, Hocquart relied entirely on his judgement for the administration of that jurisdiction. Although Michel apparently failed to make his fortune in Canada, his

number of miles both above and below this place; nor have I ever beheld such immense fields of corn in any part of America from Canada to Florida.” This area was not placed within the boundaries exacted by

(Toronto, 1951). Stanley, Birth of western Canada.

Union (Toronto), Upper Canada, son of James Mitchell and Elizabeth Rodgers (Rodger, Roger, Rogers, Royce); m. 17 July 1892 Margaret (Margret) McKinnon in Badjeros, Ont., and they had two sons; d

. Anne Molson was born into a family that was at the forefront of many major economic and technological changes in Lower Canada and was involved in industry, banking, philanthropy, education, and politics

Quebec, Marie-Françoise Hains, daughter of Joseph Hains, a carpenter of English origin, and they had 13 children; d. 6 Jan. 1802 in Saint-Marc, Lower Canada

, France, except for a seven-month interval when he set out for Canada in the disastrous expedition of the Duc d’Anville

Scotia, lying in the cold, icy, despotic embrace of Canada, lacerated, torn and bleeding at every pore,” and vowed that not a single pro-confederate would be elected

Brunswick and of the district of Gaspé, in Lower Canada (Halifax, 1832; repub. Chatham, N.B., 1896), 195. Gleaner (Miramichi [Chatham]), 21 Sept. 1830; 24 Jan. 1843; 24

Stuart*. Free Speech published the platform of the Socialist Party of Canada and Stuart wrote editorials urging voters to “send both capitalist parties to Oblivion

, mostly on kinematics and dynamics. They earned him charter-membership in the Royal Society of Canada and membership in the Royal Society of London. Physics was, he believed, next to literature the best of

. 1784; d. 16 Feb. 1842 in Lachine, Lower Canada. William MacKintosh’s birthplace and parentage remain obscure. He joined the North West

MacLean was born on his father’s croft on the island of Tiree, Argyllshire, and came with his family to Ops Township, Upper Canada, when he was about four years old. Educated locally, he then taught school

. His legacy to Canada also included the members of his gifted family who returned to make notable contributions in religion, education, the army, industry, and health services

, MATTHEW, businessman, farmer, politician, and penitentiary warden; b. 11 June 1850 near Sydenham (Owen Sound), Upper Canada, son of Alexander McCauley and Eleanor Latimer; m. first

[McClure], Discovery of the north-west passage (Osborn). DNB. L. J. Burpee, The discovery of Canada (Toronto, 1944). E. S. Dodge, Northwest by sea (New York

medical attention. He died there on 8 February. McCowen was a strong temperance man and an advocate of confederation of Newfoundland with Canada. A

McDonald and Janet Fraser; d. 3 Oct. 1912 in Halifax. James McDonald’s parents moved to London, Upper Canada, in 1834, but after a few

-Conservative Association of Canada, but he was defeated in 1900 and 1904. He made two unsuccessful bids for a seat in the provincial House of Assembly as well, in 1890 and 1903

” (unpublished paper presented to the CHA, 1976); “The railway and local politics in Newfoundland, 1870–1901” (unpublished paper presented to the Atlantic Canada Studies Conference, 1974). The old sealing days

, Upper Canada, eldest son of Duncan McKellar and Margaret Brodie; d. unmarried 3 Feb. 1900 in Fort William (Thunder Bay), Ont. The first

. At age 17, after receiving a good education, Donald McKenzie immigrated to the Canadas to follow his brothers Roderick

District, and private loans. These investments, which provided his only link with the united Canadas, generally paid good returns of from six to eight per cent

sons, of whom Allen commanded a unit of the New Brunswick militia and William served as sheriff of York County. Of his eight daughters, three, and possibly four, moved to Upper Canada; Salome’s husband

minister of the Presbyterian Church by the Presbytery of Geneva in New York State. Now fully licensed, and independent of any Presbyterian body in Canada, McLeod, who could tolerate no restraint from other

