Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom
Agnes C. Laut
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CANADA
THE EMPIRE OF THE NORTH
BEING THE ROMANTIC STORY OF THE NEW DOMINION'S GROWTH FROM COLONY TO KINGDOM
BY
BY
AGNES C. LAUT
AUTHOR OF "THE CONQUEST OF THE GREAT NORTH-WEST" "LORDS OF THE NORTH," ETC.
BOSTON AND LONDON GINN AND COMPANY, PUBLISHERS 1909
AUTHOR OF "THE CONQUEST OF THE GREAT NORTH-WEST" "LORDS OF THE NORTH," ETC.
BOSTON AND LONDON GINN AND COMPANY, PUBLISHERS 1909
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
[1]COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF AREAS OF CANADA AND EUROPE
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF POPULATION IN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
BEING THE ROMANTIC STORY OF THE NEW DOMINION'S GROWTH FROM COLONY TO KINGDOM
BY
BY
AGNES C. LAUT
AUTHOR OF "THE CONQUEST OF THE GREAT NORTH-WEST" "LORDS OF THE NORTH," ETC.
BOSTON AND LONDON GINN AND COMPANY, PUBLISHERS 1909
AUTHOR OF "THE CONQUEST OF THE GREAT NORTH-WEST" "LORDS OF THE NORTH," ETC.
BOSTON AND LONDON GINN AND COMPANY, PUBLISHERS 1909
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
[1]COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF AREAS OF CANADA AND EUROPE
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF POPULATION IN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
CANADA
THE EMPIRE OF THE NORTH
CHAPTER I
FROM 1000 TO 1600
VIKING SHIP RECENTLY DISCOVERED.
DIVISION OF THE NEW WORLD BETWEEN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.
A TYPICAL "HOLE IN THE WALL" AT "KITTY VIDDY," NEAR ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND
SEBASTIAN CABOT
Jacques Cartier
WHERE THE FISHER HAMLETS NOW NESTLE, NEWFOUNDLAND
ANCIENT HOCHELAGA. (From Ramusio)
THE "DAUPHIN MAP" OF CANADA, CIRCA 1543, SHOWING CARTIER'S DISCOVERIES
VIKING SHIP RECENTLY DISCOVERED.
DIVISION OF THE NEW WORLD BETWEEN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.
A TYPICAL "HOLE IN THE WALL" AT "KITTY VIDDY," NEAR ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND
SEBASTIAN CABOT
Jacques Cartier
WHERE THE FISHER HAMLETS NOW NESTLE, NEWFOUNDLAND
ANCIENT HOCHELAGA. (From Ramusio)
THE "DAUPHIN MAP" OF CANADA, CIRCA 1543, SHOWING CARTIER'S DISCOVERIES
CHAPTER II
FROM 1600 TO 1607
QUEEN ELIZABETH
THE BOYHOOD OF GILBERT AND RALEIGH. (From the painting by Sir John Millais)
SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT
SIR WALTER RALEIGH
AT EASTERN ENTRANCE TO HUDSON STRAITS
HUDSON COAT OF ARMS
THE FANTASTIC ROCKS OF GASPÉ
SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN
PORT ROYAL OR ANNAPOLIS BASIN, 1609 (From Lescarbot's map)
BUILDINGS ON STE. CROIX ISLAND, 1613 (From Champlain's diagram)
QUEEN ELIZABETH
THE BOYHOOD OF GILBERT AND RALEIGH. (From the painting by Sir John Millais)
SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT
SIR WALTER RALEIGH
AT EASTERN ENTRANCE TO HUDSON STRAITS
HUDSON COAT OF ARMS
THE FANTASTIC ROCKS OF GASPÉ
SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN
PORT ROYAL OR ANNAPOLIS BASIN, 1609 (From Lescarbot's map)
BUILDINGS ON STE. CROIX ISLAND, 1613 (From Champlain's diagram)
CHAPTER III
FROM 1607 TO 1635
PORT ROYAL (From Champlain's diagram)
TADOUSSAC (From Champlain's map)
DEFEAT OF THE IROQUOIS (From Champlain's drawing)
THE ONONDAGA FORT (From Champlain's diagram)
VIEW OF QUEBEC (From Champlain's plan)
QUEBEC (From Champlain's map)
PORT ROYAL (From Champlain's diagram)
TADOUSSAC (From Champlain's map)
DEFEAT OF THE IROQUOIS (From Champlain's drawing)
THE ONONDAGA FORT (From Champlain's diagram)
VIEW OF QUEBEC (From Champlain's plan)
QUEBEC (From Champlain's map)
