1789 in Canada
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Events from the year 1789 in Canada.
Incumbents
Governors
- Governor of the Canadas: Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester
- Governor of New Brunswick: Thomas Carleton
- Governor of Nova Scotia: John Parr
- Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: John Elliot
- Governor of St. John's Island: Edmund Fanning
Events
- 1789–93 – Alexander Mackenzie of Canada, seeking northern river route to the Pacific, travels to the Arctic Ocean; on second journey he crosses continent by land, making contact with many tribes.[2]
- Alexander Mackenzie journeys to the Beaufort Sea, following what would later be named the Mackenzie River.[3]
- David Thompson learns surveying from Philip Turnor.[4]
- Lord Grenville proposes that lands in Upper Canada be held in free and common soccage, and that the tenure of Lower Canadian lands be optional with the inhabitants.[5]
Births
- November 13 – Denis-Benjamin Papineau, joint premier of the Province of Canada (died 1854)
References
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- ↑ Gutman, Judith Mara. Through Indian Eyes. New York: Oxford UP, 1982. Print.
- ↑ Belton, Robert James. Sights of Resistance: Approaches to Canadian Visual Culture. Calgary: U of Calgary, 2001. Print.
- ↑ Glover, Richard (ed.), David Thompson's Narrative, 1784–1812. Champlain Society : Toronto, 1962.
- ↑ Terrill, Frederick William. A Chronology of Montreal and of Canada from A.D. 1752 to A.D. 1893 ...Salt Lake City, UT: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. Print.
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