the bar, 1861. Elected to Quebec Legislature, 1867, and successively solicitor-general, and provincial secretary, of the province. Premier of Quebec, 1879. Entered Dominion Cabinet...
(General Brock era) Letter of, relating to death of Brock, 307.
state, his widowed mother settling near Cornwall. Joined the North West Company in 1792, and ten years later became a bourgeois or partner. Served for a time at Grand Portage, and...
(Lord Sydenham era) Appointed military secretary and aide-de-camp, 152.
An office created originally by Richelieu, in France, and transferred to New France. The first intendant of Canada was Robert, appointed in 1663, who was succeeded two years later...
(Wilmot era) Member for St. John in New Brunswick Assembly, 105; referred to in Wilmot's speech, 105. (Tilley era) Defeated in St. John County in 1850, 11.
(Samuel de Champlain era) One of the men landed by Kirke on St. Pierre Island, 174.
The first authentic landmark in the history of the Roman Catholic Church in Canada is the arrival of several Jesuit missionaries in Acadia in 1611. The Recollets first came to Queb...
Educated privately, and studied law; in 1848 called to the bar and practised with success in Ottawa. Elected mayor of Bytown (now Ottawa) in 1852. Sat in the Legislative Assembly,...
Catholic Church in Ontario; Cameron, Catholic Church in Maritime Provinces in Canada: An Ency., vol. 2.
(Lord Dorchester era) Citizen of Quebec, assists Americans, 120.
(Sir James Douglas era) Distributing point for Upper Columbia and Kootenay, Hudson's Bay Company post, 77; centre of Columbia trade, 77; founded, 1825-1826, 116.
Island. Educated at Windsor, Nova Scotia, and called to the bar of Nova Scotia and of Prince Edward Island, 1819. Appointed judge of Probate and attorney-general for Prince Edward...
(Bishop Laval era) Recollet mission at, 111.
1863-1867. Subsequently governor of Queensland. Died in Brisbane.
of Sir John A. Macdonald. Educated at Queen's and Toronto Universities; called to the bar, 1872; and practised for some years with his father and James Patton. In 1882 removed to W...
Church in Quebec. The corner-stone was laid May 1, 1688, Bishop Laval officiating. The building was completed the following year. In 1690 the name was changed to Notre Dame de la V...
A United Empire Loyalist. Came to Canada in 1780; became registrar of York; and subsequently surveyor-general of Upper Canada. =Index=: (Egerton Ryerson era) Surveyor-general, and...
(Count Frontenac era) Created, 1647, at Quebec, 37, 49; reorganized, 105-106; resembles a Parliament in French sense, 131; Frontenac claims to be styled president of, 133-140; fixe...
(Samuel de Champlain era) Jesuit missionary in Cape Breton, 237.
Bishop of Quebec, 1788-1797. =Index=: (Lord Dorchester era) Bishop of Quebec, his views on education, 227, 228; recognizes reasonableness of not permitting priests to be brought fr...
Granted royal charter, Mar. 15, 1827.
Quebec. Educated at Laval University; studied law and called to the bar, 1861. Joined the staff of Laval, and became dean of the law faculty, and member of the council. Entered pub...
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Commands Montreal militia, 105.
An island on the southern coast of Newfoundland, which, with the Miquelon Islands immediately north-west, constitute all that remains of New France still under French government. F...
of expedition against Quebec, 65, 73; singular anecdote of, 65; birth and personal characteristics, 66, 67; at Dettingen and Culloden, 68; in Paris, 69; attached to the Louisbourg...
(Lord Sydenham era) Resigns from Cabinet, 16. =Bib.=: Dict. Nat. Biog.
North end of Vancouver Island. See Fort McLoughlin.
(Count Frontenac era) Captured at Fort Loyal, exchanged for one of Phipps's prisoners, 303.