1717 in Canada
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Years in Canada: | 1714 1715 1716 1717 1718 1719 1720 |
Centuries: | 17th century · 18th century · 19th century |
Decades: | 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s |
Years: | 1714 1715 1716 1717 1718 1719 1720 |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Events from the year 1717 in Canada.
Events
- Fort Kaministiquia was founded by French merchants to be the first in a series of forts reaching westward to expand trade and seek a route to the western sea. (Daniel Greysolon Dulhut had built a fort, (Fort Caministigoyan), at the same location on the Kaministiquia River in 1679.)
Births
- January 29 - Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, army officer (died 1797)
- November 9 - Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye, French Canadian fur trader and explorer (died 1761).
Deaths
- Pierre Boucher, explorer (born 1622).
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