CHAPTER IV
FROM 1635 TO 1666
SIR WILLIAM ALEXANDER
MAP SHOWING LA TOUR'S POSSESSIONS IN ACADIA
CARDINAL RICHELIEU
MAP OF ANNAPOLIS BASIN
SIR WILLIAM ALEXANDER
MAP SHOWING LA TOUR'S POSSESSIONS IN ACADIA
CARDINAL RICHELIEU
MAP OF ANNAPOLIS BASIN
CHAPTER V
FROM 1635 TO 1650
MADAME DE LA PELTRIE (After a picture in the Ursuline Convent, Quebec)
PIERRE LE JEUNE
GEORGIAN BAY
BRÉBEUF
REMNANTS OF WALLS OF FORT ST. MARY ON CHRISTIAN ISLAND IN 1891
MAP OF THE GREAT LAKES Showing the territory of the Jesuit Huron missions
MADAME DE LA PELTRIE (After a picture in the Ursuline Convent, Quebec)
PIERRE LE JEUNE
GEORGIAN BAY
BRÉBEUF
REMNANTS OF WALLS OF FORT ST. MARY ON CHRISTIAN ISLAND IN 1891
MAP OF THE GREAT LAKES Showing the territory of the Jesuit Huron missions
CHAPTER VI
FROM 1650 TO 1672
A CANADIAN IN SNOWSHOES (After La Potherie)
SAUSON'S MAP, 1656
TITLE-PAGE—JESUIT RELATION OF 1662-1663
THE JESUIT MAP OF LAKE SUPERIOR (From the Relation of 1670-1671)
Charles II
A CANADIAN IN SNOWSHOES (After La Potherie)
SAUSON'S MAP, 1656
TITLE-PAGE—JESUIT RELATION OF 1662-1663
THE JESUIT MAP OF LAKE SUPERIOR (From the Relation of 1670-1671)
Charles II
CHAPTER VII
FROM 1672 TO 1688
PLAN OF MONTREAL IN 1672
LA SALLE'S HOUSE NEAR MONTREAL
KITCHEN, CHÂTEAU DE RAMEZAY, MONTREAL
LAVAL (After the portrait in Laval University, Quebec)
A MAP IN THE RELATION OF 1662-1663 (This map includes Lake Ontario and the Iroquois Country. It shows the relative positions of the Five Nations and Fort d'Orange (Albany). It also gives plans of the forts on the Richelieu and shows their location)
GALINÉE'S MAP OF THE GREAT LAKES, 1669 (The next oldest chart to that of Champlain)
ROBERT DE LA SALLE
OLD PLAN OF FORT FRONTENAC
THE BUILDING OF THE GRIFFON (After the engraving in Father Hennepin's "Nouvelle Découverte," Amsterdam, 1704)
PLAN OF MONTREAL IN 1672
LA SALLE'S HOUSE NEAR MONTREAL
KITCHEN, CHÂTEAU DE RAMEZAY, MONTREAL
LAVAL (After the portrait in Laval University, Quebec)
A MAP IN THE RELATION OF 1662-1663 (This map includes Lake Ontario and the Iroquois Country. It shows the relative positions of the Five Nations and Fort d'Orange (Albany). It also gives plans of the forts on the Richelieu and shows their location)
GALINÉE'S MAP OF THE GREAT LAKES, 1669 (The next oldest chart to that of Champlain)
ROBERT DE LA SALLE
OLD PLAN OF FORT FRONTENAC
THE BUILDING OF THE GRIFFON (After the engraving in Father Hennepin's "Nouvelle Découverte," Amsterdam, 1704)
CHAPTER VIII
FROM 1679 TO 1713
PRINCE RUPERT (After the painting by Sir P. Lely)
MAP OF HUDSON BAY
CONTEMPORARY FRENCH MAP OF HUDSON BAY AND VICINITY
LE MOYNE D'IBERVILLE
PRINCE RUPERT (After the painting by Sir P. Lely)
MAP OF HUDSON BAY
CONTEMPORARY FRENCH MAP OF HUDSON BAY AND VICINITY
LE MOYNE D'IBERVILLE
CHAPTER IX
FROM 1686 TO 1698
FORT FRONTENAC AND THE ADJACENT COUNTRY
WILLIAM OF ORANGE
QUEBEC, 1689
FRENCH SOLDIER OF THE PERIOD
SIR WILLIAM PHIPS
COUNT FRONTENAC (From a statue at Quebec)
CASTLE ST. LOUIS
ATTACK ON QUEBEC, 1690
CASTLE ST. LOUIS, QUEBEC
PLAN OF QUEBEC (after Franquelin, 1683)
LANDING OF IBERVILLE'S MEN AT PORT NELSON (After La Potherie)
CAPTURE OF FORT NELSON BY THE FRENCH (After La Potherie)
FORT FRONTENAC AND THE ADJACENT COUNTRY
WILLIAM OF ORANGE
QUEBEC, 1689
FRENCH SOLDIER OF THE PERIOD
SIR WILLIAM PHIPS
COUNT FRONTENAC (From a statue at Quebec)
CASTLE ST. LOUIS
ATTACK ON QUEBEC, 1690
CASTLE ST. LOUIS, QUEBEC
PLAN OF QUEBEC (after Franquelin, 1683)
LANDING OF IBERVILLE'S MEN AT PORT NELSON (After La Potherie)
CAPTURE OF FORT NELSON BY THE FRENCH (After La Potherie)
CHAPTER X
FROM 1698 TO 1713
CONTEMPORARY MAP (after La Hontan, 1689) (The line shows the French idea of the territory under English control)
