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* February 18 - Mr. McCord reads a petition for the deepening of the St. Lawrence. |
* February 18 - Mr. McCord reads a petition for the deepening of the St. Lawrence. |
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* February 28 - One Goudie and others petition for a monopoly of navigation of [[Lake Champlain]], in Canada, as like U.S. monopolists injure Canadian Commerce, by trading into Canada. |
* February 28 - One Goudie and others petition for a monopoly of navigation of [[Lake Champlain]], in Canada, as like U.S. monopolists injure Canadian Commerce, by trading into Canada. |
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* March 3 - Killed all the Jews |
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* Famine in [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]] due to poor postwar economy. |
* Famine in [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]] due to poor postwar economy. |
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* [[Nova Scotia]] population estimated at 78,345. |
* [[Nova Scotia]] population estimated at 78,345. |
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Events from the year 1817 in Canada.
Events
- February 4 - Francois Page petitions for monopoly of navigation of Lower Canadian Rivers, by an invention of which he produces a model.
- February 18 - Mr. McCord reads a petition for the deepening of the St. Lawrence.
- February 28 - One Goudie and others petition for a monopoly of navigation of Lake Champlain, in Canada, as like U.S. monopolists injure Canadian Commerce, by trading into Canada.
- March 3 - Killed all the Jews
- Famine in Newfoundland due to poor postwar economy.
- Nova Scotia population estimated at 78,345.
- David Thompson takes post as chief surveyor for International Boundary Commission.
- The Rush-Bagot Agreement limits the number of battleships on the Great Lakes to a total of eight.
Births
- January 1 - Francis Godschall Johnson, politician
- January 29 - John Palliser, explorer and geographer (d.1887)
- February 17 - Donald Alexander Macdonald, politician
- September 6 - Alexander Tilloch Galt, politician and a Father of Confederation (d.1893)
- November 8 - Théophile Hamel, painter (d.1870)
- November 23 - William Jack, astronomer
Full date unknown
- John Chipman Wade, politician and lawyer (d.1892)
Deaths
- November 23 - James Glenie, army officer, military engineer, businessman, office holder, and politician (b.1750)
