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Isle Aux Noix
On the Richelieu River. =Index=: (Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Fortifications
of, 125, 133; Sherwood and Ira Allen in conference at, 204; refugees
transported to, 250.
Isis
Jack William Brydone 1819-1886 Born In Scotland Educated At St
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Intemperance
(John Graves Simcoe era) A prevailing vice in Upper Canada, 71, 72. See Liquor question; Brandy question. ...
Intendant
An office created originally by Richelieu, in France, and transferred to New France. The first intendant of Canada was Robert, appointed in 1663, who was succeeded two years later by the ablest occupant of the office, Jean Talon. The intendant was cha...
Intendant's Palace
(General Brock era) In Quebec, completely destroyed in siege of 1775, 90. ...
Intercolonial Railway
Surveys proposed by the government of Canada in 1863. Three engineers were to be appointed, one by the Imperial government, one by Canada, and one by the Maritime Provinces. They all nominated the same man, Sandford Fleming, by whom the surveys were ...
Interpreters
(Samuel de Champlain era) Brule, Marsolet, et al., 144. ...
Irish Immigrants
(Lord Elgin era) Measures for their relief, 1847-1848, 46-47; bring plague to Canada, 47-48; prominent victims, 48; Elgin persuades British government to reimburse Canada for expenses incurred in relief work. 48-49. ...
Iroquet
Algonquian chief. =Index=: (Samuel de Champlain era) Urges Champlain to attack the Iroquois, 48; his son meets Champlain, 51; a leader of the Hurons, 69; chief of the Petite Nation--captures small party of Iroquois, 102; adopts an Iroquois prisoner as...
Iroquois
A confederation of tribes, at first five, the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca, to which the Tuscarora was added after 1726, as well as the remnants of many other tribes. They were known to the English colonists as the Five Nations, and la...
Irving Jacob Aemilius 1797-1856 Born At Charleston South Carolina
Entered the army at an early age; severely wounded at Waterloo; presented with freedom of Liverpool for gallant conduct during the French war. Came to Canada, 1834; served during the Rebellion of 1837; appointed first warden for the district of Simcoe...
Irving Paulus Aemilius 1714-1796 Served Under Wolfe At Quebec
administered government of Canada, 1765; appointed lieutenant-governor of Guernsey, 1771; and afterwards governor of Upnor Castle, Kent. ...
Isbister Alexander K
(1820-1883). Born in the territories of the Hudson's Bay Company; employed by the Company, 1838-1840, in the Mackenzie River district. Went to England, about 1841; educated there, and practised law in London. A half-breed himself, he ably pressed the ...
Isis
(Lord Dorchester era) British war vessel, arrival of, 137. ...
Isle Aux Noix
On the Richelieu River. =Index=: (Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Fortifications of, 125, 133; Sherwood and Ira Allen in conference at, 204; refugees transported to, 250. ...
Jack William Brydone 1819-1886 Born In Scotland Educated At St
Andrews University. Came to New Brunswick as professor of mathematics at King's College, 1840. When King's College received its charter as University of New Brunswick in 1861, appointed president. Retired from office, 1885. ...
Jackson
(Tilley era) British Member of Parliament, and capitalist, his company offers to build railways in New Brunswick, 26; visits the province, 27; agreement with government, 27. ...
Jackson Francis James 1770-1814 British Diplomatist Index : General Brock Era
Succeeds W. Erskine as British minister at Washington, 122. =Bib.=: Dict. Nat. Biog. ...
Jackson Sir Richard Downes
Served in Peninsular campaign; commander-in-chief of forces in Canada. Administrator, 1841-1842. Died at Montreal. =Index=: (Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks era) Carries on government after Sydenham's death, 113. (Lord Sydenham era) Commander of forces...
Jacob Dr Of Salisbury Lord Sydenham Era Maternal Grandfather Of Sydenham 4
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Jacques
(Samuel de Champlain era) English vessel seized by French, 221. ...
Jacques Cartier River
A tributary of the St. Lawrence, north shore, above Quebec. =Index=: (Wolfe / Montcalm era) Retreat of French army to, 212, 216, 217; retreat described as disorderly flight, 217. ...
James Bay
Southern extension of Hudson Bay, discovered in 1610, by Henry Hudson who wintered there, 1610-1611, with the Discovery. The bay was named after Captain Thomas James of Bristol, who explored the west coast in 1631. ...
Jameson Anna Brownell 1794-1860 Author Married Robert Jameson
afterwards vice-chancellor of the Court of Equity of Upper Canada. ...
Jameson Robert Simpson
A member of the English bar. Reporter in Lord Eldon's Court, 1824. Married Anna Brownell Murphy, 1826. Judge in the Island of Dominica, 1829; retired, 1833, and returned to England. Appointed attorney-general of Upper Canada by the Imperial government...
Jamet Father Denis
(Samuel de Champlain era) Recollet missionary and commissary of the order in Canada, 85; returns to France, where he remains, 111, 112. ...