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Aubert Joseph
(Samuel de Champlain era) Director of the Company of New France, 170.
Aubert De La Chesnaye Jacques
Aubry
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Athabaska Lake
First discovered by Peter Pond, about 1778. Ten years later the first trading post on the lake was built by Roderick McKenzie of the North West Company, and named Fort Chipewyan. It was afterwards moved to the north side of the lake. =Index=: Frobishe...
Athabaska Pass
Discovered by David Thompson of the North West Company, in January, 1811. The pass was used thereafter by the traders as a route from the Athabaska to the Columbia. =Index=: (Sir James Douglas era) Discovered by David Thompson, 58. ...
Athabaska River
Rises in the watershed range of the Rocky Mountains, close to the head waters of the north branch of the North Saskatchewan, and after a course of 765 miles empties into Athabaska Lake. Discovered by Peter Pond in 1778. =Index=: (Mackenzie / Selkirk /...
Atkins D A
(John Graves Simcoe era) Opens school at Napanee, 167. ...
Attignaouantans
(Samuel de Champlain era) Huron tribe (the Bears), 88, 91. ...
Attigninonghacs
(Samuel de Champlain era) Huron tribe devoted to the French, 92. ...
Aube-riviere Francois Louis De Pourroy De L'
Appointed bishop of Quebec, Aug. 16, 1739. Arrived at Quebec, Aug. 12, 1740, and died of fever on the 20th of the same month. =Index=: (Bishop Laval era) Bishop of Quebec, 12. ...
Aubere Father Joseph
(Samuel de Champlain era) Jesuit missionary, his labours in Acadia, 236. ...
Aubert De Gaspe Philippe 1786-1871 French-canadian Writer
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Aubert De La Chesnaye Charles 1630-1702 Born At Amiens Came To
Canada, 1655. Chief clerk of the Compagnie des Indes Occidentales, 1665. Engaged in the fur-trade at Cataraqui, 1674. In 1677 obtained a grant of Ile Dupas. In 1679 made a visit to Paris, and in 1683 back again at Cataraqui. In 1696 prepared an import...
Aubert De La Chesnaye Jacques
(Count Frontenac era) Trader, La Barre's dealings with, 175. ...
Aubert Joseph
(Samuel de Champlain era) Director of the Company of New France, 170. ...
Aubry
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Force gathered by, and Ligneris, dispersed, 146. ...
Aubry
(Samuel de Champlain era) Priest of De Monts's expedition, at Ste. Croix, 25. ...
Auckland George Eden Earl Of 1784-4849 Index : Lord Sydenham Era President Of
board of trade, when Poulett Thomson was vice-president, 26. ...
Auguste
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Transport ship wrecked in St. Lawrence, 40. ...
Aulneau Jean-pierre
Jesuit missionary, with La Verendrye in his western explorations. Murdered by Sioux on an island in the Lake of the Woods, May, 1736. ...
Aumont Marechal D'
(Samuel de Champlain era) Champlain serves under, 1. ...
Austerlitz
(General Brock era) Battle of, its significance, 72-73. ...
Auteuil Denis Joseph Ruette D'
See Ruette d'Auteuil. ...
Avaugour Pierre Dubois Baron D'
Governor of New France, 1661-1663, succeeding D'Argenson. =Index=: (Count Frontenac era) Governor, 45; disagrees with clergy on liquor question, 46; describes earthquake, 46. (Bishop Laval era) His attitude on liquor question, 10, 38; recalled, 39; hi...
Aylesworth Sir Allen Bristol 1854- Born In Newburgh Ontario
Educated at Newburgh High School and at the University of Toronto; studied law and called to the bar of Ontario, 1878; practised his profession in Toronto; appointed one of the British Commissioners in connection with the settlement of the Alaska boun...