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1811 in Canada

Years in Canada: 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814
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Years: 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814

Events from the year 1811 in Canada.

Incumbents

Federal government

  • Parliament of Lower Canada: 7th
  • Parliament of Upper Canada: 5th

Governors

Events

  • John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company establishes a post at mouth of the Columbia River.
  • British-Canadian fur trader, surveyor, and cartographer David Thompson follows Columbia to Pacific and finishes charting entire length of the river.
  • William Price Hunt, leading Astor's overland party, explores Snake River Valley and much of future Oregon Trail.
  • When Governor Craig leaves for England, British Canadians detach the horses and draw his carriage to the place of embarkation.
  • U.S. President James Madison, in his message to Congress, says: "We have seen the British Cabinet not only persist, in refusing satisfaction demanded for the wrongs we have already suffered, but it is extending to our own waters that blockade, which is become a virtual war against us, through a stoppage of our legitimate commerce."

Births

Full date unknown

Deaths

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