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(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Birthplace of Montcalm, 3; position of, still remains, 5. ... Canning Charles John Viscount 1812-1862 Postmaster-general Under
Aberdeen and Palmerston. Governor-general of India, 1855, and through the period of the Indian Mutiny. =Index=: (Lord Elgin era) His record in India, 217. ... Canning George 1770-1827 Entered British Parliament 1793 Foreign
secretary, 1807; ambassador to Portugal, 1814; president of Board of Control, 1816; succeeded Londonderry as foreign secretary, 1822; prime minister, 1827. A consistent advocate of constitutional principles. ... Cannon Captain
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Repulses landing of English, 107. ... Canterbury John Henry Thomas Manners-sutton Viscount 1814-1877
Born in England. Entered Parliament, 1841; home secretary from 1841 to 1846 in Peel's ministry. From 1854 to 1861, lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick; in 1864-1866 governor of Trinidad; and in 1866-1873 governor of Victoria. =Index=: (Tilley era) Di... Cap De La Victoire
On St. Lawrence, near mouth of Richelieu. =Index=: (Samuel de Champlain era) Fur trade carried on at, 119, 139. ... Cap Du Ciel
(Samuel de Champlain era) French vessel seized by English, 222. ... Cap Rouge
On the St. Lawrence, above Quebec. =Index=: (Wolfe / Montcalm era) Vaudreuil orders posting of two hundred men at, 162; Bougainville's headquarters at, 163; difficulty of crossing the river, 248. ... Cape Breton
An island at the eastern extremity of Nova Scotia, now forming part of that province. Discovered by John Cabot in 1497. First settlement made by the French in 1712. Town of Louisbourg built and strongly fortified. It was captured by Pepperrell and War... Cape Diamond Quebec
(Samuel de Champlain era) Fortified, 157. ... Cape St Vincent
(General Brock era) British naval victory of, 10. ... Car Brigade
(General Brock era) Formed, 196. ... Carden Major
(Lord Dorchester era) Killed in dispersing Ethan Allen's force, 99. ... Cardinal Joseph
(Louis Joseph Papineau era) At meeting of Constitutional Committee, 1834, 88. ... Carey
(Lord Sydenham era) Made deputy inspector-general, 333. ... Carheil Etienne De
A Breton, of noble birth. Came to Canada as a Jesuit missionary in 1666. After two years spent at Quebec, left in 1668 for his mission among the Cayugas. Spent a number of years there in a zealous but largely fruitless effort to convert the Indians to... Cariboo Gold-fields
(Sir James Douglas era) History of, 284-289. ... Carignan-salieres
The first regiment of regular troops sent to America from France. Raised in Savoy by the Prince of Carignan in 1644; employed for some years in the service of the king of France, and after the peace of the Pyrenees, was regularly incorporated in the F... Carillon Fort
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Repulse of British forces at, 18-21. (Wolfe / Montcalm era) The fort defended by Montcalm with De Levis and Bourlamaque, 54-55; attacked by the British under Abercromby, 55-60; failure of the attack, 60-61; Bourlamaque ev... Carion Philippe De
(Bishop Laval era) Lays second foundation stone of church at Montreal, 88. (Count Frontenac era) Officer at Montreal, refuses to recognize Frontenac's order for arrest of coureurs de bois, 91. ... Carleton Christopher
(Lord Dorchester era) Father of Guy Carleton, 29; his widow marries Rev. Thomas Skelton, 29. ... Carleton Island
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Indians of, 148; projects of Americans against, 150; reinforcements sent to, 153; depot for stores established at, great cost of transporting provisions to, 184. ...