Galt John 1779-1839 Came To Canada 1824 Returned To England
came out again in 1826, remaining until 1829. Associated, in the Canada
Company, with William Dunlop, Thomas Talbot, and Samuel Strickland.
Founded towns of Guelph and Goderich. Town of Galt named after him.
See Canada Company; Dunlop; Talbot; Strickland. =Bib.=: Works:
Ayrshire Legatees; Annals of the Parish; Sir Andrew Wylie; The
Entail; Bogle Corbet; Stanley Buxton; Eken Erskine; The Lost
Child; The Member; The Radical; Laurie Todd; Life of Byron;
Lives of the Players; Autobiography; Literary Life and
Miscellanies. For biog., see Morgan, Cel. Can.; Dict. Nat. Biog.;
Lizars, Days of the Canada Company.
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Frobisher Thomas 1744-1788 Partner Of The North West Company With
Joseph Frobisher, Alexander Henry, and Peter Pond, in the North-West, 1775. In that year, explored the Churchill River as far as Isle a la Crosse Lake. =Index=: (Mackenzie / Selkirk / Simpson era) Builds trading-post at Sturgeon Lake, 1772, 4. =Bib.=:... Frog Portage
Or Portage de Traite, leading from the Saskatchewan River, by way of Cumberland Lake, the Sturgeon-Weir River, Heron, Pelican, and Woody Lakes, to the Churchill. It was discovered by Joseph Frobisher, who built a temporary trading-post there in 1774. ... Frontenac Louis De Buade Comte De Palluau Et De 1620-1698 Count Frontenac Era
Particulars respecting his early life scanty, 61; enters army under Prince of Orange at age of fifteen, 62; promoted to rank of marechal de camp, 62; peace of Westphalia, 1648, releases him from military life, 63; marriage, and birth of son, 63; his w... Fulford Francis 1803-1868 Educated At Oxford Ordained 1828
Consecrated first Anglican bishop of Montreal, 1850, and sailed for Canada the same year. In 1860 metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of Canada. =Bib.=: Taylor, Brit. Am. and Last Three Bishops; Mockridge, The Bishops of the Church of England ... Fuller Thomas Brock 1810-1884 Born In Kingston Educated At The
Grammar Schools at Hamilton and York and at Chambly Theological Seminary. Ordained priest, 1835; laboured in various parts of Canada; archdeacon of Niagara, 1869; bishop of Niagara, 1875. =Bib.=: Dent, Can. Por.; Mockridge, The Bishops of the Church o... Fundy Bay Of
Explored by De Monts and Champlain in 1604. Probably visited a hundred years earlier by Basque and Breton fishermen, and possibly by the Northmen several centuries before. Known to the Portuguese as Baia Fundo (Deep Bay). Named by De Monts, La Baie F... Fur Trade
(Count Frontenac era) Burdensome restrictions on, 38, 154. (Samuel de Champlain era) Short history of, 119 et seq. (Lord Elgin era) Under the French regime, 183. (Lord Dorchester era) Complicated questions in connection with, 57. (Sir Frederick Haldima... Gabriel
(Samuel de Champlain era) French vessel seized by English, 222. ... Gage Thomas 1721-1787 Fought Under Braddock At Monongahela 1755
and under Abercrombie at Ticonderoga, 1758. Took part in the campaign for the conquest of Canada, 1759; made military governor of Montreal after its capitulation, 1760. Succeeded Amherst, 1763, as commander-in-chief, with headquarters at New York. Sai... Gaillardin Claud J C
(1810-1880). (Count Frontenac era) French historian, referred to, 152. =Bib.=: Histoire de Louis XIV. ... Gaillon Michel
(Samuel de Champlain era) Member of Roberval's expedition, executed, 44. ... Galiano Dionisio
Accompanied Maurelle in 1792 to North-West Coast. Carried out considerable surveys for the Spanish government, partly in conjunction with Vancouver. =Index=: (Sir James Douglas era) Explores North-West Coast with Valdez, 35; meets Vancouver, 35; journ... Galinee Rene De Brehant De
