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1770 in Canada

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Events from the year 1770 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

December – Samuel Hearne departs on his third voyage of discovery.
The city of Saint-Eustache, Quebec is established.

Births

April 7 – William Wordsworth, in Cockermouth, England (d.1850)
April 30 – David Thompson, fur trader, surveyor and map-maker (d.1857)
June 4 (baptised) – William Carson, in Kirkcudbright, Scotland (d.1843)
October 23 – George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie (d.1838)

Full date unknown

William Allan, near Huntly, Scotland (d.1853)

Deaths

February 12 – Christopher Middleton, Hudson's Bay Company captain

References

(11 August 2017). "Kings and Queens of Canada".
"Office of Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governors gallery".

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