The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History
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The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History
Canada -- Biography; Canada -- History
=Chabot, J.= (1807-1860). Born at St. Charles, Bellechasse, Lower
Canada. Studied law and practised in Quebec. Sat in the Assembly for
Quebec, 1843-1850; for Bellechasse, 1851-1854; and for Quebec,
1854-1856. Became chief commissioner of public works, 1849, and again in
1852; government director of the Grand Trunk, 1854; and Seigniorial
Tenure commissioner the same year. Appointed judge of the Superior Court
of Lower Canada, 1856. =Index=: =E= Commissioner of public works, 1853,
126; and again in coalition ministry, 1854, 141; votes against
secularization of the Clergy Reserves, 164; commissioner under
Seigniorial Tenure law, 186. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel. Can._; Dent, _Last
Forty Years_.
=Chalmers, Thomas.= =R= Offered, but declines, charge of educational
policy in Upper Canada, 37.
=Chamberlain, Joseph= (1836- ). British statesman. =Mc= Justifies Upper
Canada Rebellion, 29, 30. =Bib.=: _Who's Who_.
=Chambers, Captain.= =Bk= Sent to Moraviantown to oppose enemy, 219,
235; in command of 2d Brigade, 247.
=Chambly, Jacques de.= An officer of the Carignan Regiment; built Fort
St. Louis, on the Richelieu, 1665, and given its command. In 1672 the
seigniory of Chambly granted to him. Succeeded De Grandfontaine as
governor of Acadia; transferred to Grenada; and later to Martinique,
where he died. =Index=: =F= Appointed governor of Acadia, 90, 269; taken
prisoner to Boston and there set at liberty, 269; again governor, 270;
governor of Grenada (W. I.), 270. =Bib.=: Sulte, _Régiment de Carignan_
(R. S. C., 1902).
=Chambly.= Fort, otherwise known as St. Louis, on the Richelieu. Built
by Jacques de Chambly, 1665. =Index=: =F= Fort erected at, 51. =Dr=
Captured by Montgomery, 99; abandoned, 146. =L= Fort erected at, 53.
=Hd= Weak defences of, 134.
=Champdoré.= =Ch= Carpenter to De Monts's expedition, 22.
=Champlain, Antoine.= =Ch= Father of Samuel Champlain, 1.
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