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
=Chartier de Lotbinière, Eustache Gaspard Michel.= =Dr= Advised in
connection with question of Canadian laws, 63, 68; elected Speaker of
the Assembly, 277.
=Chartier de Lotbinière, René Louis.= =L= Appointed to Sovereign
Council, 166. =F= Member of the Sovereign Council, 106.
=Charton, François.= =Ch= Jesuit, 152; returns to France, 208.
=Chastes, Aymar de.= =Ch= Governor of Dieppe, obtains charter for
colonization of Canada, 8; suggests that Champlain should visit Canada,
9; death of, 9. =F= Trading patent granted to, 3; his death, 5.
=Château de Ramezay.= At Montreal. =Index=: =Hd= Purchased for
government house, 186; belonged to William Grant, 186. =BL= Government
offices in, during Elgin's governorship, 325.
=Château Haldimand.= At Quebec. =Index=: =Hd= Foundation stone laid by
Haldimand, 344; used as school in connection with Laval University until
1892, then pulled down, 344.
=Château St. Louis.= At Quebec. Commenced by Governor de Montmagny,
1647, and completed by his successor, D'Ailleboust. Demolished, 1694,
and rebuilt with new wing. Enlarged, 1723; and in 1808 renovated and
again enlarged, by government of Lower Canada. Up to the close of French
régime, it was the official residence of the governors of Canada; and
after the cession, their British successors continued to occupy the
building. It was destroyed by fire, 1834. The Château Frontenac hotel
now stands immediately back of the site of the Château St. Louis, which
occupied part of what is now Dufferin Terrace. _See_ Habitation de
Québec. =Index=: =F= Construction begun, 15. =Bk= Description of, 90;
occupied by Sir James Craig, 90. =Hd= Governor's residence at Quebec,
169, 222, 304, 314; balls at, 223; wing added by Haldimand named in his
honour, 344. =Bib.=: Gagnon, _Le Fort el la Château St. Louis_; Doughty,
_Fortress of Quebec_; Douglas, _Old France in the New World_.
=Châteaufort, Marc Antoine Bras-de-fer de.= =F= Interim governor after
death of Champlain, 27.
=Châteauguay.= Battle in War of 1812, Oct. 26, 1813. The stream from
which the battle took its name, rises in Franklin County, New York, and
falls into the St. Lawrence a few miles above Caughnawaga. The scene of
the battle was about six miles above the confluence of the English with
Châteauguay River. Hampton was in command of the Americans, and De
Salaberry commanded the Canadian troops, with Colonel Macdonell in
charge of the reserves. Although the former had an overwhelmingly
superior force, the result of the battle was in favour of the Canadians;
and the contemplated attack on Montreal was abandoned. The battle was
won by French-Canadian militia under a French-Canadian commander. _See
also_ War of 1812; Salaberry. =Bib.=: Lucas, _Canadian War of 1812_;
Lighthall, _An Account of the Battle of Chateauguay_; Macdonell, _The
Early Settlement and History of Glengarry in Canada_; Kingsford,
_History of Canada_.
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