the Washington then sailed on a trading cruise, ranging the coast from Juan de Fuca Strait to Bucareli Bay (Alaska), and proving the insularity of the Queen Charlotte Islands. When he

, and he had them driven to the nearby Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue mission. On 9 May the forces of Major-General Frederick Dobson

Lynch*, a fellow Irishman, he was sent to study philosophy and theology at the Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière in Quebec. He taught English and belles-lettres at the college and earned a

able to get things done because of these numerous roles. In 1866, for instance, he used his position as commissioner of the land company and as the de facto owner of the major source of water-power in

 1813 [see Charles-Michel d’Irumberry* de Salaberry] and commanded the Boucherville battalion of militia after

Acadia Univ., Vaughan Memorial Library, Esther Clark Wright Arch. (Wolfville, N.S.), John Frederic Herbin fonds. Centre d’Études Acadiennes, Univ. de Moncton, N.-B., Fonds Placide Gaudet, 1.70-8. LAC, MG

Bernard-Anselme d’Abbadie de Saint-Castin, who were daily awaiting supplies in order to attack the fort. Hobby soon received news that Sir Hovenden

canadien de l’Exposition de Paris (Montréal, 1855); and A review of the proceedings of the Reform Convention, held in the St. Lawrence Hall, Toronto, 9th November, 1859

Murray was instrumental in securing for him the lease of the post of Mingan from Jacques de Lafontaine* de Belcour. Isbister got

Joseph received a thorough training in the principles and traditions of the Jewish faith from his parents, but little is known of his formal education except that he attended the Académie de Berthier where

État Civil de la Ville de Genève to Marie-Alice Voruz, 2 mars 1896, and to Eugene Lafleur, 7 mars 1896. Gazette (Montreal), 30 April 1930. Montreal Daily Star

teaching and managing of a school. School visitors Jacob De Witt* and Louis-Michel

.–1 Oct. 1889. Le Journal de Québec, 20–26 sept. 1889. Quebec Morning Chronicle, 20, 26 Sept. 1889. Toronto World, 20 Sept.–1 Oct

Permanent Building Society; his mother was of Scottish background. Known to his friends as Louis, Lessard was educated at the Collège Saint-Thomas in Montmagny and the Académie Commerciale de Québec

college drag-hunt. Lipsett’s first staff appointment was with the British army in southern Africa from March 1905 to the end of February 1907. He returned to England as an aide-de-camp to Major-General

.” Ostensibly to assist in that purpose, Lockwood appointed himself as Leonard’s civil aide-de-camp and inspecting field officer, as well as acting secretary. On 25 May he attempted to disseminate Leonard’s

Arch. du Diocèse de Bathurst, N.-B., Groupe II/1 (fonds James Rogers), Mother M. Josephine to Bishop Rogers, 19 Aug. 1865. Arch. of the Archdiocese of Halifax, St Mary’s (Halifax

Rigaud de Vaudreuil reported to Paris that the Abenaki orators – probably Mog and Wowurna – asked him whether they could count on the French, whom they had always aided in time of need

expiration of twelve months a title page and index will be added gratis to form an annual volume.” The paper sold for one guinea annually, to be paid half yearly. The French edition, Le Courier de

McGill College in 1880, he was commissioned a notary on 7 Oct. 1881. He established a partnership with Albert Clarence Lyman in 1882 but the following year was invited by William de Montmollin Marler

, 28 oct. 1892. Le Progrès de l’Est (Sherbrooke, Qué.), 15, 28 oct. 1892. Cyclopædia of Canadian biog. (Rose and Charlesworth), 2: 448. L.-P. Demers, Sherbrooke

: fantasies of feminine evil in fin-de-siècle culture (New York, 1986) are but three publications which supplement the catalogue in this area.  d.w

missionary at Drummondville (1827–31) and subsequently served as pastor at Montebello in the Ottawa valley (1831–33), at Sainte-Martine, near Valleyfield (Salaberry-de-Valleyfield) (1833–39), and at La Prairie

, 42/135. “Les dénombrements de Québec” (Plessis), ANQ Rapport, 1948–49: 104, 154, 213. “Les Grant de Longueuil,” J.-J. Lefebvre, édit., ANQ Rapport, 1953–55: 133. [James Jeffry

