1806_in_Canada
Events from the year 1806 in Canada.
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Federal government
Governors
- Minor trouble arises after 1806 when a governor attempts to anglicize Lower Canada, but he is able to quell dissent if not to achieve his goal.
- Russian-American Company Company collects otter pelts from Alaska to Spanish California.
- Mungo Park killed by natives on Niger River in Africa.
- On return trip John Colter is released from the Lewis and Clark Expedition to join Forrest Hancock and Joseph Dickson (Dixon) to trap the Yellowstone River.
- Le Canadien, a Quebec nationalist newspaper, is founded.
- April 12 – Peter Rindisbacher, painter (d.1834)
- May 6 – Charles Dewey Day, lawyer, judge and politician (d.1884)
- August 12 – George Ryan, politician (d.1876)
- November 2 – Henry Kellett, officer in the Royal Navy, oceanographer, Arctic explorer (d.1875)
- December 9 – Jean-Olivier Chénier, physician and Patriote (d.1837)
- May 31: Louis Dunière, politician (b. 1723)
- July: Robert Gray, merchant sea-captain and explorer (b.1755)
- October 26: John Graves Simcoe, first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada (b.1752)
- December 31: Deborah Cottnam, schoolmistress and poet (b. c.1725–1728)
"Saakies" (Sauks?) and Potawatomi seek help against encroachment on their lands from U.S.A.; their request is deferred[2]
Chief Joseph Brant asks to welcome new Upper Canada lieutenant governor with "leading chiefs and principal warriors" of Grand River[3]
- "George III". Official website of the British monarchy. Royal Household. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- "Information respecting the hostile intention of sundry Indian Nations towards the Government of the United States" (July 30, 1806), Indian Affairs; Lieutenant-Governor's Office - Upper Canada; Correspondence, 1796-1806, pgs. 414-20 (HTML pgs. 460-6). Accessed 27 January 2021
- Letter of Joseph Brant (August 24, 1806), Indian Affairs; Lieutenant-Governor's Office - Upper Canada; Correspondence, 1796-1806, pg. 436 (HTML pg. 486). Accessed 27 January 2021 (See also portrait of Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant))