1790 in Canada

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Events from the year 1790 in Canada.

Incumbents[]

  • Monarch: George III

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[]

  • British Captain George Vancouver begins his three-year survey of northwest coast of North America
  • Spain signs the Nootka Convention, ceding the Pacific Northwest to England and the United States.
  • October 7 New York consents to Vermont's admission to the Union, with cessation of New York's jurisdiction, in the disputed territory.
  • Lower Canada is divided into three districts, instead of two.

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