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1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

• St. Lawrence canal system completed. Faster and cheaper than US system, but growing US railroads are now the real threat.
• Outbreak of measles among the Cayuse of the Pacific Northwest.
• Fort Yukon established.
• Tories burn Parliament Buildings at Montreal.
• January 30 - Lord Elgin, Governor, arrives at Montreal.
• September 1 - Lord Elgin visits the immigrant sheds at Pt. St. Charles.
• October 18 - Telegraph Line from Quebec to London, Canada West, complete.
• October 23 - 65 immigrants die in a week at Point St. Charles.
• November 1 - 9,634 deaths of immigrants since 1st Jan.
• The railway from Montreal to Lachine is opened.

Deaths