de l’Est ([Sherbrooke], 1938). B. F. Hubbard, Forests and clearings; the history of Stanstead County, province of Quebec, with sketches of more than five hundred families

the Royal Military Academy in Woolwich (London). In 1865 he joined the Royal Engineers with the rank of lieutenant. He successfully pursued a military career for several years, in 1869 becoming aide-de

militia, Danks’ Rangers, “Capt. Scott’s bill for the rangers of Capt. Danks’s company [7 July 1756–4 Aug. 1757].”. Cinco diarios del sitio de La Habana, ed. A. A

provinces: the social side of the settlement process (Toronto, 1940). “Feu dom Bruno Doerfler, o.s.b.,” Les Cloches de Saint-Boniface (Saint-Boniface, Man.), 18

. Brown, “The St. Lawrence and Industrie Village Railway,” Railway and Locomotive Hist. Soc., Bull. (Boston), 70 (August 1947): 39–43. Albertine Ferland-Angers, “La citadelle de Montréal

). Gazette (Montreal), 1 May 1923. Commission des biens culturels du Québec, Les chemins de la mémoire (3v., Montréal, 1990–99), vol.2 (Monuments et sites historiques du Québec

aide-de-camp. He served the first half of 1808 with the 8th, but by August he was in Quebec, again seconded to Drummond, now second in command in British North America. Evans was later military secretary

the Petit Séminaire de Québec, where he attracted attention by his taste for literature and where he developed his poetic talents. In 1838 Fletcher

BNQ, Soc. historique de Montréal, Coll. La Fontaine, lettres, 300 (mfm. at PAC). Dept. of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (Ottawa), Parks Canada, National Historic Parks and Sites Branch

de Montréal (ville et comtés), 1792–1867 (Montréal, 1943). Davidson, NWC, 1–50. W. S. Dunn, “Western commerce, 1760–1774” (unpublished

d’Arsac* de Ternay]. He recruited 50 volunteers in Conception Bay to serve with Lieutenant-Colonel William Amherst’s expedition to recapture St John’s, and provided boats and small vessels to

Breton colony, 1784–1820” (unpublished phd thesis, University of Ottawa, 1972); “Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres and the founding of Cape Breton colony,” Revue de l

education in the field of medical chemistry, Girdwood gave private lessons to McGill College medical students at his home on Rue de La Gauchetière around 1870. Knowledge of the subject had become

history of court military appointments: Francis Gore’s father, before receiving a West Indian lieutenant governorship in 1763, had served as aide-de-camp to Queen Charlotte’s brother in the Portuguese

opportunity “to clear themselves of having a share in that outrage and to bring to light the Offenders.” Despite the strenuous protest of the Marquis de La Galissonière [Barrin], Governor Shirley backed

. L. E. De Forest (New York, 1932), 235. Massachusetts (Colony), General Court, House of Representatives, Journal (Boston, 1755; repr. 1957), 316. Mass. Hist. Soc., Coll

Rastel* de Rocheblave as proprietor at Pic (Ont.) in 1812, and then took charge of the Athabasca River department in 1813 and the Saskatchewan River department in 1814. He spent 1815–16 in Great

(Scarborough), 1 (1976–77), no.1: 2–4. Henry Scadding, “Some Canadian noms-de-plume identified: with samples of the writings to which they are appended,” Canadian Journal (Toronto), new ser., 15 (1876

*. The Arctic achievements of Dr Hayes were substantial and he received gold medals from the Société de Géographie (Paris) and the Royal Geographical Society (London). Although his observations have been

to send clerical students for training in Lower Canada, assigned Herron to the Séminaire de Nicolet. Faced with a shortage of priests, Lambert sought to have him return to Newfoundland as early as

Beaussier de Lisle on 26 July. Holmes was out-manœuvred by Beaussier, who entered Louisbourg harbour to land supplies desperately needed by the fortress. After a protracted and indecisive

County, thus following in the footsteps of his father. By 1874 he had emerged as de facto leader of the Conservative party. However, a coterie of Conservative politicians felt the party had to be

, Ont. Edmund John Glyn Hooper immigrated with his parents to Quebec City in 1819, and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec from 1831 to 1833. In

