1804 in Canada

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Years:	1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807

Events from the year 1804 in Canada.

Events

• October 8 - HMS Speedy sinks during snowstorm
• David Thompson works in Peace River country.
• Lewis and Clark start up the Missouri River.
• Merger of the North West Company and XY Fur Companies. The XY Company is absorbed by the North West Company.
• 1,400 American ships are fishing off Labrador and in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
• The earliest Fraktur paintings appear in Lincoln County, Ontario.
• Russians return to Sitka and attack Kiksadi fort on Indian River. Russians lose the battle, but Natives are forced to flee. Baranov re-establishes trading post.
• Locks are placed at Coteau, the Cascades and at Long Sault.

Full date unknown

• McTavish Column completed

Births

• February 29 - Antoine Plamondon, artist (d.1895)
• May 12 - Robert Baldwin, politician (d.1858)
• December 13 - Joseph Howe, Premier of Nova Scotia (d.1873)

Deaths

• July 6 - Simon McTavish, fur trader and dealer in furs, militia officer, office holder, landowner, seigneur, and businessman (b.1750)