Events

• 1789-93 - Alexander Mackenzie of Canada, seeking northern river route to the Pacific, travels to the Arctic Ocean; on second journey he crosses continent by land, making contact with many tribes.
• Alexander Mackenzie journeys to the Beaufort Sea, following what would later be named the Mackenzie River.
• French Revolution begins
• David Thompson learns surveying from Philip Turnor.
• Lord Grenville proposes that lands in Upper Canada be held in free and common soccage, and that the tenure of Lower Canadian lands be optional with the inhabitants.

See also

• 1788 in Canada
• other events of 1789
• 1790 in Canada
• Timeline of Canadian history