, 15; describes Egerton's Indian school, 24-25; closely associated with Egerton in M...
Called to the bar, 1879. Edited Le Courrier du Canada since 1884. Appointed member of Legislative Council of Quebec, 1892, and elected Speaker, 1895; president of the Executive Cou...
settled at Niagara. Engaged in mercantile life. Commanded a company of militia during the War of 1812-1814. Shortly after the close of the war removed to West Flamboro. Helped in t...
Came to Canada in 1820, from England. Receiver-general and member of Executive and Legislative Councils of Upper Canada. Died in London, 1854. =Index=: (Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hin...
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Brings word of impending attack on left of French position, 138.
(Wilmot era) On Wilmot, 131.
University; studied law, and called to bar, 1876; chief counsel for Louis Riel, 1885, and took part in several other famous trials; represented Quebec County in provincial Assembly...
(William Lyon Mackenzie era) Commander of "patriot" army, 427; quarrels with "General" Sutherland, 427; occupies Sugar Island, 428; put to flight, 428; forms new plot to revolution...
(William Lyon Mackenzie era) Mackenzie's bill on, 163.
(Bishop Laval era) Parish erected, 175; united to Seminary, 175, 176.
Educated at Eton and Oxford. In 1881-1883 under-secretary for the home office; in 1885 lord privy seal; and later chief commissioner of works; secretary for foreign affairs in Glad...
1739-1740; at Cartagena, 1741; and in the West Indies, 1747. Commanded on the North American station between 1755 and 1757, and in 1758 commander-in-chief of the fleet at the siege...
(General Brock era) Stores despatched to, 202.
Trinity College there. Came to Canada, 1834. Studied law, and called to the bar of Upper Canada, 1840. Appointed puisne judge of the Court of Common Pleas, 1856; transferred to the...
(George Brown Era) Moving spirit in negro settlement in Upper Canada, 113.
(Lord Dorchester era) Sent with seventy men to attack Arnold in rear, 129; completes discomfiture of enemy, 131. (Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Effects arrest of Du Calvet, 285.
(John Graves Simcoe era) Speaker of first Assembly of Upper Canada, 80, 85.
(Mackenzie / Selkirk / Simpson era) Chief factor, 1851, 228; last governor of Assiniboia under Hudson's Bay Company, 228.
(Lord Elgin era) Commissioner under Seigniorial Tenure Act, 187.
(Lord Dorchester era) Carleton marries, 75; characteristics of, 77.
(General Brock era) Captured at sea by United States privateer, 224.
(John Graves Simcoe era) Try to bring about peace with Indians, 122. (Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Of Pennsylvania, their opposition to the government, 11, 12. (General Brock era)...
The name applied to the territories of the Hudson's Bay Company, particularly to that portion lying west of Hudson Bay and east of the Rocky Mountains. The Company held these lands...
(William Lyon Mackenzie era) Newspaper, Mackenzie publishes, 467.
the most important engagements during the war with France, including the Walcheren expedition. Promoted to lieutenant for gallantry during the fight between the Eurotas and the Fre...
deputy paymaster-general of the forces in Canada. Born at Quebec. Entered the army, 1789, and rapidly promoted until in 1794 became lieutenant-colonel of the 8th Liverpool Regiment...