Rises in Brome Lake. After a course of about ninety miles falls into the St. Lawrence at the head of Lake St. Peter.
(Samuel de Champlain era) English vessel seized by French, 221.
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) One battalion of, sent to Canada, 12, 29; in battle of the Plains, 192; in battle of Ste. Foy, 259, 261.
Entered the army as ensign, 1727; captain, 1742; and major, 1747. Accompanied Warburton's Infantry to Nova Scotia, and engaged in the French wars at Cobequid, 1749-1750; brigadier-...
Founded by De Monts in 1605. The basin had been discovered the previous year, and the land granted to Poutrincourt, who named it Port Royal. The early settlement is described in Le...
(William Lyon Mackenzie era) Seventh report of, 26; Mackenzie obtains committee, 263; matters referred to, 269; committee's report, 270-277; reply of Lord Glenelg, 280; Head's inst...
(John Graves Simcoe era) Son of Governor Simcoe, killed in storming of Badajoz, 179, 222.
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Hostage, escapes from Quebec, 125.
Windsor; studied law under James W. Johnstone, and called to the bar, 1882. One of the leaders of the Baptist Church in Nova Scotia; entered the ministry; and became the principal...
Canada, 1845. Chief engineer of the Intercolonial Railway; and of the Canadian Pacific Railway; chancellor of Queen's University since 1880; president of the Royal Society of Canad...
(George Brown Era) In Tache ministry, 1864, 149; retires with Buchanan and Simpson to make room for Brown, Mowat, and Macdougall, in Coalition ministry, 159. =Bib.=: Pope, Memoirs...
Appointed missionary to the Abnaki Indians on the St. John River, 1845. Authorized agent of the government at Quebec for the purpose of destroying British supremacy in Acadia. Assi...
See Marie de l'Incarnation.
of the members for Montreal; elected to Legislative Council, 1862; resigned, 1863, and returned to the Assembly as member for Chateauguay, which he represented to the time of his d...
Opposite Quebec. =Index=: (Wolfe / Montcalm era) Skirmishing on, 102.
(General Brock era) Issued by Napoleon in 1808, 110; disastrous effects of, 110-111; 171, 172. =Bib.=: Dict. Eng. Hist.
(Count Frontenac era) Cure of Montreal, disapproves of Abbe Fenelon's sermon, 95.
(Tilley era) His proposal to build railways in New Brunswick, 25, 27.
(Lord Dorchester era) Breaks out in army before Quebec, 120, 123. (Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Discussion on, in Quebec Gazette, 228-231. See also Vaccination.
(Wilmot era) Supports the governor of New Brunswick, 46. (Tilley era) Attorney-general and leader of government, 19; introduces railway resolutions, 26, 53. =Bib.=: Hannay, History...
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Dangerous situation of, 4.
(Count Frontenac era) Member of Sovereign Council, 106; arrested by Frontenac, 139. (Bishop Laval era) Member of Sovereign Council, 158, 166; imprisoned, 167.
See Prince of Wales Fort.
See Ripon.
the army, 1831, and served for twenty-one years, retiring 1852. Returning to Prince Edward Island, elected to the provincial Legislature, and became premier in 1863. The following...
One of leaders of the Liberal party in Lower Canada, 50.
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Repulses landing of English, 107.
See Nipissing.
(Wilmot era) Father of W. F. Odell, 8; provincial secretary, New Brunswick, 8, 34, 57.
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) His report on state of affairs at Boston, 95.