Joly de Lotbinière formally objected to his appointment to McBride’s cabinet on the ground of his disgraceful conduct during the previous session. Others suspected that the premier had

chemistry and mineralogy in the Université Laval at Quebec. However, during the years 1864 and 1865, he turned most of his energies to the establishment of the Séminaire de Québec’s museums, and he resigned

little coherence. Ingram could, less incredibly, have walked to some part of the coast north of the Spanish posts scattered from St. Augustine to Santa Elena on Port Royal Sound: in 1568 Dominique de

: 2711; 1890: 1439; 1891: 2413; 1892: 1262. Le Pionnier, 21 juill. 1899. Le Progrès de l’Est (Sherbrooke, Qué.), 14, 18 juill. 1899. Sherbrooke Daily

for many Centurys.” In August 1782 it fell to the Comte de Lapérouse [Galaup], who blew holes in

demanded, including slaves. On 15 July 1797 he sold Abraham and Lucy to Abraham De Peyster* for £60

Mathieson*, and as chief aide-de-camp to three lieutenant governors. During World War I he entered the Canadian Army Medical Corps, and from March 1915 to April 1919 he was in charge of the

Company who held the position of aide-de-camp to the Duke of Wellington before emigrating to the Niagara District of Upper Canada in the 1830s; Dr Arthur Jukes served as an inspector of hospitals in

De Smet, a Jesuit, also sketched the Columbia Indians in 1845. Finally, in 1855 Gustavus Sohon worked among the Flatheads and other tribes east of Walla Walla, sketching some of the

the principal chiefs of the Nootka Indians. In March 1789, while his partner sailed south, trading along the coast as far as Juan de Fuca Strait, Kendrick moved his ship farther up the sound to

De Haven* the previous year by New York merchant Henry Grinnell to search for Franklin. The three ships became locked in ice and Kennedy and Dr Elisha Kent

report of the Montreal Board of Trade, sketches of the growth of the city of Montreal from its foundation . . . (Montreal, 1893). “La pharmacie dans la province de Québec

.), mss DE 11985-130-1–2 (Delta School Board coll.), B/F/1–2 (W. H. Ladner, ledgers). Vancouver Daily World, 2 July 1897: 4. BCHQ, 14 (1950): 113–14. B.C., Legislative

vote for Amor De Cosmos, and sued the printer of the pamphlet, Edward Hammond

(Chicoutimi, Qué., 1999). J.-C. Larouche, Alexis le Trotteur (Montréal, 1971; 2e éd., Chicoutimi, 1987); Alexis le Trotteur: athlète ou centaure? (Saint-Nazaire-de-Chicoutimi, Qué., 1977).

, Royal Navy biography . . . (4v. in 6, and 2v. supp., London, 1823–35), II, pt.2, 544–49. Frégault, La guerre de la Conquête. Stanley, New France

, following his appointment that July as deputy inspector of hospitals, was with Major-General Francis de Rottenburg

Mainville and Charles de Reinhard, had acted on their own initiative. Despite the many allegations against him, Macdonell was allowed by Coltman to

. Mackay presented a brilliant proposal to extend trade from Fort Albany to Portage de l’Isle (near the junction of the Winnipeg and English rivers) and on to Lake Winnipeg, and thus to cut into the heart of

Gazette, 4 Feb. 1808. F.-J. Audet, Les députés de Montréal, 131. F.-J. Audet et Édouard Fabre Surveyer, “Les députés au premier parlement du Bas-Canada: François Malhiot

epidemic of 1781–82, and by Marten’s surrender of York to the French under the Comte de Lapérouse [Galaup

suffered when he was struck ill with peritonitis during the 1895 session. In his absence Whitney became de facto leader. Marter’s role as head was further undermined by his own parliamentary

Robertson*, the principal of Macdonald College at Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Que. Jamie Benidickson

–1820” (unpublished phd thesis, University of Ottawa, 1972), 42–50, 102–15; “Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres and the founding of Cape Breton colony,” Revue de l

1834 he found that the Hawaiians remembered Menzies as the “red-faced man who cut off the limbs of men and gathered grass.” In 1792 at Nootka, while Juan Francisco de la

de Salaberry], as well as the hesitancy and lack of accord among the American commanders, Morrison’s victory of 11 November saved Montreal from attack that year. For his part Morrison received a

), 47–100. René Fumoleau, As long as this land shall last: a history of Treaty 8 and Treaty 11, 1870–1939 (Toronto, [1975?]). [É.-J.-B.-M.] Grouard, Souvenirs de mes