Union Act of 1840, 361-368
United Farmers' Organization, 474
United States, population of, in 1812, 316; relations of Canada with, from 1840 to 1867, 379; present relations, 429
Universities, 347
Upper Canada. See Ontario.
Upper Canada Gazette, first Upper Canadian newspaper, 315
Ursulines, convent of, 131
Utrecht, Treaty of, 208
Varennes, 202
Vaudreuil, Marquis de, Canadian governor, 229; at siege of Quebec, 248, 252, 256; capitulates at Montreal, 264; death of, 268
Verchères, Magdeleine de, her heroism, 202
Vérendryes, the, in the West, 381; reach Rockies, 382; on the Red and Assiniboine Rivers, 384
Verrazano, Giovanni da, 26, 27
Versailles, Peace of, 461, 464
Victoria Bridge, 367
Victories, Notre-Dame des, at Quebec, 2, 201, 207
Vignau, Nicholas, deceives Champlain, 77, 98
Ville-Marie. See Montreal
Vinland, Norse discovery, 20
Von Egmond, Colonel, during rebellion of 1836, 353, 354
Walker, Admiral Hovenden, 207
War of 1812, causes of, 316, 320; patriotism of Canadians during, 320-322; capitulation of Hull, 322; Battle of Queenston Heights, ib.; Procter's victory over Winchester, 324; taking of York (Toronto), ib.; American successes on Niagara frontier in 1813, 325; Stoney Creek, ib.; Mrs. Secord's exploit, 326; Fitzgibbon's success at De Ceu's, 326; English defeat on Lake Erie, 327; Procter's defeat at Moraviantown, ib.; Chrystler's farm, 328; Chateauguay, 328; American outrage at Niagara, 330; English retaliate, 330, 335; Riall's defeat, 331; Lundy's Lane, ib.; Prevost's defeat on Lake Champlain, and retreat from Plattsburg, 332; naval fights, 334; peace, 335; effect of, on Canada, 335, 336; conspicuous Canadian actors during, 336, 337; monuments of, 333, 336, 337
War Savings Certificates, 469
Washington, George, at Fort Necessity, 224
Washington, Treaty of, 1871, 324; Minister at, 473
Water-power, 476
Whelan, Edward, Canadian journalist, 406
Willcocks, Joseph, Canadian agitator, 314, 320
Williams, Colonel, his gallantry at Batoche (1885) 397; death of, ib.; portrait of, 309
Wilmot, Lemuel A., Canadian statesman, 364; portrait of, 371
Winnipeg, 14, 315, 382, 392; riots, 470
Wolfe, General James, 242; at Louisbourg, 242; at Quebec, 250-256; wins Canada for England, 256, 257; death of, 257; character of, 260; monuments to, 259, 261; portrait of, 249
Wolseley, Lord, leads British forces against Riel in 1870, 391
Women's Conference, 478
Wyandots (Hurons), 144
York, Duke and Duchess of, 460
York. See Toronto
Yukon, the, discovery of gold in, 430
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