HERTEL DE ROUVILLE
CONTEMPORARY PLAN OF PORT ROYAL BASIN
PAUL MASCARENE
CONTEMPORARY MAP (after La Hontan, 1689) (The line shows the French idea of the territory under English control)
HERTEL DE ROUVILLE
CONTEMPORARY PLAN OF PORT ROYAL BASIN
PAUL MASCARENE
CHAPTER XI
FROM 1713 TO 1755
LA VÉRENDRYE'S FORTS AND THE RIVER OF THE WEST (After Jeffery's map, 1762)
MAP PUBLISHED IN PARIS IN 1752 SHOWING THE SUPPOSED SEA OF THE WEST
MAP SHOWING THE SUPPOSED SEA OF THE WEST, WITH APPROACHES TO THE MISSISSIPPI AND GREAT LAKES, PARIS, 1755
WILLIAM PEPPERRELL
RUINS OF THE FORTIFICATIONS AT LOUISBURG
CONTEMPORARY PLAN OF THE ATTACK ON LOUISBURG
FORT PRESENTATION
CONTEMPORARY VIEW OF OSWEGO
GOVERNOR DINWIDDIE OF VIRGINIA
TITLE-PAGE OF WASHINGTON'S JOURNAL
A SKETCH OF THE FIELD OF BATTLE AT BRADDOCK'S DEFEAT
PLAN OF FORT BEAUSÉJOUR
GENERAL MONCKTON
GENERAL JOHN WINSLOW
MAP OF ACADIA AND THE ADJACENT ISLANDS, 1755
SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON
CONTEMPORARY MAP OF THE REGION OF LAKE GEORGE
LA VÉRENDRYE'S FORTS AND THE RIVER OF THE WEST (After Jeffery's map, 1762)
MAP PUBLISHED IN PARIS IN 1752 SHOWING THE SUPPOSED SEA OF THE WEST
MAP SHOWING THE SUPPOSED SEA OF THE WEST, WITH APPROACHES TO THE MISSISSIPPI AND GREAT LAKES, PARIS, 1755
WILLIAM PEPPERRELL
RUINS OF THE FORTIFICATIONS AT LOUISBURG
CONTEMPORARY PLAN OF THE ATTACK ON LOUISBURG
FORT PRESENTATION
CONTEMPORARY VIEW OF OSWEGO
GOVERNOR DINWIDDIE OF VIRGINIA
TITLE-PAGE OF WASHINGTON'S JOURNAL
A SKETCH OF THE FIELD OF BATTLE AT BRADDOCK'S DEFEAT
PLAN OF FORT BEAUSÉJOUR
GENERAL MONCKTON
GENERAL JOHN WINSLOW
MAP OF ACADIA AND THE ADJACENT ISLANDS, 1755
SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON
CONTEMPORARY MAP OF THE REGION OF LAKE GEORGE
CHAPTER XII
FROM 1756 TO 1763
RUINS OF CHÂTEAU BIGOT
PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, OTTAWA
QUEBEC, CHÂTEAU FRONTENAC AND THE CITADEL
THE EARL OF LOUDON
BOSCAWEN
THE SIEGE OF LOUISBURG (From a contemporary print)
AMHERST
THE COUNTRY ROUND TICONDEROGA
GENERAL JAMES WOLFE
BOUGAINVILLE
THE SITE OF QUEBEC AND THE GROUND OCCUPIED DURING THE SIEGE OF 1759
LOUIS JOSEPH, MARQUIS DE MONTCALM
DEATH OF WOLFE (From the painting by Benjamin West)
RUINS OF CHÂTEAU BIGOT
PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, OTTAWA
QUEBEC, CHÂTEAU FRONTENAC AND THE CITADEL
THE EARL OF LOUDON
BOSCAWEN
THE SIEGE OF LOUISBURG (From a contemporary print)
AMHERST
THE COUNTRY ROUND TICONDEROGA
GENERAL JAMES WOLFE
BOUGAINVILLE
THE SITE OF QUEBEC AND THE GROUND OCCUPIED DURING THE SIEGE OF 1759
LOUIS JOSEPH, MARQUIS DE MONTCALM
DEATH OF WOLFE (From the painting by Benjamin West)
CHAPTER XIII
FROM 1763 TO 1812
MAJOR ROBERT ROGERS
NORTH AMERICA AT THE CLOSE OF THE FRENCH WARS, 1763
GENERAL MURRAY, FIRST GOVERNOR OF QUEBEC
SETTLEMENTS ON THE DETROIT RIVER
BOUQUET
RETURN OF THE ENGLISH CAPTIVES (From a contemporary print)
MONTREAL (From a contemporary print)
SAMUEL HEARNE
GENERAL RICHARD MONTGOMERY
MAP OF QUEBEC DURING SIEGE OF CONGRESS TROOPS
SIR GUY CARLETON
BENEDICT ARNOLD
GENERAL HALDIMAND
JOSEPH BRANT
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SIMCOE
MAJOR ROBERT ROGERS
NORTH AMERICA AT THE CLOSE OF THE FRENCH WARS, 1763
GENERAL MURRAY, FIRST GOVERNOR OF QUEBEC
SETTLEMENTS ON THE DETROIT RIVER
BOUQUET
RETURN OF THE ENGLISH CAPTIVES (From a contemporary print)
MONTREAL (From a contemporary print)
SAMUEL HEARNE
GENERAL RICHARD MONTGOMERY
MAP OF QUEBEC DURING SIEGE OF CONGRESS TROOPS
SIR GUY CARLETON
BENEDICT ARNOLD
GENERAL HALDIMAND
JOSEPH BRANT
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SIMCOE
CHAPTER XIV
FROM 1812 TO 1820
