1748 in Canada
Events from the year 1748 in Canada. Incumbents French Monarch: Louis XV British and Irish Monarch: George II Governors Governor General of New France: Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial Governor of Nova Scotia: Paul Mascarene Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Charles Watson Events Louisbourg is returned to France by the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle. Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle returns Ile Royale (Cape Breton Island) and Ile Saint-Jean (Prince Edward Island) to French. Treaty of Logstown (English with Shawnee, Delaware, Wyandot). English later base their claim to the whole Great Lakes and midwest (or Old Northwest as it was later called) on these two treaties. Births June 14: Henry Allen, evangelist, hymnist, theologian (d.1784) Full date unknown James Henry Craig, officer, colonial administrator (d.1812) Deaths August 12: Jean Jeantot, Canadian Catholic brother and schoolmaster (born c. 1666) Historical documents Paul Mascarene's lengthy summary of Nova Scotia leaders' interactions with Acadians since 1710, especially around loyalty oaths Mascarene sends Acadian deputies long letter warning them of dire consequences for support some Acadians give to rebels ("Banditti") Mascarene tells British secretary of state about Minas rebels influencing people, and "time and good care [needed] to wean them