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Information about 1797 In Canada

Events

  • An American, named McLane, being convicted of high treason, is hanged on a gibbet, on the glacis of the fortifications, at Quebec. (Note: possibly 1796)
  • David Thompson leaves Hudson's Bay Company to join North West Company.
  • January 18 - A weekly mail is established between Canada and the United States.
  • 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, 2nd February next."

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Québec
Quebec [1]

Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Je me souviens (French: I remember)

Capital Quebec City
Largest city Montreal
Official languages French
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For other people with this name see David Thompson


David Thompson (April 30, 1770 – February 10, 1857), was an English-Canadian fur trader, surveyor, and map-maker, known to some native peoples as "the Stargazer".
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Hudson's Bay Company
Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson

Private
Founded London, England May 2, 1670
Headquarters Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Revenue $7.0 billion CAD ($59.
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For the grocery chain, see The North West Company

The North West Company a fur trading business headquartered in the city of Montreal in British North America from 1779 to 1821.
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founded Lima, the capital of Peru.
  • 1562 - Pope Pius IV reopens the Council of Trent for its third and final session.
  • 1670 - Henry Morgan captures Panama.
  • 1701 - Frederick I becomes King of Prussia.
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    • founded Lima, the capital of Peru.
  • 1562 - Pope Pius IV reopens the Council of Trent for its third and final session.
  • 1670 - Henry Morgan captures Panama.
  • 1701 - Frederick I becomes King of Prussia.
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    • See also: 1795 in Canada, other events of 1796, 1797 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.

    Events

    • About 600 Blacks from Jamaica are deported to Nova Scotia. Known as Maroons, they help rebuild the Halifax Citadel.

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    See also: 1797 in Canada, other events of 1798, 1799 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

    Events

    • David Thompson travels to Mandan villages and charts headwaters of Mississippi River
    • Napoleon invades Egypt.

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