CAPTAIN COOK
FORT CHURCHILL, AS IT WAS IN 1777
TOTEM POLES, BRITISH COLUMBIA
CAPTAIN GEORGE VANCOUVER
NOOTKA SOUND (From an engraving in Vancouver's journal)
FORT CHIPPEWYAN, ATHABASCA LAKE (From a recent photograph)
ALEXANDER MACKENZIE
CAUSE OF A PORTAGE
SIMON FRASER
ASTORIA IN 1813
MAP OF THE WEST COAST, SHOWING THE OGDEN AND ROSS EXPLORATIONS
GENERAL SIR JAMES HENRY CRAIG, GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA, 1807-1811
WILLIAM HULL
MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE MILITARY OPERATIONS ON THE DETROIT RIVER
MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE MILITARY OPERATIONS ON THE NIAGARA FRONTIER
GENERAL BROCK
BROCK MONUMENT, QUEENSTON HEIGHTS
YORK (TORONTO) HARBOR
FITZGIBBONS
LAURA SECORD
TWO VIEWS OF THE BATTLE ON LAKE ERIE (From prints published in 1815)
TECUMSEH
DE SALABERRY
SIR GORDON DRUMMOND
MONUMENT AT LUNDY'S LANE
CAPTAIN COOK
FORT CHURCHILL, AS IT WAS IN 1777
TOTEM POLES, BRITISH COLUMBIA
CAPTAIN GEORGE VANCOUVER
NOOTKA SOUND (From an engraving in Vancouver's journal)
FORT CHIPPEWYAN, ATHABASCA LAKE (From a recent photograph)
ALEXANDER MACKENZIE
CAUSE OF A PORTAGE
SIMON FRASER
ASTORIA IN 1813
MAP OF THE WEST COAST, SHOWING THE OGDEN AND ROSS EXPLORATIONS
GENERAL SIR JAMES HENRY CRAIG, GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA, 1807-1811
WILLIAM HULL
MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE MILITARY OPERATIONS ON THE DETROIT RIVER
MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE MILITARY OPERATIONS ON THE NIAGARA FRONTIER
GENERAL BROCK
BROCK MONUMENT, QUEENSTON HEIGHTS
YORK (TORONTO) HARBOR
FITZGIBBONS
LAURA SECORD
TWO VIEWS OF THE BATTLE ON LAKE ERIE (From prints published in 1815)
TECUMSEH
DE SALABERRY
SIR GORDON DRUMMOND
MONUMENT AT LUNDY'S LANE
CHAPTER XV
FROM 1812 TO 1846
SELKIRK
NELSON AND HAYES RIVERS (From Robson)
FORT GARRY, RED RIVER SETTLEMENT
FORT DOUGLAS
SKETCH OF THE CITY OF WINNIPEG, SHOWING THE SITES OF THE EARLY FORTS
RED RIVER SETTLEMENT, 1816-1820
MONUMENT TO COMMEMORATE THE MASSACRE OF SEVEN OAKS
TRACKING ON ATHABASCA RIVER
PLANS OF YORK AND PRINCE OF WALES FORTS
SIR GEORGE SIMPSON, GOVERNOR OF HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY, 1820
JOHN MCLOUGHLIN
SELKIRK
NELSON AND HAYES RIVERS (From Robson)
FORT GARRY, RED RIVER SETTLEMENT
FORT DOUGLAS
SKETCH OF THE CITY OF WINNIPEG, SHOWING THE SITES OF THE EARLY FORTS
RED RIVER SETTLEMENT, 1816-1820
MONUMENT TO COMMEMORATE THE MASSACRE OF SEVEN OAKS
TRACKING ON ATHABASCA RIVER
PLANS OF YORK AND PRINCE OF WALES FORTS
SIR GEORGE SIMPSON, GOVERNOR OF HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY, 1820
JOHN MCLOUGHLIN
CHAPTER XVI
FROM 1820 TO 1867
SIR JOHN SHERBROOKE, GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA, 1816-1818
THE FOURTH DUKE OF RICHMOND, GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA, 1818-1819
WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE
ALLAN McNAB
LOUIS J. PAPINEAU
SIR JOHN COLBORNE, GOVERNOR OF CANADA, 1838-1841
LORD DURHAM, SPECIAL COMMISSIONER TO CANADA, 1838
JOHN A. MACDONALD
FATHERS OF CONFEDERATION, 1867. (From the painting by Robert Hariss)
SIR JOHN SHERBROOKE, GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA, 1816-1818
THE FOURTH DUKE OF RICHMOND, GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA, 1818-1819
WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE
ALLAN McNAB
LOUIS J. PAPINEAU
SIR JOHN COLBORNE, GOVERNOR OF CANADA, 1838-1841
LORD DURHAM, SPECIAL COMMISSIONER TO CANADA, 1838
JOHN A. MACDONALD
FATHERS OF CONFEDERATION, 1867. (From the painting by Robert Hariss)
INDEX
CHAPTER I
FROM 1000 TO 1600
VIKING SHIP RECENTLY DISCOVERED.
