1862 in Canada
Events from the year 1862 in Canada.
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Incumbents
- Monarch — Victoria
Federal government
Governors
Premiers
- Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada –
- John A. Macdonald, Canada West Premier (until May 24)
- George-Étienne Cartier, Canada East Premier (until May 24)
- John Sandfield MacDonald, Canada West Premier
- Louis-Victor Sicotte, Canada East Premier
- Premier of Newfoundland — Hugh Hoyles
- Premier of New Brunswick — Samuel Leonard Tilley
- Premier of Nova Scotia – Joseph Howe
- Premier of Prince Edward Island – Edward Palmer
Events
- April 7 – United Kingdom-United States treaty for suppression of African slave trade is signed.
- May 20 – Macdonald-Cartier government falls. Free interprovincial trade granted by the Crown.
- August 2 – Victoria, British Columbia is incorporated as a city
Full date unknown
- The first female student is accepted into Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick
- The 1862 Pacific Northwest smallpox epidemic sweeps through Fort Victoria area and up the length of the northwest coast, killing an estimated 20,000 First Nations people
- William Duncan, an Anglican missionary on the northwest coast, establishes the village of Metlakatla with 50 Tsimshian followers, who adopt the Christian faith and a European lifestyle. By 1880, more than 1,000 converts live there.
- Construction begins on the Cariboo Wagon Road to link coastal shipping to Barkerville and the Cariboo goldfields.
Births
- January 9 – Joseph-Octave Samson, businessperson, politician and 28th Mayor of Quebec City (died 1945
- June 29 – William Johnston Tupper, politician, 12th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (died 1947)
- July 8 – Josephine White Bates, Canadian-born American author (died 1934)
Deaths
- August 8 – Allan MacNab, businessman, soldier, lawyer and politician (born 1798)
- August 18 – Simon Fraser, fur-trader and explorer (born 1776)
Historical documents
Published letter describes Fraser River riches in the Cariboo Gold Rush[1]
Map of British Columbia gold regions, including "Routes of Communication with the Cariboo Mines"[2]
Settling Indigenous people near Winnipeg is opposed by residents in published letter[3]
References
- "The Gold Diggings of British Columbia" Illustrated London News (March 29, 1862). Accessed 6 September 2021
- Gust. Epner, "Map of the Gold Regions in British Columbia" (1862), UBC Library. Accessed 24 October 2021
- "Settling Indians in St. Paul's Parish" The Nor'-Wester, Vol. III, No. 11 (June 11, 1862), pg. 1. Accessed 6 September 2021.
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