. Marius Barbeau, Trésor des anciens jésuites (Ottawa, 1957), 19, 150, 152. Morisset, Coup d’œil sur les arts, 18, 34; Les églises et le trésor de Varennes (Québec, 1943

illustrations, including portraits of the members of the syndicate to construct the Canadian Pacific Railway. In late February Harris went to Ottawa as one of

other local Conservatives to have the duty on window-glass raised, heading up delegations to Ottawa and hosting a visit of Finance Minister Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley to the new Napanee works. A day

Colonist, Higgins was an indefatigable proponent of confederation; in the summer of 1868 he even travelled to Ottawa to meet personally with the federal cabinet. In 1869 he employed John

region, the Eastern Townships, and the areas of the Ottawa, Saint-Maurice, Saguenay, and Red rivers. Nevertheless, in 1844 Mazenod wanted to entrust the direction of the young, expanding community to a

Ottawa he gained the support of the mps and senators from British Columbia for the military appointment he desired. After he improved his credentials at the Quebec gunnery

delegates, for when questioned by the meeting he firmly assured those present that the Canadian government would pay the expenses of these delegates to Ottawa. This was Salaberry’s sole contribution to the

Eli Ives and Artemissa Bullock, loyalists from Connecticut; d. 15 July 1899 in Ottawa. After studying at the village school in

Bowell were among the incorporators. Four times Johnson represented the Canadian lodge at worldwide grand councils, in Londonderry (Northern Ireland), Edinburgh, Ottawa, and Toronto. His frequent speeches

Ottawa, 1986). Micheline [Kaeble] Hébert, Joseph Kaeble: croix Victoria ([Saint-Hubert, Qué.], 1992). Léopold Lamontagne, Les archives régimentaires des Fusiliers du Saint-Laurent

to 1921. While in Ottawa, Keefer acted as counsel and adviser to the federal Food Board and, from 1918 to 1920, he was

Campbell*, and together they enlivened the social scene in Winnipeg and Ottawa during his terms as a legislator. Solomon Burns became a deeply respected Presbyterian elder and religious leader. Victoria

trade of the Ottawa valley and the king’s posts, the hiring of winterers for the northwest, and a more remote supervision of the fur trade and fisheries of the lower St Lawrence and Labrador. Keith

George Killam, a sea captain, and Caroline Clements; m. 25 July 1877 Minnie Whyte in Windsor, Ont., and they had one son and one daughter; d. 1 March 1908 in Ottawa and was buried in St

, Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal, and he returned home that fall having earned enough money to buy his own farm. He worked it with his brothers, Robert and Walter, between rodeos, and there he also raised his

’ bookstore in the North End. By the spring of 1917 he had relocated in Ottawa, where he addressed a May Day rally on the significance of the recent Russian revolution and appeared at USDPC gatherings until the

Hamilton, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City, and Saint John. The capacity of his London plant was then double what it had been in the 1870s, and his malting and brewing business ranked as probably the

. of Ottawa, 1957), 64. J. N. Wallace, The wintering partners on Peace River from the earliest records to the union in 1821; with a summary of the Dunvegan journal, 1806 (Ottawa, 1929). [H

MacInnes, who was employed by the federal government to advise it on immigration legislation. In June 1910, apparently at his own expense, Lew had gone to Ottawa to present his allegations to the deputy

her husband. Her interest in politics found a new outlet in parliamentary journalism. She was outraged that the Telegram had just posted a new male reporter to Ottawa without even offering

Micmac, writing endless letters to Indian agents in Nova Scotia and Ottawa on property rights and other matters. He was elected captain and then sub-chief for Halifax County, and became, possibly through

construction or upgrading of canals in eastern Canada, mainly the Carillon and Grenville canals on the Ottawa River. He rose relatively quickly to become assistant to the superintending engineer of the Ottawa

upper Great Lakes country from the 1740s, and her mother was the daughter of an Ottawa chief. Where Magdelaine was born is uncertain, though in June 1780 the family was residing at Fort St Joseph

, Ont., 1871: 447. “Evolution of the Canadian marksmanship tradition,” Dominion of Canada Rifle Assoc., 1868–1982: one hundredth annual prize meeting, Connaught Ranges, Ottawa

via the Ottawa River and Lake Superior as far as Grand Portage (near Grand Portage, Minn.). Back in Niagara by September, he returned through Kingston to Montreal, where he arrived in November. This

