1713 in Canada

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Events from the year 1713 in Canada.

[edit] Events

• The Treaty of Utrecht. The French cede Newfoundland and the Hudson Bay region. They retain Cape Breton Island and the Ile Saint-Jean (Prince Edward Island).
• Treaty of Utrecht cedes French Acadia, Newfoundland, Hudson Bay and the "country of the Iroquois" to England.
• The Treaty of Utrecht ends Queen Anne's War, confirming British possession of Hudson Bay, Newfoundland and Acadia (except l'Ile-Royale Cape Breton Island). France starts building Fortress Louisbourg near the eastern tip of l'Ile-Royale.

[edit] Births

• Jean Baptiste de La Vérendrye born September 3, the eldest son of Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye (died 1736).

[edit] Deaths

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