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Events from the year 1747 in Canada.
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Louisbourg fell because of French failings that should not be expected to happen again, and peace will likely see it returned to France[8]
"Seems to be a degree of treason" - Trade carried on with impunity from Rhode Island, New York and Philadelphia with New France[9]
From as far away as Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin fears seeming weakness of British will turn Six Nations and other Indigenous against them[10]
New England troops at Minas defeated but parolled in Winter 1747 by French, whose supporting fleet from France is destroyed in May[11]
Referring to Sable Island cranberries, author calls that fruit "a most exquisitely agreeable acid sauce for all roast meats"[12]
Thousands of caribou cross Hayes River, though they have been scarce because Indigenous people kill females before their calves are born[13]
"Both Factory Servants and Indians" hunt geese in "Goose Moon" (new moon nearest March 25) in swamps along Hudson Bay[14]
"The Indians do not express so much Art in any thing, as they do in the Make of these Canoes[, and] are very dexterous in the Use"[15]
Beliefs held by Hudson Bay region Indigenous people, including those that lead them to attack Inuit and other peoples[16]
"The Flesh of the Buffalo tasted of Musk" - Northwest Passage seekers shoot muskox bull, and ill crewmen feel better after eating it[17]
Intendant Hocquart donates building materials for new Tadoussac church, and priest agrees to celebrate mass every St. Anne's Day for him[18]
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