et Ottawa, 1986). Nicholson, CEF. The storied province of Quebec; past and present, ed. W. [C. H.] Wood et al. (5v., Toronto, 1931–32), 3.
–1900; CIHM Reg.; and NA, Catalogue of pamphlets . . . , comp. Magdalen Casey (2v., Ottawa, 1932), 2
the fair would remain at Toronto for some time. The Provincial Fair Association thought otherwise and voted to take the 1879 fair to Ottawa. At the closing banquet of the 1878 fair, Withrow, apparently
Sept. 1818; 20 April 1819; 17 May 1853. Jean Trudel, William Berczy; la famille Woolsey (Ottawa, 1976).
Rigaud de Vaudreuil, who leased to him Île-aux-Tourtres, one of his two fur-trading factories at the juncture of the St Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers. The constant offer of spirits induced the
the first two lazarettos, in 1849 and 1853, on land that his father had sold to the provincial authorities, and he would be delegated to go to Ottawa in 1879 when the transfer of the lazaretto to the
headquarters Alderson favoured British veterans over untrained Canadians. Carson relayed the resulting complaints to Ottawa. For other commands, Hughes insisted on favourites, including his son. While Currie
venue for the sale of Canadian stocks and bonds outside the country, Ottawa looked to New York and then, in 1915, to opening the domestic market to dominion securities. Ames astutely understood the
, columns 668, 673–76; Catalogue of the National Map Collection, Public Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario (16v., Boston, 1976); Maps and plans in the Public Record Office (2v. to date
railway to the Pacific. That July they presented their proposal to Macdonald and Hincks in Ottawa. Beaty, however, was no longer associated with the syndicate when Smith and McMullen in the fall allied
.
Archie sailed to Halifax in March 1906 and from there moved on to Toronto, where he worked briefly to save money for his northern journey. He took the train first to Témiskaming, Que., near the Ottawa
, which was acquired in 1953 by the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, was shown in the second of these exhibitions. Painted in 1947, the work represents a continent (rather than an island), above which
difficulty in the way” of John A. Macdonald in Ottawa. Reservation transferred the problem to the prime minister who had to be as careful as Mowat in avoiding the alienation of either Catholic or
. Loyal supporters were looked after: some were paid, and unusually useful service could result in a patronage post. All the while Campbell was also active in constituencies from Toronto to the Ottawa River
, Campbell and Robert Rogers*, the minister of public works, went to Ottawa to defend their government’s proposed extensions of the Manitoba boundary
, 21–27 Sept. 1850, 22 June 1855, 20 June 1856. Canadian R.C. bishops, 1658–1979, comp. André Chapeau et al. (Ottawa, 1980). W. J
Ross* had formed its committee on campaign literature. Publishing supplements for county newspapers from the office of the Ottawa Free Press, they selected extracts from “speeches pertinent
(Collection Constantes, 2, Montréal, 1962), 65–70, 71–83. Séraphin Marion, Les lettres canadiennes d’autrefois (9v., Hull et Ottawa, 1939–58), V. Fernand Rinfret, Études sur la littérature
regular exhibitions in Montreal, but also in Toronto and, more sporadically, in Ottawa, Hamilton, and Halifax. He put forward only a small number of paintings each time, however, to avoid risking disfavour
, de 1760 à nos jours, which was published in Ottawa in 1966, the journalist took “refuge from the ultramontane storm as translator at Ottawa,” a position he obtained in May 1876, thanks to Laurier
, Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental Railway, put on the market by the Chapleau government. He was one of the first to invest in the asbestos mines of the Eastern Townships, where he owned shares in the Coleraine
severity of his terms he emerged as the sole acceptable alternative to foreign builders. After much shrewd bargaining in Ottawa Dunsmuir agreed to construct the railway in return for a subsidy of $750,000 in
Photography Division, both in Ottawa; and, in Toronto, the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Royal Ontario Museum, Sigmund Samuel Canadiana Building.
