Derby, Elias, the first American millionaire,70.
Devonshire ships, annual round of,67.
'Don de Dieu,' Champlain's ship,55.
Dory, the,27; the schooner's tender,159-61.
Drake, Sir Francis, sails round the world,52.
'Dreadnought,' her record run,102.
Dug-out, the,18,19-20.
Durham boat, the,27-8.
East India Docks in London, famous clipper race to,102-3.
Egyptians, as shipbuilders,49,50,86.
'Empress of Ireland,' loss of, with over a thousand lives, off Rimouski,151.
English-speaking people, sea terms in speech of,8-9.
Eskimos, and whaling,164.
Fletcher of Rye, his nautical invention,46-7,50.
Fort Langley, Simpson reaches,40.
Fort St James, Simpson's royal progress at,39-40.
French Canadians, sea terms in speech of,10; and whaling,58-9,164.
'Frontenac,' the, on the Great Lakes,135.
Fur trade under the French and the British,31-3; voyages in connection with,33,37-40.
'Galiote,' the, built by the Sovereign Council,59.
George V, his voyage across the Atlantic,102.
Germany, her navy,182-3,187.
Goudie, James, builder of the 'Royal William,'137-8,139,141.
'Grace Carter,' her record trip,102.
'Grande Hermine,' Cartier's ship,49,50.
Grand Portage, the,31.
Great Britain, preponderance of her ships,7-8,51; her command of the sea,15,53,56-7,73,76,102,177; weakness of her Board of Trade regulations,99; her tonnage under construction in 1913,153; her consular service for Canada,176; colonial contributions to the Royal Navy,183-8.
Great Lakes, why called,1; the first vessel on,60; trade on,71-3.
'Great Republic,' her canvas,105.
Grenfell, Dr, in Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen,172.
Halifax, lumbering and shipbuilding at,70; privateers of,182.
'Hamilton Campbell Kidston,' a famous ship,80.
Hare, Dr, in Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen,172.
Hell ships,94-5,98.
Hennepin, Father, his description of 'Le Griffon,'61.
Henry, John, a Quebec founder,137-8.
Henry, Commodore, and the 'Royal William,'143.
'Hercules,' a tug,134.
Hudson Bay, conflicts between French and British in,62-3; place for fur,64.
Hudson's Bay Company, its maritime trade,63.
Hundred Years' War, the second,56.
Hurricane, a ship in a,120-7.
Iberville, the French naval hero of Canada,63,179.
Indians, and whaling,164.
Jackson, John, engines the first Canadian steamer,131.
Japan, her naval victory at Tsu-shima,183.
Jefferys' map of the French dominions in America,28-9.
'Jemsetgee Cursetgee,' built at Moncton,80.
Kayaks of the Eskimos, the,15,24-5
Kingston, shipping at,72.
'Konstanz,' longevity of the,79.
Labrador, British supremacy at,63,67.
Lachine Canal,135.
'Lady Washington,' curious history of the,73.
Lake Erie, shipping on,72-73.
Larboard, origin of word,118.
La Salle, builds the 'Le Griffon,'60.
'Lasca,' her record trip,102.
'Le Griffon,' her short career,60-1,180.
Leif Ericson, a Norse explorer,41,45.
'Lightning,' her record run,103.
Lloyd's, and Canadian shipping,77-8; composition and method of,174-5.
Log, the simplest type of craft,17-18.
Louisbourg, a universal port of call,62.
Macdonald, Archibald, his account of Simpson's canoe voyage,39,40.
M'Dougall, John, master of the 'Royal William,'137-8,142-3.
M'Gillivray, with Simpson at Fort St James,40.
M'Kay, Donald, a shipbuilder of Boston,103.
Mackenzie, Alexander, his achievement with a canoe,16-17.
Mackenzie, a shipbuilder at Pictou,79-80.
Mackinaw boat, the,37.
Marine and Fisheries Department in Canada,175-7.
Marine insurance,173-5.
'Mary,' her cargo to and from Quebec,64-5.
Mercantile marine, importance of,12.
Molson, John, owner of the first Canadian steamer,130-1,132-3; his first tender to supply steamer transport for military purposes,133-4.
Monroe Doctrine, the,186.
Montreal, position of,2; furs collected at,71.
Nantucket Island, British whaling at,58.
Nascaupees, and the fur trade,33.
Naval architecture, improvement of,66.
Naval history, ignorance concerning,13-14.
Navigation laws, the,68-9; repealed,74.
New Brunswick, shipbuilding in,75-6.
Newfoundland,2; in relation to Canada,5; and knowledge of the sea,12; boats of various countries at,51; British supremacy at,63,64; fisheries of,155,157-8.
New France, nautical history of,54note; nautical advantages of,58.
New Zealand, and the British Navy,183,185.
Norsemen. See Norwegians.
