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=Pope, Joseph= (1854- ). Eldest son of William Henry Pope (_q.v._).

Private secretary to Sir John A. Macdonald, 1882-1891; under-secretary of state, 1896-1908; under-secretary for external affairs, 1908.

=Index=: =B= On the ”double shuffle,” 107-108. =Md= On Macdonald's early life, prints Campbell's letter, 31; his pen picture of Macdonald, 73; on the double majority, 78; Macdonald's notes on Quebec Conference, 106; Macdonald's negotiations with Howe, 145; does not publish doc.u.ments on last stages of Macdonald's life, 272. =Bib.=: _Memoir of Sir John A.

Macdonald_.

=Pope, William Henry= (1825-1879). Born in Prince Edward Island. Elected to the Legislature and became provincial secretary in the Gray ministry, 1863; represented Prince Edward Island at the Charlottetown Conference, 1864, and the Quebec Conference, 1864; judge of the County Court of Prince County, Prince Edward Island, 1873-1879. =T= Represents Prince Edward Island at Quebec Conference, 77. =Bib.=: Campbell, _History of Prince Edward Island_.

=Population.= =B= Of Upper Canada, doubled between 1842 and 1851, exceeds that of Lower Canada in 1852, 62, 75; in 1841, 82; in 1852, 134.

=Dr= Of Canada in 1763, 9. _See also_ Census.

=Porcupine.= =WM= Sloop of war, commanded by Captain Jervis, 176.

=Porcupine River.= Discovered by John Bell, of the Hudson's Bay Company, in 1842, and explored to its junction with the Yukon, by Bell, in 1844.

In 1847 Alexander Hunter Murray, of the same company, descended the Porcupine to its mouth, and built Fort Yukon, about three miles above the mouth of the Porcupine, on the east bank of the Yukon. In 1869, on the abandonment of Fort Yukon, the Hudson's Bay Company built Rampart House, on the Porcupine River, close to the international boundary. As subsequent surveys proved it to be on American territory, the fort was moved some miles to the east. =Index=: =D= Ascended by Robert Campbell in 1850, 125. =Bib.=: Murray, _Journal of the Yukon_ (Canadian Archives, 1910); McConnell, _Report on the Yukon and Mackenzie Basins_ (Geol.

Survey, 1889).

=Port au Mouton (Acadia).= =Ch= De Monts stops at, 19.

=Port aux Anglais.= =Ch= Louisbourg commonly known as, 236. _See also_ Louisbourg.

=Port Hayes.= On Hudson Bay, captured by Troyes, 206.

=Port Nelson.= Fort built by the Hudson's Bay Company, at mouth of Hayes River, west coast of Hudson Bay, 1669. Afterwards known as York Factory (_q.v._). It was captured by the French under Iberville in 1694, and again in 1697. =Index=: =F= Captured by Iberville, 345; retaken by English, 347; again taken by Iberville. =Bib.=: Bryce, _Hudson's Bay Company_; Laut, _Pathfinders of the West_ and _Conquest of the Great North-West_. _See also_ Iberville.

=Port Royal.= Founded by De Monts in 1605. The basin had been discovered the previous year, and the land granted to Poutrincourt, who named it Port Royal. The early settlement is described in Lescarbot's _History of New France_. Captured by Sedgwick, under the orders of Cromwell, in 1654; restored in 1668. Again captured by Phipps, 1690, and once more restored to France by the treaty of Ryswick, 1697. Nicholson finally captured the place in 1710, and re-named it Annapolis Royal (_q.v._).

=Index=: =F= Capital of Acadia, 270; captured by Phipps, 274. =Ch= Settlement made at, 32; new settlers arrive under Poutrincourt, 36. =L= Captured by English, 229. =Bib.=: Champlain, _Voyages_; Lescarbot, _History of New France_; Parkman, _Pioneers of France_.

=Portages.= _See_ Frog Portage; Giscome Portage; Grand Portage; Methye Portage; Rocky Mountain Portage.

=Porter, G. R.= =Sy= Statistician of Board of Trade, 54.

=Portland Railway Convention.= =W= Its object to secure a shorter route to Europe, 119-120.

=Portland, William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, third Duke of= (1738-1809).

Educated at Eton and Oxford; entered Parliament, 1760; prime minister in 1783; and again in 1807. =Index=: =Dr= Thanks Dorchester for surrendering his fees, 292. =S= Secretary of state, Simcoe's despatch to, explaining his advance in American territory, 143-154; does not approve of the creation of lieutenants for the Upper Canada counties, 197; writes to Simcoe in very commendatory terms, 216. =Bib.=: _Dict.

Nat. Biog._

=Portlock.= =D= With Dixon, sails from England, 1785, 22; discovers that Queen Charlotte Islands are not part of mainland, 22.

=Portneuf, De.= =F= Commands war party from Quebec, 236; captures Fort Loyal, 252; removed for peculation, 330.

=Porto Bello.= =Ch= Champlain's description of, 4.

=Porto Rico Island.= =Ch= Taken and abandoned, by English in 1598, 3.

=Portuguese.= =Ch= Island of Cape Breton once occupied by, 236.

=Post Office.= =Mc= Report on, 153; Mackenzie offered control of department, 225; Lord G.o.derich requests Mackenzie's opinion on, 235; Mackenzie's scheme for reform of, 236; control of the revenue from, 236.

=Bk= Service in Upper Canada, 155. =Md= Savings banks introduced in 1867, 151; rates reduced and unified at same time, 151. =E= Reforms brought about by La Fontaine-Baldwin government, 85-86. =BL= Transferred from Imperial to Canadian government, and reorganized, 338. =Dr= Condition of service in 1788, 243; Dorchester's improvement of, 243.

=Hd= Difficulties of, 129, 131; improved by Haldimand, 131; inefficiency of, in 1782, 193.