1862 in Canada
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See also: 1861 in Canada, other events of 1862, 1863 in Canada.
Events from the year 1862 in Canada.
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[edit] Events
- April 7 - United Kingdom-United States treaty for suppression of African slave trade is signed.
- May 20 - Macdonald-Cartier government falls. Free interprovincial trade granted by the Crown.
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- The first female student is accepted into Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick
- Smallpox sweeps through Fort Victoria area and down the length of the northwest coast, killing an estimated 200,000 Indian people - William Duncan, an Anglican missionary on the northwest coast, establishes the village of Metlakatla with 50 Tsimshian followers, who adopt the Christian faith and a European lifestyle. By 1880, more than 1,000 converts live there.
- Construction begins on the Cariboo Wagon Road to link coastal shipping to Barkerville and the Cariboo goldfields.
[edit] Arts and literature
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[edit] Births
- January 9 - Joseph-Octave Samson, businessperson, politician and 28th Mayor of Quebec City (d.1945)
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- Laura Borden, wife of Robert Borden, 8th Prime Minister of Canada (d.1940)
[edit] Deaths
- August 8 - Allan MacNab, businessman, soldier, lawyer and politician (b.1798)
- August 18 - Simon Fraser, fur-trader and explorer (b.1776)
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