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Events from the year 1806 in Canada.
Incumbents
- Monarch: George III
Federal government
Governors
- Governor of the Canadas: Robert Milnes
- Governor of New Brunswick: Thomas Carleton
- Governor of Nova Scotia: John Wentworth
- Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Erasmus Gower then John Holloway
- Governor of Prince Edward Island: Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres
Events
- Minor trouble arises after 1806 when a governor attempts to anglicize Lower Canada, but he is able to quell dissent if not to achieve his goal.
- Russian-American Company Company collects otter pelts from Alaska to Spanish California.
- Mungo Park killed by natives on Niger River in Africa.
- On return trip John Colter is released from the Lewis and Clark Expedition to join Forrest Hancock and Joseph Dickson (Dixon) to trap the Yellowstone River.
- Le Canadien, a Quebec nationalist newspaper, is founded.
Births
- April 12 – Peter Rindisbacher, painter (d.1834)
- May 6 – Charles Dewey Day, lawyer, judge and politician (d.1884)
- August 12 – George Ryan, politician (d.1876)
- November 2 – Henry Kellett, officer in the Royal Navy, oceanographer, Arctic explorer (d.1875)
- December 9 – Jean-Olivier Chénier, physician and Patriote (d.1837)
Deaths
- May 31: Louis Dunière, politician (b. 1723)
- July: Robert Gray, merchant sea-captain and explorer (b.1755)
- October 26: John Graves Simcoe, first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada (b.1752)
Historical Documents
"Saakies" (Sauks?) and Potawatomi seek help against encroachment on their lands from U.S.A.; their request is deferred[1]
Chief Joseph Brant asks to welcome new Upper Canada lieutenant governor with "leading chiefs and principal warriors" of Grand River[2]
References
- ^ "Information respecting the hostile intention of sundry Indian Nations towards the Government of the United States" (July 30, 1806), Indian Affairs; Lieutenant-Governor's Office - Upper Canada; Correspondence, 1796-1806, pgs. 414-20 (HTML pgs. 460-6). Accessed 27 January 2021 https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c10996/460?r=0&s=3
- ^ Letter of Joseph Brant (August 24, 1806), Indian Affairs; Lieutenant-Governor's Office - Upper Canada; Correspondence, 1796-1806, pg. 436 (HTML pg. 486). Accessed 27 January 2021 https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c10996/486?r=0&s=3