- 1847 in Canada
"See also:"
1846 in Canada ,
other events of 1847,1848 in Canada and thelist of 'years in Canada' .----
Events
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January 30 - Lord Elgin, Governor, arrives at Montreal.
*September 1 - Lord Elgin visits the immigrant 'fever' sheds atPointe St. Charles , Montreal.
*October 18 - Telegraph Line from Quebec to London,Canada West , complete.
*October 23 - 65 immigrants die in a week at Pointe St. Charles neighbourhood of Montreal.
*November 1 - 9,634 deaths of immigrants since 1st Jan.
*November 19 - The railway from Montreal to Lachine is opened.
* St. Lawrence canal system completed. Faster and cheaper than US system, but growing US railroads are now the real threat.
*Typhus outbreak as over 3,000 immigrants arrive in Bytown (Ottawa) in the height of summer. TheRideau Canal is shutdown to prevent further spread of the outbreak. 167 die in quarantine.
* Outbreak ofmeasles among the Cayuse of thePacific Northwest .
* Fort Yukon established.Births
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February 25 - John Watson, philosopher
*March 3 -Alexander Graham Bell , inventor
*August 3 -John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair , Governor General
*September 3 -George Eulas Foster , politician
*September 8 -Abraham Groves , physician
*November 1 -Emma Albani , soprano
*November 16 -Edmund James Flynn , Premier of Quebec
*November 24 -A. E. B. Davie , Premier of British ColumbiaDeaths
*Date unknown: on "Grosse Ile", there was a tragedy that killed thousands of Irish immigrants.
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