(Bishop Laval era) Proposed appointment of, as bishop in Asia, 23.
See Blachford.
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Describes scene at General Hospital, 223.
Seaport of France. =Index=: (Samuel de Champlain era) Merchants of, demand freedom of commerce in the St. Lawrence, 123. (Bishop Laval era) Jurisdiction of bishop of, over New Fran...
(Wilmot era) Methodist clergyman in Fredericton, 133; his influence over L. A. Wilmot, 133.
(Sir James Douglas era) Hudson's Bay Company post, built on Fraser River in 1821, 98.
Droitwich in British Parliament, 1837-1874; secretary for war and colonies, 1852; first lord of Admiralty, 1858 and 1866; secretary for war, 1867-1868. =Index=: (Lord Elgin era) Op...
Name applied by the French to a confederacy of four Iroquoian tribes. When French missionaries and explorers first went among them, they occupied the country about Lake Simcoe and...
138, 145; his opinion of the Lower Canada Assembly, 145; notifies Brock that he may have service in Spain, 180; letter to Brock in immediate expectation of war, 205; letter on decl...
Cartwright, Sixteen Years on the Coast of Labrador; Hind, Explorations in Interior of Labrador; Packard, The Labrador Coast; Stearns, Labrador; Dawson, Canada and Newfoundland; Gre...
See Morel de la Durantaye.
On the international boundary, west of Lake Superior. Probably discovered by Jacques De Noyon, about the year 1688. Fort St. Charles was built by La Verendrye, on the western shore...
(Louis Joseph Papineau era) Name assumed by popular party in Lower Canada--particularly the followers of Papineau, 40, 68; Neilson checks the more violent among them, 46; vacillati...
On Hudson Bay, captured by Troyes, 206.
Educated for the army. Promoted captain of the 15th Foot, 1755; served in the expeditions against Rochefort, 1757, and Louisbourg, 1758. Aide-de-camp to Amherst, 1759; afterwards s...
Efforts were made from time to time by Canada, between the years 1847 and 1854, to secure the free admission of goods between Canada and the United States, but without success unti...
An Indian town, which stood near the mouth of the St. Charles River, in what is now the city of Quebec. It was occupied by a tribe of the Huron-Iroquois race, of which Donnacona wa...
Son of Antoine Daniel, of Dieppe. Made a notable voyage to New France in 1629, of which he left a graphic narrative. Arriving at Cape Breton that year, with two armed vessels, foun...
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) On rapid construction of Beauport defences, 86; his report of fighting at Levis, 103; on pitiable condition of Quebec, 160; quoted as to rout of French army,...
Entered political life as member for King's County, New Brunswick, in the Dominion House of Commons, 1882; minister of marine and fisheries, 1885; minister of finance, 1888-1896. E...
(Lord Dorchester era) Of Royal Emigrants, 112, 124; with Laws on rear attack on Arnold, 130; in charge at Three Rivers, 144; repulses Thompson's attack, 145. (Sir James Douglas era...
notary; afterwards clerk of the Legislative Assembly and city clerk of Quebec; member of the Council of Public Instruction; president of the Institut Canadien. =Index=: (Louis Jose...
In Upper Canada; named after Governor Gore. =Index=: (Lord Sydenham era) Resolutions in favour of responsible government adopted at meeting of inhabitants, 125, 126.
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Sister of Sir Frederick Haldimand, 3; death of, 338.
some years' practical experience on various English railways, came to Canada, 1862, as chief accountant of the Grand Trunk. Subsequently promoted to the office of secretary of the...
(Lord Dorchester era) Of Montreal, his disaffection, 79; commands rebel Canadians at Quebec, 132.
Entered the service of the North West Company some time before 1790. In charge of Fort Dauphin, 1799, and Swan River, 1800. Three years later moved to the Athabaska department, and...
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Receives note from Bougainville, 162; his letter to Bougainville, 178.
(Samuel de Champlain era) Suggested by Champlain, 5; undertaken by De Lesseps, 6.
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) With Canadians, guards fords of Montmorency, 112; drives British force back to their camp, 129; ordered with his reserve, with Indians, to the city, 161; com...