1804 in Canada

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Events from the year 1804 in Canada.

Incumbents[]

  • Monarch: George III

Federal government[]

  • Parliament of Lower Canada: 3rd (until June 13)
  • Parliament of Upper Canada: 3rd (until March 9)

Governors[]

  • Governor of the Canadas: Robert Milnes
  • Governor of New Brunswick: Thomas Carleton
  • Governor of Nova Scotia: John Wentworth
  • Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Erasmus Gower
  • Governor of Prince Edward Island: Edmund Fanning then Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres

Events[]

  • October 8 – HMS Speedy sinks during snowstorm
  • David Thompson works in Peace River country.
  • Lewis and Clark start up the Missouri River.
  • Merger of the North West Company and . The XY Company is absorbed by the North West Company.
  • 1,400 American ships are fishing off Labrador and in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
  • The earliest Fraktur paintings appear in Lincoln County, Ontario.
  • Russians return to Sitka and attack fort on Indian River. Russians lose the battle, but Natives are forced to flee. Baranov re-establishes trading post.
  • Locks are placed at Coteau, the Cascades and at Long Sault.

Full date unknown[]

  • McTavish Column completed

Births[]

  • February 29 – Antoine Plamondon, artist (d.1895)
  • May 12 – Robert Baldwin, politician (d.1858)
  • December 13 – Joseph Howe, Premier of Nova Scotia (d.1873)

Deaths[]

  • July 6 – Simon McTavish, fur trader and dealer in furs, militia officer, office holder, landowner, seigneur, and businessman (b.1750)

References[]

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