=Beaudoncourt, Jacques de.= =L= On the brandy question, 39; his account of escape of Gannentaha mission, 66. =Beauharnois, Charles, Marquis de= (1670-1749). Entered French navy, 1686, and rose to the rank of admiral in 1748. In 1726 appointed governor of New France, which position he held until 1747. Took a deep interest in Western exploration, and was a firm friend of La Vérendrye. =Bib.=: Parkman, _Half Century of Conflict_; Roy, _Intendants de la Nouvelle-France_ (R. S. C., 1903). [Illustration: Monument to Laura Secord, Lundy's Lane] =Beauharnois, François de= (1665-1746). Born in France. Became intendant of New France in 1702 and held the position until 1705. In 1707 granted the barony of Beauville. Appointed intendant de l'armée navale, 1706; intendant of marines, 1710; intendant générale des armées navales, 1739. =Bib.=: Roy, _Intendants de la Nouvelle-France_ (R. S. C., 1903). =Beaumont.= A village in Bellechasse County, on the St. Lawrence. =Index=: =WM= Troops landed at, 100; proclamation affixed to church door, 101. =Beauport.= A village two miles below Quebec. =Index=: =WM= Defended by entrenched camp, 80; headquarters of intendant and commissary of stores, 88; hasty abandonment of camp at, with all its stores, 228. =Beaupré, Seigniory of.= =L= Acquired for Seminary of Quebec, 58; chapels and churches erected to Ste. Anne at, 101, 102; pilgrimages to, 102, 103. =Beauséjour.= A fort built by the French in 1750-1751, on Chignecto Bay, three miles from the British Fort Lawrence. A little tidal stream, the Missaguash, ran between--nominally marking the dividing line between British and French territory. The fort was captured by the British under Monckton, in 1755, and renamed Fort Cumberland. =Bib.=: Parkman, _Montcalm and Wolfe_; Bradley, _Fight with France_; Hannay, _History of Acadia_; Murdoch, _History of Nova Scotia_: Campbell, _History of Nova Scotia; Selections from the Public Documents of Nova Scotia_, ed. by Akins. =Beaver.= =D= First steamship on the Pacific, 1835, 47; carries party to build Fort Camosun (Victoria), 178; north to Forts Taku and McLoughlin, 178; returns to Victoria, 179; to Fort Vancouver, 180; history of ship, 180-181. =Bib.=: McCain, _History of the S.S. Beaver_.