1847 in Canada

See also: 1846 in Canada, other events of 1847, 1848 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.

Events

• January 30 – Lord Elgin, Governor, arrives at Montreal.
• September 1 – Lord Elgin visits the immigrant sheds at Pt. St. Charles.
• October 18 – Telegraph Line from Quebec to London, Canada West, complete.
• October 23 – 65 immigrants die in a week at Point St. Charles.
• November 1 – 9,634 deaths of immigrants since 1st Jan.
• The railway from Montreal to Lachine is opened.
• St. Lawrence canal system completed. Faster and cheaper than US system, but growing US railroads are now the real threat.
• Outbreak of measles among the Cayuse of the Pacific Northwest.
• Fort Yukon established.

Births

• February 25 – John Watson, philosopher
• March 3 – Alexander Graham Bell, inventor
• August 3 – John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, Governor General
• September 3 – George Eulas Foster, politician
• September 8 – Abraham Groves, physician
• November 1 – Emma Albani, soprano
• November 16 – Edmund James Flynn, Premier of Quebec
• November 24 – A. E. B. Davie, Premier of British Columbia

Deaths