Norway House, field headquarters of the Hudson's Bay Company,38,39.
Norwegians, seamanship of,12,44-5; and whaling,168-9.
Nova Scotia, shipbuilding in,75; whalers of,165. See Bluenose craft.
'Ontario,' founders in Lake Ontario,71,135.
Oomiak, the Eskimo cargo boat,25.
Paddling, the art of,34.
Paddock, Ichabod, a whaling master at Cape Cod,58.
'Parisian,' the first steamer to be fitted with bilge keels,148.
'Pélican,' d'Iberville's ship,63.
Perel, Captain John, his ship wrecked in attempt to establish trade with New France,64.
Pett, Phineas, ship designer,56.
'Phoenix,' her record,136.
Pont-Gravé, builds two vessels in Canada,59.
Pork-eaters,31-2.
Portuguese, ships of,53.
Provincial marine, the,181.
Punt, the,27.
Quebec, shipbuilding at,71,75; and the launching of the 'Royal William,'139-40.
Quebec and Halifax Navigation Company, builds the 'Royal William,'138.
Queenston, trade at,72.
Raft, the,18-19.
Raleigh, Sir Walter, on striking topmasts,53.
Rapids, running of,35-6.
'R. C. Rickmers,' the largest sailing ship in the world,105.
Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company,148-50.
Rideau Canal,136.
Ross, firm of shipbuilders at Quebec,79.
Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen, its good work,172.
Royal Navy. See under Great Britain.
'Royal William,' first steamer to cross the Atlantic entirely under steam,136-43; first steamer to fire a shot in action,143-4; her records,144-5.
Sailing craft, three types of,17-37,129-30. See under names of craft.
Sails: the simple square of the Vikings,43-4; invention of the fore-and-aft-trimmed sails,46-7,50,65-7; sails of a ship,105-7; setting and trimming,107-9,127; in a squall,109-10; in an Antarctic hurricane,120-5.
St Charles river, shipbuilding yards at,61.
'St Jean,' wrecked on Anticosti,64.
'St John,' first steamer in Canadian salt water,136.
St Lawrence river system,1-3; and France,63.
St Lawrence Steamboat Company,134-5.
Saint-Onge, Roberval's pilot,51.
Salter Brothers, shipbuilders at Moncton,80.
'Santa Maria,' Columbus's ship,49-50.
'Savannah,' her claims disproved,136-7,141.
Schooner, handiness of the,159,161.
Seamen's Institutes, benefit of,171-2.
Seppings, Sir Robert, chief constructor of the Navy,85,86.
Shipbuilding: in Canada,14,59-60,61; comparison between English and French,57; construction and launching of a ship,82-91,153-4.
Shipping, in the eighteenth century,69-70; in the nineteenth,74-5.
Ships, short terms designating the nationality of,93.
Simpson, Sir George, governor of the Hudson's Bay Company,29,36; his tour of inspection,37-40.
'Sophia,' her record trip,72.
South Africa and the British Navy,183,185.
Sovereign of the Seas,' surpasses all records,56.
Sovereign Council of New France, builds the 'Galiote,'59.
Spain, her Armada,52; superiority of her ships,53.
Squall, how to manage a ship in a,109-10.
Starboard, origin of word,118.
Steam craft, types of,151-2.
Steam-engine, development of,153.
Steering a ship,119-20.
'Swiftsure,' an early steamer in Canada,132-3.
'Taeping,' wins famous clipper race,103.
Talon, Jean, encourages shipbuilding in Canada,59-60.
Teabout, Henry, an American shipbuilder in Canada,135.
Torrance Line, the,135.
'Tug, The,' first towboat in the world,134.
Tug, the handiest all-round craft,151-2.
United Empire Loyalists, settle in Maritime Provinces,70-71.
United States, her tonnage threatens British supremacy,53,74; navy of,183.
Vancouver, George, navigates the Pacific coast,178.
Vetch, Samuel, son of an Edinburgh minister, his misfortune,65.
'Victoria,' a cruise on the,103-104,113-28.
'Victorian,' a turbine steamer,148.
'Victory,' the, Nelson's ship,79.
Vikings, voyages of the,41-42; their ships,42-5,48,66,67.
'Virginian,' a turbine steamer,148.
Voyageurs, the,28,31-2; in conjunction with the Indians,32-3; Sir George Simpson on,38,39.
War of 1812, effect of on Canadian shipping trade,71-72,73; effect of American naval victories in the,180; and Halifax privateers,182.
Watt, James, improver of the steam-engine,130.
Welland Canal,135.
Welsh ships, annual round of,67.
Whaling, development and dangers of,163-70.
Winds, different,105.
Yankee clippers, superiority of,95-6; crews of,96-7.
Yankees, and whaling,168.
York boat, the,36.
York Factory, Sir George Simpson's tour from,38-9.