(Tilley era) Candidate in St. John County, New Brunswick. 85, 109.
(Wilmot era) Auditor of king's casual revenue, 34; resigns, 72.
there. In 1836 emigrated to Canada, and served during the Rebellion of 1837. Studied law; called to the bar, 1842, and practised in Montreal for several years. A member of the Legi...
(Bishop Laval era) Sulpician, comes out in St. Andre, 31; ministers to those suffering from the plague, 32; dies a martyr, 91.
On the British Columbia coast. Used by the Hudson's Bay Company as an intermediate post between Fort McLoughlin and Fort Simpson. =Index=: (Sir James Douglas era) Built by Hudson's...
(Sir John A Macdonald era) Its terms, 258-259; fiercely opposed by Liberals, 259-260; repealed by Laurier administration, 260. =Bib.=: Pope, Memoirs of Sir John A. Macdonald; Willi...
18; Mackenzie on, 35, 36, 48, 49; forts on, 54-55. =Bib.=: Hearne, Journey to Coppermine; Mackenzie, Voyages; Burpee, Search for the Western Sea.
Alexander Mackenzie, 57; winters at Chipewyan, 57; determines its position, 57. =Bib.=: Burpee, Search for the Western Sea; Bryce, Hudson's Bay Company.
A missionary station and fur-trading post, which stood on the straits between Lakes Huron and Michigan. The name was derived from an Algonquian tribe, the Mishinimaki, and in its o...
Simcoe ten years later as the capital of Upper Canada, and named by him Newark. The first Legislature of the province met there in 1792. The first public library in the province es...
(Count Frontenac era) Member of Sovereign Council, 106; visits Acadia, 271. (Bishop Laval era) Appointed to Sovereign Council, 166.
Emigrated to Canada, 1848. In 1858 graduated from Toronto University, and later entered the journalistic profession. Published a number of books on religious and general subjects;...
(Sir John A Macdonald era) Formed by George Brown, 85; lasted less than forty-eight hours, 85.
(Lord Dorchester era) Attempts to create discontent on the subject of, 79. (Bishop Laval era) Collection of, by Quebec Seminary, sanctioned by the French king, 10; fixed by Soverei...
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) His account of Montcalm before the battle, 197.
(1827-1885). Secretary to the North American Boundary Commission, 1856; colonial secretary and auditor of British Columbia, 1859; colonial secretary of Vancouver Island, 1864; admi...
with distinction as a cavalry officer under Turenne. Came to Montreal and joined the Sulpicians in 1666. In 1669-1670 carried out with Galinee an important exploration of the Great...
The first missionaries of the order, Lalemant, Masse, and Brebeuf, arrived in Canada in 1625. Work among the Algonquians began that year; and among the Hurons in 1626. The mission...
(Samuel de Champlain era) Pamphlet against Jesuits, 153.
(Count Frontenac era) Left in charge of Port Nelson, 346.
(Samuel de Champlain era) Assists in forming Company of New France, 168; made a director, 170.
(Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks era) Victim of election frauds in 1841--elected for Vercheres, 1842, 116; president of Executive Council, 1848, 284; a radical, 284; given seat in L...
(Lord Dorchester era) His survey of route through Maine, 106.
A native of France; in early life a medical student. Secretary to the governor of Louisbourg, 1751-1753. Sent to Fort Beausejour as commissary of stores. Furnished information to t...
(Samuel de Champlain era) Director of Company of New France, 170.
(General Brock era) His letter to Brock from Halifax, 223.
the establishment of civil government in Canada, and appointed a member of the Legislative Council, where he voiced the views of the French-Canadian majority. Appointed major of mi...
at King's College, Windsor, Nova Scotia. Appointed assistant secretary to the government of Lower Canada in 1800; and solicitor-general, 1801. Entered the House of Assembly, for Mo...
(Tilley era) Came over in the Mayflower in 1620, 2.