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extends the boundary line upon the east northward "to the boundary of Hudson's Bay." It would seem from these words that Upper Canada was to extend to the shores of Hudson's Bay. It is extremely doubtful whether the grant to the Hudson's Bay Company included any of the country to the south and west of the Bay. Upon the southern and western shores they, no doubt, had the monopoly of the trade confessedly granted them, but their territorial rights lay within the entrance of the Straits and Bay, which might fairly enough describe the country east of Hudson's Bay, but could not be held to embrace the country lying upon the outside of the line of entrance to the Straits and Bay. No lawyer after the period of the Revolution, in 1688, would hold that the King had power to grant a monopoly of trade, even though he had been sovereign of the country. It is obvious, then, that there was no right of property or government in the Company which this extension of Upper Canada would take away. The Company's rights of property lay in a different direction, and even with regard to the country east of the Bay, 49th George 3rd, c. 27, sec. 14, embraced the country from the St. John's River to the coast of Labrador, northward to Hudson's Straits. This Act, in 1809, severed from Lower Canada this territory, and re-annexed it to Newfoundland. The description embraced territory within the line drawn from Cape Perdrix, though not within the line drawn by De Lisle, which may be taken to be drawn as laid down by the French Plenipotentiaries. But if we grant that it was not intended to go beyond the limits contemplated by the Treaty of Utrecht, the boundary line upon the north-east would be located midway between Fort Abbitibi and Moose or Monsonis Fort; midway between the fort on the Upper Albany and Fort Albany; midway between Lake Winnipeg and Port Nelson.

The limits of the Province of Ontario, then, are, the international boundary upon the south, westward to the Rocky Mountains; the Rocky Mountains, from the international boundary, northward to the most north-westerly sources of the Saskatchewan ; the northern watershed of the Saskatchewan eastward, until it intersects the boundary line midway between Lake Winnipeg and Port Nelson at the mouth of Nelson River; and, upon the north-east the line already indicated, drawn midway between the posts held by England and France just before Canada was ceded to Great Britain.

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existence of never objected to by the English Government or the Hud-
son's Bay Co....

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AIX-LA-CHAPELLE, TREATY OF

provisions of, respecting the Southern boundary of Canada..
ALBANEL, FATHER CHARLES, overland journey of, to Hudson's Bay.

deputed by the Government of Canada to take renewed possession
(See also table of ADDITIONS, &c.)

ALBANY, FORT, captured by the Chevalier de Troyes.

British attack on, repulsed..

retaken by the British

should have been restored to France under Treaty of Ryswick

the only possession of England on Hudson's Bay during the period
ALBANY TRADERS: licensed by the Governor of New York to trade in the North-

West

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1696-1714

143, 154

1685

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ALBANY, TREATY OF, between the Iroquois and the English Colonists
ALGONQUINS, in possession of the shores of Hudson's Bay

they trade with Montreal and Quebec

ALLEGHANY MOUNTAINS: claimed by the French to be the boundary of the

ALOUEZ, REV. CLAUDE, explores Lakes Superior and Nepigon

travels among the Western Sioux

gives for the first time the name of the Mississippi

re-establishes the mission at Chagouamigon.

founds the mission of St. Xavier, (Green Bay)

explores the country around and west of Green Bay

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British possessions

settlement west of, discouraged by the British

Government

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AMERICAN FISHERIES, frequented by Normans, Bretons and Biscayans

1500

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united to Quebec

1774

ASSINIBOINE, RIVER, Fort La Reine built on..

ARBRE CROCHE, L', (near Michillimackinac), early French settlement at

ASSINIPOELLES, (BOINES-BOELS-POLIS) LAKE OF THE, (other name for WINNIPEG)

94

1738

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BETHELL, SIR RICHARD, opinion of, on Hudson's Bay Co's Charter

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BOUNDARIES:-See CANADA; NEW FRANCE; QUEBEC; UPPER CANADA; NORTH-

ERN; SOUTHERN; WESTERN.

BOURBON, FORT, (on the Saskatchewan,) built by Verendrye

1749

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BOURBON, FORT, (on Hudson's Bay.) See NELSON.

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CANADIAN ENTERPRISE IN THE NORTH-WEST, after the Conquest :-
operations of the Fur Traders

many of the French Commandants and their followers remain in the

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permanent establishments made on Lake Athabasca

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operations of the North-West Co

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distribution of population in

proposed explorations by the Government of Upper Canada

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trade of Churchill and York factories cut off by the Canadian establish-

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Le Sueur builds a Fort at, by order of the Governor of Canada
Saint-Pierre in command there, in...
French settlement at, at the Conquest..

1692

8,1

1726

1763

1603

1609

CHAMPLAIN explores and takes possession of the St. Lawrence

of Lake Champlain and the Iroquois country..

of Lakes Erie and Huron and countries adjoining..
prosecutes the fur trade on the Atlantic coast from Boston to the
Bay of Fundy

CHARLES, FORT, (other name for FORT RUPERT).

CHARTERS, English and French, of American territory

rights of natives not recognized in

See also HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY.

CHECOUAN, FORT, (other name for FORT ALBANY).

CHRISTINEAUX INDIANS : inhabited the vicinity of Hudson's Bay

3

2-4, 120, 127

3

130

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COUTURE, SIEUR DE LA, makes an overland journey from Quebec to Hudson's Bay
he takes possession in the name of the French King

CRÊVECŒUR, FORT, (in the Illinois), built by la Salle

CROZAT'S PATENT OF LOUISIANA : terms of

surrendered in.

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CORNE, M. DE LA, appointed to the command of the Post of the Western Sea
CORRUPTION AMONG CANADIAN OFFICIALS..

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Montcalm's opinion as to

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6,28,45

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DABLON, FATHER, overland journey of from Quebec to Hudson's Bay

he returns with a party of Indians of the Bay

he explores the country about Green Bay

DAUPHIN, FORT, (between lakes Manitoba and Winnipeg), built by the French..circ

still occupied in

DELAWARES, settle in the valley of the Ohio....

and are visited by Canadian traders

compelled to leave their ancient possessions

DE REINHARD'S CASE, decision in as to boundaries erroneous
DES GROSSELLIERS: in the region of Lake Winnipeg

visits the Assiniboines

overland journey of, by Nelson River to Hudson's Bay
proposes a trade between Quebec and the Bay by sea

the proposal not entertained by the Canadian or the
French Government

employed by the English.

1666-7126117,

126

126, 130

126

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population of, at the Conquest

1686

1686

93

1687

33

1701

93

.circ

1750

37

94

represented in the Legislature of Upper Canada till after

DISCOVERY, Titles derived from, not recognised by the English Parliament

DISPUTED TERRITORIES on the Southern Boundary of Canada :

the country south of the lakes

Northern and Western New York.

South shore of the Lower St. Lawrence

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( 29, 34, 36-9,

42-4

31, 35, 43-4

grounds of the respective claims of France and England to.
negotiations for determining the differences as to...

DONGAN, COL., (Governor of New York):

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takes possession of the Sioux country by authority of the Governor of
Canada

1679

explores the countries of Lake Superior.

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and between that lake and the sources of the Mississippi

1680

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