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1. | A Great Land of Rivers and Lakes | Speech by Lord Dufferin | 1 |
2. | Jacques Cartier at Hochelaga, 1535 | Lescarbot's "History" | 3 |
3. | The French Settlement at St. Croix, 1604 | "" | 5 |
4. | "The Ancient Mariner," 1631-2 | T. James's "Voyage" | 7 |
5. | Two English Explorers in Hudson Bay, 1631 | "The North-West Fox" | 8 |
6. | The Birthday of Montreal, 1642 | F. Parkman | 10 |
7. | Governor Frontenac Leads the War-Dance, 1690 | " | 11 |
8. | Madelaine de VerchÈres, 1696 | Her Own Narrative | 13 |
9. | The French Canadians, 1737 (in French) | Memoir by G. Hocquart | 17 |
10. | The "White" Men of the Prairies, 1738 | La VÉrendrye's "Journal" | 18 |
11. | The Expulsion of the Acadians, 1755 | Lieut.-Gov. Lawrence's Circular Letter | 21 |
12. | The Conquest of Canada, 1757-60 | H. Walpole's "Letters" | 23 |
13. | The Siege of Quebec, 1759 | "Gentleman's Magazine | 26 |
14. | Wolfe's Difficulties, 1759 | "" | 28 |
15. | The Plains of Abraham, 1759 | Capt. J. Knox's "Journal" | 30 |
16. | The Government of Quebec under the British, 1763-74 | Shortt and Doughty's "Const. Docts." | 33 |
17. | The Coppermine River, 1771 | S. Hearne's "Journey" | 35 |
18. | The Quebec Act, 1774 | Shortt and Doughty's "Const. Docts." | 37 |
19. | One of the Loyalists, 1783 | Transactions of U.E. Loyalists' Association | 38 |
20. | The Mackenzie River, 1789 | Sir A. Mackenzie's "Voyages" | 41 |
21. | The Constitutional Act, 1791 | Shortt and Doughty's "Const. Docts." | 43 |
22. | To the Pacific Overland, 1793 | Sir A. Mackenzie's "Voyages" | 45 |
23. | A Servant of the North-West Company, 1800 | Masson's "Bourgeois du Nord-Ouest" | 48 |
24. | The Beaver, 1807 | G. Heriot's "Travels" | 49 |
25. | A Rapid on the Fraser River, 1808 | Masson's "Bourgeois du Nord-Ouest" | 52 |
26. | Laura Secord, 1813 | Her Own Narrative | 54 |
27. | Lundy's Lane, 1814 | "The Annual Register" | 55 |
28. | Attack on Lord Selkirk's Colony, 1816 | A "Statement" published in 1817 | 57 |
29. | Proposed Union of the Canadas, 1822 | Canadian Archives Report, 1897 | 59 |
30. | The Founding of Guelph (Ontario), 1827 | The Autobiography of John Galt | 62 |
31. | Sam Slick criticises the "Bluenoses," 1836 CANADA (1535—Present-day)
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