Volume 23 - Section XII - ElectricCanadian.com

GENERAL INDEXBeasley, Richard. Sells land on Grand Riverto Mennonites, 17 47.Beatty, J. W. (b. 1862). Canadian artist, 12 618,631.Beaubien, Jean Baptiste (b. c. 1785). Establishes village on site of Chicago, 15 77.Beaubien, Jean Louis (1787-1863). Missionarypriest in Prince Edward Island, 11 42.Beaubien, Louis (1837-1915). Quebec cabinetminister (1892), 15 207.Beauchatel, Colonel. Mortally wounded onPlains of Abraham, 1 306.Beauchemin, Neree (b. 1851). French-Canadianpoet, 12 469.Beaucourt, de (b. 1735). First native Canadianpainter to study art in France, 12 601.Beauharnois, Charles, Marquis de (1670-1749),governor of New France (1726-47). Favoursa Jesuit college at Montreal, 16 385 ; opposessettlers leaving for New Orleans, 15 58 ;claims jurisdiction over Iroquois, 2 3*69 ;favours Western exploration, 11 117 ;favoursLa Verendrye s schemes, 1 118, 135; ondeterioration of Canadian troops, 2 371 ;states that there is no check on notes incirculation, 519.Beauharnois Canal. Its construction andsupersession, 10 512.Beaujeu, Captain de. Killed at Fort Duquesne,1 241.Beaujeu, de. Attempts to surprise Americanguard at Point Levis, 3 96.Beaumont, professor in King s College. Supports Baldwin s university bill at collegecouncil, 18 372.Beaupoil, Gui de. French Emigre, settles inCanada and returns, 17 55.Beaupoil, Marquis de. See Sainte-Aulaire.Beauport. Seigniory of, granted to RobertGifiard (1634), 2 325; proposal to set upcourt at, 325 ; passes to Juchereau de StDenis, 2 557.Beaux Hommes (probably Crow Indians), 1 127.Professor in King sBeaven, James (1801-75).College, Toronto, 18 364 ; attacks Baldwin suniversity bill, 367 ;his protest at collegecouncil, 373.Beaven, Robert. One of fathers of Confederation in British Columbia, 21 171 n. ;in firstlegislative assembly, 180 ;an opponent ofChinese labour, 253 ; commissioner of Landsand Works, 183 ;199 ;minister ofand the secession address,Finance and Agriculture,202 ; premier, 208 ; declines to form aministry, 223.Beaver. (1) Lake Erie schooner built (1763),10 485 ; employed at siege of Detroit, 3 61.(2) First steam vessel on North Pacific, 10569, 21 69, 77-8, 150.Beaver 2nd. Lake vessel, 10 486.Beaver Dam. Battle of, 3 242-3.Beaver Lake. Fort built on, by AlexanderHenry the Elder, 4 646.Beaver Line. Shipping company established(1876), 10 610 ;its routes and fleet, 611, 14429 ; liquidation and successive owners of,10 612.Beaverton. Lakes freighter, 10 557.Becancour, Rene Robineau de (1629-99).Created Baron de Portneuf (1681), 2 669.Becerra, Diego, Spanish explorer. Slain by hispilot, 21 14.Beck, Sir Adam (6. 1857). In provincialcabinet of Ontario (1905), 17 184 ; chairmanof Niagara Falls Power Commission, 18 477,478.Beck, Nicholas Du Bois Dominic (b. 1857).Vice-chancellor of University of Alberta, 20501 ; Alberta and Great Waterways RailwayInquiry commissioner, 19 277.Beckwith, John A. Provincial secretary ofNew Brunswick, 14 418.Beckwith, Nehemiah. Defeated in SunburyCounty, 13 164.Bedard, Antoine. Missionary priest in New-Brunswick, 11 42.Bedard, Avila, of the Quebec Forestry Service,16 550.Bedard, Elzfcar (1799-1849). First mayor ofQuebec, 15 304 ; moves adoption of NinetytwoResolutions, 3 317.Bedard, Jean Baptiste Charles (1765-1825),Sulpician. Missionary at Kingston, 11 26.Bedard, Pierre Stanislas (1762-1829). First todemand ministerial responsibility, 15 10 ;contributes to Le Canadien, 12 443 ; hisarrest and imprisonment, 3 164, 4 476 ;raised to the bench, 3 276.Bedard, Theophile Pierre ( 1 844- 1 900 ).French-Canadian historian, 12 459.Bedout, Admiral (b. 1751). French-Canadianadmiral, 15 11.Beebe, George W. Provincial secretary ofBritish Columbia, 21 226.Beecher, Jonathan. Loyalist refugee, 13 237.Beechey Island. Franklin passes winter (1845-46) at, 5 296.Begbie, Sir Matthew Baillie (1819-94). Firstchief justice of British Columbia (1870-94),21 147, 150, 22 390 ;his services, 391 ;anecdote of, 391 ;and the M c Gowan riots,21 153.Begg, Alexander (1824-1904). Author of aHistory of British Columbia, 12 504.Begg, Alexander (1840-98). Author of workson the North-West, 12 504.Begging, forbidden in New France, 2 353 ; idlersand sturdy beggars, 507.B6gin, Louis Nazaire (b. 1840). Roman Catholicbishop of Chicoutimi, 11 109 ; archbishop ofQuebec, 106.Begon, Michel, Sieur de la Picardiere (1674-1740), intendant of New France (1710-26).Asked to furnish evidence restricting boundaries of Acadia, 2 365 ;and Lake St Pierre-Lachine canal, 10 504 ; his control overIndians, 2 368.Belaine, Cape Breton. Scottish settlementformed at (1629), 13 38.Belcher, Sir Edward (1799-1877). LeadsFranklin search expedition (1852), 5 303.Belcher, Jonathan, jr. (1711-76), chief justiceof Nova Scotia (1754-76). Ceremonies attending his installation, 13 87 ; his influencein establishing representative government,103, 14 440-1 ; acting governor, 13 108, 118.