1771 in Canada

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Centuries: 17th century · 18th century · 19th century
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Years: 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773 1774

Events from the year 1771 in Canada.

Incumbents[]

  • Monarch: George III

Governors[]

  • Governor of the Province of Quebec: Guy Carleton
  • Governor of Nova Scotia: Lord William Campbell
  • Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: John Byron
  • Governor of St. John's Island: Walter Patterson

Events[]

  • July 17 – Massacre at Bloody Falls: Chipewyan chief Matonabbee traveling as the guide to Samuel Hearne on his Arctic overland journey, massacre a group of unsuspecting Inuit.
  • Captain James Cook completes his first voyage around the world.
  • Lieutenant Governor Michael Francklin of Nova Scotia travels to northern England to seek immigrants to replace those displaced by the Acadian expulsion.

Births[]

  • January 19: Thomas Talbot, army and militia officer, settlement promoter, office holder, and politician (d.1853)
  • June 20: Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, colonizer and author (d.1820)

Full date unknown[]

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