little tidal stream, the
Missaguash, ran between--nominally marking the dividing line between
British and French territory. The fort was captured by the British under
Monckton, in 1755, and renamed Fort Cumberland. =Bib.=: Parkman,
_Montcalm and Wolfe_; Bradley, _Fight with France_; Hannay, _History of
Acadia_; Murdoch, _History of Nova Scotia_: Campbell, _History of Nova
Scotia; Selections from the Public Documents of Nova Scotia_, ed. by
Akins.

=Beaver.= =D= First steamship on the Pacific, 1835, 47; carries party to
build Fort Camosun (Victoria), 178; north to Forts Taku and McLoughlin,
178; returns to Victoria, 179; to Fort Vancouver, 180; history of ship,
180-181. =Bib.=: McCain, _History of the S.S. Beaver_.

=Beaver Club.= Founded in Montreal in 1775 by the partners of the North
West Company. It opened with nineteen members, and at one time the
registry showed ninety-three members, with eleven honorary members.
Among them were such famous fur traders and explorers as Alexander
Mackenzie and his cousin Roderick, the three Frobishers, Alexander Henry
and his nephew of the same name, Simon McTavish, James Finlay, Simon
Fraser, John Stuart, and David Thompson. The motto of the club was
"Fortitude in Difficulties." No one was admitted who had not made a
journey to the North-West and wintered there. The club entertained many
distinguished guests, including Sir John Franklin, Lord Selkirk,
Washington Irving, and the Earl of Dalhousie. The club was disbanded in
1824 after the union of the North West and Hudson's Bay Companies. An
effort to revive it in 1827 proved unsuccessful. =Index=: =MS= Founded
by the partners of the North West Company, 139; lavish hospitality and
boisterous banquets, 139. =Bk= Famous social club at Montreal, 99.
=Bib.=: Hetherington, _Canada's First Social Club_, in _Univ. Mag._,
April, 1910.

=Beaver Dam, Battle of.= In War of 1812. FitzGibbon commanded a
detachment of the 49th Regiment, with several hundred Indians.
Boerstler, with a party of 600 men, advanced from Fort George by way of
Queenston to surprise him, but was ambushed by a body of Indians.
FitzGibbon, who had been warned of the approach of Boerstler by Laura
Secord, advanced with his men of the 49th and demanded the surrender of
the Americans, who, believing themselves surrounded by a superior force,
capitulated. The engagement took place June 24, 1813. _See also_ War of
1812. =Bib.=: Lucas, _Canadian War of 1812_; Hannay, _War of