Lisgar, Lord, governor-general of Canada, 267
Literature in Canada, during French régime, 35; before union of 1840, 164; after union, 192; since Confederation, 284-287
Londonderry in Nova Scotia; origin of name of, 51, 52
Lome, Marquess of; governor-general of Canada, 244; His services to Art,
Science, and Literature, 267
Louisiana, named by La Salle, 19
Louis XIV establishes royal government in Canada, 12, 27, 28
Lount, Samuel; Upper Canadian rebel of 1837, 148, 152-153; executed, 155
Loyalists. See United Empire Loyalists
Loyal and Patriotic Society of Upper Canada; usefulness of, during war of 1819-15, 121
Lundy's Lane, battle of; won by British in 1814, 117, 120