; exhibitions and members, 1880–1979, comp. E. de R. McMann (Toronto, 1981). Wallace, Macmillan dict. F. D. Adams, A history of Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal

. With the exception of a brief interval in 1870, when he worked for journalist and politician Amor De Cosmos* at the Victoria Daily

was transferred to the Upper Lakes. In 1764 he became the first person since René-Robert Cavelier* de La Salle in 1679

ANQ-M, CE1-63, 23 juill. 1769, 18 juin 1777. Arch. paroissiales, Ste-Anne-de-Michilimackinac (Mackinac Island, Mich.), reg. de baptêmes, mariages et sépultures, 1695–1821. Bayliss Public

Esson*, and the Petit Séminaire de Montréal. While in school he met many of the influential figures, including George-Étienne Cartier

critique de législation et de jurisprudence du Canada. Towards the end of his life he gave financial support to David Russell Jack* in

Chief Trader William Fraser Tolmie. Later that same year he crossed Juan de Fuca Strait to Fort Victoria

rheumatism that he was unable to go down to Moose in March 1783 to consider company policy after the capture of York and Prince of Wales’s Fort by the Comte de Lapérouse

 November he entered into partnership with Louis-Eugène Blais, grocer, and Louis de Gonzague Vallerand, master ship-carpenter, under the name Pierre Valin et Compagnie. Vallerand was to take charge of the

character [was] more solidified.” Vincent’s visits to neglected missions took him to Little Whale River (Petite Rivière de la Baleine, Que.) and Great Whale

met Paul Marin* de La Malgue at the Rock River (Ill./Wis.) “to deliver up our bodies” in apology for the recent killing of two

*. Wilcocke’s other works include Report of the trials of Charles de Reinhard and Archibald M’Lellan, for murder . . . (Montreal, 1818); Report of the proceedings connected with the

. In 1905 the Armingtons returned to Europe for further instruction. They briefly enrolled at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris and later they attended the Académie Julian, in classes

 Gua* de Monts and Samuel de Champlain* in 1604. By establishing which of the three rivers referred to as the St Croix was in fact

included Horatio Gates* and Jabez Dean De Witt; Thomas Torrance’s and David Munn’s Caledonia; the Telegraph from Montreal; the

novelist. In March 1935 she learned that she had been elected to the Institut de France, and in May that year she received a letter from Prime Minister Richard Bedford

British defeat at Falkirk, Scotland. He was shortly afterwards made aide-de-camp to Lieutenant-General Henry Hawley. In this capacity he took part in the battle of Culloden (16 April 1746), and may or

Augustin Mottin de La Balme, during his abortive raid on Detroit, referred to Adhémar as a “dangerous man,” deeply committed to the British cause

Utenünk. Pa. Hist. Soc. (Philadelphia), Christian Frederick Post journal, 1760. Coll. des manuscrits de Lévis (Casgrain), XI, 95–96. Colonial records of Pa. (Hazard

, 1924). G. P. de T. Glazebrook, A history of transportation in Canada (Toronto, 1938). W. B. Hamilton, “Education, politics and reform in Nova Scotia, 1800–1848

of America (London, 1815; repr. [Saint-Lambert, Que., 1973]). C. P. De Volpi and P. H. Scowen, The Eastern Townships: a pictorial record; historical prints and

d’urbanisme de Montréal, Bulletin d’information, 4, [Montréal], 1966), 10. M.-C. Daveluy, “Un Canadien éminent: Raphaël Bellemare (1821–1906),” RHAF, XII (1958–59), 539–40.

PAC, MG 19, C1, 51. PAM, HBCA, B.39/a/1–5; B.224/c/1: f.2d. Les bourgeois de la Compagnie du Nord-Ouest (Masson), vol.1. HBRS, 1 (Rich). Samuel Hearne, A journey from Prince

. Further honours followed this expedition, among them the gold medal of the Société de Géographie de Paris and a knighthood on 18 March 1839. Although Back was now only 40 years old, this voyage

. Quebec Gazette, 28 Nov. 1799. F.-J. Audet, Les députés de Montréal. Borthwick, Hist. and biog. gazetteer. E. [O.] Clark Watson, Loyalist Clarks

and in the Desjardins Canal Company. He also made a £1,000 loan to the firm of the merchant Quetton* de Saint-Georges, in which John