Builders of Canada from Cartier to LaurierJohn C. Winston Company, 1903 - 578 psl. |
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... Canada . Sailing onward still between more gently sloping shores and leaving behind them the grand vista of mountain ... upper portion of the great river , with the rapids and islands , and the chain of sea - like lakes at its eastern ...
... Canada . Sailing onward still between more gently sloping shores and leaving behind them the grand vista of mountain ... upper portion of the great river , with the rapids and islands , and the chain of sea - like lakes at its eastern ...
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... Machar Thomas Guthrie Marquis. FRANCOIS , DUC DE LÉVIS MARSHAL OF FRANCE Second in Command under Montcalm LIEUT . - GENERAL J. GRAVES SIMCOE Lieutenant - Governor of Upper Canada , 1792-96 THE NEW YORK UBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR , LENOX AND ...
... Machar Thomas Guthrie Marquis. FRANCOIS , DUC DE LÉVIS MARSHAL OF FRANCE Second in Command under Montcalm LIEUT . - GENERAL J. GRAVES SIMCOE Lieutenant - Governor of Upper Canada , 1792-96 THE NEW YORK UBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR , LENOX AND ...
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... Upper Ottawa , and that they would have to shoot the rapids on their way down ; and they thus thought it best to wait where they were and to give the Indians a hot reception as soon as their canoes appeared . While debating this matter ...
... Upper Ottawa , and that they would have to shoot the rapids on their way down ; and they thus thought it best to wait where they were and to give the Indians a hot reception as soon as their canoes appeared . While debating this matter ...
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... Upper St. Lawrence - Canadian Adventurers Hope to Discover a Short Passage to the East - The Early Training of Robert de la Salle - His Arrival in Canada - Receives a Land Grant Near the Rapids of St. Louis - Seneca Iroquois Visit La ...
... Upper St. Lawrence - Canadian Adventurers Hope to Discover a Short Passage to the East - The Early Training of Robert de la Salle - His Arrival in Canada - Receives a Land Grant Near the Rapids of St. Louis - Seneca Iroquois Visit La ...
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... Ontario , a second fort at the mouth of the Niagara would command the whole chain of the upper lakes . Most of all , he congratulated himself on having " impressed the Iroquois at once with respect , fear and good - will , " and secured ...
... Ontario , a second fort at the mouth of the Niagara would command the whole chain of the upper lakes . Most of all , he congratulated himself on having " impressed the Iroquois at once with respect , fear and good - will , " and secured ...
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Abbott Alexander Mackenzie American appointed Assembly attack battle began Brant brave Brock Canadian Canadian Pacific Railway canoes career Cartier Champlain chief Church Clergy Reserves colony command Confederation Council death Dominion Egerton Ryerson election Empire enemies England English expedition father force Fort Frontenac France French friends Frontenac George Brown Governor Haliburton House Hudson's Bay Company Huron Indians inhabitants interest Iroquois journey Kingston Lake land Laurier leader Legislative LENOX AND TILDEN Liberal Lord Durham Lord Elgin Lower Canada Loyalists Minister Ministry Montreal Niagara Nova Scotia once Parliament party passed political Premier Province PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR Quebec Railway reached rebellion returned Riel river Royal sailed Salle savages sent ships shore Simcoe Sir Charles Tupper Sir John Macdonald soldiers soon success Tecumseh TILDEN FOUNDATIONS took Toronto troops Upper Canada vessels William Wolfe YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY young
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