1772 in Canada
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Events from the year 1772 in Canada.
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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