- 1799 in Canada
"See also:"
1798 in Canada ,
other events of 1799,1800 in Canada and thelist of 'years in Canada' .----
Events
* David Thompson marries
Charlotte Small
*North West Company establishes a fur post atRocky Mountain House, Alberta . The nearbyHudson's Bay Company fur post which is also established at this time is called Acton House.
* Alexander Mackenzie resigns fromNorth West Company
*George Vancouver 's "Journeys to the North Pacific Ocean" published in London
* Handsome Lake, a Seneca chief, founds the Longhouse religion
* Russian-American Fur Company chartered; launches aggressive policy inAleutians and on Northwest Coast.
* American competition forWest Indies trade killsLiverpool ,Nova Scotia 's merchant fleet.
* Alexander Baranov establishesRussia n post known today as Old Sitka; trade charter grants exclusive trading rights to the Russian American Company.
*Vermont answers Indian chiefs, in Canada, that their claims were extinguished by treaties of 1763 and 1783 between France, Great Britain and the United States.Births
Deaths
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