One of the tributaries of the St. Lawrence, rises in the height of land near the head waters of the Nottaway, and falls into the St. Lawrence at Three Rivers, after a course of 325...
his journalistic career with the London Advertiser, 1882; joined the staff of the Toronto Globe, 1883. Represented the Globe in Ottawa for some years; editor-in-chief of the Globe,...
See Lisgar.
Ci-devant Baye de Hudson, indorsed, British America. Chart of Hudson's Bay, abt. 1790. MS. Carte d'une Exploration faite en 1732 par I. L. Normandin, arpenteur du Roy. Comprenant l...
and appointed a clerk in the ordnance department at Quebec, 1799; deputy postmaster-general of British North America, 1800; and afterwards postmaster-general. Served in the War of...
Newspaper published at Toronto. Established, 1880. =Index=: (William Lyon Mackenzie era) Urges monument to Mackenzie, 521.
A religious order founded in 1816 in France, and first established in Canada at St. Hillaire, Quebec, in 1841. Its headquarters in Canada are at Montreal, and it has missions in Qu...
Born in New England. Took the Loyalist side in the Revolution, and, when New York was evacuated in 1783, went to England. Came to Canada, 1784, and appointed judge of the Admiralty...
(Count Frontenac era) Fortress on western boundary of Acadia, captured by freebooters, 269; captured by New Englanders, 275.
Commence in New Mexico, and extend north to the Arctic coast, west of the Mackenzie River. The highest known peaks in the Canadian Rockies are Mount Brown (16,000 feet) and Mount H...
(Samuel de Champlain era) His estimate of Champlain, 277-279. =Bib.=: Memoir on Champlain in Voyages of Champlain (Prince Society). Edited Voyages of Northmen to America (Prince So...
(Tilley era) Mayor of St. John, New Brunswick, 7.
(Lord Sydenham era) Member of Constitutional Association, 112. (Louis Joseph Papineau era) Declares the French Canadians to be "a race of gentlemen," 49; one of Papineau's follower...
well-known financier, and inventor of the Tontine form of life insurance. Served in the Silician wars, where lost one of his hands. Introduced to La Salle in Paris, and agreed to j...
French army, and in 1655 recaptured Cayenne from the Dutch. In 1663 appointed lieutenant-general of all the French dominions in America, and, after spending a year in the West Indi...
government, 2; born in Sunbury County, New Brunswick, 1809, 2; his ancestry, 3; attorney-general, 1848, 7; a Baptist, 9; his mother, 10; education, 10-11; studies law, 11; interest...
expedition against Louisbourg, 1745. For some years engaged in the coast defence of Nova Scotia. Served at the second siege of Louisbourg under Amherst and Boscawen. Removed to Liv...
(Count Frontenac era) Conducts expedition for restoration of Fort Frontenac, 341.
Columbia, 1859. Had charge of survey of site of New Westminster, and other engineering works. First elected to provincial Legislature, 1869; returned to Dominion House, 1872. Appoi...
Hudson's Bay Company's ship Prince Rupert. Under instructions from the Company, and after two abortive attempts, set forth in December, 1770, on his memorable journey to the mouth...
1757, in command of 60th Regiment. Transferred to command of 55th same year, and promoted brigadier-general. Accompanied Abercromby to Lake George, 1758, and fell July 8, while lea...
merchants of Montreal; married in 1658 Jeanne, sister of Charles Le Moyne. In 1673 engaged with Aubert de la Chesnaye in the fur trade at Cataraqui, and aroused the hostility of Go...
(Samuel de Champlain era) Clerk in De Caen's company, 138.
(John Graves Simcoe era) His pamphlet on The Ontario Township quoted, 89.
Also known as Portage La Loche. Named after the methye or loche (Lota maculosa), which has always been abundant in neighbouring waters. This portage was an important point in the p...
(Egerton Ryerson era) Appointed to take charge of improvement of popular education in Upper Canada, 163.
office of inspector-general of the navy at Dunkirk, before coming to Canada with his father in 1705. Acted as assistant to the intendant; recalled to France in 1710, and appointed...
Sometimes called Red River of the North, to distinguish it from the Red River of Texas. The name is supposed to have been derived from the colour of its waters, heavily impregnated...
(Samuel de Champlain era) His papers on Champlain's astrolabe, 76.