1812 in Canada
#CanadianHistory
#history
#WarOf1812
#MilitaryHistory

"This hateful American #War has frighten'd us not a little — [New Brunswick] has not as yet suffer'd much by it — But there is horrible work in upper Canada"

https://preserve.lib.unb.ca/wayback/20141205161012/http://atlanticportal.hil.unb.ca/acva/loyalistwomen/en/documents/browse/view.php?id=39_41&mode=dpl

#NewBrunswick #UpperCanada #WomenInHistory

1812 in Canada
#CanadianHistory
#history
#WarOf1812
#MilitaryHistory

From the (Washington, D.C.) National Intelligencer: In "no country [have #commerce and #war] operated as powerfully in raising colonies to wealth and importance as in the Canadas"

https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3660989
Pg. 402

#LowerCanada #UpperCanada #colony #WashingtonDC

The Quebec mercury, 22 décembre 1812, mardi 22 décembre 1812

À voir sur BAnQ numérique : The Quebec mercury, 22 décembre 1812, mardi 22 décembre 1812

1811 in Canada
#CanadianHistory
#history

"I shall[...]facilitate as many good people into the Province as I possibly can" - A #Loyalist recruits people in #Schenectady, N.Y. to move to Upper Canada

https://www.notlmuseum.ca/research/download/81/3/47
Image 80

#UpperCanada #ImmigrationHistory

See also: Upper Canada - War of 1812
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/upper-canada

Hype for the Future 87O: Counties of Ontario 🇨🇦

Introduction Within the Province of Ontario, select census divisions associated with the Province also function as provincial counties, largely located in the portions of Southern Ontario not already included within single-tier or regional municipalities which also exist throughout the area. On the eastern edge of Ontario, three municipalities have united county status. The Counties Within Southern Ontario, the associated counties to the west of Toronto include the specific counties named […]

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Hype for the Future 87O: Counties of Ontario 🇨🇦

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1811 in Canada
#CanadianHistory
#history

The Madison embargo has sent U.S. citizens "pouring into the Canadas[,] proof of the folly and madness of the measures of our government"

https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3660887
Pg. 100

See also: Hartford, Conn. merchants say "our enterprizing merchants and industrious mechanics" have moved to the Canadas

https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-03-02-0363

#JamesMadison #LowerClass #UpperCanada #LowerCanada #Hartford

See also: James Madison
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/james-madison

1810 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

The organizers of a new #bank in #Kingston, Upper Canada wish to sell 5,000 $50-shares, totalling $250,000, before seeking incorporation from Parliament

https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.63174/5
Image 5

#UpperCanada

See also: Banking in Canada - Early Banking in Canada
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/banking
Kingston
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/kingston

A Number of the inhabitants of the town of King... - Canadiana

A Number of the inhabitants of the town of Kingston having associated for the purpose of establishing a bank : : [S.l. : publisher not identified, 1810?] : MacLean, Allan, 1752-1847.; Murney, Henry.

1809 in Canada
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"[In] #Soil, Climate and Government, Upper Canada may vie with any part of the globe [and will soon] become one of our most flourishing Colonies"

https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.42221/18
pg. 13

#UpperCanada

See also: Upper Canada - First Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe Takes Charge
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/upper-canada

To the Right Honorable Lord Castlereagh one of ... - Canadiana

To the Right Honorable Lord Castlereagh one of His Majesty's principal secretaries of state, &c. &c. &c.. : [Quebec? : publisher not identified, 1809?] : Gray, W., author; Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822.

1808 in Canada
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Gen. Isaac Brock is alerted to U.S. troop movements to Detroit and the Great Lakes, and the capture of British boats carrying supplies to Indigenous people

https://digital.library.yorku.ca/_flysystem/fedora/2023-03/recordsofniagara00crui.pdf
pgs. 42–3

#DetroitHistory #IndigenousPeople #UpperCanada

See also: Sir Isaac Brock - Arrival in Canada and War of 1812
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sir-isaac-brock

1808 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

The U.S. embargo means the Canadas' "commercial intercourse with the States must increase," as will ship construction and trade in hemp and naval stores

https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3660684
pg. 23, centre column

#QuebecHistory #UpperCanada #LowerCanada

See also: Shipbuilding and Ship Repair
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/shipbuilding-and-ship-repair

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