1793 in Canada
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See also: 1792 in Canada, other events of 1793, 1794 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.
[edit] Events
- Alexander Mackenzie reaches Pacific Ocean at Bella Coola
- David Thompson surveys Muskrat Country west of Hudson Bay.
- HBC Brandon House established on Assiniboine, outpost for trade south and southwest to Missouri and Yellowstone.
- Mackenzie reaches the Pacific at Dean Channel.
- May 9 First Parliament, of Lower Canada prorogued.
- July 9 Act Against Slavery passed into law, making Upper Canada the first British territory to bring in legislation against slavery, although it does not abolish slavery entirely.
- Merchant vessels first navigate Lake Ontario.
