oseph= (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 documents 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 Ibervi