THE HON. W. L. MACKENZIE KING,
PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA
CANADA
By SIR J. G. BOURINOT
K.C.M.G., LL.D., LIT.D.
SOMETIME CLERK OF THE CANADIAN HOUSE OF COMMONS;
HONORARY SECRETARY OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA;
DOCTEUR-ÈS-LETTRES OF LAVAL UNIVERSITY;
HONORARY MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY
NEW AND REVISED EDITION, WITH ADDITIONAL CHAPTER
BY WILLIAM H. INGRAM, B.A.
T. FISHER UNWIN LTD
LONDON: ADELPHI TERRACE
First Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1897 Second Impression . . . . . . . . . . . 1901 Second Edition (Third Impression) . . . 1908 Third Edition (Fourth Impression) . . . 1922
Copyright by T. Fisher Unwin, 1897
(for Great Britain)
Copyright by G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1897
(For the United States of America).
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I DEDICATE THIS STORY OF CANADA
BY PERMISSION
TO
HER EXCELLENCY THE COUNTESS OF ABERDEEN
WHO HAS WON THE ESTEEM AND AFFECTION OF ALL CLASSES
OF THE CANADIAN PEOPLE BY THE EARNESTNESS WITH
WHICH SHE HAS IDENTIFIED HERSELF WITH
EVERY MOVEMENT AFFECTING THE SOCIAL
AND INTELLECTUAL PROGRESS OF
THE NEW DOMINION
PREFATORY NOTE
In writing this story of Canada I have not been able to do more, withinthe limited space at my command, than briefly review those events whichhave exercised the most influence on the national development of theDominion of Canada from the memorable days bold French adventurers madetheir first attempts at settlement on the banks of the beautiful basinof the Annapolis, and on the picturesque heights of Quebec, down to theestablishment of a Confederation which extends from the Atlantic to thePacific Ocean. Whilst the narrative of the French régime, with itsmany dramatic episodes, necessarily occupies a large part of thisstory, I have not allowed myself to forget the importance that must beattached to the development of institutions of government and theireffect on the social, intellectual, and material conditions of thepeople since the beginning of the English régime. Though this story,strictly speaking, ends with t