Hudson's Bay Company, its maritime trade, 63.
Hundred Years' War, the second, 56.
Hurricane, a ship in a, 120-7.
Iberville, the French naval hero of Canada, 63, 179.
Indians, and whaling, 164.
Jackson, John, engines the first Canadian steamer, 131.
Japan, her naval victory at Tsu-shima, 183.
Jefferys' map of the French dominions in America, 28-9.
'Jemsetgee Cursetgee,' built at Moncton, 80.
Kayaks of the Eskimos, the, 15, 24-5
Kingston, shipping at, 72.
'Konstanz,' longevity of the, 79.
Labrador, British supremacy at, 63, 67.
Lachine Canal, 135.
'Lady Washington,' curious history of the, 73.
Lake Erie, shipping on, 72-73.
Larboard, origin of word, 118.
La Salle, builds the 'Le Griffon,' 60.
'Lasca,' her record trip, 102.
'Le Griffon,' her short career, 60-1, 180.
Leif Ericson, a Norse explorer, 41, 45.
'Lightning,' her record run, 103.
Lloyd's, and Canadian shipping, 77-8; composition and method of, 174-5.
Log, the simplest type of craft, 17-18.
Louisbourg, a universal port of call, 62.
Macdonald, Archibald, his account of Simpson's canoe voyage, 39, 40.
M'Dougall, John, master of the 'Royal William,' 137-8, 142-3.
M'Gillivray, with Simpson at Fort St James, 40.
M'Kay, Donald, a shipbuilder of Boston, 103.
Mackenzie, Alexander, his achievement with a canoe, 16-17.
Mackenzie, a shipbuilder at Pictou, 79-80.
Mackinaw boat, the, 37.
Marine and Fisheries Department in Canada, 175-7.
Marine insurance, 173-5.
'Mary,' her cargo to and from Quebec, 64-5.
Mercantile marine, importance of, 12.
Molson, John, owner of the first Canadian steamer, 130-1, 132-3; his
first tender to supply steamer transport for military purposes, 133-4.
Monroe Doctrine, the, 186.
Montreal, position of, 2; furs collected at, 71.
Nantucket Island, British whaling at, 58.
Nascaupees, and the fur trade, 33.
Naval architecture, improvement of, 66.
Naval history, ignorance concerning, 13-14.
Navigation laws, the, 68-9; repealed, 74.
New Brunswick, shipbuilding in, 75-6.
Newfoundland, 2; in relation to Canada, 5; and knowledge of the sea,
12; boats of various countries at, 51; British supremacy at, 63, 64;
fisheries of, 155, 157-8.
New France, nautical history of, 54 note; nautical advantages of, 58.
New Zealand, and the British Navy, 183, 185.
Norsemen. See Norwegians.
Norway House, field headquarters of the Hudson's Bay Company, 38, 39.
Norwegians, seamanship of, 12, 44-5; and whaling, 168-9.
Nova Scotia, shipbuilding in, 75; whalers of, 165. See Bluenose craft.
'Ontario,' founders in Lake Ontario, 71, 135.
Oomiak, the Eskimo cargo boat, 25.
Paddling, the art of, 34.
Paddock, Ichabod, a whaling master at Cape Cod, 58.
'Parisian,' the first steamer to be fitted with bilge keels, 148.
'Pelican,' d'Iberville's ship, 63.
Perel, Captain John, his ship wrecked in attempt to establish trade
with New France, 64.
Pett, Phineas, ship designer, 56.
'Phoenix,' her record, 136.
Pont-Grave, builds two vessels in Canada, 59.
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