DIVISION OF THE NEW WORLD BETWEEN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.
A TYPICAL "HOLE IN THE WALL" AT "KITTY VIDDY," NEAR ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND
SEBASTIAN CABOT
Jacques Cartier
WHERE THE FISHER HAMLETS NOW NESTLE, NEWFOUNDLAND
ANCIENT HOCHELAGA. (From Ramusio)
THE "DAUPHIN MAP" OF CANADA, CIRCA 1543, SHOWING CARTIER'S DISCOVERIES
VIKING SHIP RECENTLY DISCOVERED.
DIVISION OF THE NEW WORLD BETWEEN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.
A TYPICAL "HOLE IN THE WALL" AT "KITTY VIDDY," NEAR ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND
SEBASTIAN CABOT
Jacques Cartier
WHERE THE FISHER HAMLETS NOW NESTLE, NEWFOUNDLAND
ANCIENT HOCHELAGA. (From Ramusio)
THE "DAUPHIN MAP" OF CANADA, CIRCA 1543, SHOWING CARTIER'S DISCOVERIES
CHAPTER II
FROM 1600 TO 1607
QUEEN ELIZABETH
THE BOYHOOD OF GILBERT AND RALEIGH. (From the painting by Sir John Millais)
SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT
SIR WALTER RALEIGH
AT EASTERN ENTRANCE TO HUDSON STRAITS
HUDSON COAT OF ARMS
THE FANTASTIC ROCKS OF GASPÉ
SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN
PORT ROYAL OR ANNAPOLIS BASIN, 1609 (From Lescarbot's map)
BUILDINGS ON STE. CROIX ISLAND, 1613 (From Champlain's diagram)
QUEEN ELIZABETH
THE BOYHOOD OF GILBERT AND RALEIGH. (From the painting by Sir John Millais)
SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT
SIR WALTER RALEIGH
AT EASTERN ENTRANCE TO HUDSON STRAITS
HUDSON COAT OF ARMS
THE FANTASTIC ROCKS OF GASPÉ
SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN
PORT ROYAL OR ANNAPOLIS BASIN, 1609 (From Lescarbot's map)
BUILDINGS ON STE. CROIX ISLAND, 1613 (From Champlain's diagram)
CHAPTER III
FROM 1607 TO 1635
PORT ROYAL (From Champlain's diagram)
TADOUSSAC (From Champlain's map)
DEFEAT OF THE IROQUOIS (From Champlain's drawing)
THE ONONDAGA FORT (From Champlain's diagram)
VIEW OF QUEBEC (From Champlain's plan)
QUEBEC (From Champlain's map)
PORT ROYAL (From Champlain's diagram)
TADOUSSAC (From Champlain's map)
DEFEAT OF THE IROQUOIS (From Champlain's drawing)
THE ONONDAGA FORT (From Champlain's diagram)
VIEW OF QUEBEC (From Champlain's plan)
QUEBEC (From Champlain's map)
CHAPTER IV
FROM 1635 TO 1666
SIR WILLIAM ALEXANDER
MAP SHOWING LA TOUR'S POSSESSIONS IN ACADIA
CARDINAL RICHELIEU
MAP OF ANNAPOLIS BASIN
SIR WILLIAM ALEXANDER
MAP SHOWING LA TOUR'S POSSESSIONS IN ACADIA
CARDINAL RICHELIEU
MAP OF ANNAPOLIS BASIN
CHAPTER V
FROM 1635 TO 1650
MADAME DE LA PELTRIE (After a picture in the Ursuline Convent, Quebec)
PIERRE LE JEUNE
GEORGIAN BAY
BRÉBEUF
REMNANTS OF WALLS OF FORT ST. MARY ON CHRISTIAN ISLAND IN 1891
MAP OF THE GREAT LAKES Showing the territory of the Jesuit Huron missions
MADAME DE LA PELTRIE (After a picture in the Ursuline Convent, Quebec)
PIERRE LE JEUNE
GEORGIAN BAY
BRÉBEUF
REMNANTS OF WALLS OF FORT ST. MARY ON CHRISTIAN ISLAND IN 1891
MAP OF THE GREAT LAKES Showing the territory of the Jesuit Huron missions
CHAPTER VI
FROM 1650 TO 1672
A CANADIAN IN SNOWSHOES (After La Potherie)
SAUSON'S MAP, 1656
TITLE-PAGE—JESUIT RELATION OF 1662-1663
THE JESUIT MAP OF LAKE SUPERIOR (From the Relation of 1670-1671)
Charles II
A CANADIAN IN SNOWSHOES (After La Potherie)
SAUSON'S MAP, 1656
TITLE-PAGE—JESUIT RELATION OF 1662-1663
