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1811 In Canada
Events from the year 1811 in Canada. Incumbents * Monarch: George III Federal government *Parliament of Lower Canada: 7th *Parliament of Upper Canada: 5th Governors * Governor of the Canadas: Robert Milnes * Governor of New Brunswick: George Prévost *Governor of Nova Scotia: John Wentworth * Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: John Thomas Duckworth * Governor of Prince Edward Island: Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres Events * John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company establishes a post at mouth of the Columbia River. * British-Canadian fur trader, surveyor, and cartographer David Thompson follows Columbia to Pacific and finishes charting entire length of the river. * William Price Hunt, leading Astor's overland party, explores Snake River Valley and much of future Oregon Trail. * When Governor Craig leaves for England, British Canadians detach the horses and draw his carriage to the place of embarkation. * U.S. President James Madison, in his message to Congress, sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Canadian Monarchs
Listed here are the monarchs who reigned over Canada, starting with the Canada (New France), French colony of Canada which subsequently became a The Canadas, British colony, followed by the British Dominion of Canada, and finally the present-day sovereign state of Canada. The date of the first claim by a monarch over Canada varies, with most sources giving the year as 1497, when John Cabot made landfall somewhere on the North American coast (likely either modern-day Newfoundland or Nova Scotia), and claimed the land for England on behalf of Henry VII of England, King Henry VII. However, some sources instead put this date at 1535 when the word "Canada" was first used to refer to the French Canada (New France), colony of Canada, which was founded in the name of Francis I of France, King Francis I. Monarchical governance subsequently evolved under a continuous succession of French, British, and eventually uniquely Canadian sovereigns. Since the first claim by Henry VII, there have be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacific Fur Company
The Pacific Fur Company (PFC) was an American fur trade venture wholly owned and funded by John Jacob Astor that functioned from 1810 to 1813. It was based in the Pacific Northwest, an area contested over the decades between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Spanish Empire, the United States of America and the Russian Empire. Management, clerks and fur trappers were sent both by land and by sea to the Pacific Coast in the Autumn of 1810. The base of operations was constructed at the mouth of the Columbia River in 1811, Fort Astoria (present-day Astoria, Oregon). The destruction of the company vessel the '' Tonquin'' later that year off the shore of Vancouver Island took with it the majority of the annual trading goods. Commercial competition with the British-Canadian North West Company began soon after the foundation of Fort Astoria. The Canadian competitors maintained several stations in the interior, primarily Spokane House, Kootanae House and Saleesh House ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Pearce Howland
Sir William Pearce Howland, (29 May 1811 – 1 January 1907) served as the second Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, from 1868 to 1873. He was one of the Fathers of Confederation. Biography Born in 1811 in Pawling, New York, William Howland was educated at Kinderhook Academy. In 1830 he settled in Cooksville, Upper Canada, and became a naturalised British subject in 1841. He operated Lambton Mills and later a grocery business in Toronto. In 1852 he acquired a grist mill, sawmill, and general store in Kleinburg, whose operations he left to his brother Henry Stark Howland. In 1857, Howland became a Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, and later served in the cabinet as Minister of Finance, Receiver General, and Postmaster General. He became a Member of Parliament in 1867 and was Minister of Inland Revenue from 1867 to 1868. He was created a CB in 1867. Howland was appointed Ontario's second Lieutenant Governor in 1868 and served until 1873. He was create ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1878 In Canada
Events from the year 1878 in Canada. Incumbents Crown * Monarch – Victoria Federal government * Governor General – Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood (until November 25) then John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne * Prime Minister – Alexander Mackenzie (until October 8) then John A. Macdonald (from October 17) * Chief Justice – William Buell Richards (Ontario) * Parliament – 3rd (until 17 August) Provincial governments Lieutenant governors * Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Albert Norton Richards * Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Joseph-Édouard Cauchon * Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Samuel Leonard Tilley (until July 11) then Edward Barron Chandler * Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories – David Laird * Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Adams George Archibald * Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Donald Alexander Macdonald * Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Robert Hodgson * Lieutenant Governor o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Young (Canadian Politician)
John Young (11 March 1811 – 12 April 1878) was a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada and a member of Parliament of the House of Commons of Canada.Letter from Lindsay to Young in the William Schaw Lindsay Collection at the Caird Library of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich. Reference LND/4/1 p. 456. Early life Young was born in Ayr, Scotland. His family had no particular social position or money. His father William was a cooper by trade. He was able to qualify for a very fine school, Ayr Academy. That school boasts a number of distinguished graduates including the poet Robbie Burns, the inventor James Watt and the shipowner and Liberal MP, William Schaw Lindsay. Although Lindsay was three or four years Young's junior, they were acquainted during their time at the Academy. The formal education of John Young ended when he was only 14. He left Ayr Academy to become a teacher at a small country school in the nearby village of Coylton. After on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1884 In Canada