–1820” (unpublished phd thesis, University of Ottawa, 1972), 42–50, 102–15; “Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres and the founding of Cape Breton colony,” Revue de l

missionaries. When the government moved permanently to Ottawa in 1866, the Gazette’s value as first-hand observer of day-to-day activities in the house ceased. During Middleton’s last years, the now

serve as pastor of a number of Upper Canadian parishes: Kingston 1829–34, Toronto 1834–35, Bytown (Ottawa) 1835–36, Brockville 1836–38, Hamilton 1838–46, and Toronto 1846–47. He wrote two more works

. F. J. Artibise (Ottawa, 1982), 382–412. Greg Marquis, “Canadian police chiefs and law reform: the historical perspective,” Canadian Journal of Criminology (Ottawa), 33 (1991): 385–406

. Griffiths, The splendid vision: centennial history of the National Council of Women of Canada, 1893–1993 (Ottawa, 1993). Local Council of Women [of Montreal], Annual report, 1897

mouth of the Detroit River given to members of the department by the Indians. In 1788 the Ojibwas and Ottawas granted him the lease of Point Pelee Island (Pelee Island, Ont. ) for 999 years. With his

AO, RG 22-267, no.7822; RG 80-2-0-402, no.25554; RG 80-8-0-703, no.7104. Can., Dept. of National Defence, National Defence Headquarters, Directorate of Hist. (Ottawa), Biog. file; Card index of

short, meteoric career ended. On 26 April 1900, in Canada, fire devastated Ottawa and Hull. McLeay organized a giant benefit to raise money for the thousands of homeless families. Called “The

Macard*, he left for the Ottawa country (probably the Michigan peninsula) in a party of voyageurs headed by Pierre-Charles Le Sueur

of Detroit. Dissension between them and the nearby Ottawas led in 1739 to a request by Orontony and two other Huron chiefs that their people be settled nearer the centre of New France. The following

Lucky Man was present at the meeting. Ottawa, seeing what the Cree had in mind, refused to survey reserves in that area. Instead the government again resorted to starving them into submission. In 1882 it

 Feb. 1898 in Ottawa and was buried at Tignish. Stanislas-François Poirier first attended the elementary school in Tignish, and then had

last spike, but weather delayed completion of the line and when he telegraphed Macdonald in October asking if he should return to Ottawa, for the final decision concerning Riel, Macdonald said yes. The

list (Ottawa), 1908–14. F. C. Curry, From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian Brigade (Toronto, [1916]), 166–67. Dan Diamond and Joseph Romain, The

by his nephew, A. L. Rogers: an account of the trip,” A. O. Wheeler, The Selkirk range (2v., Ottawa, 1905), I: 417–23. G. M. Grant, “The C.P.R. by the Kicking Horse Pass and the

AO, RG 22, ser.168, no.2506. Almonte Express (Almonte, [Ont.]), 1861–62. Almonte Gazette, 1872; 20 May–3 June 1910. Globe, 24 Sept. 1892. Ottawa

, since he agreed to become head of the new manuscript division of the archives branch in Ottawa in 1908. In the summer of 1909 he was sent to London and Paris to examine the organization of archival

. He sometimes engaged in trade: there is a record dated 1678 of his having a booth at the annual fair in Montreal which welcomed the fur flotilla of the Ottawas. That year he figured among the notables

Smith and Isabella Gair Rose; m. 30 Aug. 1838 Jane Morson, in Bytown (Ottawa), Upper Canada, and they had six children; d. 18 April 1851 in Beckwith Township, Upper Canada

uneventful. No sooner had the federal Conservatives been restored to power in Ottawa in July 1930 than the lieutenant governorship of Nova Scotia became available. Prime Minister Richard Bedford

accumulation of debt brought on by the heavy financing of the perpetually troubled Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental Railway. Stephens fiercely opposed the introduction by the Conservative government of a

elders travelled to Ottawa, where they met Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier*, and then on to London. Although they had no arrangement for

: the disposal of crown lands in British Columbia, 1871–1913 (Vancouver, 1974). Can., Dept. of Militia and Defence, Militia list (Ottawa), 1872–78; Par]., Sessional papers

, 1979). E. F. Bush, The Canadian lighthouse (Parks Can., National Hist. Parks and Sites Branch, Manuscript report, no.58, Ottawa, 1970). C. P. de Volpi, British Columbia

by his wife and a retinue of black servants (all former slaves who had been manumitted by his father), he immigrated to Lower Canada, settling on the north bank of the Ottawa River near the mouth of