A Life on the Line: Commander Pierre-Etienne Fortin and his Times (Carleton Library Series) (Volume 188)

Pierre-etienne Fortin Led A Life And Plied A Career At The Heart Of Canada's Early History. He Was An Adventurer, An Amateur Scientist, An Early (if Ambiguous) Conservationist And A Conservative Politician From 1867 To 1888. He Was A Doctor On Grosse-ile Amid The Horrors Of The 1847 Typhus Epidemic, Led A Mounted Police Troop During The Infamous Montreal Riots Of 1849 And, As Commander Of The Armed Schooner La Canadienne, Policed The Gulf Of St. Lawrence From 1852 To 1867, When Thousands Of New Englanders And Nova Scotians Swarmed Over The Fishing Grounds. His Official Life As Magistrate And Mid-level Bureaucrat Often Exemplified Tensions Of Early Nationhood: Those Between Elites And Colonists; And Those Arising From The Nationalistic Impulse To Impose Law And Order On The Wilderness. The Interests, Issues And Sympathies At Work On Fortin In The Founding Period Remain Compelling Today: Job Creation Versus Environmental Protection, Free Trade With The U.s., The Exploitation Of Canadian Fisheries, Relations With Aboriginal Peoples, And The Political Status Of Quebec Within Confederation.--book Jacket. 1. The Commander And La Canadienne -- 2. Fortin's Ancestors And His Youth -- 3. Fighting Plagues And Mobs -- 4. The Commander And His Domain -- 5. Sellout Of The Gulf -- 6. Magistrate And Policeman -- 7. A Company Man? -- 8. The War Of The Candle Snuffers -- 9. Naturalist And Conservationist -- 10. Conservation Versus Jobs -- 11. Our Rivers Taken From Us -- 12. Fighting With The Bureaucrats -- 13. Fortin, The Conservatives, And Confederation -- 14. A Constituency Man -- 15. Final Days. W. Brian Stewart. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [199]-207) And Index. MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict Cover 1 Contents 8 List of Illustrations 9 Preface 10 I: The Commander and La Canadienne 14 II: Fortins Ancestors and his Youth 30 III: Fighting Plagues and Mobs 44 IV: The Commander and His Domain 60 V: Sellout of the Gulf 74 VI: Magistrate and Policeman 88 VII: A Company Man? 100 VIII: The War of the Candle Snuffers 118 IX: Naturalist and Conservationist 126 X: Conservation versus Jobs 138 XI: "Our Rivers Taken from Us" 148 XII: Fighting with the Bureaucrats 158 XIII: Fortin, the Conservatives, and Confederation 166 XIV: A Constituency Man 180 XV: Final Days 198 Sources 212 Index 222 PLACES AND TOPICS 222 A 222 B 222 C 222 D 223 E 223 F 223 G 223 H 224 I 224 J 224 K 224 L 224 M 225 N 225 O 225 P 226 Q 226 R 226 S 226 T 227 U 227 V 227 W 227 PERSONS 227 A 227 B 227 C 228 D 228 E 228 F 228 G 229 H 229 J 229 K 229 L 229 M 229 N 230 O 230 P 230 Q 230 R 230 S 230 T 230 U 230 V 230 W 230 VESSELS 231 A 231 B 231 C 231 D 231 E 231 F 231 G 231 I 231 L 231 M 231 N 231 O 231 P 231 R 231 S 231 T 231 V 231 Annotation Pierre-Étienne Fortin led a life and plied a career at the heart of Canada's early history. He was an adventurer, an amateur scientist, an early (if ambiguous) conservationist and a Conservative politician from 1867 to 1888. He was a doctor on Grosse-Île amid the horrors of the 1847 typhus epidemic, led a mounted police troop during the infamous Montreal riots of 1849 and, as commander of the armed schooner La Canadienne, policed the Gulf of St. Lawrence from 1852 to 1867, when thousands of New Englanders and Nova Scotians swarmed over the fishing grounds. His official life as magistrate and mid-level bureaucrat often exemplified tensions of early nationhood: those between elites and colonists; and those arising from the nationalistic impulse to impose law and order on the wilderness. The interests, issues and sympathies at work on Fortin in the founding period remain compelling today: job creation versus environmental protection, free trade with the U.S., the exploitation of Canadian fisheries, relations with aboriginal peoples, and the political status of Quebec within confederation