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...
Capital of the province of Ontario. The name is of Huron origin and means "place of meeting." Fort Rouille was built on the site of the city by the French in 1749; also known as Fo...
(Samuel de Champlain era) Jesuit, landed at Grand Cibou, 200; wrecked at Canseau Island, 200; in charge of Cape Breton, 237.
A confederacy of the Muskhogean family. Known to the English as occupying what are now the states of Alabama and Florida. First visited by the Spaniards, under De Soto, in 1540. As...
Congress, 1774. Sent to France as secret political agent, 1776. Instrumental in negotiating treaties with France, and bringing Lafayette to America. =Index=: (Lord Dorchester era)...
(Count Frontenac era) Member of Sovereign Council, 106. (Bishop Laval era) Member of Sovereign Council, 158, 166.
South of Lake Champlain. This beautiful lake was known to the Indians as Horicon, and to the French as Lac St. Sacrament. The outlet of the lake, after circling through the forest...
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Battalion of regular troops, 29, 105, 118, 192.
On south shore of St. Lawrence, above Montreal. =Index=: (Count Frontenac era) Attack on, by war party under John Schuyler, 281; serious encounter at, between Canadian forces and p...
(Bishop Laval era) His letter to his brother the bishop, 139; second letter, 141.
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) On British right, at Quebec, 189; re-embark after fall of Quebec, 236.
(Sir James Douglas era) Extent of district, 56-57; origin of name, 56-57; arrival of ships Convoy and Owyhee, 1829, 136; first missionaries, 136-142; coming of the settlers, 138-14...
A tributary of the Mackenzie; rises in Thutage Lake, in northern British Columbia, its total length being 1065 miles. It is first mentioned in the Voyages of Alexander Mackenzie. M...
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Pilot of Montcalm's squadron, 81.
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Takes soundings in the Traverse, 82.
See American invasion; Montgomery; Arnold; Dorchester. =Bib.=: Anderson, Siege and Blockade of Quebec (Quebec Lit. and Hist. Soc. Trans., 1872); Strange, Historical Notes on the De...
(Lord Elgin era) History of, in Canada, 99; vigorous policy of La Fontaine-Baldwin government, 99-101; and Hincks-Morin ministry, 114-117. (Sir Georges E. Cartier era) Cartier favo...
The popular name given to the Temperance Act introduced by (Sir) R. W. Scott and passed by the Dominion government in 1878. Its principal provisions were that on a petition of one-...
(Tilley era) Candidate in St. John County. New Brunswick, 85, 109.
On the Richelieu River. =Index=: (Bishop Laval era) Fort erected at, 53.
succeeds Wilmot as lieutenant-governor, 133. (Tilley era) Elected to New Brunswick Assembly, 1850, 1; born in Gagetown, New Brunswick, May 8, 1818, his descent, 1-2; his father, 3-...
One of the principal establishments of the Hudson's Bay Company, near the mouth of Hayes River, north bank. The first trading post here, or near here, was Fort Nelson, built in 166...
1845. Joined the staff of the British North American Electric Telegraph Association, 1847, and became general manager. In 1852, laid the first submarine cable in America, joining N...
Aide-de-camp to General Brock. =Index=: (General Brock era) Carries summons for surrender of Detroit, 251, 255; carries despatches to Quebec, announcing victory, 259. =Bib.=: Richa...
Born in Ath, Belgium, about 1640. Entered order of Recollets. Sailed for Quebec, 1675. Stationed at Fort Frontenac, 1676. Accompanied La Salle to the West, 1678. From Fort Crevecoe...
learn their language, 63; interpreter of Algonquian language, 144; sides with the Kirkes, 194; subsequent career, 203. =Bib.=: Parkman, Pioneers of France.
Recollet missionary; arrived from France in 1670, and sent to Cataraqui as chaplain to the garrison. Was in the West with La Salle and Hennepin, in 1679-1680. =Index=: (Bishop Lava...
(General Brock era) Commands on Island of St. Joseph, 202, 210; instructed by Brock to capture Michilimackinac, 205; contrary order from Prevost, 210; acts on Brock's order and cap...
(Mackenzie / Selkirk / Simpson era) Sent to Athabaska district by X Y Company, 14; relations with Pond, 15; his death, 16.
served in the War of 1812. From 1832 to 1838 engaged in Indian warfare. In 1839 instrumental in allaying the excitement arising out of the dispute as to the boundary between New Br...