1749 in Canada
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Events from the year 1749 in Canada.
Incumbents
Governors
- Governor General of New France: Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière then Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de la Jonquière, Marquis de la Jonquière
- Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial
- Governor of Nova Scotia: Edward Cornwallis
- Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: George Brydges Rodney
Events
- Halifax, capital of Nova Scotia, is founded by British General Edward Cornwallis to counter French presence at Louisbourg.
- La Vérendrye was awarded the cross of Saint Louis, in honour of his career.
- French agricultural settlement established in what would become Windsor, Ontario.
Births
Full date unknown
- Joel Stone, founder of Gananoque, Ontario (died 1833)
Deaths
- December 5 - Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, French Canadian military officer, fur trader and explorer (born 1685).
Historical Documents
Indigenous hunting season in what is now Nova Scotia ranges from elk to sea wolf to eggs of turtles and birds[1]
European visitor describes the character of French Canadian women[2]
Hudson's Bay Company undercuts its trade by making Indigenous people come to Bay posts and offering worse deals than French do[3]
Explorer describes clues on Hudson Bay that indicate nearness of "western sea" and existence of Northwest Passage[4]
References
- A Geographical History of Nova Scotia (1749), pgs. 48-9, 98-9. Accessed 11 January 2021 https://archive.org/details/ageographicalhi00unkngoog/page/n48/mode/2up
- Pehr Kalm, Travels into North America; Vol. III (London, 1771), pgs. 55-7. Accessed 7 October 2017 https://archive.org/stream/travelsintonorth03kalm_0#page/54/mode/1up
- "Report from the Committee on the State of The Hudson's Bay Company" (April 24, 1749), pgs. 216, 217-19, 223, 226, 229, 231-4. Accessed 5 January 2021 https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_02954/5?r=0&s=3
- Henry Ellis, "The Third Part: Comprehending, Such Arguments[...]as serve to shew the great Probability of a Passage by the North West[...]," A Voyage to Hudson's-Bay, by the Dobbs Galley and California, In the Years 1746 and 1747[....] (1749), pgs. 136-47. Accessed 11 January 2021 https://archive.org/details/cihm_34895/page/n163/mode/2up
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