THE JESUIT MAP OF LAKE SUPERIOR (From the Relation of 1670-1671)
Charles II
CHAPTER VII
FROM 1672 TO 1688
PLAN OF MONTREAL IN 1672
LA SALLE'S HOUSE NEAR MONTREAL
KITCHEN, CHÂTEAU DE RAMEZAY, MONTREAL
LAVAL (After the portrait in Laval University, Quebec)
A MAP IN THE RELATION OF 1662-1663 (This map includes Lake Ontario and the Iroquois Country. It shows the relative positions of the Five Nations and Fort d'Orange (Albany). It also gives plans of the forts on the Richelieu and shows their location)
GALINÉE'S MAP OF THE GREAT LAKES, 1669 (The next oldest chart to that of Champlain)
ROBERT DE LA SALLE
OLD PLAN OF FORT FRONTENAC
THE BUILDING OF THE GRIFFON (After the engraving in Father Hennepin's "Nouvelle Découverte," Amsterdam, 1704)
PLAN OF MONTREAL IN 1672
LA SALLE'S HOUSE NEAR MONTREAL
KITCHEN, CHÂTEAU DE RAMEZAY, MONTREAL
LAVAL (After the portrait in Laval University, Quebec)
A MAP IN THE RELATION OF 1662-1663 (This map includes Lake Ontario and the Iroquois Country. It shows the relative positions of the Five Nations and Fort d'Orange (Albany). It also gives plans of the forts on the Richelieu and shows their location)
GALINÉE'S MAP OF THE GREAT LAKES, 1669 (The next oldest chart to that of Champlain)
ROBERT DE LA SALLE
OLD PLAN OF FORT FRONTENAC
THE BUILDING OF THE GRIFFON (After the engraving in Father Hennepin's "Nouvelle Découverte," Amsterdam, 1704)
CHAPTER VIII
FROM 1679 TO 1713
PRINCE RUPERT (After the painting by Sir P. Lely)
MAP OF HUDSON BAY
CONTEMPORARY FRENCH MAP OF HUDSON BAY AND VICINITY
LE MOYNE D'IBERVILLE
PRINCE RUPERT (After the painting by Sir P. Lely)
MAP OF HUDSON BAY
CONTEMPORARY FRENCH MAP OF HUDSON BAY AND VICINITY
LE MOYNE D'IBERVILLE
CHAPTER IX
FROM 1686 TO 1698
FORT FRONTENAC AND THE ADJACENT COUNTRY
WILLIAM OF ORANGE
QUEBEC, 1689
FRENCH SOLDIER OF THE PERIOD
SIR WILLIAM PHIPS
COUNT FRONTENAC (From a statue at Quebec)
CASTLE ST. LOUIS
ATTACK ON QUEBEC, 1690
CASTLE ST. LOUIS, QUEBEC
PLAN OF QUEBEC (after Franquelin, 1683)
LANDING OF IBERVILLE'S MEN AT PORT NELSON (After La Potherie)
CAPTURE OF FORT NELSON BY THE FRENCH (After La Potherie)
FORT FRONTENAC AND THE ADJACENT COUNTRY
WILLIAM OF ORANGE
QUEBEC, 1689
FRENCH SOLDIER OF THE PERIOD
SIR WILLIAM PHIPS
COUNT FRONTENAC (From a statue at Quebec)
CASTLE ST. LOUIS
ATTACK ON QUEBEC, 1690
CASTLE ST. LOUIS, QUEBEC
PLAN OF QUEBEC (after Franquelin, 1683)
LANDING OF IBERVILLE'S MEN AT PORT NELSON (After La Potherie)
CAPTURE OF FORT NELSON BY THE FRENCH (After La Potherie)
CHAPTER X
FROM 1698 TO 1713
CONTEMPORARY MAP (after La Hontan, 1689) (The line shows the French idea of the territory under English control)
HERTEL DE ROUVILLE
CONTEMPORARY PLAN OF PORT ROYAL BASIN
PAUL MASCARENE
CONTEMPORARY MAP (after La Hontan, 1689) (The line shows the French idea of the territory under English control)
HERTEL DE ROUVILLE
CONTEMPORARY PLAN OF PORT ROYAL BASIN
PAUL MASCARENE
CHAPTER XI
FROM 1713 TO 1755
LA VÉRENDRYE'S FORTS AND THE RIVER OF THE WEST (After Jeffery's map, 1762)
MAP PUBLISHED IN PARIS IN 1752 SHOWING THE SUPPOSED SEA OF THE WEST
MAP SHOWING THE SUPPOSED SEA OF THE WEST, WITH APPROACHES TO THE MISSISSIPPI AND GREAT LAKES, PARIS, 1755
WILLIAM PEPPERRELL
RUINS OF THE FORTIFICATIONS AT LOUISBURG
CONTEMPORARY PLAN OF THE ATTACK ON LOUISBURG
FORT PRESENTATION
CONTEMPORARY VIEW OF OSWEGO
