y_; Burpee, _Search for the Western Sea_.

=Grand Pre.= A village on the shores of the Basin of Minas. Stands upon
or near the site of the old village of the same name, one of the
principal settlements of the Acadians. The scene of many conflicts
between the French and English; and of the final expulsion of the
Acadians. _See_ Acadians. =Bib.=: Parkman, _Half Century of Conflict_
and _Montcalm and Wolfe_.

=Grand Trunk Railway.= =C= Entrusts Cartier with its legal business, 22;
Carrier's deep interest in its development, 48; line extended from
Quebec to Riviere du Loup, 49, 114. =BL= Construction of, up to 1848,
301. =B= Owners of said by Dorion to be the real authors of
Confederation, 176; Tache-Macdonald government condemned for
subsidizing, 176. =E= Early history of, 99, 100, 101, 115-116; Hincks's
connection with, 100, 115. =H= Hincks makes arrangements in England for
construction of, 143; terms and conditions not altogether satisfactory,
143. =Md= Early history, 45; financial difficulties, 90. =Bib.=: Brown,
_History of Grand Trunk Railway_; Lanning, _Historical Sketch of the
Grand Trunk Railway_ in _Canada: An Ency._, vol. 2.

=Grant, Alexander= (1734-1813). Administered the government of Upper
Canada as senior member of the Executive Council, on death of General
Hunter, 1805. =Index=: =Bk= Administers government of Upper Canada, 69.
=S= Member of Legislative Council, 49, 79; member of the Executive
Council, 80. =Bib.=: Read, _Lieutenant-Governors of Upper Canada_.

=Grant, Cuthbert.= One of the leading traders of the North West Company
in the West, in the early days. With Peter Pond on the Athabaska, and
sent by him, 1786, to establish a post near mouth of Slave River; at
Fort Chipewyan, 1789; at Fort Qu'Appelle, 1793; with David Thompson on
the Assiniboine, 1797. Died, 1798 or 1799. =Index=: =MS= Partner of the
North West Company, 58; in charge of the Centre (Red River and
Assiniboine) country, 58. =Bib.=: _Henry-Thompson Journals_, ed. by
Coues; Bryce, _Hudson's Bay Company_.

=Grant, Cuthbert.= Son of foregoing. Scottish half-breed, in western fur
trade. Educated at Montreal, and entered service of North West Company.
Led the half-breeds in the Seven Oaks affair. Some years later settled
near White Horse Plains, on the Assiniboine, and appointed Warden of the
Plains by the Council of Assiniboia. Became himself a member of the
Council. =Index=: =MS= Leader of the half-breeds at Red River--serves
notice on