1700 in Canada
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Events from the year 1700 in Canada.
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- January 26 - The Cascadia Earthquake, one of the largest earthquakes on record, ruptures the Cascadia subduction zone offshore from Vancouver Island to northern California, creating a tsunami that wiped out the winter village of Pachena Bay leaving no survivors.
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- By now, it is clear that New France is not going to be self-sufficient.
- Population of Acadia is 1,400.
- Sir Stephen Evans in Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company between the years 1700 to 1712.
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- June 17 - François-Marie Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes, explorer and soldier. (died 1736)
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- Joseph Adams, chief factor of the Hudson's Bay Company. (died 1737)
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- January 12 - Marguerite Bourgeoys (born Troyes, France on April 17, 1620), first school teacher in Montreal and founder of the congregation of Notre Dame (the first order of uncloistered nuns in North America).
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- Louis Jolliet was one of the first people of European descent born in North America to be remembered for significant discoveries. (born 1645)
