Events: Pre 1760
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Acadians Deported - 1755 Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library
Acadians Embark - 1755 NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Acadians Expelled - 1755 NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Acadians Expelled - 1755 2 NAC/ANC
Acadians Ordered Expelled NAC/ANC C-73709
Acadians - La Dispersion des Acadiens Université de Moncton; Henri Beau
Argall Sacks Port Royal - 1613 MTRL/BRCUT
Brebeuf & Lalement - Martyred - 1649 2 NAC/ANC
Brule - Mouth of Humber - 1615 NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Brule With Hurons NAC/ANC; Illustrated London News
Cartier - Cross - Gaspe - 1534 NAC/ANC; C.W. Jefferys
Cartier - Cross - Gaspe NAC/ANC C-5538
Cartier - Cross - Gaspe 2 NAC/ANC
Cartier on Mount Royal - 1535 NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Cartier - Hochelaga MTRL/BRCUT
Cartier - Return to France NAC/ANC C-10618
Cartier Arrives - Quebec NAC/ANC C-5933
Cartier Arrives - Quebec NAC/ANC C-5933
Cartier Arrives - Quebec Musee du Quebec; J. D. Kelly
Cartier Arrives - Quebec NAC/ANC
Cartier Departs St-Malo - 1535 NAC/ANC C-1956
Cartier Greets Donnacona Musee du Quebec/ Hamel
Cartier Meets Iroquois - 1535 NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Cartier at Hochelaga - 1535 NAC/ANC C-10522
Cabot Sights Newfoundland - 1497 NAC/ANC C-70249; C.W. Jefferys
Cabot's Ship Matthew - 1497 NAC/ANC
Cabots Depart Bristol - May,1496 City of Bristol Museum Art Gallery
Cadillac - Detroit NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Cedar Brew For Scurvy - 1536 NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Champlain & Etienne Brule - 1615 Confederation Life; Rex Woods
Champlain Leaves Quebec - 1629 NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys; on board Kirke's ship
Champlain - Astrolabe - 1613 NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys; on the Ottawa River
Champlain - Building Habitation NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Champlain - Georgian Bay - 1615 NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Champlain - Quebec NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Champlain - Richelieu - 1609 NAC/ANC C-5749 (Paris: J. Berjon, 1613); battle against Iroquois on Richelieu River
Champlain vs Iroquois - 1609 NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Champlain vs Iroquois at Ticonderoga NAC/ANC C-5750 (Paris: J. Berjon, 1613); July 30, 1609
Champlain - Builds Port Royal NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Champlain - Montreal - 1611 Confederation Life
Champlain - Quebec BRCUT/MTRL
Champlain - arrival in Quebec with wife Hélène Bouillé NAC/ANC
Charles II - HBC Charter - 1670 Public Archives of Manitoba
Charles La Tour Meets Francoise NAC/ANC; C.W. Jefferys
Chignecto - Forts NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
d'Aulnay Hangs La Tour's Men - 1645 NAC/ANC C-11237; Mme la Tour watches, April 13; by A.S. Scott
Dollard Des Ormeaux - 1660 NAC/ANC C-7695; Dollard des Ormeaux at battle of Long Sault; May 1660
Dollard Des Ormeaux - 1660 NAC/ANC C-7695; Dollard des Ormeaux at battle of Long Sault; May 1660
Erikson Sights Canada - 995 National Gallery, Oslo, Norway
Filles du Roy Arrive - 1663 NAC/ANC C-10688; C. W. Jefferys
Fort Beausejour - 1755 NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Fort Vercheres Attacked - 1692 NAC/ANC C-10687; Madeleine closes gates Oct 23; C. W. Jefferys
Fort Vercheres Relieved - 1692 NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Founding of Halifax - 1749 NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Founding of Halifax - 1749 Confederation Life P2
