1770 in Canada
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Events from the year 1770 in Canada.
Incumbents
Governors
- Governor of the Province of Quebec: Guy Carleton
- Governor of Nova Scotia: Lord William Campbell
- Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: John Byron
- Governor of St. John's Island: Walter Patterson[1]
Events
- December – Samuel Hearne departs on his third voyage of discovery
- The city of Saint-Eustache, Quebec is established
Births
- April 7 – William Wordsworth, in Cockermouth, England (d.1850)
- April 30 – David Thompson, fur trader, surveyor and map-maker (d.1857)
- June 4 (baptised) – William Carson, in Kirkcudbright, Scotland (d.1843)
- October 23 – George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie (d.1838)
Full date unknown
- William Allan, near Huntly, Scotland (d.1853)
Deaths
- February 12 – Christopher Middleton, Hudson's Bay Company captain
References
- "Office of Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governors gallery". www.gov.pe.ca. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
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