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156 CANADA AND ITS PROVINCESeconomic minerals, 35-43 ;mineral deposits Yukon :position and topography, 585-9 ;(tables), 84-7. St Lawrence Lowlands, 12- hydrography, 589-94 ; geology, 594-600 ;13 their ; geology and economic minerals, climate, 600 ;mean monthly average, 600,43-5. Interior Continental Plain, 13-15 ;its 601 ;diurnal variations in temperature andgeology and economic minerals, 45-9. Hud average dates for some of principal seasonalson Bay Basin and Arctic Archipelago, 15-16 ;events at Dawson City, 601 ; flora, 612-13 ;geology and economic minerals of, 49-50.Cordilleran Region, 16-18 ; geology andfauna, 616-18.Piat, Irenaeus (1594-1674), Recollet. Inviteseconomic minerals of, 50-8 ;mineral de Jesuits to undertake Canadian mission, 2 397.posits (table), 88-90. Rocky Mountains, 18 ; Picard, Lieutenant. Defends the Pres-de-Ville,Gold Ranges, 19 ;Interior Plateaus, 19-20 ; Quebec, 3 91.Pichard, Amable (1752-1819). French priestserving in Maritime Provinces, 11 42.Piche, G. C. On annual cut of forests inQuebec compared with natural growth, 16538-9; 550.Pichon, Thomas (d. 1781). Visits PrinceEdward Island (1752), 13 310.Pickawillany. British post at, captured bythe French, 1 236.Coastal System, 20-2 ; principal rivers andtheir drainage basins, 22-3 ;levels of thelarger lakes, 23 ;freshwater and alkalinelakes, 24 ;divisions of geological time andnames applied to various groups of rocks,25 n. ; glacial and recent geological history,57-63 ;soils of physiographic provinces,63-5 ; geological conditions and settlement,70-4 ; geological conditions and industries,72-4, 97-8 ;flora and its geographical distribution, 75-8 ;fauna and its distribution,79-81 ;chief commercial fish of variousphysical provinces, 90-1.Climate :range of conditions, 9 65 ;sunshine, precipitation, and temperatures, 66 ;summer isotherms, 66-8 ;of Pacific coast,68 ;of northern Cordilleran Region, 68 of;the Continental Plain, 68-9 ;of LaurentianPlateau, 69 ; of Ontario peninsula, 69 ;ofMaritime Provinces, 69-70 ;variations inclimate and rainfall, 98-9. See also below,under the Provinces.Quebec its physical features and mineral:deposits, 16 571-3.Maritime Provinces :topographical andtables), 510-15 ;climatic conditions (withtables), 516-17. Saskatchewan :generaltopography, 541-3 ; principal rivers andwatersheds, 543-4 ;lakes of province, 544 ;altitudes at different points (table), 544-5 ;elevations on Canadian Pacific Railway,545-6 ; climate, summer and winter temperatures, 546, 548 ; average monthly precipitation at sixteen different points for tenyears (table), 547 ; soils, 548-54 ; vegetation, 554-5 ; animals, birds, and fish, 555.Alberta :physical features, 583-4 ; climate,and monthly precipitation averaged from1903 to 1907, 584-6.British Columbia :physical characteristics of fisheries, 22 445-6 ;features and rainfall in forest belt, 487-8 ;Cordilleran beltand its mineral wealth, 555-7.North-West Territories :position andtopography, 639-40 ; hydrography, 640-3 ;climate, 643 ; geology, 644-7 ; vegetation,650-1 ; animals, 651-2.Pickford and Black, Ltd. Engaged in Atlanticcoast and West India trade, 10 562, 616.Pickthall, Marjorie Lowrey Christie (b. 1883).Author of The Drift of Pinions, 12 588.Picton, Ontario. Incorporation of (1837), 18425.Pictou. Values of timber shipments from(1800-20), 13 254-5 ;made a free port,10 559 ; shipbuilding at, 582-3, 13 255.Pictou Academy. Its foundation and progress,13 265, 14 515-16; later history of, 13265.Pidgeon, George Campbell (b. 1872). Convenerof Social Service department of PresbyterianChurch, 11 296.Piegans, Indian tribe. Intercept and turnback David Thompson at Howse Pass, 4 667 ;cede territory, 7 697.Pierard, Germain, Jesuit brother. Teacher ingeological features, 14 638-9. Nova Scotia :its physiographical divisions, 621 ; geological structure, 622 ; geology from an agricultural standpoint, 639-41. New Bruns petite ecole, 16 330.wick its :geology, 641-3. Prince Edward Pierce, Franklin (1804-69), president of UnitedIsland its ; geology, 643-4.States. Arranges reciprocity, 5 241-2 ;andOntario : its climate, 9 69 ; physiography Canadian trade in bond, 9 161.of forest areas, 18 586-8.Pierce, Thomas. Present at mutual abandonPrairie Provinces. Manitoba :topo ment of Nootka, 21 52.graphy, 20 509-10 ; plant food in soils (with Pierron, Father Andr6 (d. 1673). First painterin Quebec, 12 601.Pierson, Nicolas. Organizes Baptist church atHorton, Nova Scotia (1778), 11 354.Pigeon, Francois Xavier (1778-1838). Repudiates authority of Bishop Lartigue, 11 86.Pigmore, actor manager. Visits Canada withhis company (1808), 12 654.Pijart, Pierre (e. 1600-c. 1683). Jesuit, 2 405.Pile, Captain. His account of wreck of transport conveying Acadians to St Malo, 13328-9.Pilote, Francois (1811-86). Founds agricultural school at Ste Anne-de-la-Pocatiere, 16522.Pinchot, Gifford (1863). Forestry expert, 22496, 502.Pinet, Francois (c. 1661-1704), Jesuit. Foundsmission on site of Chicago (1699), 15 77.Pinguet, Jean (1655-1715). Prize-winner atJesuit College, Quebec, 16 372.Pinhey, John Charles (1860-1912). Painter ofallegorical pictures, 12 625.