by Laval in exchange for Island of Orleans, 138.
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Grand-niece of Haldimand, 343.
(Sir James Douglas era) Member of Victoria board of management, 265; becomes president of board, 265; transferred to Montreal, in 1870, 265.
Area 351,873 square miles. Formed the principal part of Canada, as ceded to Britain in 1763. Under the Quebec Act, 1774, its boundaries extended west to the Ohio and Mississippi. I...
(Mackenzie / Selkirk / Simpson era) Brings Selkirk settlers back to Red River, 165, 177; captures Fort Gibraltar, 178; takes Duncan Cameron to York Factory, 178; tried at Montreal,...
A town on the south-west coast of the province of Nova Scotia; founded by United Empire Loyalists in 1783; first known as Port Roseway. For a few years after its foundation the tow...
and Oxford; elected a fellow of University College, London, 1846; regius professor of modern history at Oxford, 1858-1866; honorary professor of English and constitutional history...
with his parents at age of six. Educated at local schools and at the Toronto Normal School. Taught school for a time; entered the ministry of the Methodist Church, 1851; editor of...
Fur trading firm, of Montreal. =Index=: (General Brock era) Send Prevost news of declaration of war, 203.
Private secretary to Sir Charles Metcalfe.
afterwards known as Fort Frontenac, erected at, 83. (Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Lands allotted to Loyalists in neighbourhood of, 236, 255; settlers at, 258, 265. (John Graves Sim...
to the government, 92; represents Westmoreland, 115. =Bib.=: Rose, Cyc. Can. Biog.
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) On British right, 189.
(Lord Dorchester era) Loyalists, commanded by Chalmers, 202.
(Wilmot era) Attorney-general, New Brunswick, 50.
(Bishop Laval era) Breaks out on the St. Andre, 31.
(General Brock era) Private secretary to Lieutenant-Governor Milnes, 47; unfriendly to French-Canadians and Roman Catholics, 48, 86; his violent language, 92; his mission to London...
(Samuel de Champlain era) Surgeon, early settler, 145.
(Lord Dorchester era) Position taken by, 9; find French laws irksome, 12; Murray's description of, 14, 24, 26; send delegate to England, 16; petition for Murray's recall, 17; descr...
(Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks era) Imperial Parliament repeals clause of Union Act making English the sole official language, 287; Elgin reads speech from the throne in French as...
(Samuel de Champlain era) Interpreter, 144.
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Lieutenant-governor of Detroit, 158.
scheme, 29; college and its property secularized, becoming University of Toronto, 30; replaced as Church of England College by University of Trinity College, 30. (Baldwin / La Font...
(Lord Elgin era) Commissioner under Seigniorial Tenure law, 187.
Dublin, and entered the Lazarist order. Came to America in 1847; laboured as a missionary in Texas, 1847-1848; became president of the Lazarist College of St. Mary, Missouri, 1848;...
and statesman. =Index=: (Lord Elgin era) Colonial secretary,--his views on the duties of colonial governors, 4. (Sir James Douglas era) His series of despatches, 1858, on governmen...
Seven miles below Quebec. =Index=: (Wolfe / Montcalm era) British establish themselves on left bank of river, 112; unsuccessful attack by British on French position, 135-141; Briti...
Chartered in 1849 as the Toronto, Sarnia, and Lake Huron Railway. The line ran north from Toronto to Lake Simcoe, thence to Georgian Bay. In 1879 the Northern acquired the Hamilton...
(Wilmot era) Appointed to New Brunswick Council, 7.