1817 in Canada
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Events from the year1817 in Canada.
Incumbents
[edit]Federal government
[edit]- Parliament of Lower Canada:9th(starting January 15)
- Parliament of Upper Canada:7th(starting February 4)
Governors
[edit]- Governor of the Canadas:Robert Milnes
- Governor of New Brunswick:George Stracey Smyth
- Governor of Nova Scotia:John Coape Sherbrooke
- Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland:Richard Goodwin Keats
- Governor of Prince Edward Island:Charles Douglass Smith
Events
[edit]- February 4 – Francois Page petitions for monopoly of navigation of Lower Canadian Rivers, by an invention of which he produces a model.
- February 18 – Mr. McCord reads a petition for the deepening of the St. Lawrence.
- February 28 – One Goudie and others petition for a monopoly of navigation ofLake Champlain,in Canada, as like U.S. monopolists injure Canadian Commerce, by trading into Canada.
Full date unknown
[edit]- Famine inNewfoundlanddue to poor postwar economy.
- Nova Scotiapopulation estimated at 78,345.
- David Thompsontakes post as chief surveyor for International Boundary Commission.
- TheRush-Bagot Agreementlimits the number of battleships on the Great Lakes to a total of eight.
Births
[edit]- January 1 –Francis Godschall Johnson,politician (d.1894)
- January 29 –John Palliser,explorer and geographer (d.1887)
- February 17 –Donald Alexander Macdonald,politician (d.1896)
- September 6 –Alexander Tilloch Galt,politician and aFather of Confederation(d.1893)
- November 8 –Théophile Hamel,painter (d.1870)
- November 23 –William Jack,astronomer (d.1886)
Full date unknown
[edit]- John Chipman Wade,politician and lawyer (d.1892)[2]
Deaths
[edit]- November 23 –James Glenie,army officer, military engineer, businessman, office holder, and politician (b.1750)
References
[edit]- ^"George III".Official website of the British monarchy.Royal Household. 31 December 2015.Retrieved18 April2016.
- ^"Profile".lop.parl.ca.Retrieved2022-08-12.