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Cas Reserve
(Bishop Laval era) In connection with sale of liquor to Indians, 171,
174.
Carver Jonathan 1732-1780 Born At Stillwater New York Joined The
Cascades
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Carte D'amerique Divisee En Ses Principaux Pays Par M L'abbe
Clouet, de l'Academie Royal de Rouen. Illustrated, 1782. Print from Plate. ...
Carter Sir Frederic Bowker Terrington 1819-1900 Born At St
John's, Newfoundland. Studied law and called to the bar of Newfoundland, 1842; appointed Q. C., 1859. Member of the Legislative Assembly, 1855-1878; Speaker, 1861-1865; premier, 1865-1870 and 1874-1878; knighted, 1878; chief-justice of Newfoundland, 1...
Carter Sir James 1805-1878 Born In England Educated At Cambridge
called to the bar, 1832. In 1834 a puisne judge of the Supreme Court of New Brunswick, and in 1851 chief-justice of the province, retiring on a pension in 1865. In 1859 knighted. Spent the latter part of his life in England. =Index=: (Wilmot era) Appo...
Cartier And His Time
Minutes of the Executive Council, correspondence, registers, indexes, etc., Serie E. Despatches to and from Colonial Office, Serie G. Provincial Secretary's Correspondence, Serie S. Original Blue Books, Serie E. Correspondence of the Governor-General...
Cartier Jacques 1491-1557 In 1534 Sailing Out Of St Malo Made
his first voyage to the New World, entering the Gulf of St. Lawrence by way of the Straits of Belle Isle, landing on the Gaspe shore, and coasting around the eastern end of Anticosti. Returned to France. The following year again sailed to the gulf, an...
Cartier Sir Georges Etienne 1814-1873 Sir John A Macdonald Era Associated With
Macdonald in MacNab-Tache ministry, 75; forms administration, 86-88; member of mission to England to confer with British government on Confederation, defence, reciprocity, etc., 120; acquisition of North-West Territories, 156-157; supports demand of R...
Cartwright J S
(Lord Sydenham era) Opposes union of provinces in Upper Canada Assembly, 207, 211. ...
Cartwright Rev Richard
(Lord Sydenham era) Assists in funeral service of Lord Sydenham, 344. ...
Cartwright Richard 1759-1815 Born At Albany New York On The
outbreak of hostilities with the mother country came with his parents to Upper Canada. For a time served as secretary to Colonel Butler of the Queen's Rangers, and later engaged in business at Kingston in partnership with Robert Hamilton. Made judge o...
Cartwright Sir Richard John 1835- Grandson Of The Preceding Born
at Kingston. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Entered public life, 1863, as member for Lennox and Addington. Minister of finance in Mackenzie Cabinet, 1873-1878. On the return of the Liberals to power, in 1896, became minister of trade and commerc...
Carver Jonathan 1732-1780 Born At Stillwater New York Joined The
company of rangers raised by John Burk of Northfield, 1756-1757. After the treaty of Paris, 1763, conceived the idea of exploring the Western territory acquired by England. Between 1766 and 1768, travelled from Michilimackinac to the Mississippi, asce...
Cas Reserve
(Bishop Laval era) In connection with sale of liquor to Indians, 171, 174. ...
Cascades
On the St. Lawrence River. (Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Improvements in navigation at, 185. ...
Case William
(Egerton Ryerson era) Visits England, 1831, 90; his connection with split in Methodist body, 105. ...
Casgrain Henri Raymond 1831-1904 After Studying Medicine Decided
to enter the church, and ordained a priest in 1856. In 1872, owing to an affection of the eyes, compelled to abandon the ministry, and thereafter devoted himself entirely to literature. His first work, Legendes Canadiennes, appeared in 1861; and this ...
Cass Lewis 1782-1866 Served Under General Hull In War Of 1812
Drew up Hull's flamboyant proclamation to the people of Canada. Opposed surrender of Detroit. Governor of territory of Michigan. =Index=: (General Brock era) On surrender of Detroit, 257. =Bib.=: Contributed to Historical Sketches of Michigan, 1834. F...
Castillon Jacques De
(Samuel de Champlain era) Assisted in forming Company of New France, 168; presents pictures to church of Notre Dame de la Recouvrance, 240. ...
Castle Frank
(John Graves Simcoe era) Country chalet built for Simcoe near York, 215. ...
Castle Of St Louis
See Chateau St. Louis. ...
Catalogne Gedeon De
Employed for some years on military and other engineering works in Canada. In 1701 commenced a canal from Lachine to the Little River, with the object of providing a boat channel around the rapids. The work was abandoned, and resumed in 1717, but was ...
Cataraqui
A fort, built by the engineer Raudin in 1673, under Frontenac's orders, the site having been selected by La Salle. The fort stood at the mouth of the Cataraqui, on the site of the present city of Kingston. Here Frontenac held a great Council with repr...
Cathcart Charles Murray Earl 1783-1859 Served In Holland 1799
saw service through Peninsular War; fought at Waterloo; assumed title, 1843; succeeded General Jackson as commander-in-chief of the forces in British North America, 1845; administrator the same year, on the departure of Sir Charles Metcalfe; governor-...