his maternal ancestors, Germain Dionne, a rich farmer and bailiff of the seigneury of La Pocatière nostalgic for the French régime, had fought the British army alongside American insurgents during the

defending the interests of New France against threats posed by the British colonies to the south and the Hudson’s Bay Company to the north. In 1721 he accompanied a party of senior officers on a tour of

and was articled in a Winnipeg firm; by 1902 he was attached to a small law office in Portage la Prairie. On 2 Feb. 1903 he was called to the bar of Manitoba. He set up his own practice in Portage

Marin* de La Malgue]. The British responded in 1753 by sending the young George Washington to demand that the French withdraw from the area, which both powers claimed. Years later, Washington

in the Canadas, acquired for speculation or in satisfaction of debts. Some time after 1810 he had bought the 45,000-acre seigneury of Rivière-de-la-Madeleine, in the Gaspé, which was more useful for

, Lord Grey*, an enthusiastic admirer who came to the Island on a tour of Canada. Members of his entourage included physician and

self-portrait is in the Weir collection in London, Ont. Another, painted during his first western tour, is in the Stark Foundation collection

Baldwin and Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine*. Though now indelibly

the service of England, for which he fought, and found shelter in Ireland, where he raised a large family. Hector Theophilus kept the patronymic Cramahé, which was linked to a fief and a chateau near La

Robert Baldwin*, Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine*, Augustin-Norbert

Russian-Baltic trade. After attending private schools until age 16, Thomson entered the family firm at St Petersburg. In 1817 he came home because of poor health and embarked on a prolonged tour

tried for nearly three years to obtain another appointment. At the same time his health began to fail and he decided to restore himself by making a tour of Europe. Setting out on 3 Aug. 1830, he

at Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, second son of Edward Bradstreet and Agathe de Saint-Étienne* de La Tour; m

scepticism. Lorne’s tour of the prairies in 1881 strengthened his resolve; he learned that the Smithsonian Institution had been there gathering Indian artefacts and had carted them off to Washington, D.C

European tour in the summer of 1939 as part of a delegation of Canadians attending the meeting of the International Chamber of Commerce in Copenhagen, altogether a strenuous routine for a man of 75

know what would be done for the people, for the Americans were already at La Prairie.” In May 1776 Sir John, having learned that an expedition was about to be dispatched from Albany to

Lyman Moody and Ira David Sankey, who toured Britain in 1873–75; the charismatic Scottish theologian Henry Drummond from 1884 onwards; and eventually the Canadian clergyman and novelist Charles William

, the overland journey would be a kind of propaganda tour to encourage distant tribes to trade at Churchill. Somewhat to his surprise, Hearne was “pitched on” as the proper person to head the expedition

. That year, in late summer and early fall, the Methodist Church supported a tour through Ontario and to Montreal for Alberta Cree and Stoney leaders who had remained loyal during the

well as in the design of schools. In his spare time Taylor attended classes at the Royal Academy Schools and at the Architectural Association and supplemented these studies with sketching tours in