1842 in Canada

1842 in Canada

"See also:"
1841 in Canada,
other events of 1842,
1843 in Canada and the
Timeline of Canadian history.

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Events

* January 10 - Governor General of Canada Sir Charles Bagot arrives at Kingston, Ontario.
* January 12 - "The Islander" is founded
* August 9 - The Webster-Ashburton Treaty ends the Aroostook War, settling once and for all the Maine-New Brunswick border dispute.
* October 16 - Queen's University is founded
* The first Railway in Nova Scotia is begun.
* circa this year: The Independent Order of Odd Fellows breaks from the Manchester Unity, soon opening lodges in Montreal and Halifax.

Births

* January 1 - John Morison Gibson, Ontario politician
* June 30 - William Smithe, Premier of British Columbia
* July 19 - Charles Woodward, businessman
* August 14 - Malcolm Alexander MacLean, Mayor of Vancouver
* August 15 - Judson Burpee Black, politician
* September 9 - Silas Tertius Rand Bill, politician
* December 15 - Neil McLeod, Premier of PEI
* December 28 - Calixa Lavallée, composer
* Jean Baptiste Blanchet, politician
* Arthur Boyle, politician

Deaths


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