A member of a noble family of Brittany; came to Canada in 1668. With his fellow-Sulpician, Dollier de Casson (q.v.), carried out an important exploration in 1669-1670, from Montreal up the St. Lawrence, and around the south shore of Lake Ontario to B... Gallatin Albert 1761-1849 American Statesman General Brock Era United States
secretary of the treasury, 81, 108. =Bib.=: Cyc. Am. Biog.; Adams, Writings of Albert Gallatin; Adams, Life of Gallatin. ... Galleran Guillaume
(Samuel de Champlain era) Recollet priest, 149. ... Gallicanism
(Bishop Laval era) Cause of difficulty between the court of France and the pope, 184, 201. ... Galt
A town in Ontario founded by the Canada Company, about 1827. Named after John Galt. Situated on the Grand River. =Bib.=: Lizars, Days of the Canada Company. ... Galt John 1779-1839 Came To Canada 1824 Returned To England
came out again in 1826, remaining until 1829. Associated, in the Canada Company, with William Dunlop, Thomas Talbot, and Samuel Strickland. Founded towns of Guelph and Goderich. Town of Galt named after him. See Canada Company; Dunlop; Talbot; Strickl... Galt Sir Alexander Tilloch 1817-1893 Son Of John Galt Qv
Elected to the Legislature, 1849, for Sherbrooke. Dropped out of public life for several years, but in 1853 again elected for Sherbrooke. Took an active part in the movement leading up to Confederation; a member of several administrations before and a... Gamache Rene De Rohault Marquis De
(Samuel de Champlain era) Endows Jesuit College at Quebec, 228. ... Gannentaha
(Bishop Laval era) Mission at, miraculously escapes massacre, 65. =Bib.=: Parkman, Jesuits in North America. ... Garakontie
(Bishop Laval era) Iroquois chief, conversion of, 65; edifying death of, 73. ... Garfield James Abram 1831-1881 Twentieth President Of The United
States. =Index=: (George Brown Era) Favourable to proposed Reciprocity Treaty of 1864, 230-231. =Bib.=: Hinsdale, Works of Garfield; Gilmore, Life of Garfield; Cyc. Am. Biog. ... Garneau Francois-xavier 1809-1866 Studied Law And Practised As A
notary; afterwards clerk of the Legislative Assembly and city clerk of Quebec; member of the Council of Public Instruction; president of the Institut Canadien. =Index=: (Louis Joseph Papineau era) Condemns Papineau's conduct in rejecting Lord Goderich... Garnier Charles
Accompanied Jogues and Chatelain to the Huron mission, 1636; and, with the former, to the Tobacco Nation, near Nottawassaga Bay, 1639-1640. Returned to the Huron mission, where, in 1649, died a martyr to his faith, slain by an Iroquois hatchet. =Index... Garnier De Chapouin
(Samuel de Champlain era) Provincial of Recollets, appoints four missionaries for Canada, 85. ... Garreau Leonard
Jesuit father. =Index=: (Bishop Laval era) Death of, 11. ... Garry Nicholas
The Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company having been amalgamated in 1821, Garry, then a director of the former Company, was sent out to the North-West with Simon McGillivray, in that year, to make the necessary arrangements. Garry's diary o... Gaspe
See Aubert de Gaspe. ... Gaspereau River
A small tidal stream, flowing into the Basin of Minas. Grand Pre, once a principal settlement of the Acadians, stands upon its banks. ... Gates Sir Thomas 1596-1621 Governor Of Virginia Index : Samuel De Champlain Era
Grant to, by James I of England, 223. =Bib.=: Dict. Nat. Biog.; Cyc. Am. Biog. ... Gaudais-dupont Louis
(Bishop Laval era) Comes out as royal commissioner to take over Canada from Company of New France, 41. ... Gaufestre Jean
(Samuel de Champlain era) Recollet, returns to France, 209. ... Gavazzi Riots
(Lord Elgin era) Father Gavazzi's lectures, 124; cause riots in Quebec and Montreal, 124-125; Clear Grits attack Hincks and the government for failure to suppress riots, 125. =Bib.=: Gavazzi, Lectures and Life; Dent, Last Forty Years; Hincks, Reminisc...