July 17 - The Canal from Montreal to Lachine is begun.
"Amalgamation". Hudson's Bay Company merges with arch rivals, the Montreal-based North West Company, creating unemployment for a substantial proportion of their Metis workforce. Timber and agricultural goods are new staples traded through Montreal and a growing Toronto. The merchant elites in both cities want canals to improve the water routes opened by fur trade in order to capture the Upper Canada and the mid-west US agricultural trades and the more delicate sawn lumber products.
No foreigners allowed in Russian-American waters, except at regular ports of call.
