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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
Under the leadership of Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe, Upper Canada passes a law to stop people from bringing slaves into Upper Canada. The law also frees slaves who are 25-years old or more. With this act, Upper Canada becomes the first British territory to bring in legislation against slavery, although it does not abolish slavery entirely.
Merchant vessels first navigate Lake OntarioWolcott, New York Lake Ontario bounded on the north by Ontario and on the south by Ontario's Niagara Peninsula and by New York State, is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. The name of the lake is an Iroquois word meaning either "beautiful lake".

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