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1787 in Canada

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Events from the year 1787 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

  • HBC David Thompson wintered with Piegans on Bow River.
  • Prince William Henry (future William IV) lands at Quebec.
  • At an investigation into judicial abuses, it is stated that one judge takes wine to excess, before taking his seat on the Bench; and that another habitually disregards the pertinent French law and applies the law of England.
  • The Toronto Purchase occurs.

Births

  • February 10 – John McDonald, businessman and political figure (d.1860)
  • February 12 – Norbert Provencher, clergyman, missionary and Bishop (d.1853)
  • November 12 – Pierre-Flavien Turgeon, Archbishop of Quebec (d.1867)
  • November 9 – William MacBean George Colebrooke, lieutenant governor of New Brunswick (d.1870)

Deaths

  • April 14 – Benjamin Frobisher, fur-trader (b. 1742)

References

References

  1. (11 August 2017). "Kings and Queens of Canada".
  2. "Provencher, Bishop Joseph Norbert {{!}} OMI World".
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