GOVERNOR DINWIDDIE OF VIRGINIA
TITLE-PAGE OF WASHINGTON'S JOURNAL
A SKETCH OF THE FIELD OF BATTLE AT BRADDOCK'S DEFEAT
PLAN OF FORT BEAUSÉJOUR
GENERAL MONCKTON
GENERAL JOHN WINSLOW
MAP OF ACADIA AND THE ADJACENT ISLANDS, 1755
SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON
CONTEMPORARY MAP OF THE REGION OF LAKE GEORGE
LA VÉRENDRYE'S FORTS AND THE RIVER OF THE WEST (After Jeffery's map, 1762)
MAP PUBLISHED IN PARIS IN 1752 SHOWING THE SUPPOSED SEA OF THE WEST
MAP SHOWING THE SUPPOSED SEA OF THE WEST, WITH APPROACHES TO THE MISSISSIPPI AND GREAT LAKES, PARIS, 1755
WILLIAM PEPPERRELL
RUINS OF THE FORTIFICATIONS AT LOUISBURG
CONTEMPORARY PLAN OF THE ATTACK ON LOUISBURG
FORT PRESENTATION
CONTEMPORARY VIEW OF OSWEGO
GOVERNOR DINWIDDIE OF VIRGINIA
TITLE-PAGE OF WASHINGTON'S JOURNAL
A SKETCH OF THE FIELD OF BATTLE AT BRADDOCK'S DEFEAT
PLAN OF FORT BEAUSÉJOUR
GENERAL MONCKTON
GENERAL JOHN WINSLOW
MAP OF ACADIA AND THE ADJACENT ISLANDS, 1755
SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON
CONTEMPORARY MAP OF THE REGION OF LAKE GEORGE
CHAPTER XII
FROM 1756 TO 1763
RUINS OF CHÂTEAU BIGOT
PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, OTTAWA
QUEBEC, CHÂTEAU FRONTENAC AND THE CITADEL
THE EARL OF LOUDON
BOSCAWEN
THE SIEGE OF LOUISBURG (From a contemporary print)
AMHERST
THE COUNTRY ROUND TICONDEROGA
GENERAL JAMES WOLFE
BOUGAINVILLE
THE SITE OF QUEBEC AND THE GROUND OCCUPIED DURING THE SIEGE OF 1759
LOUIS JOSEPH, MARQUIS DE MONTCALM
DEATH OF WOLFE (From the painting by Benjamin West)
RUINS OF CHÂTEAU BIGOT
PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, OTTAWA
QUEBEC, CHÂTEAU FRONTENAC AND THE CITADEL
THE EARL OF LOUDON
BOSCAWEN
THE SIEGE OF LOUISBURG (From a contemporary print)
AMHERST
THE COUNTRY ROUND TICONDEROGA
GENERAL JAMES WOLFE
BOUGAINVILLE
THE SITE OF QUEBEC AND THE GROUND OCCUPIED DURING THE SIEGE OF 1759
LOUIS JOSEPH, MARQUIS DE MONTCALM
DEATH OF WOLFE (From the painting by Benjamin West)
CHAPTER XIII
FROM 1763 TO 1812
MAJOR ROBERT ROGERS
NORTH AMERICA AT THE CLOSE OF THE FRENCH WARS, 1763
GENERAL MURRAY, FIRST GOVERNOR OF QUEBEC
SETTLEMENTS ON THE DETROIT RIVER
BOUQUET
RETURN OF THE ENGLISH CAPTIVES (From a contemporary print)
MONTREAL (From a contemporary print)
SAMUEL HEARNE
GENERAL RICHARD MONTGOMERY
MAP OF QUEBEC DURING SIEGE OF CONGRESS TROOPS
SIR GUY CARLETON
BENEDICT ARNOLD
GENERAL HALDIMAND
JOSEPH BRANT
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SIMCOE
MAJOR ROBERT ROGERS
NORTH AMERICA AT THE CLOSE OF THE FRENCH WARS, 1763
GENERAL MURRAY, FIRST GOVERNOR OF QUEBEC
SETTLEMENTS ON THE DETROIT RIVER
BOUQUET
RETURN OF THE ENGLISH CAPTIVES (From a contemporary print)
MONTREAL (From a contemporary print)
SAMUEL HEARNE
GENERAL RICHARD MONTGOMERY
MAP OF QUEBEC DURING SIEGE OF CONGRESS TROOPS
SIR GUY CARLETON
BENEDICT ARNOLD
GENERAL HALDIMAND
JOSEPH BRANT
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SIMCOE
CHAPTER XIV
FROM 1812 TO 1820
CAPTAIN COOK
FORT CHURCHILL, AS IT WAS IN 1777
TOTEM POLES, BRITISH COLUMBIA
CAPTAIN GEORGE VANCOUVER
NOOTKA SOUND (From an engraving in Vancouver's journal)
FORT CHIPPEWYAN, ATHABASCA LAKE (From a recent photograph)
ALEXANDER MACKENZIE
CAUSE OF A PORTAGE
SIMON FRASER
ASTORIA IN 1813
MAP OF THE WEST COAST, SHOWING THE OGDEN AND ROSS EXPLORATIONS
