. Canada: an encyclopædia of the country; the Canadian dominion considered in its historic relations, its natural resources, its material progress and its national development, by a corps of eminent writers and specialists. est built thefirst church, known as the Blue Chapel. Thesuccess and prosperitj of the colony produced afavourable impression on the Scotch at home, andin 1802 the Rev. .Alexander Macdonell madeapplication for lands to the Home Governmenton behalf of the members of the disbandedGlengarry Fencible Regiment. This corps wasmustered for service in 1794, and was the firstdistinct
. Canada: an encyclopædia of the country; the Canadian dominion considered in its historic relations, its natural resources, its material progress and its national development, by a corps of eminent writers and specialists. est built thefirst church, known as the Blue Chapel. Thesuccess and prosperitj of the colony produced afavourable impression on the Scotch at home, andin 1802 the Rev. .Alexander Macdonell madeapplication for lands to the Home Governmenton behalf of the members of the disbandedGlengarry Fencible Regiment. This corps wasmustered for service in 1794, and was the firstdistinctively Catholic regiment organized since 45=^ CANADA : AN ENCYCLOPEDIA the Reformation, and for the first time since thatperiod the British Government had recognized aCatholic priest as one of its military March, 1803, Chaplain Macdonell obtainedfrom the Home Government a grant of land .forevery officer and soldier of the Glengarry Regi-ment who wished to settle in Upper reached Quebec in 1S03, and almost imme-diately proceeded to the Glengarry clearings. Atthis time (1S04) there were in all Upper Canadaone stone and two frame churches, and only twoclergymen, the one at Sandwich, the other at. The Hon. and Rt. Rev. Alexander Macdonell. Glengarry. In the Life of Bishop Denaut, ofQuebec, it is recorded that in iSoi His Lordshipvisited Kingston and Detroit, and on his returncalled at the parishes of St. Andrew and , where he was most hospitably receivedby the Catholic Highlanders. During this pas-toral visit, the Bishop administered the Sacramentof Confirmation to two thousand souls, four hun-dred of whom belonged to Detroit. This appearsto be a very large number, but when it is remem-bered that this was the first Episcopal visitation since that of Bishop Pontbriant to Detroit in1755, the number will not be at all surprising. The Rev. Alexander Macdonell, who led thethird immigration of the Scotch Highlanders,may in a sense be styled the Father o
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