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unusual facts about Governor of New France



Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville

Active in the troupes de la marine from an early age, he served with his father during a 1687 French military operation against the Seneca tribes of present-day western New York led by Governor of New France Jacques-René de Brisay de Denonville, Marquis de Denonville.

Louis d'Ailleboust de Coulonge

Louis d'Ailleboust de Coulonge (c. 1612, Ancy-le-Franc – May 31, 1660, Montreal) was the French governor of New France from 1648 to 1651 and acting governor from 1657 to 1658.

Nicholas Orontony

In 1739, the Wyandot fearing for their lives, Orontony and two other leaders requested resettlement nearer the centre of New France and in 1740, Orontony pressed the request to Governor of New France Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois in person.


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Rapides-des-Joachims, Quebec

But the place was called Rapides des Joachims de l'Estang in a memorandum of 1686 by Jacques-René de Brisay, Governor of New France, to Marquis de Seignelay, and named Portage de Joachim de l'Estan on a map of Franquelin of 1688.