Cariboo Gold-fields
(Sir James Douglas era) History of, 284-289.
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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. ... Carleton Lady Maria
(Lord Dorchester era) Gains social popularity at Quebec, 162; lives to great age, 308; her extreme hauteur, 309. ... Carleton Sir Guy
See Dorchester. ... Carleton Thomas 1736-1817 Served With Wolfe In 1755
quartermaster-general of the army in Canada, 1775; wounded in the naval battle on Lake Champlain, 1776. Appointed first lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick, 1784. Returned to England in 1803; the colony was governed by administrators until 1817, when... Carling Sir John 1828- Represented Town Of London In Legislative
Assembly, 1857-1867; and continued to sit for the same constituency in the Dominion Parliament. Appointed receiver-general in Cartier-Macdonald ministry, 1862; and commissioner of agriculture and public works in Ontario government, 1867. Entered feder... Carlton House
Two forts of this name were founded by the Hudson's Bay Company. One stood on the banks of the Saskatchewan, above the forks; the other on the upper waters of the Assiniboine. Both were established about the end of the eighteenth century. =Index=: (Ma...