. André Chapeau et al. (Ottawa, 1980). Robert Choquette, De la controverse à la concorde: l’Église d’Alexandria-Cornwall (Ottawa, 1990); L’Église catholique dans

were published as “The discovery of Silver Islet . . . ,” ed. R. C. Rowe, Canadian Mining Journal (Gardenvale, [Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Que.]), 57 (1936): 222–27, 266–71

resign from the council. He returned to active politics four years later, when he successfully contested Port de Grave on behalf of the Conservatives. They, however, were defeated by the incumbent Liberals

(Mackinaw City, Mich.). Charles-Michel Mouet* de Langlade, a local trader, warned Captain George Etherington, but after

. Her life of service had often been recognized. For her work on behalf of the Secours National the French government awarded her the Médaille d’Honneur (1917) and the Médaille de la Reconnaissance

Wellington Channel a total of 11 vessels, from the five separate search expeditions under Austin, Sir John Ross, Captain Edwin Jesse De

to the official historian, Mercer’s eardrums were broken by a shell explosion and his leg by a bullet. Lieutenant Lyman Gooderham, Mercer’s aide-de-camp, reported that he helped the general to the edge

senior department (later the staff college) of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, suggests a serious interest in his profession. From 1835 to 1840 he was aide-de-camp to his uncle, General Sir

Vaz de Camões. His son, Charles Julius Mickle, immigrated to Canada in 1832, settling north of Guelph, where he established a successful sawmill. Sara was born at Langholm

Head*, articles in the French Canadian press linked his family with that of the celebrated Charles Le Moyne* de

left little time to rest from his harrowing experience. In March 1781 Oliver De Lancey, adjutant general of the British army, requested his help in intercepting Washington’s correspondence, and

 100: a personal ranking of the best players in hockey history (New York, 1984). Charles Mayer, L’épopée des Canadiens de Georges Vézina à Maurice Richard: 46 ans

had served as aide-de-camp to the Marquess of Granby, and both there and at home varied his engineering duties with staff appointments as an assistant quartermaster general

, Reg. of births and baptisms for the parish of Irvine, 26 Sept. 1766. PAC, RG 42, ser.1, 183. “Les dénombrements de Québec” (Plessis), ANQ Rapport, 1948–49: 180. Quebec Gazette

the prince by suggesting that the king might be displeased if Edward took his companion Mme de Saint-Laurent

–2, 687. Dominion annual register, 1883: 342; 1885: 267. J.-J. Lefebvre, “Présidents, Bourse de Montréal, 1874–1959,” BRH, 67 (1961): 57–61. Montreal directory, 1842–43

issue in 19th-century Island politics. Nicolas J. De Jong

negress (1786) by François Malepart* de Beaucourt, George Townshend

1797), with extracts from his journal,” Les bourgeois de la Compagnie du Nord-Ouest (Masson), 1: 265–95, and “The diary of John Macdonell,” Five fur traders of the northwest

j.s.h.b.] ANQ-M, CE1-63, 8 Dec. 1801, 7 Dec. 1804. Les bourgeois de la Compagnie du Nord-Ouest

Archives des sœurs grises (Saint-Boniface, Man.), Chroniques de la Rivière-Rouge, 10 avril 1863, 10 août 1866; Registre des orphelines, 1846–1904, p.11, no.63. PAC, MG 26, A (Macdonald

 May 1867; 19 March, 29 July, 21 Oct., 30 Nov. 1869; 5 Feb., 26 March 1871; 11, 15 April 1874; 8 April 1884; 15 June 1897. N. de B. Lugrin, The

Canada in 1840. The family moved to Manitoba in 1873 when George received a position as a land surveyor. Educated at Winnipeg’s Collège de Saint-Boniface and Manitoba College, McPhillips decided to pursue

operate the Havana Electric Railway and through Mackenzie he became vice-president in 1900 of São Paulo Tramway, Light and Power and in 1904 of Rio de Janeiro Tramway, Light and Power [see

French translation at Saint-Pierre as Préparation et conservation de la morue et du hareng, Ernest Antoine, trad.; it was also reprinted by the Newfoundland Dept. of Marine and Fisheries in 1930

