Events from the year 1772 in Canada.
Incumbents Monarch: George III
Governors Governor of the Province of Quebec: Guy Carleton Governor of Nova Scotia: Lord William Campbell Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Molyneux Shuldham, 1st Baron Shuldham Governor of St. John's Island: Walter Patterson
Events Samuel Hearne explores Coppermine River to Arctic Ocean. HBC Mathey Cocking, to Blackfeet country west of Eagle Hills. The Hudson's Bay Company opens Cumberland House on the Saskatchewan River. James Cook and George Vancouver explore the northwest coast of America. The Yorkshire emigration begins with the arrival of 62 passengers aboard The Duke of York. Deaths September 30: Jean-Louis Le Loutre, priest, Spiritan, and missionary (born 1709)
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