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

William Henry, Fort, 222, 238

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

Women's Suffrage, 458, 479

Wyandots (Hurons), 144


York, Duke and Duchess of, 460

York. See Toronto

Yukon, the, discovery of gold in, 430