Pope, James Colledge (1826-1885). Born in Bedeque, Prince Edward Island. Educated at home and in England. Engaged in mercantile pursuits. Sat in the Prince Edward Island Assembly, 1857-1867; premier, 1865-1867. A strong opponent of Confederation and succeeded in preventing the entrance of Prince Edward Island into the Dominion. Defeated, 1868; two years later elected and again became premier. His government defeated, 1872, but returned to power, 1873. Carried through resolutions under which Prince Edward Island became a province of Canada. Elected to the House of Commons for Prince County, 1873; did not offer for re-election. Again elected to the House of Commons, 1878; entered the government of Sir John A. Macdonald as minister of marine and fisheries. Held office until his retirement from public life, 1882. Bib.: Dent, Can. Por.; Rose, Cyc. Am. Biog.
Pope, John Henry (1824-1889). Born in the Eastern Townships, Quebec. Elected for Compton to the Canada Assembly, 1857; and in 1867 to the Dominion Parliament. Called to the Cabinet, 1871, as minister of agriculture, and again in 1878 on the return of the Conservatives to power; in 1880 accompanied Sir John Macdonald and Sir Charles Tupper to England in connection with the negotiations as to the Canadian Pacific Railway contract; minister of railways and canals, 1885. Index: B Conference with George Brown on Confederation, 152, 154. Bib.: Rose, Cyc. Can. Biog.; Dent, Can. Por.
Pope, Joseph (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.