The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 6John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 61
Page 378
... Canal alone received any consideration , and be- tween 1822 and 1829 about £ 100,000 had been expended on it , yet , owing to the very limited size of the locks , it was virtually a mere boat canal.1 The Legislature of Upper Canada had ...
... Canal alone received any consideration , and be- tween 1822 and 1829 about £ 100,000 had been expended on it , yet , owing to the very limited size of the locks , it was virtually a mere boat canal.1 The Legislature of Upper Canada had ...
Page 585
... Canal , in order to compete with the railroads , lowered its tolls by 50 per cent . , thus creating a crisis for the Welland Canal , which was failing in its efforts to gain control of the western traffic and divert it down the St ...
... Canal , in order to compete with the railroads , lowered its tolls by 50 per cent . , thus creating a crisis for the Welland Canal , which was failing in its efforts to gain control of the western traffic and divert it down the St ...
Page 587
... Canal project for a waterway from that bay , via French and Ottawa Rivers , to Montreal . They were opposed to the improvement of the Welland Canal because , since the Canadian canals were free of tolls , the proposed improvement ...
... Canal project for a waterway from that bay , via French and Ottawa Rivers , to Montreal . They were opposed to the improvement of the Welland Canal because , since the Canadian canals were free of tolls , the proposed improvement ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Cordillera | 7 |
Relations of the Aborigines to the Settlers | 13 |
140 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Acadians administration American appointed Arch Assembly attack banks became Britain British North Brunswick Cabinet Canada West Canadian Canadian Pacific Railway Carleton Champlain CHBE chief Church coast colonists colony constitutional Court Crown Dominion Doughty Durham election England English established expedition favour fisheries fishermen fishing force France French French-Canadian Governor granted Halifax harbour Home Government Hudson's Bay Company Ibid important increased Indians industry interests Iroquois island July Knox Lake land later Legislature Lieutenant-Governor Lord Louisbourg Lower Canada Loyalists Macdonald Mackenzie Manitoba Maritime Provinces ment merchants military militia Minister Montreal Newfoundland North West North West Company Nova Scotia Ontario organised Pacific Papineau Parliament party peace political population ports prairies Quebec Quebec Act railway Reformers Report responsible government River Roman Catholic Saskatchewan seigneurial sent settlement settlers ships Sir John St John's St Lawrence territory tion treaty troops union United Upper Canada western York