Canadian History Dictionary Columbia River
Rises in Upper Columbia Lake, lat. 50 deg. 10', long.
115 deg....
Sherbrooke
A city in the Eastern Townships, Quebec, on the St.
Francis Ri...
Sherwood Levins Peters 1777-1850 Born In St John's Lower Canada
Removed to Upper Canada; studied law and called to the bar, 180...
Ramezay Claude De
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Commandant of garrison of Quebec, 214, 2...
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Eskimos
American aborigines, formerly occupying practically the
entire...
St Ignace
(Samuel de Champlain era) Jesuit mission in Huron country, 92.
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Fraser Captain Malcolm
(Lord Dorchester era) Of Royal Emigrants, 112, 124; with Laws
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Weatherbe Sir Robert Linton 1836- Born In Prince Edward Island
Educated at Prince of Wales's College, Charlottetown, and Acadi...
Quebec General Hospital
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Care taken of wounded British in, 153;
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Latour Abbe Bertrand De
(Bishop Laval era) On the humility of Laval, 33; on the
evils ...
Sevigne Marie De Rabutin-chantel 1627-1696 Count Frontenac Era Her Son-in-law A
candidate for governorship of Canada, 65; describes severities ...
Mathews Peter
(William Lyon Mackenzie era) Executed, 435; monument to, 436.
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Reform Party
(George Brown Era) Fight for responsible government, against Me...
White Thomas 1830-1888 Born In Montreal Educated At The High
school there. Joined the editorial staff of the Quebec Gazette;...
Pope Joseph 1854- Eldest Son Of William Henry Pope Qv
Private secretary to Sir John A. Macdonald, 1882-1891; under-se...
Mercury
Newspaper of Quebec, established, 1805. =Index=: (Baldwin / La ...
Arnold Benedict 1741-1801 A Druggist At New Haven Conn When The
War of Independence broke out, in 1775, organized an expedition...
De Bonne Judge
(General Brock era) Resolution of Assembly excluding, 126.
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Coppermine River
Rises in a small lake, a little west of long. 110 deg.,
and so...
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Astorians
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 Tonquin; the other
went overland by way of the Missouri and the Columbia. =Index=: (Sir James Douglas era)
Their influence upon development of Pacific coast, 4; their first
vessel, the Tonquin, captured by natives and the crew murdered, 1811,
37; the overland expedition, 71. See also Pacific Fur Company;
Tonquin.
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