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Various. Canada and its Provinces
Canada and its Provinces
Table of Contents
ILLUSTRATIONS
NEW FRANCE: A GENERAL SURVEY
THE BEGINNINGS OF CANADA
I. THE FORERUNNERS OF JACQUES CARTIER
Introduction
The Voyages of John Cabot
Other Early Voyages
II. THE VOYAGES OF JACQUES CARTIER
Cartier’s First Voyage
Cartier’s Second Voyage
Cartier and Roberval
THE PATHFINDERS OF THE GREAT LAKES
I. FIRST VOYAGES WESTWARD
II. CHAMPLAIN ON THE OTTAWA, 1613
III. CHAMPLAIN IN THE LAKE REGION, 1615
IV. BRÛLÉ AND THE RÉCOLLETS
V. NICOLET AT GREEN BAY
VI. LA ROCHE D’AILLON AMONG THE NEUTRALS
1626-27
VII. A DISHEARTENING MISSION
VIII. THE NORTH-WEST TRADE ROUTE
IX. RADISSON AND GROSEILLIERS
X. NORTH OF LAKE SUPERIOR
XI. THE JESUITS ON THE UPPER LAKES
XII. TALON AND THE LAKE REGION
XIII. THE SULPICIANS ON LAKE ONTARIO
XIV. DOLLIER DE CASSON, GALINÉE AND LA SALLE
XV. LA SALLE AND THE SENECAS
XVI. LA SALLE AND JOLLIET
XVII. A WINTER ON THE SHORES OF LAKE ERIE
XVIII. THE SULPICIANS AT SAULT STE MARIE
XIX. THE RETURN TO MONTREAL
XX. THE MISSISSIPPI
XXI. THE GREYSOLONS
XXII. THE MAP OF THE LAKES
THE PATHFINDERS OF THE GREAT WEST
I. THE ROUTE TO THE WESTERN SEA
Early Glimpses of the West
The Gateway to the North-West
Exploration North of Lake Superior
II. LA VÉRENDRYE AND HIS SONS
Pierre Gaultier de la Vérendrye
Winnipeg River and Lake
The Assiniboine Indians
In the Mandan Country
In Sight of the Rocky Mountains
Discovery of the Saskatchewan
Last Years of La Vérendrye
III. SAINT-PIERRE AND DE NIVERVILLE
La Vérendrye’s Successor
Ascent of the Saskatchewan
Saint-Pierre’s Defects as an Explorer
IV. LAST GLIMPSES OF THE FRENCH POSTS
THE ‘ADVENTURERS’ OF HUDSON BAY
I. PIONEER VOYAGES TO HUDSON BAY
II. THE COMING OF THE FUR LORDS
III. FOUNDING OF THE HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY
IV. NEW FRANCE AROUSED
V. ARMED CONFLICT ON HUDSON BAY
VI. DARK DAYS FOR THE HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY
VII. AN ERA OF EXPLORATION
LOUISBOURG: AN OUTPOST OF EMPIRE
I. THE FOUNDING OF LOUISBOURG
Motives for the Establishment
Fortification, Garrison and Administration
Growth of the Settlement
II. THE FIRST SIEGE
The War of the Austrian Succession
Plans of New England against Louisbourg
The New England Forces
Unparalleled Features of the Siege
III. THE SIEGE OF 1758
Louisbourg’s Increased Importance
Amherst’s Attack
The Capture of the Fortress
THE FIGHT FOR OVERSEA EMPIRE
I. THE SEVEN YEARS’ WAR
A Great Imperial War
The French in America
Indians and Rival Whites
British and French in the Ohio Valley
II. HOSTILITIES BEFORE THE WAR
Braddock’s Plans and Difficulties
British Defeat at Fort Duquesne
Johnson’s Success at Lake George
Deportation of the Acadians
III. DECLARATION OF WAR, 1756
The Combatants
The French Position
Montcalm and Vaudreuil
British Preparations
The Capture of Oswego
A Year of British Disaster
IV. FORT WILLIAM HENRY
The Campaign in Europe
Loudoun’s Tactics
Montcalm and the Indians
Surrender of the Fort
Massacre by the Indians
V. PITT’S GREAT ADMINISTRATION
A New Imperial Force
Corruption in Official Life
British Disaster at Ticonderoga
The Turning Point of the War
VI. THE DECISIVE YEAR
French Designs on England
Pitt as a World-Strategist
British and French Plans
The War in the West
VII. THE SIEGE OF QUEBEC
Desperate State of the Colony
Wolfe and his Forces
The Fortress and its Defenders
Incidents of the Siege
The Crisis at Hand
VIII. THE BATTLE OF THE PLAINS
Preliminary Plans and Manœuvres
Ascent of the Heights
Awaiting the French Attack
Rout of the French
Death of Wolfe and Montcalm
IX. THE FALL OF NEW FRANCE
The Battle of Ste Foy
Vaudreuil’s Surrender of Canada
