n= (1828- ). Represented town of London in Legislative
Assembly, 1857-1867; and continued to sit for the same constituency in
the Dominion Parliament. Appointed receiver-general in Cartier-Macdonald
ministry, 1862; and commissioner of agriculture and public works in
Ontario government, 1867. Entered federal government as
postmaster-general, 1882; minister of agriculture, 1885-1892. Called to
the Senate, 1891; resigned, 1892; again called, 1896. =Bib.=: Morgan,
_Can. Men_; Dent, _Can. Por._

=Carlton House.= Two forts of this name were founded by the Hudson's Bay
Company. One stood on the banks of the Saskatchewan, above the forks;
the other on the upper waters of the Assiniboine. Both were established
about the end of the eighteenth century. =Index=: =MS= Built by Hudson's
Bay Company, 6.

=Carnarvon, Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, fourth Earl of= (1831-1890).
Colonial secretary, 1866-1867, and as such introduced the British North
America Act; colonial secretary again, 1874-1878; chairman of Colonial
Defence Commission, 1879-1882. Joined Imperial Federation League, 1884.
=Index=: =Md= President of Westminster Conference in London, 126;
effect of his resignation on Confederation, 128; Macdonald's letter to,
on the franchise, 259. =T= Conference with, on Confederation scheme,
122. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._

=Caroline.= =Mc= Steamboat, goes over Niagara Falls, 419; cutting out
of, 420; merits of act, 421; international complications, 423. =Bib.=:
Drew and Wood, _The Burning of the Caroline_; Dent, _Upper Canadian
Rebellion_.

=Caroline Almanac.= =Mc= Mackenzie publishes, 459.

=Caron, Sir Joseph Philippe Rene Adolphe= (1843-1908). Born in Quebec.
Studied law; entered public life in 1873 as member of Dominion House for
Quebec County; elected for Rimouski, 1891. Minister of militia and
defence, 1880-1892; postmaster-general, 1892. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Can.
Men_; Dent, _Can. Por._

=Caron, Rene Edouard= (1800-1876). Born in the parish of Ste. Anne,
Lower Canada. Educated at the Seminary of Quebec and at St. Pierre
College; studied law and called to the bar of Lower Canada, 1826. Mayor
of Quebec, 1833-1837; sat in Assembly, 1834-1836; appointed a member of
the Legislative Council of Lower Canada by Lord Gosford, but did not
take his seat. Member of the Legislative Council of Canada, 1841;
Speaker, 1843-1847 and 1848-1853; member of the La Fontaine-Baldwin
government and of the Hincks-Morin government; judge of the Superior