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Jean-Francois.= =L= Charitable work of, and of his brother, 125; house of charity established by, 245; death of, 246. =Chartier de Lotbiniere, Eustache Gaspard Michel.= =Dr= Advised in connection with question of Canadian laws, 63, 68; elected Speaker of the Assembly, 277. =Chartier de Lotbiniere, Rene Louis.= =L= Appointed to Sovereign Council, 166. =F= Member of the Sovereign Council, 106. =Charton, Francois.= =Ch= Jesuit, 152; returns to France, 208. =Chastes, Aymar de.= =Ch= Governor of Dieppe, obtains charter for colonization of Canada, 8; suggests that Champlain should visit Canada, 9; death of, 9. =F= Trading patent granted to, 3; his death, 5. =Chateau de Ramezay.= At Montreal. =Index=: =Hd= Purchased for government house, 186; belonged to William Grant, 186. =BL= Government offices in, during Elgin's governorship, 325. =Chateau Haldimand.= At Quebec. =Index=: =Hd= Foundation stone laid by Haldimand, 344; used as school in connection with Laval University until 1892, then pulled down, 344. =Chateau St. Louis.= At Quebec. Commenced by Governor de Montmagny, 1647, and completed by his successor, D'Ailleboust. Demolished, 1694, and rebuilt with new wing. Enlarged, 1723; and in 1808 renovated and again enlarged, by government of Lower Canada. Up to the close of French regime, it was the official residence of the governors of Canada; and after the cession, their British successors continued to occupy the building. It was destroyed by fire, 1834. The Chateau Frontenac hotel now stands immediately back of the site of the Chateau St. Louis, which occupied part of what is now Dufferin Terrace. _See_ Habitation de Quebec. =Index=: =F= Construction begun, 15. =Bk= Description of, 90; occupied by Sir James Craig, 90. =Hd= Governor's residence at Quebec, 169, 222, 304, 314; balls at, 223; wing added by Haldimand named in his honour, 344. =Bib.=: Gagnon, _Le Fort el la Chateau St. Louis_; Doughty, _Fortress of Quebec_; Douglas, _Old France in the New World_. =Chateaufort, Marc Antoine Bras-de-fer de.= =F= Interim governor after death of Champlain, 27. =Chateauguay.= Battle in War of 1812, Oct. 26, 1813. The stream from which the battle took its name, rises in Franklin County, New York, and falls into the St. Lawrence a few miles above Caughnawaga. The scene of the battle was about six miles above the confluence of the English with Chateauguay River. Hampton was in command of the Americans, and De Salaberry
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