, 3: 18. [F.-A.-F. de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt], “La Rochefoucault-Liancourt’s travels in Canada, 1795, [translated by Henry Neuman] with annotations and strictures by Sir David William

Papineau. He also promoted a school for Anglophone Catholics in the Près-de-Ville district; and, in his capacity as secretary for the committee of stewards of St Patrick’s Church, he was a

d’Irumberry* de Salaberry. By 1827 he was preparing two students for holy orders and apparently laying the basis for a seminary. However, Mountain’s successor as bishop, Charles James

French government awarded him the Croix de Guerre for his leadership in an attack at Bois des Essarts, west of Noyon, on 27 March 1918. In June 1919 he was named a companion of the Order of St

des comtés unis de Prescott et Russell (L’Orignal, 1965). S. J. Gillis, The timber trade in the Ottawa valley, 1806–54 (Can., National Hist. Parks and Sites Branch

De Cosmos. In January 1857 Pemberton played Sir Lucius O’Trigger in Sheridan’s The rivals, one of the first theatrical productions in the colony

, Gordon B. Pattee, decided in 1852 to move their operation to the rich pine lands of the Ottawa valley. They purchased several hydraulic lots on Île de la Chaudière at the Chaudière Falls on the Ottawa

John Vincent* was willing to send the necessary forces from the Niagara peninsula, but when Major-General Francis de

parents immigrated to the Canadas from Ireland after the War of 1812. Never one to do the expected, Arthur ran away from his family and the Petit Séminaire de Montréal at the age of 15 to become a cabin-boy

Swainson, Kingston: building on the past (Westport, Ont., 1988). H. S. de Schmid, Feldspar in Canada (Ottawa, 1916); Mica, its occurrence

the enterprise to his son, who had begun acting as de facto leader, and he and his wife sold their home in St Catharines and moved to Montreal in 1921

and H. K. Ralston (Toronto, 1976), 177–200. John Lutz, “‘The sibilant sound of escaping steam’: the boiler and engine industry as an index of British Columbia’s de-industrialization, 1880–1915

 14, entered McGill College and lived in residence, having won a competition for a scholarship founded by Charles William Grant, Baron de Longueuil

1775, on the eve of the American revolution. During the subsequent campaigning he may have served with Luc de La Corne* and probably met

. The major recipients included St Michael’s Hospital, the House of Providence, Sunnyside Orphanage, and the Society of St Vincent de Paul. From humble beginnings, he had reached the top through

Hagerman*, John Macaulay*, and Charles Grant, Baron de Longueuil, gained him positions of importance, including an appointment as magistrate of

Wolfe*] take the trouble to fight with [Louis-Joseph de Montcalm*]? Was is not to conquer Canada? Was it not to make the Anglo

father, a son of Irish Catholic immigrant settlers, moved his family to Toronto, where he ran a hotel-saloon. Ambrose may have attended St Michael’s College and De La Salle Institute, both in

Smart had joined the 6th Hussars, a militia cavalry regiment in the Eastern Townships. He was promptly commissioned a second lieutenant and assigned to the Clarenceville (Saint-Georges-de-Clarenceville

, or his successors, Amor De Cosmos*, whom Smithe admired, and George Anthony

De Cosmos* is supposed to have said, Sproat was a “man who has forgotten more in one day, than most of us could learn in a lifetime.” Sproat

consistent cheerfulness, his complete disregard of danger and his personal example were undoubtedly instrumental in the success of his Battalion.” He was also awarded the French Croix de Guerre and received a

AC, Montréal, Cour supérieure, déclarations de sociétés, 23 mai 1902, no.46 (North West Cattle Company). ANQ-E, CE1-36, 23 nov. 1843. Canadian Pacific Arch. (Montreal), Van Horne

English rule, 1713–1775,” Canada and its provinces (Shortt and Doughty), XIII, 104–5. Neatby, Quebec, 35. L’Heureux, “L’organisation judiciaire,” Revue générale de droit, 1, 266

, (U.S. interpreter at the Saut de Ste. Marie,) during thirty years residence among the Indians in the interior of North America, ed. Edwin James (New York, 1830; repr