Upper Canadian
Americannoun
adjective
Example Sentences
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From The Guardian
There was a prevalent feeling in England that a very large part of the Upper Canadian people was determined upon a republican form of government.
From Project Gutenberg
But just as soon as rude homes were built and a patch of forest cleared upon which to grow grain and vegetables, these Upper Canadian Loyalists began to think of schools.
From Project Gutenberg
The secretary's statement was demonstrably incorrect, but it furnished the foundation for the opinion which he desired, that the law did not require, nor did expediency suggest, the transfer to the Upper Canadian legislature of the control of the post office in that province.
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After a six weeks' voyage they reached the mouth of the St. Lawrence, whence by slow degrees they made their way to Little York, as the Upper Canadian capital was then called.
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