The
provincial secretary, Fraser led another delegation to Ottawa, seeking, among other things, a further payment of $150,000, which the province felt it was owed for the railway from Moncton to the Nova Scotia
decision of 1865, and served as speaker of the assembly in 1866 and 1867. But he was not invited to the London conference, nor did he gain prominence at Ottawa, though he sat for Westmorland in the House of
the Reverend William Gwynne and Eliza Nelson; m. 14 July 1852 Julia Durie, and they had a son and four daughters; d. 7 Jan. 1902 in Ottawa
Chauveau*, which was later moved to the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa. From 1874 to 1880 he taught ornamental drawing at Quebec City’s École des Arts et Métiers, of which he was secretary from 1875 to
1880 in Ottawa, Ont., and was buried in Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal, Que.
When Luther Hamilton Holton was seven years old, his father, a poor
came north. (News of Crowfoot’s stand was forwarded to Ottawa and eventually to England where Queen Victoria praised the chief for his loyalty.) A short time later, when the Sioux fled to
Ottawa and in London, would have to have a greater share in wartime decision making. That spring Kemp joined Borden at the meetings of the imperial war cabinet. As well, he carried on the managerial reform
.
Even before the defeat of his government, Landry had set his sights on Ottawa. In March 1883, sensing that his career might be stalled by a period in opposition, he asked the
government to Toronto (1855–60), Quebec (1860–65), and Ottawa (1865–78). At Peterborough Anne became organist and music director for St John’s Church; presumably, her hearing impairment was not yet so
, before and after organizing the league, “he travelled for years almost continuously fixing up a trapper’s dispute, appealing to officials at Ottawa for justice to his clients, after the war helping the
Association, and a governor of the Lady Stanley Institute, Ottawa. He spent little time at his clubs, the Mount Royal and the St James.
A handsome
, a miller, and Mary Ann Fleming; m. 2 Sept. 1881, in Ottawa, Elizabeth Jane (Eliza) Reilly (d. 1913), widow of George Washington Eaton; they had no children; d. 2 March 1923 in
with the federal Conservatives under Sir John A. Macdonald*. Meredith hoped for patronage from Ottawa to reward his
; its secretary, Colin Campbell, grumbled that Middleton was too busy skating.
On 23 March 1885, just as word reached Ottawa that Métis leader
1914. Murray arranged for him to be awarded an lld in May 1933. The Oblate-run Université d’Ottawa would bestow a similar degree the following year
., Coll., I (1878), 110–18. PAC, Catalogue of maps, plans and charts in the map room of the Dominion Archives (Ottawa, 1912). Bell, Foreign Protestants, 104n, 237n, 331n, 408
Canada, as an additional encumbrance in an already complicated problem.
Disheartened but still optimistic, Musgrave visited Ottawa in November 1867 to
directors, McGill became active in the new steamboat monopoly on the Ottawa River. The Ottawa and Rideau Forwarding Company, a corporate restructuring of the Ottawa Steamboat Company, was to be McGill’s only
for mineral rights to nearby properties began to materialize, Ottawa became convinced that a mining and land boom was about to commence and proposed the establishment of a senior Department of the
, son of John Pope and Sophia Laberee; m. 5 March 1845 Percis (Persis) Maria Bailey, and they had three children, two of whom survived infancy; d. 1 April 1889 in Ottawa, Ont
projects, the position seemed a springboard to a cabinet career in Ottawa. At odds with the reformers, who held several seats on council, Préfontaine put up a poor defence. All through the winter of 1897–98
issued.
During his term as treasurer, Robertson played an important role in the decision to sell the Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental Railway
Ottawa seats that the Nova Scotia Liberals had obtained in the general election of 1904. From then on, John Stanfield would play little role in running Stanfield’s Limited, though he remained president
Shanly*, he was employed for 18 months doing soundings for the route of a canal projected to link Montreal with Lake Huron via the Ottawa River. On 10 Jan. 1859 he was appointed surveyor
affairs at Red River. The department asked him to provide full details of the “revolt” and the “character and disposition of the population.” Taylor was in Ottawa in 1870 when the delegates from the
help them argue their position. With his linguistic ability and his ethnographic knowledge, Teit was perfectly placed to take on this role. As he would explain in 1920 to a Senate committee in Ottawa