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 Iberville in 1694, and again in 1697. Index: F Captured by Iberville, 345; retaken by English, 347; again taken by Iberville. Bib.: Bryce, Hudson's Bay Company; Laut, Pathfinders of the West and Conquest of the Great North-West. See also Iberville.
Port Royal. Founded by De Monts in 1605. The basin had been discovered the previous year, and the land granted to Poutrincourt, who named it Port Royal. The early settlement is described in Lescarbot's History of New France. Captured by Sedgwick, under the orders of Cromwell, in 1654; restored in 1668. Again captured by Phipps, 1690, and once more restored to France by the treaty of Ryswick, 1697. Nicholson finally captured the place in 1710, and re-named it Annapolis Royal (q.v.). Index: F Capital of Acadia, 270; captured by Phipps, 274. Ch Settlement made at, 32; new settlers arrive under Poutrincourt, 36. L Captured by English, 229. Bib.: Champlain, Voyages; Lescarbot, History of New France; Parkman, Pioneers of France.
Portages. See Frog Portage; Giscome Portage; Grand Portage; Methye Portage; Rocky Mountain Portage.
Porter, G. R. Sy Statistician of Board of Trade, 54.
Portland Railway Convention. W Its object to secure a shorter route to Europe, 119-120.
Portland, William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, third Duke of (1738-1809). Educated at Eton and Oxford; entered Parliament, 1760; prime minister in 1783; and again in 1807. Index: Dr Thanks Dorchester for surrendering his fees, 292. S Secretary of state, Simcoe's despatch to, explaining his advance in American territory, 143-154; does not approve of the creation of lieutenants for the Upper Canada counties, 197; writes to Simcoe in very commendatory terms, 216. Bib.: Dict. Nat. Biog.
Portlock. D With Dixon, sails from England, 1785, 22; discovers that Queen Charlotte Islands are not part of mainland, 22.
Portneuf, De. F Commands war party from Quebec, 236; captures Fort Loyal, 252; removed for peculation, 330.
Porto Bello. Ch Champlain's description of, 4.
Porto Rico Island. Ch Taken and abandoned, by English in 1598, 3.