. Sheilagh S. Jameson Glenbow-Alberta Institute, Canada North West Land Company papers, CPR townsite sales books, XXIV; Simon

. 1822. F.-J. Audet, “Les législateurs du Bas-Canada.” Officers of British forces in Canada (Irving). P.-G. Roy, Inv. concessions

forests, which appears to me an office of little utility in Canada at present. would be better used for this purpose and would not increase their expenses. If you were to approve of my suggestion, the

and Jean Bourdon in 1653 to fish for cod. Their association aimed at creating a triangular trade between Canada

, Mrs Frederick Morton of Wakefield, Que. A copy of Mrs Main’s sketch is in Godfrey’s file at the National Library of Canada, Music Div. (Ottawa

Georgetown United Church cemetery (Georgetown, P.E.I.), Tombstone inscription. Memorial Univ. of Nfld (St John’s), Maritime Hist. Group, Atlantic Canada Shipping Project database, Shipping registries of

meet them and offered to go with 80 of her tribe to live among the Iroquois who had already settled in Canada. While she was back in the village advising her people to surrender, the French attacked the

who favoured annexation to Canada were angry at what they considered the treason of Riel and his supporters during the preceding year, while the Métis and other Red River natives felt justified in their

father, a shoe manufacturer. Immigrating to Canada West in 1842 to improve his position, he spent two years at Brockville and then settled in Guelph. He built woollen and oatmeal mills on the Speed River

1881 Elizabeth Jane Toy in Toronto, and they had three sons; d. there 7 Nov. 1921. A co-founder of one of Canada’s most successful stationery firms

which were active in the Canadian fur trade during the 1770s, and Grant became one of the first Nor’Westers to enter the trade in the Athabasca country. The exact date of his arrival in Canada and his

was slack, drooping about 50 feet. He looked tired towards the end, but was probably acting. The crossing had taken 15 minutes. After being wined and dined in Canada, he trotted back along his rope

first woman to graduate from Acadia with a ba and the second in Canada to earn the degree. She was promptly hired to teach at the seminary. By 1894 the seminary’s program

. Evaporating plants were built in Bridgetown and several neighbouring communities; by 1925, 28,000 barrels of apples were being dried, most of which found a market in western Canada. The

. Griebel may be considered the first fully professional violinist to have settled in Canada. Even 20 years after his death his reputation survived as that of “the greatest violinist ever resident in this

Louis Perrault’s printing house. Acknowledged to be skilful and even one of the best typographers in Canada, he

Séminaire de Saint-Sulpice on 22 March 1754, was ordained priest eight days later, and left for Canada on 13 May, reaching Montreal on 5 September. Guichart was to serve in the mission of

financial instability, he offered to do something for the family. Hocquart, who had yearned since his arrival in Canada to improve the legal capacities of those serving on the Conseil Supérieur, pointed out

GUILLOUET D’ORVILLIERS, CLAUDE, officer who served in Canada and Guiana; b. 11 June 1668 on the island of St Kitts

for him. Having been a diligent and honest judge, once the affaire du Canada was finished Guiton de Monrepos was awarded by the king on 28 Nov. 1764 a pension of 600 livres

about writing a series of articles on the northwest and the anticipated transfer of Rupert’s Land from the HBC to Canada. His weekly articles dealt with a host of topics, including the suitability of land

HARPER, CHARLES, teacher, Roman Catholic priest, and seminary administrator; b. 7 Jan. 1800 in Sainte-Foy, Lower Canada, son

. D. A. Sutherland Anglican Church of Canada, Diocese of Nova Scotia Arch. (Halifax), St George’s Anglican

hospital in Canada. She agreed, as they all did, to remain for two years if accepted. Why she chose nursing is not known. A resident of a port city with fluctuating sanitary conditions, a transient

. Tremaine, Bibliography of Canadian imprints. Bell, Foreign Protestants. Brebner, Neutral Yankees. Æ. Fauteux, Introduction of printing into Canada. H. P

of natural history at Queen’s College, Cork. Four years later at nearly 60 years of age Hincks came to Canada as the first professor of natural history at University College, Toronto

