_British Columbia Coast Names_; Begg,
_History of British Columbia_.

=Victoria Bridge.= At Montreal, over the St. Lawrence. Built by Robert
Stephenson, for the Grand Trunk Railway, 1854-1859, at a total cost of
$6,300,000. Opened by the Prince of Wales (afterwards King Edward VII),
May 25, 1860. It was enlarged and remodelled in 1897. =Index=: =E= Built
by Grand Trunk Railway, 115. =Md= Opened in 1860 by Prince of Wales, 87.
=Bib.=: _Ency. Brit._

=Victoria University.= In affiliation with the University of Toronto.
Formerly located at Cobourg, but later moved to Toronto. Founded in
1830; opened 1836. =Index=: =BL= Refuses to come into the provincial
university, under terms of Baldwin's bill, 295. =R= Founded, 86; Ryerson
president of, 126-127, 143; eminent graduates, 143-144; its curriculum,
144; legislative grant, 148. =E= Proposal to make it part of a
provincial university, 94. =Bib.=: Burwash, _Historical Sketch of
Victoria University_ in _Canada: An Ency._, vol. 4.

=Vidal, Alexander= (1819-1906). Born at Brocknell, Berkshire, England.
Educated at Christ's Hospital, London, and in 1834 came to Canada with
his parents. Served in the militia during the Rebellion of 1837; and
afterwards lieutenant-colonel of the Lambton Reserve militia; member of
the Legislative Council for the St. Clair division, 1863-1867; in 1873
appointed to the Senate. President of the Dominion Alliance for the
Suppression of the Liquor Traffic. =Index=: =B= His resolution in favour
of prohibition, 249. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Can. Men_.

=Viel, Father Nicolas.= =Ch= Recollet, 139; arrives and proceeds to
Huron country, 149; drowned, 209. =L= Missionary labours of, 3.

=Vieux-Pont, Father.= =Ch= Jesuit, landed at Grand Cibou, 200; wrecked
at Canseau Island, 200; in charge of Cape Breton, 237.

=Viger, Denis Benjamin= (1774-1861). Born in Montreal. Educated for the
legal profession. Practised in Montreal for some years; and in 1808
elected to the Legislative Assembly. Took an active part in the
discussion of the grievances of the French Canadians, and in 1828 and
1831 sent as a delegate to London to represent their views to the
Imperial authorities. In 1837, when the Rebellion broke out, arrested
and charged with sedition, but soon afterwards released. In 1843, on the
resignation of the La Fontaine-Baldwin government, premier for a short
period. Appointed to the Legislative Council, 1848. =Index=: =BL= Member
for Richelieu, relations with Reform