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Events from the year 1749 in Canada.
Brief rundown of religious orders in Canada and "the duties of their ministries" in healthcare and education [3]
European visitor describes the character of French Canadian women [4]
From Quebec City, Pehr Kalm writes to Benjamin Franklin about impressive welcome given Marquis de la Jonquière, new Governor General [5]
Upper class lady says priests have ordered Ladies of the Holy Family who caused scandal over dancing to do penance [6]
Madame Bégon quotes someone as saying it's "foolish to remain in a country where all of the money goes towards keeping oneself warm" [7]
Ambassador to France to "make remonstrances" about Canadians trying to move into Saint John River lands and debauch Six Nations prisoners [8]
Decision to "settle and fortify" Nova Scotia based on need to counter Louisbourg, and for trade and fishery [9]
Notice to recently discharged war veterans, plus tradesmen and surgeons, to take up land, arms, tools and one year's subsistence in Nova Scotia [10]
Settler describes voyage, arrival and establishment of hundreds of settlers under Gov. Cornwallis at Chebucto [11]
Cornwallis promises Acadians can still exercise their religion and keep their lands if they take oath of allegiance and obey orders [12]
Nova Scotia Council unanimously rejects Acadian request for exemption from wartime service and sets mid-October deadline for oath-taking [13]
Acadians forbidden to sell or take property if they chose to leave and will lose possessions and rights if they miss oath deadline [14]
"We are resolved, everyone of us, to leave the country" - Strong emotion revealed in Acadian plea to live under old oath's terms [15]
Leaders of First Nations in Chignecto and on Saint John River renew Peace and Friendship Treaty of 1725 [16]
Canadians and Indigenous people "have made some small appearances to intimidate our new settlers" in Minas, Chignecto and Chebucto [17]
More troops needed, what with "a number of Indians a declared Enemy" and "Accadians certainly more Friends to the French than us" [18]
"I [lack] any sanguine Expectation as to the Success of this New Colony" - In a word, hostilities (Note: scalping described) [19]
"Far exceeds any idea I could possibly have of it" - Newcomer very pleased with climate, soil, game and leadership of Halifax [20]
Illustration of Halifax, drawn from high up on ship's mast (Note: gallows depicted) [21]
French evidence of British policy of new settlement in Nova Scotia breaking agreement with France to fix its borders (Note: "savages" used) [22]
Annapolis Royal houses burned to better protect fort, but "Soldiers [who] cannot be kept within due Bounds" burn too many of them [23]
Description of Indigenous people in Nova Scotia includes story involving Chief Membertou (Note: racial stereotypes) [24]
Indigenous hunting season in what is now Nova Scotia ranges from elk to sea wolf to eggs of turtles and birds [25]
Hudson's Bay Company undercuts its trade by making Indigenous people come to Bay posts and offering worse deals than French do [26]
Ending Hudson's Bay Company's monopoly on trade in territory it claims could increase British exports from £3,600 to £200,000 annually [27]
Explorer describes clues on Hudson Bay that indicate nearness of "western sea" and existence of Northwest Passage [28]
Events from the year 1721 in Canada.
Events from the year 1730 in Canada.
Events from the year 1740 in Canada.
Events from the year 1742 in Canada.
Events from the year 1744 in Canada.
Events from the year 1745 in Canada.
Events from the year 1746 in Canada.
Events from the year 1748 in Canada.
Events from the year 1750 in Canada.
Events from the year 1751 in Canada.
Events from the year 1752 in Canada.
Events from the year 1753 in Canada.
Events from the year 1754 in Canada.
Events from the year 1755 in Canada.
Events from the year 1761 in Canada.
Events from the year 1764 in Canada.
Events from the year 1768 in Canada.
Events from the year 1736 in Canada.
The siege of Grand Pré happened during Father Le Loutre's War and was fought between the British and the Wabanaki Confederacy and Acadian militia. The siege happened at Fort Vieux Logis, Grand-Pré. The native and Acadia militia laid siege to Fort Vieux Logis for a week in November 1749. One historian states that the intent of the siege was to help facilitate the Acadian Exodus from the region.
The Acadian Exodus happened during Father Le Loutre's War (1749–1755) and involved almost half of the total Acadian population of Nova Scotia deciding to relocate to French controlled territories. The three primary destinations were: the west side of the Mesagoueche River in the Chignecto region, Isle Saint-Jean and Île-Royale. The leader of the Exodus was Father Jean-Louis Le Loutre, whom the British gave the code name "Moses". Le Loutre acted in conjunction with Governor of New France Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière who encouraged the Acadian migration. A prominent Acadian who transported Acadians to Ile St. Jean and Ile Royal was Joseph-Nicolas Gautier. The overall upheaval of the early 1750s in Nova Scotia was unprecedented. Present-day Atlantic Canada witnessed more population movements, more fortification construction, and more troop allocations than ever before in the region. The greatest immigration of the Acadians between 1749 and 1755 took place in 1750. Primarily due to natural disasters and British raids, the Exodus proved to be unsustainable when Acadians tried to develop communities in the French territories.
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