missionaries in montreal

1642: Growing a Colony & Other Quebec Curios

July 14, 2016 // 0 Comments

Monument to Paul de Chomedy, sieur de Maisonneuve, one of the two founders of Ville-Marie (Montreal). Notre-Dame Basilica is in the background. Photo credit: Achim-ft/Wikimedia Commons.

Champlain’s Habitation, though meant as the first permanent settlement in the colony of New France, needed a population to match. Despite surviving several sieges, the [read on]