Events from the year 1884 in Canada. Incumbents Crown * Monarch – Victoria Federal government * Governor General – Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice * Prime Minister – John A. Macdonald * Chief Justice – William Johnstone Ritchie (New Brunswick) * Parliament – 5th Provincial governments Lieutenant governors *Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Clement Francis Cornwall * Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – James Cox Aikins *Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Robert Duncan Wilmot *Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Matthew Henry Richey *Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – John Beverley Robinson *Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Thomas H. Haviland (until July 18) then Andrew Archibald Macdonald *Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Théodore Robitaille (until October 4) then Louis-Rodrigue Masson Premiers *Premier of British Columbia – William Smithe *Premier of Manitoba – John Norquay *Premier of New Brunswick – An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ferris (New Brunswick Politician)
John Ferris (January 9, 1811 – November 3, 1884) was a New Brunswick businessman, explorer and political figure. He represented Queen's in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal member from 1867 to 1878. His surname also appears as Farris in some sources, such as the 1881 census. He was born in Cambridge, Queen's County, New Brunswick in early 1811, the son of John Ferris. Ferris was a lumber merchant and farmer. He represented Queen's County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick A legislature is an deliberative assembly, assembly with the authority to make laws for a Polity, political entity such as a Sovereign state, country or city. They are often contrasted with the Executive (government), executive and Judiciary, ... from 1844 to 1864 and from 1866 to 1867. Ferris died in Cambridge at the age of 73. References External links * 1811 births 1884 deaths Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from New Bru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Madison
James Madison Jr. (March 16, 1751June 28, 1836) was an American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father. He served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. Madison is hailed as the "Father of the Constitution" for his pivotal role in drafting and promoting the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights. Madison was born into a prominent slave-owning planter family in Virginia. He served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates and the Continental Congress during and after the American Revolutionary War. Unsatisfied with the weak national government established by the Articles of Confederation, he helped organize the Constitutional Convention, which produced a new constitution. Madison's Virginia Plan was the basis for the Convention's deliberations, and he was an influential voice at the convention. He became one of the leaders in the movement to ratify the Constitution, and joined Alexander Hamilton and John Jay in writing '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of The United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. The power of the presidency has grown substantially since the first president, George Washington, took office in 1789. While presidential power has ebbed and flowed over time, the presidency has played an increasingly strong role in American political life since the beginning of the 20th century, with a notable expansion during the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt. In contemporary times, the president is also looked upon as one of the world's most powerful political figures as the leader of the only remaining global superpower. As the leader of the nation with the largest economy by nominal GDP, the president possesses significant domestic and international hard and soft power. Article II of the Constitution establ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail was a east–west, large-wheeled wagon route and Westward Expansion Trails, emigrant trail in the United States that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon. The eastern part of the Oregon Trail spanned part of what is now the state of Kansas and nearly all of what are now the states of Nebraska and Wyoming. The western half of the trail spanned most of the current states of Idaho and Oregon. The Oregon Trail was laid by fur traders and trappers from about 1811 to 1840 and was only passable on foot or on horseback. By 1836, when the first migrant wagon train was organized in Independence, Missouri, a wagon trail had been cleared to Fort Hall, Idaho. Wagon trails were cleared increasingly farther west and eventually reached all the way to the Willamette Valley in Oregon, at which point what came to be called the Oregon Trail was complete, even as almost annual improvements were made in the form of bridges, cutoffs, ferries, and roads, which made the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snake River Valley
The Snake River cutting through the plain leaves many canyons and Canyon#List of gorges">gorges, such as this one near Twin Falls, Idaho The Snake River Plain is a geologic feature located primarily within the U.S. state of Idaho. It stretches about westward from northwest of the state of Wyoming to the Idaho-Oregon border. The plain is a wide, flat bow-shaped depression and covers about a quarter of Idaho. Three major volcanic buttes dot the plain east of Arco, the largest being Big Southern Butte. Most of Idaho's major cities are in the Snake River Plain, as is much of its agricultural land. Geology The Snake River Plain can be divided into three sections: western, central, and eastern. The western Snake River Plain is a large tectonic graben or rift valley filled with several kilometers of lacustrine (lake) sediments; the sediments are underlain by rhyolite and basalt, and overlain by basalt. The western plain began to form around 11–12 Ma (million years ago) with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Price Hunt
Wilson Price Hunt (March 20, 1783 – April 13, 1842) was an early pioneer and explorer of the Oregon Country in the Pacific Northwest of North America. Employed as an agent in the fur trade under John Jacob Astor, Hunt organized and led the greater part of a group of about 60 men on an overland expedition to establish a fur trading outpost at the mouth of the Columbia River. The Astorians, as they have become known, were the first major party to cross to the Pacific after the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Biography Historical records refer to Hunt both as "William" and as "Wilson." Originally from , Hunt moved to |
