1770 in Canada
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Events from the year 1770 in Canada.
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Incumbents
Events
- December â Samuel Hearne departs on his third voyage of discovery.
- The city of Saint-Eustache, Quebec is established.
Births
- April 7 â William Wordsworth, in Cockermouth, England (d.1850)
- April 30 â David Thompson, fur trader, surveyor and map-maker (d.1857)
- June 4 (baptised) â William Carson, in Kirkcudbright, Scotland (d.1843)
- October 23 â George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie (d.1838)
Full date unknown
- William Allan, near Huntly, Scotland (d.1853)
Deaths
- February 12 â Christopher Middleton, Hudson's Bay Company captain