Canadian History Dictionary Ripon Frederick John Robinson Earl Of 1782-1859 Born In London
Educated at Harrow and Cambridge. In 1806 entered Parliament; i...
Gondoin Nicolas
(Samuel de Champlain era) Jesuit missionary at Miscou, 234.
...
Brulon Jean Gauthier De
(Bishop Laval era) Canon and confessor of chapter of
Quebec, 1...
Sifton Clifford 1861- Educated At Victoria University Removed To
Manitoba and called to the bar of that province, 1882. Elected ...
St-castin Jean De L'abadie Baron De 1650-1712 Native Of Bearn
came to Canada, 1665, with the Carignan-Salieres Regiment, as a...
Milnes Sir Robert Shore 1746-1836 Born In England Entered The
army. In 1795 governor of the island of Martinique; in 1799 app...
Blue Archibald 1840- Born In Orford Ontario From 1867 To 1881
engaged in journalism. In 1882 appointed secretary of the Ontar...
Marche Charles De
(Samuel de Champlain era) Jesuit missionary at Miscou, 234.
...
British Law
(Lord Sydenham era) Attempts to introduce after passage of Queb...
Pericard Mgr De Bishop Of Evreux
(Bishop Laval era) Cousin of Bishop Laval, 21.
...
Pollock Duncan
(Mackenzie / Selkirk / Simpson era) Sent to Red River district ...
Ailleboust De Coulonge Louis D'
Administered settlement of
Villemarie during the absence of Ma...
Nicholson Sir Francis 1660-1728 Born In England Entered The Army
1678; lieutenant-governor of the colonies north of Chesapeake B...
River St Lawrence
Plan of part of the River St. Lawrence, from
Montreal to the P...
Garnier De Chapouin
(Samuel de Champlain era) Provincial of Recollets, appoints fou...
Quintin's Bridge
(John Graves Simcoe era) Skirmish at, 24.
...
Cadieux
A French coureur de bois, whose tragic death forms the
subject...
Universities
See Acadia; Dalhousie; King's; Knox; Laval; McGill;
Ottawa; Qu...
Assiniboine River
Discovered by La Verendrye in 1736. Fort Rouge was
built at th...
Fisher Charles 1808-1880 Born In Fredericton Educated At King's
College and called to the bar, 1833. Contested York for the New...
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Index : Louis Joseph Papineau Eragovernor-general Of Canada 27 His Prejudice Against
French-Canadians, 28; suppresses Le Canadien, and sends its
contributors to jail, 28-29; advises that bishop of Quebec be deprived
of appointment of parish priests, suspension of constitution of 1791,
union of Upper and Lower Canada, and confiscation of Sulpicians'
estates, 29, 159; his administration, 30-31. (General Brock era) Governor-general and
commander-in-chief, 90, 91; distrusts French-Canadians, 91; changes name
"Brock's battery" to "King's battery," 94; his hesitation as to issuing
arms to French-Canadian militia, 102, 103; gives his reasons, 103; his
speech at opening of Legislature conciliatory, 104; cancels commissions
of Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. Panet and others, 105; dissolves Assembly,
116; popular with the Anti-Canadian party, 116; calls for
reinforcements, 118; uses military labour in road making, 125; dissolves
the Assembly, 127; seizes Canadien newspaper and arrests its
proprietors, 127; makes other arrests in Montreal district, 128; his
proclamation defending British government, 128; sends Ryland to London,
129; expresses very unfavourable opinion of French-Canadians, 129;
praises Legislative Council, 130; releases Bedard, 145; breakdown of his
health, 147, 155; gives his favourite horse "Alfred" to Brock, 156;
leaves Canada, 156; appearance and character, 156. (Lord Elgin era) His shortcomings
as a colonial governor, 1, 19. (Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks era) His "blundering patriotism" as
governor, 17. =Bib.=: Rattray, The Scot in British North America;
Dict. Eng. Hist.; Dict. Nat. Biog.; Morgan, Cel. Can.; Christie,
History of Lower Canada.
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