Christie*. The family moved to Sault Ste Marie, Upper Canada, in 1840, when John Ballenden was transferred, and Sarah was quite homesick there. She kept busy, however, entertaining visitors and

who provided leadership to the early labour movement in Canada. Like fellow printers Daniel John O’Donoghue*, John Armstrong, and

seek allies in Canada who might influence the French-speaking clergy in New Brunswick to support union. McMillan felt there was more hope of turning them from their opposition than there would be of

any suggestion of participation. In 1886 he and Crowfoot were members of a delegation of Blackfoot chiefs taken on a tour of eastern Canada as an expression of Prime Minister Sir John A

 July 1826 in Sainte-Croix, Lower Canada, son of Joseph Méthot, a farmer, and Marie-Xavier Desrochers; d. 6 Feb. 1892 at the Hôpital Général in Quebec and was buried three days later in the

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Métis under Riel stayed loyal to Canada and did not join O’Donoghue. In late 1871 Riel suggested the formation of an association of Métis to

1829 the first school for girls in western Canada was opened at St Boniface, with Angélique and Marguerite Nolin as teachers. The students were mostly daughters of French and Cree or Ojibwa parents

sur le Canada, depuis 1749 jusqu’à 1760, 171. NYCD (O’Callaghan and Fernow), X, 1042, 1056. PAC Rapport, 1924, 1–70. McLennan, Louisbourg. Rawlyk

, Exploration of northern Canada.

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,” Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada ([Vicksburg, Miss., 1962]). Campobello Company, Campobello (Boston, Mass., [1882?]). Campobello Island, Board of Trade, Campobello

, and merchant, and Angélique Brown; m. first 9 Sept. 1834 Julie-Aurélie Boucher de La Bruère at Boucherville, Lower Canada; m. secondly 19 Jan. 1847 Clarice Duval at Trois

, minute-books, I–II. Bas-Canada, Statuts, 1805, c.16. “Manifestes électoraux de 1792,” BRH, 46 (1940): 99. Quebec Gazette, 13 June 1771; 25 May 1775; 19

. F. G. Stanley (Toronto, 1970). Gaston Carrière, Dictionnaire biographique des oblats de Marie-Immaculée au Canada (3v., Ottawa, 1976–79). Kay Cronin, Cross in the wilderness

 1860 in Charlesbourg, Lower Canada. One of a family of five, André Paquet, dit Lavallée, served his apprenticeship with Thomas

. 12 May 1840 in L’Acadie, Lower Canada, the only daughter among the six children of Joseph Paradis and Émilie Grégoire; d. 3 May 1912 in Sherbrooke, Que., and was buried there four days

Charlotte-Cécile Rouillard; d. 1 June 1850 in Repentigny, Lower Canada. The son of a baker in Upper Town Quebec, Louis-François Parent

contribution to the discussion of these terms concerned the sale of Rupert’s Land to Canada by the Hudson’s Bay Company. He argued that the land belonged to the Indians and that the £300,000 paid to the HBC

Lachine, Canada East, where he “gave great satisfaction” but was “dying to get away . . . to the North.” Peers was transferred to the Columbia

Island if it were annexed to Canada! His extremely hostile attitude did not last long after the Island joined confederation in July 1873. In the province’s first federal elections, held in September, Perry

” (ma thesis, Dalhousie Univ., Halifax, 1949). W. M. Whitelaw, The Maritimes and Canada before confederation (Toronto, 1934; repr. 1966). J. M. Beck, “The Nova Scotia

, Forty years in Canada: reminiscences of the great north-west . . . , ed. M. G. Niblett (Toronto and London, 1918; repr. 1972). Lethbridge News (Lethbridge

Arch. (Winnipeg), B.182/a/6, pp.45–7, 59; B.182/a/8, p.14. HBRS, XXV (Davies and Johnson), 312. Norman Anick, The fur trade in eastern Canada until 1870 (Parks Can., National Hist. Parks and

of 1822 when Robinson, now attorney general and leader of the government in the House of Assembly, was dispatched to England to negotiate a customs dispute with Lower Canada. At the end of January