ernment of, provision for separate
schools opposed by George Brown, 249. =Md= Terms upon which Hudson's Bay
Company transfers territory to the crown, 156-157; causes of discontent
and rebellion involved in annexation of, 157-163. _See also_ Assiniboia;
Alberta; Athabaska; Saskatchewan. =Bib.=: Adam, _Canadian North-West_;
Tasse, _Canadiens de l'Ouest_; Dugas, _Legendes du Nord-Ouest_; Begg,
_History of the North-West_; Hind, _North-West Territory_; MacBeth,
_Making of the Canadian West_.

=Northern Railway.= Chartered in 1849 as the Toronto, Sarnia, and Lake
Huron Railway. The line ran north from Toronto to Lake Simcoe, thence to
Georgian Bay. In 1879 the Northern acquired the Hamilton and
North-Western; and in 1888 was itself absorbed by the Grand Trunk.
=Index=: =E= Construction of, stimulated by provincial guarantee, 1849,
99.

=Norton, John.= Born in Scotland. Came to America and settled among the
Mohawks, who made him a chief. After the close of the War of 1812, went
to Georgia. Died in Scotland. =Index=: =Bk= In battle of Queenston
Heights, 310. =Bib.=: Richardson, _War of 1812_, ed. by Casselman.

=Norway House.= Also known at one time as Jack River House. A post of
the Hudson's Bay Company, on Little Playgreen Lake, at the northern end
of Lake Winnipeg. The post formerly stood on Mossy Point, where the
Nelson River flows out of Lake Winnipeg, but was burnt to the ground
about 1826. The present fort was completed in 1828. It is described in
McLeod's _Peace River_, pp. 49-50. In Sir George Simpson's day, Norway
House was the headquarters of the Company, where the governor and
Council met annually to discuss and arrange its affairs. The name
originated in the fact that a party of Scandinavians had been employed
in building the old fort. =Index=: =MS= Selkirk colonists at Jack River,
163-164, 175; becomes headquarters of Hudson's Bay Company, 216;
Governor Simpson at, 1828, 233-236. =Bib.=: Bryce, _Hudson's Bay
Company_; Laut, _Conquest of the Great North-West_.

=Notre Dame de la Recouvrance.= First parish church of Quebec; built by
Champlain, 1633, and enlarged, 1635. Totally destroyed by fire, June 14,
1640. Replaced in 1645 by the Church of Notre Dame de la Paix, now the
Basilica of Quebec. =Index=: =Ch= First service in, 239; Champlain's
bequest to, 239; gifts to, 240; consecrated under name of Immaculate
Conception, 240; burnt, 241. =Bib.=: Doughty, _Cradle of New France_.

=Notre Dame de Montreal.= =L= P