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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.
Tories burn Parliament Buildings at Montreal.
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 1November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. Events 1512 The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time. 1521 The Strait of Mage - 9,634 deaths of immigrants since 1st Jan.
The railway from Montreal to Lachine is opened.

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