Frobisher Expedition - 1577 - Miners Looking for Gold Arctic Institute
Frontenac - No Surrender - 1690 NAC/ANC C-73710; scoffs at Phips' Emissary; by C.W. Jefferys
Frontenac Builds Cataraqui - 1674 NAC/ANC C-7962; fort on Cararaqui River; site of Kingston
Frontenac Treaty Cataraqui - 1674 Confederation Life; with Iroquois; July 12
Frontenac Treaty Cataraqui - 1674 2 NAC/ANC; with Iroquois, Cataraqui; July 12
Frontenac To Cataraqui - 1673 NAC/ANC C-13325; P.H. de Rinzy
Frontenac To Cataraqui - 1673 2 NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Frontenac - War Dance NAC/ANC C-10686; C.W. Jefferys
French Explorations - Mississippi NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
French-English Frontier - 1700s NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Gilbert Arrives - St.Johns - 1583 Confederation Life; Humphrey Gilbert arrives at St. John's, Newfoundland, Aug 5, 1583
HBC Charter HBC/PAM 363-C-25-6; May 2, 1670
HBC Women James Bay - 1683 HBC/PAM P-424; Mrs. Sergeant, Mrs. Maurice and maid first white women in James Bay area
Halifax Gazette Published Confederation Life; Rex Woods
Henday - Blackfoot Camp - 1754 Public Archives of Manitoba
Hennepin - Niagara Falls - 1683 NAC/ANC; Father Louis Hennepin sights Niagara Falls
Hennepin - Niagara Falls - 1678 NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Hennepin - Meets Duluth & Sioux NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Hennepin - On The Griffon - 1679 MTRL/BRCUT; by C. J. H. Snider
Hudson - The Last Voyage - 1611 Tate Gallery, London; by John Collier
Hudson Bay Posts & Routes NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Hudson Set Adrift - 1611 NAC/ANC
d'Iberville - Hudson Bay - 1697 NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Inuit Attack Frobisher - c1577 British Museum; by John White
Kelsey on the Plains Confederation Life; Rex Woods
Kelsey Sees Buffalo - Aug,1691 Public Archives of Manitoba; C.W. Jefferys
La Salle - Fort Frontenac - 1675 Confederation Life; J.D. Kelly
La Salle - Royal Commission from Louis XIV - 1684 MTRL/BRCUT
La Salle Builds The Griffon Bibliothque nationale du Quebec
La Salle Watching for The Griffon NAC/ANC; C.W. Jefferys
La Salle Leaves Frontenac - 1682 National Gallery of Art, Washington
La Salle Portage - Carrying Place NAC/ANC C-73678; C. W. Jefferys
La Salle Murdered MTRL/BRCUT
La Salle Claims Louisiana For France MTRL/BRCUT
La Verendrye - Lake of the Woods NAC/ANC C-6896; by A.H. Hider
La Verendryes on Prairies NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
La Verendryes near the Black Hills NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Laval Founds Seminary - 1663 NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Leif Erikson Lands - Newfoundland - 995 NAC/ANC
Lescarbot - First Play - 1606 NAC/ANC; Le Theatre de Neptune, Port Royal, 1606, by C. W. Jefferys
Lescarbot - Histoire - 1609 NAC/ANC
Louisbourg - Battle - 1759 NAC/ANC
Louisbourg - Battle - Detail NAC/ANC
Pepperell at Louisbourg - 1759 NAC/ANC
Louis Receives Filles du Roy - 1663 NAC/ANC C-10689; C. W. Jefferys
Maisonneuve - Arrives - 1642 NAC/ANC C-7704; to found Ville Marie; May 17
Maisonneuve - Fort Ville Marie Confederation Life; trades with natives
Maisonneuve - Mount Royal NAC/ANC C-5078
Maisonneuve - Mount Royal 2 NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Maisonneuve Battles Indians NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Making Cedar Tea - 1536 NAC/ANC C-12235; Natives show how to brew tisane d'anneda
Marguerite Bourgeoys Teaching NAC/ANC C-789; c1658
