1789 in Canada

none April 2026 July 2017 October 2025 1789 Events from the year 1789 in Canada. Incumbents Monarch: George IIIKings and Queens of Canada https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/royal-family/kings-queens.html#e2 aem 24 February 2021 11 August 2017 Governors Governor of the Canadas: Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester Governor of New Brunswick: Thomas Carleton Governor of Nova Scotia: John Parr Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: John Elliot Governor of St. John's Island: Edmund Fanning Events 1789–93 – Alexander Mackenzie of Canada, seeking northern river route to the Pacific, travels to the Arctic Ocean; on second journey he crosses continent by land, making contact with many tribes.Gutman, Judith Mara. Through Indian Eyes. New York: Oxford UP, 1982. Print. Alexander Mackenzie journeys to the Beaufort Sea, following what would later be named the Mackenzie River.Belton, Robert James. Sights of Resistance: Approaches to Canadian Visual Culture. Calgary: U of Calgary, 2001. Print. David Thompson learns surveying from Philip Turnor.Glover, Richard (ed.), David Thompson's Narrative, 1784–1812. Champlain Society : Toronto, 1962. Lord Grenville proposes that lands in Upper Canada be held in free and common soccage, and that the tenure of Lower Canadian lands be optional with the inhabitants.Terrill, Frederick William. A Chronology of Montreal and of Canada from A.D. 1752 to A.D. 1893 ...Salt Lake City, UT: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. Print. Births November 13 – Denis-Benjamin Papineau, joint premier of the Province of Canada (died 1854) References 1789 in Category:1780s in Canada Category:1789 in North America Category:1789 in the British Empire Canada 89