Contents

• Incumbents
• Governors
• Events
• Births
• References

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Events from the year 1789 in Canada.

Incumbents

• Monarch: George III ^[1]

Events

• 1789–93 – Alexander Mackenzie of Canada, seeking northern river route to the Pacific, travels to the Arctic Ocean; on second journey he crosses continent by land, making contact with many tribes. ^[2]
• Alexander Mackenzie journeys to the Beaufort Sea, following what would later be named the Mackenzie River. ^[3]
• David Thompson learns surveying from Philip Turnor. ^[4]
• Lord Grenville proposes that lands in Upper Canada be held in free and common soccage, and that the tenure of Lower Canadian lands be optional with the inhabitants. ^[5]

Births

• November 13 – Denis-Benjamin Papineau, joint premier of the Province of Canada (died 1854)

References