(Wolfe / Montcalm era) A storeship launched at Montreal, 244.
An island on the southern side of the entrance to the Baie de Chaleur. Name probably of Indian origin. First appears in Champlain's narrative. It was the reputed home of the Gougou...
(Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks era) Founded in Toronto, with branches throughout Canada, in 1844, 221; organizes series of public meetings to oppose Metcalfe, 221; meeting at Toro...
College with university powers, established at Toronto. Now affiliated with the University of Toronto. =Index=: (Lord Elgin era) Established through the efforts of Bishop Strachan,...
Area, 9460 square miles. The lake was known both to the English on Hudson Bay and to the French in Canada, long before its actual discovery, and is represented on a number of early...
Asked to select books for the Quebec library, 191. =Bib.=: Dict. Nat. Biog.
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Carries articles of capitulation of Quebec to Vaudreuil, 234.
(Mackenzie / Selkirk / Simpson era) Built by North West Company, on site of Winnipeg, 99; begun in 1804, 158; captured by Colin Robertson, 178, and dismantled, 179. =Bib.=: Bryce,...
(General Brock era) Expedition to, under Captain Muir, 274, 275.
(Tilley era) Chief commissioner of the Board of Works, New Brunswick, 86; deserts the government and runs as opposition candidate in York, 86; deserts Anti-Confederates, in 1866, 1...
In British Columbia. =Index=: (Sir James Douglas era) First explored by David Thompson, 58.
(Bishop Laval era) Nephew of Huron chief, deserts to the Iroquois at Long Sault, 71.
public schools and at the Toronto Normal School. Taught school for a time; studied law at Ottawa; removed to Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, 1882, and the same year called to the bar...
medicine in Edinburgh; joined the North West Company; engaged for several years in the Rainy Lake country; in charge of Fort William in 1821, when the North West and Hudson's Bay C...
Montreal. Educated at the College of St. Sulpice, Montreal; studied law, and, later, medicine. Elected to the Assembly, 1834, and appointed superintendent of public instruction by...
(George Brown Era) Origin of, 78-79; alliance with, of George Brown and Upper Canadian Reformers, 78, 80; led by A. A. Dorion, 80; significance of movement, 235. (Lord Elgin era) I...
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Ancient Indian warrior, 38, 41, 42.
(Count Frontenac era) Flagship of Phipps, 281.
in Nova Scotia, in 1656; induced Cromwell to confirm it, and in 1657 appointed governor of Acadia. Sailed for America, and occupied the forts of St. John and Pentagoet. On the rest...
A member of the Irish bar. Judge of the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island, 1802; judge of the Court of King's Bench of Upper Canada, 1805. Took part in the political quarrels o...
(Lord Elgin era) Commissioner under Seigniorial Tenure law, 186.
(Tilley era) Runs against Tilley in St. John, New Brunswick, and defeated, 131.
Charter House, London; called to the English bar. Came to Canada, 1836, and called to the bar of Upper Canada, 1838. Served as a volunteer during Rebellion of 1837. Practised his p...
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Established communication with Lake Erie, 22, 122.
ministry, 141; judge of Seigniorial Court, 187. =Bib.=: Morgan, Cel. Can.; Dent, Last Forty Years.
at the University of Glasgow and McGill University; studied law and called to the bar of both Upper and Lower Canada, 1851. Entered public life in 1861 as member for South Lanark;...
The gulf coast of the province was discovered by Cartier in 1534; first settlement made by De Monts and Champlain, on St. Croix Island, near the entrance to the Bay of Fundy, in 16...
(Samuel de Champlain era) Jesuit convent, 45, 227; views of Jesuits in connection with, 229; instruction of Indian children, 232, 233; Recollet convent dedicated to, 148.
(Sir Georges E. Cartier era) Edited by Canon Lamarche, 81; bitterly attacks Cartier, 81-82.