1784 in Canada
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[edit] Events
- 1784-: North West Company Built up Grand portage as a general summer rendezvous for all companies and free traders, drawing furs from as far as Oregon and the Arctic Circle.
- David Thompson begins apprenticeship on Hudson Bay
- James Cook's journal of his last voyage published in London
- In response to Loyalist demands, the Crown creates New Brunswick out of Nova Scotia.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Dr. Samuel Johnson dies in London.
