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CANADA AND ITS PROVINCESFrobisher, Thomas (1744-88). Co-operates intrade with Alexander Henry the Elder, 4 542 ;joins Henry s expedition, 645-6 ; partner inNorth-West Company, 543.Frog Lake. Massacre by Indians at, 7 599,11 170.Frolic. British ship defeated in War of 1812,13 257.Frontenac, Louis de Buade, Comte de Palluauet de (1620-98), governor of New France(1672-82, 1689-98). Summons the threeestates, 1 6, 2 347 ;favours acquisition ofwinter port, 348 ; policy one of expansion,352, 15 48-9 ; concerned in illicit trading,2 484; recalled (1682), 350; returns asgovernor, 357 ; repels Iroquois raids, 358 ;defends Quebec against Phips, 358 ; urgesmeasures of defence, 360 his ;proposedrepresentation of Tartuffe banned, 16 372 ;and frenchification of Indians, 15 43 ;grants seigniories, 52-3.Frontenac. (1) First Canadian steamboat onLake Ontario, launched at Ernestown (1816),10 496 ; burnt by incendiaries, 497. (2)Toronto-Kingston steamboat, a noted cutterof rates, 10 538, 540.Frozen Strait. William Baffin at, 1 157 ;exploration of, 197.Fruit-growing. Development of in Dominion,7 676, 9 120, 182-3. Nova Scotia :historyof industry, 14 654-6 ; export (1911), 655 ;co-operative shippers associations, 656-7 ;542 ; opposed to surrender of western postsfruit experiment station established, 657. to United States, 542-3New relative ;cheapnessBrunswick, 667. Prince Edward of furs at different centres, 9 285 ; geologicalIsland, 662-3. Ontario : its expansion, 18 conditions and, 9 72-4. British Columbia :566-7, 578. Production of an apple thatwill grow in Prairie Provinces, 7 668. Maniits beginning, 21 27 ;first voyages to westcoast, 30-9 ;in Russian hands, 241-2 ; earlytoba, 20 531-2. Suitability of Alberta for, English traders, 243-4 ;and imperial ex591. British Columbia :expansion of area pansion, 243-5, 249-50 ; the sea-otter, 247-8 ;devoted to, 9 243 ; government aid in, 549- made possible by fish wealth of estuaries,550 ;causes inflation of land values, 22 550. 22 446 its ; present position, 21 249. SeeFrul, Peter. Signs loyalist petition (1787), 17 39. also CompanyFry, Henry. Member of New France ; Company ofof Council of Public the West Indies ;Hudson s Bay Company ;Instruction of Quebec, 16 491.North-West Company ;Coureura de boia ;Frye, Joseph, major. Permits Acadians to Indians ; Liquor Traffic.winter at Fort Cumberland, 13 114.Fur Trader. Lake Superior vessel, wreckedFulford, Francis (1802-68). Anglican bishop of (1812), 10 490.Montreal (1850-68), 11 220.Furnace. Ship sent on expedition in search ofFuller, Francis. Murderer of Bishop Seghers, North-West Passage (1742), 1 197.11 177-8.Furness, Withy and Company, 10 615.Fuller, Valancey E. A supporter of reciprocity, Fury. One of Parry s ships in Arctic expedi6 109.tion of 1821, 4 685.Fulton, Frederick John (b. 1862). Provincial Fyfe, R. A. (1816-78). His services to thesecretary of British Columbia, 21 231 ; Baptist Church, 11 368.attorney-general, 232 ; resigns on railway Fyshe, Thomas (1845-1911). Member of Civilpolicy, 233 ;member of Forestry Commis Service Commission of Inquiry (1907), 6 163.sion (1909), 22 496.Fundy, Bay of. Entered by Stephen Gomez,1 26 ; fishing privileges in conceded toUnited States, 8 687-9.Funter, Robert. Visits Queen Charlotte Sound,2139.Fur Trade. Begun as auxiliary of fishingtrade, 1 26, 2 447 ;financial basis of exploration, 1 48 ; supersedes discovery ofNorth-West Passage as object of exploration,159 ; diverts coloi.ai.ts from agricultural andindustrial pursuits, 10, 2 317-18, 351, 460,476-7, 15 54, 59 ;number of skins exportedannually to France by Companies of Rouenand de Caen, 2 452 ; only article of export,474; exports (1718-58), 15 65-6; price offurs fixed by council, 2 331 ; chief articlesof barter, 447-8 ; rivalries cause inter-tribalwars, 1 64 ; profits to be devoted to expenses of government, 2 329 ; exaggeratedexpectations as to its gains, 483 ; arresteddevelopment of, through Iroquois raids, 169 ;French monopoly broken, 79 ;taxeson rnoose and beaver skins, 2 462 ; mooseskins at market price made legal tender, 480 ;decline in trade (1683-85), 495 ; issue ofgovernment licences, 494 ; renewal of licencesystem, 502 ; failure of issue of tradinglicences, 503 ; causes of its diversion toEnglish and Dutch, 472-3, 486, 493 ; preventive measures against smuggling furs,466 ; dependence of colony on, 1 171, 2 494 ;handicapped by having only one market,493 ; presents to Indians returned in furs,506 ;its fascinations, 541-2 ; French interestin, threatened by Cession, 3 55 ; regulationsfor control (1767), 4 525-6 ; during firstyears of British rule, 526-7 ;its diversion toLake routes, 532 ; proposed prohibition ofexport of peltry into United States, 534 ;opposition to restrictions, 541 ;indebtednessof western traders to Montreal merchants,542 relative ; trading by alternative routes,Gabriel. Ship of Bering s first expedition, 2139.Gadois, Pierre (d. 1667). One of first habitants of Montreal, 16 507.Gage. Lake warship, 10 488.Gage, Thomas (1721-87), British general.Lieutenant-governor at Montreal, 3 23 ;commander-in-chief at New York, 32, 68 ;disavows Bradstreet s treaties with Indians,69 ; requests two regiments from Canadiangarrison, 107.