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Cheffault
(Samuel de Champlain era) Agent of Company of New France, 244.
Chedabucto Now Known As Guysborough Nova Scotia Index : Count Frontenac Era
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Chateauguay
Battle in War of 1812, Oct. 26, 1813. The stream from which the battle took its name, rises in Franklin County, New York, and falls into the St. Lawrence a few miles above Caughnawaga. The scene of the battle was about six miles above the confluence o...
Chateauguay
Sketch of part of the River Chateauguay, George Williams, R.M.S.D., Aug. 9, 1814. Accompanying Lieutenant-Colonel Hughes's letter to Lt.-General Mann, Aug. 16, 1814. Shows the position of the troops in the affair of Oct. 26, 1813. MS. ...
Chateauneuf Pierre Antoine De Castaguere Marquis De 1644-1728
(Samuel de Champlain era) French ambassador in London, instructions to, 214. ...
Chatel Aimee
(Bishop Laval era) Member of the Congregation de Notre Dame, 91. ...
Chatham William Pitt First Earl Of 1708-1778 The Great
Commoner," who brought England "to a height of prosperity and glory unknown to any former age." He urged continually a conciliatory policy towards America, until it became apparent that the colonists would be satisfied with nothing less than independe...
Chaumonot Joseph
Came to Canada, 1639, with Madame de la Peltrie, Marie de l'Incarnation, and Fathers Vimont and Poncet. Accompanied Brebeuf as missionary to the Neutral Nation, whose country was along the north shore of Lake Erie, 1640. Sent to the Onondagas, 1655. M...
Chaussegros De Lery Gaspard 1682-1756 Sent To Canada In 1716 To
superintend the fortifications of Quebec, Montreal, and other places in the colony. Prepared a plan of the cathedral at Quebec in 1725; and of the fortifications at Quebec in 1730. Mentioned as having been at Fort St. Frederic in 1742; made a plan of ...
Chaussegros De Lery Gaspard-joseph
Son of preceding. Engineer; made a legislative councillor, in 1774. ...
Chauveau Pierre Joseph Olivier 1820-1890 Born At Quebec Educated
at Quebec; studied law and called to the bar of Lower Canada. First entered public life, 1844, defeating John Neilson in Quebec County. Represented the same constituency in the Assembly until 1855. Solicitor-general, in Hincks-Morin ministry, 1851; an...
Chauvin Pierre Sieur De Tonnetuit
A Huguenot, born at Dieppe. Appointed captain of the garrison at Honfleur, 1589. Obtained trading monopoly for ten years in Canada. Made a trading voyage to Canada, 1600, bringing out a few colonists, whom he landed at Tadoussac. Sailed again the fol...
Chedabucto Now Known As Guysborough Nova Scotia Index : Count Frontenac Era
Frontenac arrives at, 232. ...
Cheffault
(Samuel de Champlain era) Agent of Company of New France, 244. ...
Cherououng
(Samuel de Champlain era) Montagnais chief, sent on embassy to Iroquois, 163. ...
Chesapeake
(General Brock era) Affair of, 82-86. ...
Childers Hugh Culling Eardley 1827-1896 Entered The House Of
Commons, 1860; financial secretary, 1865-1866; first lord of the Admiralty and privy councillor, 1868. In 1875 came to Canada on Lord Dufferin's invitation as a commissioner under the Prince Edward Island Land Purchase Act. Secretary of state for war,...
Chimeourimou
(Samuel de Champlain era) Montagnais chief, sent on embassy to Iroquois, 163. ...
Chipman
(Wilmot era) Judge of Supreme Court, New Brunswick, 8; one of Maine Boundary commissioners, 8. ...
Chipman Ward
(Wilmot era) Judge of Supreme Court, New Brunswick, 8; succeeds Saunders as chief justice, 74; resigns, 129. (Tilley era) Resigns as chief justice, 17. ...
Chippewa Indians
A large tribe, of Algonquian stock, formerly ranging along both shores of Lakes Huron and Superior, and westward as far as North Dakota. First mentioned in the Jesuit Relation of 1640, as living around Sault Ste. Marie. During the eighteenth century, ...
Chisholm G C
(Lord Sydenham era) Sergeant-at-arms of Legislative Assembly, 334. ...
Chittenden Thomas 1730-1797 First Governor Of Vermont 1778-1797
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Choiseul Etienne-francois Duc De 1719-1785 Minister Of Foreign
affairs; signed the treaty of 1759 with Austria; minister of war, 1761. ...