1793 in Canada
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Events from the year 1793 in Canada.
Incumbents
[edit]Federal government
[edit]Governors
[edit]Events
[edit]- May 9 – First Parliament, of Lower Canada prorogued.
- July 9 – Act Against Slavery passed into law, making Upper Canada the first British territory to bring in legislation against slavery, although it did not abolish slavery entirely.
- Alexander Mackenzie reaches Pacific Ocean at Bella Coola.[2]
- David Thompson surveys Muskrat Country west of Hudson Bay.
- HBC Brandon House established on the Assiniboine River, outpost for trade south and southwest to Missouri and Yellowstone.
- Mackenzie reaches the Pacific at Dean Channel.
- Merchant vessels first navigate Lake Ontario.
Births
[edit]- March 24 : François-Xavier Paré, politician.
Deaths
[edit]- March 30 : François-Marie Picoté de Belestre, colonial soldier.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Kings and Queens of Canada". aem. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ↑ "APPENDIX ONE", First Man West, MQUP, pp. 311–313, doi:10.2307/j.ctt1w1vmk7.7, retrieved 2023-05-13

