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Notre Dame Des Anges
(Samuel de Champlain era) Jesuit convent, 45, 227; views of Jesuits
in connection with, 229; instruction of Indian children, 232, 233;
Recollet convent dedicated to, 148.
Notre Dame De Montreal
Notre Dame Des Victoires
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North Lord Frederick
See Guilford. ...
North West Company
Organized in 1795, by a number of merchants chiefly of Montreal, engaged in the fur trade. The first "partners," or bourgeois, of the Company were Simon McTavish, Joseph Frobisher, John Gregory, William McGillivray, Angus Shaw, Roderick McKenzie, Cuth...
North-west America
(Sir James Douglas era) Built by Meares at Nootka--first ship launched in what is now British Columbia, 28; seized by Martinez, 28; crew sent to China, 29. ...
North-west Coast
(Sir James Douglas era) Spanish influence delays colonization, 4; history of, affected by Russian occupation of Alaska, 4; by British trade interests by sea, 4; by North West Company, 4; by Hudson's Bay Company, 4; by Astorians, 4; unvisited by Europe...
North-west Passage
(Sir James Douglas era) Tenacity of belief in its existence, 50; Mackenzie's journey to Pacific is additional blow to belief in, 55. ...
North-west Rebellion
See Riel Rebellion. ...
North-west Territories
Comprised all the western portions of Canada, except Manitoba and British Columbia. Its early history is the history of the western fur trade, whose forts became in time centres of settlement. In 1870, the territories were transferred to Canada by the...
Northern Railway
Chartered in 1849 as the Toronto, Sarnia, and Lake Huron Railway. The line ran north from Toronto to Lake Simcoe, thence to Georgian Bay. In 1879 the Northern acquired the Hamilton and North-Western; and in 1888 was itself absorbed by the Grand Trunk....
Norton John
Born in Scotland. Came to America and settled among the Mohawks, who made him a chief. After the close of the War of 1812, went to Georgia. Died in Scotland. =Index=: (General Brock era) In battle of Queenston Heights, 310. =Bib.=: Richardson, War of ...
Norway House
Also known at one time as Jack River House. A post of the Hudson's Bay Company, on Little Playgreen Lake, at the northern end of Lake Winnipeg. The post formerly stood on Mossy Point, where the Nelson River flows out of Lake Winnipeg, but was burnt to...
Notre Dame De La Recouvrance
First parish church of Quebec; built by Champlain, 1633, and enlarged, 1635. Totally destroyed by fire, June 14, 1640. Replaced in 1645 by the Church of Notre Dame de la Paix, now the Basilica of Quebec. =Index=: (Samuel de Champlain era) First servic...
Notre Dame De Montreal
(Bishop Laval era) Parish erected, 175; united to Seminary, 175, 176. ...
Notre Dame Des Anges
(Samuel de Champlain era) Jesuit convent, 45, 227; views of Jesuits in connection with, 229; instruction of Indian children, 232, 233; Recollet convent dedicated to, 148. ...
Notre Dame Des Victoires
Church in Quebec. The corner-stone was laid May 1, 1688, Bishop Laval officiating. The building was completed the following year. In 1690 the name was changed to Notre Dame de la Victoire, to commemorate the repulse of Phipps. In 1711 the name was ag...
Nouee Anne De 1587-1646 Born In France Entered The Jesuit
novitiate in 1612; and came to Canada in 1626. For several years laboured among the Hurons and Montagnais, and from 1632 spent the remainder of his life in mission work in the French settlements along the St. Lawrence. =Index=: (Samuel de Champlain er...
Nouveau Monde
(Sir Georges E. Cartier era) Edited by Canon Lamarche, 81; bitterly attacks Cartier, 81-82. ...
Nouvelle France
Description de la Nouvelle France, ou sont remarquees les diverses habitations des Francois, depuis la premiere decouverte jusques a present, recueille et dressee sur diverses relations modernes, 1643. A Paris, chez Jean Boisseau, Enlumineur du Roy po...
Nova Scotia
Acadia of the French regime. The present name dates from 1621, when Sir William Alexander (q.v.) obtained from King James I a grant of all the territory now constituting the provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. After many vicissitudes the terri...
Nova Scotian
Newspaper published at Halifax. =Index=: (Joseph Howe era) Joseph Howe becomes editor and proprietor of, 1828, 6; extends its influence throughout the province, 7; Haliburton contributes to, 9; also Lawrence O'Connor, Doyle, and others, 9; published b...
Noyrot Father
(Samuel de Champlain era) Jesuit, sails for Canada, 167; vessel did not reach Quebec, 168, 177; drowned, 200. ...
O'brien William Edward 1831- Born At Thornhill Ontario Educated
at Upper Canada College; engaged in journalism at Toronto; studied law and called to the bar of Ontario, 1874. In command of the York and Simcoe Regiment during the Rebellion of 1885. Sat in the House of Commons, 1882-1896; defeated in the general ele...
O'callaghan Edmund Bailey 1797-1880 Born In Ireland In 1823
emigrated to Canada, and practised medicine at Quebec. Edited the Vindicator, 1834. Elected to the Assembly of Lower Canada, 1836, as a supporter of Papineau. Having been involved in the Rebellion of 1837, after its collapse he retired to New York, an...
O'connell Daniel 1775-1847 Irish Statesman Index : William Lyon Mackenzie Era
Befriends Mackenzie, 221. =Bib.=: Dict. Nat. Biog.; Chambers, Biog. Dict., and lives mentioned in article. ...
O'connor John 1824-1887 Born In Boston Mass Came To Canada
1828. Studied law and called to the bar of Upper Canada, 1854. Practised at Sandwich. Defeated for the Assembly, 1861; elected, 1863, but unseated by order of the House. Elected to the House of Commons, 1867; president of the Council, 1872; minister o...