Gervais Hodiesne (1690–1764) arrived in Canada around 1721 and took his vows with the Brothers Hospitaller of the Cross and of St

Cochrane*]. The same act of 1809 also reannexed the Labrador coast to Newfoundland’s jurisdiction from that of Lower Canada. Holloway left the island

” by Sam Scribble. In this long allegory, which has characters named after the main cities of Canada, Kate played the role of Montreal, “an elegant young lady.” In 1864–65 she befriended an American

(Louiseville), Canada East, son of Antoine Houde, farmer, and Angèle Descoteaux; d. 15 Nov. 1884 at his birthplace. Frédéric Houde received his

prosperity of Prince Edward Island would be secured by refusing terms of admission into Union with the Dominion of Canada.” Holland seconded the resolution, which was promptly defeated by a vote of twenty-four

likely he left because he was in the process of establishing another bank, the Imperial Bank of Canada. Though the Imperial was a much smaller concern than the Commerce, it was able to capitalize on a

, mariages et sépultures, 1735–1808. Invasion du Canada (Verreau). Caron, “Inv. de la corr. de Mgr Briand,” ANQ Rapport, 1929–30, 71–78. Mélançon, Liste des missionnaires jésuites. E

early death in 1827. He worked for a miller at Stalbridge and a grocer at Cranborne before emigrating. In 1842 he arrived in Windsor, Canada West, where he was employed in the provisions and shipping

Congregation of Notre-Dame, teacher, and superior of the community (superior general); b. 10 Oct. 1795 in L’Ange-Gardien, Lower Canada, daughter of Pierre-Michel Huot and Marie-Françoise Huot; d

Sunday school, reproduced in Milestones in Methodism: a history of Centenary-Queen Square United Church of Canada, Saint John, N.B., 1791–1966

 – he hoped to bring them to Canada eventually, without controversy – he, Sarah, and their children travelled north by wagon train, accompanied by one other

François Hébert and Marie-Joseph Côté; d. 20 Aug. 1831 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada. Jean-François Hébert came from a family of farmers in

. When he was ordained is not known, and the date of his arrival in Canada is uncertain. He seems to have crossed on board the Chameau in 1719. If he did, he arrived at Quebec with Mathieu-Benoît

 June 1792 in Beauport, Lower Canada, son of Ignace-Michel-Louis-Antoine d’Irumberry* de Salaberry and

. Like many Indian leaders in western Canada in the late 19th century, Isadore led his people through a period of change and tension produced by the advance of European settlement. His band, known as the

manufacturer of faience, and Louise Giroux; d. some time after 1777. François Jacquet came to Canada as a soldier in the colonial regular troops and

, and inventor; b. 26 Oct. 1845 in Saint-Raymond, Lower Canada, son of Jean-Baptiste Jobin, a farmer, and Luce Dion; m. c. 1869 Marie-Flore Marticotte, and they adopted a

tree chief of the Mohawks; b. 2 or 14 Dec. 1792 at the Johnson settlement, northwest of Cainsville, Upper Canada, son of Tekahionwake (Jacob Johnson) and his first wife; m. in 1815 Helen

London, Upper Canada, son of Peter Jones* and Elizabeth Field*; m. 27 Feb

 Francis Bond Head* to Upper Canada as his private secretary and civil secretary of the province, his appointment dating from 25 Jan. 1836

Jean Juchereau de Maur and Marie Langlois; buried 5 Oct. 1692 at Beauport. Nicolas Juchereau came to Canada in 1634 with his

Archives de la Fabrique Sainte-Marie (Beauce, Qué.), Papiers des écoles. ANQ, QBC, Instruction publique, 28, 29, 35, 36, 37, 41, 42, 43, 50, 51, 55, 62, 64. Canada, Province of, Legislative Assembly

Sainte-Marie-de-la-Nouvelle-Beauce (Sainte-Marie), Canada East, son of Elzéar-Henri Juchereau* Duchesnay, a lawyer and

–22 (mfm. at PAC). Indian-Eskimo Assoc. of Canada, Native rights in Canada (Toronto, [1970]), app.3: 16–17. L. F. S. Upton, Micmacs and colonists: Indian white relations in