Marie de l'Incarnation Teaching NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Marquette & Joliet - Mississippi - 1673 NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Mme Duclos Brings Rifles - 1661 NAC/ANC C-4506
Mme Hebert - French Ships - 1628 NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Mme La Tour Defends Fort - 1645 NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Montcalm's Death - Detail NAC/ANC C-4263; highly fictitious
Montcalm - Carried Into Quebec NAC/ANC C-21457
Munck's Settlement - Hudson Bay NAC/ANC
Nonsuch - Hudson Bay - 1670 HBC/PAM; P-466; by Norman Wilkinson
Nonsuch - London - Oct,1669 Public Archives of Manitoba
Jean Nicolet - Chinese Robes NAC/ANC; dressed in Chinese robes, to meet Indians
Nova Scotia - Founding - 1621 NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Order Of Good Cheer - 1607 NAC/ANC C-13986; C.W. Jefferys
Phips Attacks Quebec - 1690 MTRL/BRCUT
Phips Beseiges Quebec - 1690 NAC/ANC
Phips Beseiges Quebec - Detail NAC/ANC
Phips Beseiges Quebec - Detail 2 NAC/ANC
Pelican Abandoned - d'Iberville NAC/ANC C-12005
Pelican Battles Hampshire - 1697 Public Archives of Manitoba; Sept. 4, 1697
Port Royal - Surrender - 1710 NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Prayer For Scurvy Relief - 1536 NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Quebec - Battle - 1759 NAC/ANC C-1078; Sept 13, 1759
Quebec - Battle - 1759 2 NAC/ANC C-1078; Sept 13, 1759
Quebec - Map Of Siege - 1759 NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Radisson & Des Groseilliers Public Archives of Manitoba; at Charles Fort, Hudson Bay
Radisson & Des Groseilliers 2 Remington Museum, Ogdensburg, NY; west of Lake Superior
Radisson - Fort Charles - 1670 HBC/PAM P-448; at Fort Charles, Sept, 1670
Radisson - Meets Western Indians NAC/ANC; C.W. Jefferys
Rupert - Gets HBC Charter - 1760 HBC/PAM P-379; Charles II grants Charter
Ste-Foy - Battle - 1760 NAC/ANC; Apr. 28,1760; C.W. Jefferys
Ste-Foy - Battle NAC/ANC
Ste-Foy - Battle 2 National Gallery of Canada
Saint Brendan - Mass On AWhale British Museum
Daumont de Saint-Lusson - Claims Lands Around Lake Superior - Sault Ste. Marie NAC/ANC; 1671; C.W. Jefferys
Sovereign Council Meets - 1663 NAC/ANC C-13950; first meeting, Quebec, April, 1663
Talon - Shipbuilding - 1670 Confederation Life; by Rex Woods
Talon - Shipbuilding - 1670 - Detail Confederation Life; by Rex Woods
Talon Inspects Shipbuilding - 1670 NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Talon Visits Habitants NAC/ANC C-11925; C. W. Jefferys
Ticonderoga - Battle - 1758 NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Montcalm at Ticonderoga - Battle - 1758 NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Ursulines Arrive - 1639 National Library of Canada C-15307; C-11232
Ursulines Arrive - Mme. de la Peltrie BRCUT/MTRL; in Doughty, Quebec of Yester-Year, 28; by Frank Craig
Ursulines Open School - 1639 NAC/ANC C-10520
Vaudreuil Captures Oswego - 1756 NAC/ANC
Vaudreuil Surrenders Montreal NAC/ANC C-11043
Viking Sod Houses Anse Aux Meadows National Historic Park; Parks Canada
Vikings - Battle with the Skraelings ANC/NAC
Wolfe at Louisbourg - 1759 ANC/NAC. C.W. Jefferys
Wolfe at Louisbourg - 1759 ANC/NAC. C.W. Jefferys
Wolfe's Death National Gallery of Canada; Benjamin West
Wolfe's Death - Engraving National Gallery of Canada; engraving of Benjamin West painting
Wolfe's Death 2 NAC/ANC
Wolfe Leads Attack - Louisbourg - 1759 NAC/ANC C-1082. C.W. Jefferys
Wolfe Chooses Landing Site NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Wolfe Leading Battle Line NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Wolfe Writes Last Despatch NAC/ANC; C. W. Jefferys
Winslow Expels Acadians NAC/ANC; C-21550
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