GENERAL SIR JAMES HENRY CRAIG, GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA, 1807-1811
WILLIAM HULL
MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE MILITARY OPERATIONS ON THE DETROIT RIVER
MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE MILITARY OPERATIONS ON THE NIAGARA FRONTIER
GENERAL BROCK
BROCK MONUMENT, QUEENSTON HEIGHTS
YORK (TORONTO) HARBOR
FITZGIBBONS
LAURA SECORD
TWO VIEWS OF THE BATTLE ON LAKE ERIE (From prints published in 1815)
TECUMSEH
DE SALABERRY
SIR GORDON DRUMMOND
MONUMENT AT LUNDY'S LANE
CAPTAIN COOK
FORT CHURCHILL, AS IT WAS IN 1777
TOTEM POLES, BRITISH COLUMBIA
CAPTAIN GEORGE VANCOUVER
NOOTKA SOUND (From an engraving in Vancouver's journal)
FORT CHIPPEWYAN, ATHABASCA LAKE (From a recent photograph)
ALEXANDER MACKENZIE
CAUSE OF A PORTAGE
SIMON FRASER
ASTORIA IN 1813
MAP OF THE WEST COAST, SHOWING THE OGDEN AND ROSS EXPLORATIONS
GENERAL SIR JAMES HENRY CRAIG, GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA, 1807-1811
WILLIAM HULL
MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE MILITARY OPERATIONS ON THE DETROIT RIVER
MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE MILITARY OPERATIONS ON THE NIAGARA FRONTIER
GENERAL BROCK
BROCK MONUMENT, QUEENSTON HEIGHTS
YORK (TORONTO) HARBOR
FITZGIBBONS
LAURA SECORD
TWO VIEWS OF THE BATTLE ON LAKE ERIE (From prints published in 1815)
TECUMSEH
DE SALABERRY
SIR GORDON DRUMMOND
MONUMENT AT LUNDY'S LANE
CHAPTER XV
FROM 1812 TO 1846
SELKIRK
NELSON AND HAYES RIVERS (From Robson)
FORT GARRY, RED RIVER SETTLEMENT
FORT DOUGLAS
SKETCH OF THE CITY OF WINNIPEG, SHOWING THE SITES OF THE EARLY FORTS
RED RIVER SETTLEMENT, 1816-1820
MONUMENT TO COMMEMORATE THE MASSACRE OF SEVEN OAKS
TRACKING ON ATHABASCA RIVER
PLANS OF YORK AND PRINCE OF WALES FORTS
SIR GEORGE SIMPSON, GOVERNOR OF HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY, 1820
JOHN MCLOUGHLIN
SELKIRK
NELSON AND HAYES RIVERS (From Robson)
FORT GARRY, RED RIVER SETTLEMENT
FORT DOUGLAS
SKETCH OF THE CITY OF WINNIPEG, SHOWING THE SITES OF THE EARLY FORTS
RED RIVER SETTLEMENT, 1816-1820
MONUMENT TO COMMEMORATE THE MASSACRE OF SEVEN OAKS
TRACKING ON ATHABASCA RIVER
PLANS OF YORK AND PRINCE OF WALES FORTS
SIR GEORGE SIMPSON, GOVERNOR OF HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY, 1820
JOHN MCLOUGHLIN
CHAPTER XVI
FROM 1820 TO 1867
SIR JOHN SHERBROOKE, GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA, 1816-1818
THE FOURTH DUKE OF RICHMOND, GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA, 1818-1819
WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE
ALLAN McNAB
LOUIS J. PAPINEAU
SIR JOHN COLBORNE, GOVERNOR OF CANADA, 1838-1841
LORD DURHAM, SPECIAL COMMISSIONER TO CANADA, 1838
JOHN A. MACDONALD
FATHERS OF CONFEDERATION, 1867. (From the painting by Robert Hariss)
SIR JOHN SHERBROOKE, GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA, 1816-1818
THE FOURTH DUKE OF RICHMOND, GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA, 1818-1819
WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE
ALLAN McNAB
LOUIS J. PAPINEAU
SIR JOHN COLBORNE, GOVERNOR OF CANADA, 1838-1841
LORD DURHAM, SPECIAL COMMISSIONER TO CANADA, 1838
JOHN A. MACDONALD
FATHERS OF CONFEDERATION, 1867. (From the painting by Robert Hariss)
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