Knox, John, & Melville, Canadian followers of, [44]
L
Lachine, portage to, [10]
Lachine Canal, [179]
La Fontaine, Sir Louis, Leader of French Canadians, [14], [32], [59], [65], [295]; and Anglo-French cooperation, [125], [162]; and the Anti-Union movement, [103]; Claims of, as to Office, [149], Bagot's action, [150-1]; and the Clergy Reserve troubles, [52-3]; Loss of Election by, [113], [117]; Loyalty of, [338]; Office refused by (1845), [96]; accepted (1848), effects of, [305]; and the Patronage Crisis, [168], [171]; and the Rebellion of 1837, [142]; and the Rebellion Losses Bill, [214]; Restrictive attitude to Governors-General, [162]; on the Importance of the Anglo-French Union, [177]; on Patronage, [172-3]
La Fontaine-Baldwin Ministries, [161], [212], [215-16], [229], [295], [298]
Laissez faire doctrine, in British colonial politics, [188], [230]; Autonomy the natural result of, [291]; and Home Control, in Colonial affairs, Grey's views on, [267] et sqq.; as Influencing Annexationism, [334]
Lake Ontario, [10]
Lake-neutralization Treaty, see Rush-Bagot Treaty
Lanark, Scottish and Canadian, ties between, [45]