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European And North American Railway
(Wilmot era) Wilmot's attitude towards,
127. (Tilley era) Peto, Brassy, and Betts propose to construct, 26; subsidies
offered by province, 26; progress of, 44.
Etoline Adolphus Karlovich
Eustache Sir J R
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Epidemics
(Bishop Laval era) Ravages of, 239. See Smallpox. ...
Equal Rights Association
Formed in Toronto, in 1889, to secure the disallowance of the Jesuits' Estates Act, and generally to oppose what was described as the "political encroachments of ultramontanism." Among the principal founders were D'Alton McCarthy, William E. O'Brien, ...
Erie Indians
A large tribe, of Iroquois stock, inhabiting in the seventeenth century the country between Lake Erie and the Ohio. After a long war, the Eries were practically wiped out by the Iroquois, in 1656, the few survivors being adopted into the Iroquois conf...
Erie Lake
Area 10,000 square miles. Discovered by Brebeuf and Chaumonot, 1640. It is possible that the lake may have been first seen by white men at a still earlier date, when the Franciscan friar, La Roche Dallion, visited the Neutral nation, 1626, but there i...
Ermatinger Francis
(Sir James Douglas era) His expedition to Sacramento in 1841, 132. ...
Erskine David Montagu Second Baron 1776-1855 General Brock Era British
minister at Washington, premature announcement of, with respect to orders-in-council, 120. =Bib.=: Dict. Nat. Biog. ...
Eskimos
American aborigines, formerly occupying practically the entire coast of North America from Newfoundland around to the Aleutian Islands; now confined to the northern coast of the continent, and the Arctic Islands. They call themselves Inuit, meaning "p...
Esquimalt
Naval station, four miles from Victoria, Vancouver Island. ...
Essex
(General Brock era) United States frigate, captures British transport, 225. ...
Estaing Charles Hector Theodat Count D' 1729-1794 Sir Frederick Haldimand Era His
proclamation to French-Canadians, 123. =Bib.=: Cyc. Am. Biog. ...
Esten James C Palmer 1806-1864 Born In Bermuda Educated At The
Charter House, London; called to the English bar. Came to Canada, 1836, and called to the bar of Upper Canada, 1838. Served as a volunteer during Rebellion of 1837. Practised his profession at Toronto. Appointed vice-chancellor, 1849. =Bib.=: Read, Li...
Etoline Adolphus Karlovich
Director of the Russian-American colonies, 1841-1845. =Index=: (Sir James Douglas era) Succeeds Kuprianoff as governor of Russian America, 1840, 45; splendour of his establishment, 45; visited by James Douglas, 45. ...
European And North American Railway
(Wilmot era) Wilmot's attitude towards, 127. (Tilley era) Peto, Brassy, and Betts propose to construct, 26; subsidies offered by province, 26; progress of, 44. ...
Eustache Sir J R
Born 1795. Educated at St. Peter's College, Cambridge. Entered the army; served in Upper Canada in command of the 19th Light Dragoons; present at the battle of Lundy's Lane and at the storming of Fort Erie; knighted for distinguished services. Took pa...
Eustis William 1753-1825 General Brock Era United States Secretary Of War His
confident prediction of conquest of Canada, 215. =Bib.=: Cyc. Am. Biog. ...
Evans James 1801-1846 Born In Kingston-upon-hull England
Emigrated to Canada; opened a school near L'Original, and about 1828 moved to Rice Lake, where he entered the Methodist ministry, and began his life-long Work among the Indians. In 1840 given charge of missionary work in the North-West, with headquart...
Evans Lieutenant
(Lord Dorchester era) Case against, in connection with Walker affair, dismissed by grand jury, 38. ...
Ewan John Alexander 1854-1910 Born In Aberdeen Scotland Educated
in Scotland and in Canada. Assistant editor of the Toronto Globe for many years; war correspondent for that paper during Boer War, 1899-1902. ...
Examiner
Newspaper published at New York. =Index=: (William Lyon Mackenzie era) Published by William Lyon Mackenzie, 470. ...
Examiner
Newspaper published at Toronto. =Index=: (Lord Sydenham era) Advocates responsible government, 107; supports union of provinces as leading thereto, 212; on Clergy Reserves question, 247. (Lord Elgin era) Chief organ of the Clear Grits,--owned by James...
Executive Council
(William Lyon Mackenzie era) In Upper Canada; created under Constitutional Act, 53; irritating relations with Assembly, 55, 58; Durham on, 61; real advisers of the governor, 63; responsibility of, demanded by Upper Canada Reformers, 64, 69; Durham's v...
Executive Office
(Lord Sydenham era) Tenure of, in Canada, 175; Lord John Russell's despatch on, 180-182; press comments on new regulations respecting, 183, 184. ...
Exhibitions
The first industrial exhibition held in Canada, and probably the first in the world, was that of 1737, promoted by the Intendant Hocquart. It included fruits and grains, woods and furs, and the products of the mines and the fisheries. The exhibition w...
Expulsion Of Acadians
See Acadians, Expulsion of the. ...