(General Brock era) Opposite Fort Erie, fortified, 197.
Area 372,630 square miles. Vancouver Island became a crown colony in 1849; ten years later the mainland was organized as a separate colony; in 1866 island and mainland became one;...
(John Graves Simcoe era) Censured by Simcoe, 190.
(George Brown Era) Organized by Sir John A. Macdonald, out of old Tory party, 69; its debt to Canada First Association, 241. =Bib.=: Pope, Memoirs of Sir John A. Macdonald; Dent, L...
(Bishop Laval era) Adopted with new-comers, in New France, 78.
(Bishop Laval era) Acquired for Seminary of Quebec, 58; chapels and churches erected to Ste. Anne at, 101, 102; pilgrimages to, 102, 103.
1688-1695; and served in Ireland, 1689. In 1695 appointed governor of New York, and afterwards of Massachusetts. =Index=: (Count Frontenac era) Corresponds with Frontenac, 355. =Bi...
(Samuel de Champlain era) French vessel seized by English, 222.
An officer of the Hudson's Bay Company, employed for many years in the New Caledonia district, under Dr. McLoughlin. =Index=: (Sir James Douglas era) In charge at Alexandria, on th...
(Lord Dorchester era) His house occupied by Arnold, 111; commands British militia in siege of Quebec, 115; his house burnt by Arnold, 121.
The first bank established in Canada was the Bank of Montreal, which dates from the year 1817. The Bank of Quebec was established in 1818; and the Bank of Canada the same year. All...
(Bishop Laval era) His "Hermitage," 24, 25.
Under the French regime engaged in the fur trade, and, having acquired considerable wealth, remained in the colony after the conquest. In 1764 made a magistrate and justice of the...
War of Independence broke out, in 1775, organized an expedition against British on Lake Champlain. The same year led a body of picked men to Quebec by way of the Kennebec and Chaud...
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) In battle of Ste. Foy, 257, 258.
(Wilmot era) Member for Sunbury, in New Brunswick Assembly, 1792-1809, 13; a pioneer reformer, 13.
(Sir Georges E. Cartier era) Confirms statements as to Cartier's action in connection with alleged alterations in British North America Act, 103. (Lord Elgin era) Member of Seignio...
Name applied to members of the two expeditions fitted out by John Jacob Astor, to found trading establishment at the mouth of the Columbia. One party sailed around the Horn in the...
Assembly, 1827, for Westmoreland, which he represented until 1836, when called to Legislative Council. Became executive councillor, 1844. Engaged in negotiations for Intercolonial...
(1807-1864). (Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks era) His name associated with responsible government, ix; espouses cause of Reformers in Lower Canada, 46; no sympathy with Rebellion,...
A member of the English bar. Reporter in Lord Eldon's Court, 1824. Married Anna Brownell Murphy, 1826. Judge in the Island of Dominica, 1829; retired, 1833, and returned to England...
Came to Quebec, 1657. Left for the West, 1665. Laboured for twenty-five years among the tribes of what are now the states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota. Met La Salle in Ill...
(General Brock era) Naval victory of, 12.
Newspaper published at Ottawa. Established, 1844. =Index=: (William Lyon Mackenzie era) Newspaper, Mackenzie's obituary in, 517; urges monument to, 518.
responsible government, ix; a "man of one idea," ix; his ancestry, 23; born, May 12, 1804, at York, 25; early years, 25; studies law, 25; called to the bar, 1825, 26; political vie...
(Lord Dorchester era) Importance of the question to the French population, after 1760,10-11; British authorities at Quebec find difficulty in defining, 11; attempt to enforce Engli...
Point, 83; marches against Montreal, 98; captured with part of his force, 99; put into irons, 100; proposes separate arrangements between Vermont and Canada, 244, 245. (Sir Frederi...
The first industrial exhibition held in Canada, and probably the first in the world, was that of 1737, promoted by the Intendant Hocquart. It included fruits and grains, woods and...
(General Brock era) United States schooner carrying Hull's stores and baggage, captured, 218.