1753 in Canada

Events from the year 1753 in Canada.

Incumbents

• French Monarch: Louis XV
• British and Irish Monarch: George II

Governors

• Governor General of New France: Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville
• Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial then Louis Billouart
• Governor of Nova Scotia: Peregrine Hopson
• Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Hugh Bonfoy

Events

• The 2nd Fort Paskoya built at a new location which became the Pas.
• A trading post, to be later known as Fort de la Corne was built just below the junction of the two branches of the Saskatchewan.
• Fort Rouge rebuilt by Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre at its original location.

Deaths

• October 17 - François-Josué de la Corne Dubreuil, a soldier and trader. (born 1710)

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