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Upper Canadian heroine Laura Secord completes her famous 30-kilometre trek through difficult terrain near Queenston to warn British Lieutenant James FitzGibbon of a planned American attack during the War of 1812.
The North-West Mounted Police begin their famous March West from Fort Dufferin, Manitoba, traveling to the prairies to establish Canadian sovereignty and law and order in the new territories.
Parliament passes the Naval Service Act, creating the Royal Canadian Navy as an independent naval force, ending years of debate between those favouring a separate Canadian navy and those preferring contributions to the Royal Navy.