(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Soldier of saves Captain Ochterlony, mortally wounded, from being scalped, 142; Wolfe wishes to reward him, but reward declined by Vaudreuil, 145; ordered to...
In Rocky Mountains; source of North Saskatchewan River. Discovered by Duncan McGillivray, 1800. Named after Joseph Howse, of the North West Company. =Index=: (Sir James Douglas era...
(Count Frontenac era) Author of Le Comte de Frontenac, referred to, 109, 126, 128, 142, 165, 174, 216, 231, 250.
Scotland. Came to America with his father, Colonel John Macdonell, in 1773; and entered the army. In 1794 lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Volunteers, and captain in 1796. Appointe...
Born in Water Leven, Dumbartonshire, Scotland. Joined the Hudson's Bay Company, 1813, and employed for a time at York Factory as superintendent of the fur shed. Sent by Governor Si...
Quebec. Educated at St. Mary's College, Oscott, England; studied law and called to the bar of Nova Scotia, 1864. Private secretary to various governors of Nova Scotia. Sat in House...
(Samuel de Champlain era) In charge of mission at Miscou, 235; death of, 235.
(Sir John A Macdonald era) Meaning of the term--attitude of public men towards, 78-79; leading plank in platform of the Macdonald-Sicotte government, 89. (George Brown Era) Origin...
(Sir James Douglas era) Succeeds Wrangell in Russian America, 1836, 45.
Missionary to the Indians and French of Acadia and Cape Breton, 1734. Vicar-general at Louisbourg for several years. Invited by the governor of Nova Scotia to settle at Halifax, 17...
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Haldimand gives him rank of major, 294.
(Lord Dorchester era) Following treaty of Paris, 7; its provisions, 7, 8.
offices in the intendancies of Bordeaux and Lyons, and intendant of Hainant from 1661 to 1663. In 1663 intendant of New France. During his administration in Canada, was the first t...
1812; served in the Egyptian campaign, 1801; the Hanover campaign, 1805; the Walcheren expedition, 1809, and throughout the Peninsular War. Appointed major-general, 1830; lieutenan...
A young officer of the garrison at Montreal, who saved Montreal and the colony from probable destruction by the Iroquois, in 1660. With sixteen companions and a few Indian allies,...
studied law and called to the bar of Ontario, 1867. Elected to the Ontario Assembly for Hamilton, 1879; provincial secretary, 1889; commissioner of crown lands, 1896; attorney-gene...
Studied law, and called to the bar of Upper Canada, 1865; practised his profession at Brantford; Q. C., 1876. Elected to the Ontario Legislature, 1873; provincial secretary, 1877;...
See Howse Pass.
(John Graves Simcoe era) Member of Legislative Council, 79.
Discovered by Cabot in 1497. Sir Humphrey Gilbert established a short-lived colony on the island in 1583. Another attempt was made in 1610, by the Company of London. A more success...
promoted major, 1756; lieutenant-colonel, 1762, and served in Europe during the Seven Years' War. In 1773 sent as colonel of the 7th Foot to Canada, and during the next two years r...
Ultimate source is at the head waters of the Bow River, about lat. 51 deg. 40', in the heart of the Rocky Mountains. After a course of 1205 miles, it flows into Lake Winnipeg, fina...
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Their fighting force an uncertain quantity, 126.
Parliament, 1754; lord of the treasury, 1765; war secretary, 1872; and home secretary, 1783. The office of home secretary then included the colonies. =Index=: (Lord Dorchester era)...
(Count Frontenac era) Onondaga orator, 338.
Canada Rebellion, 29, 30. =Bib.=: Who's Who.
Explored by De Monts and Champlain in 1604. Probably visited a hundred years earlier by Basque and Breton fishermen, and possibly by the Northmen several centuries before. Known to...
Eldest daughter of Louis Hebert, Quebec; married to Stephen Jonquest in the autumn of 1617, Father Le Caron officiating. This was the first marriage in New France. =Index=: (Samuel...
(Samuel de Champlain era) Servant of Madame Hebert, murdered by Montagnais Indian, 164.