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*[[Governor General of the Province of Canada|Governor of the Canadas]]: [[ |
*[[Governor General of the Province of Canada|Governor of the Canadas]]: [[Robert Prescott]] |
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*[[List of lieutenant governors of New Brunswick|Governor of New Brunswick]]: [[Thomas Carleton]] |
*[[List of lieutenant governors of New Brunswick|Governor of New Brunswick]]: [[Thomas Carleton]] |
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*[[Governor of Nova Scotia]]: [[John Wentworth (governor)|John Wentworth]] |
*[[Governor of Nova Scotia]]: [[John Wentworth (governor)|John Wentworth]] |
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Events from the year 1797 in Canada.
Incumbents
Federal government
- Parliament of Lower Canada: 2nd (starting January 24)
- Parliament of Upper Canada: 2nd (starting June 1)
Governors
- Governor of the Canadas: Robert Prescott
- Governor of New Brunswick: Thomas Carleton
- Governor of Nova Scotia: John Wentworth
- Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: John Elliot
- Governor of St. John's Island: Edmund Fanning
- Governor of Upper Canada: John Graves Simcoe
Events
- David Thompson leaves Hudson's Bay Company to join North West Company.
- January 18 – This notice appears in the Quebec Gazette: "A mail for the upper counties, comprehending Niagara and Detroit, will be closed, at this office, on Monday, 30th instant, at four o'clock in the evening, to be forwarded, from Montreal, by the annual winter express, on Thursday, 2 February next."[citation needed]
- July 21 – American David McLane, being convicted of high treason, is hanged on a gibbet on the glacis of the fortifications at Quebec. (Note: possibly 1796)
Births
- April 2 – Joseph-François Deblois, lawyer, judge and political figure (d.1860)
- May 2 – Abraham Pineo Gesner, physician and surgeon, geologist, and inventor (d.1864)
- June 29 – Frederic Baraga, Roman Catholic priest, missionary, and bishop (d.1868)
- August 22 – Augustin-Magloire Blanchet, missionary (d.1887)
- October 4 – Charles-Séraphin Rodier, mayor of Montreal (d.1876)
- December 25 – Bernard Donald Macdonald, Roman Catholic priest, bishop, and school administrator (d.1859)
Deaths
- January 9 – Charles Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot, military (b. 1727)
- August 3 – Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, army officer (b. 1717)
- October 17 – Jean-François Hubert, bishop of Quebec (b. 1739)
Historical documents
Report of the settlement of Maroons in Nova Scotia, April 21, 1797[1]
Chief Joseph Brant complains that inability to sell or rent out Grand River lands granted his people makes their future insecure[2]
References
- ^ Lieutenant Governor John Wentworth, "Wentworth report on the Maroons" African Nova Scotians in the Age of Slavery and Abolition, Nova Scotia Archives. Accessed 8 October 2017
- ^ Excerpts of letters of Joseph Brant to John Johnson and James Green (December 10, 1797) Indian Affairs; Lieutenant-Governor's Office - Upper Canada; Correspondence, 1796-1806, pgs. 190-6 (HTML pgs. 226-32). Accessed 25 January 2021