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2 unusual facts about Iberville


Fort Conde

After Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville moved Mobile downriver in May 1711 (following the death of his brother D'Iberville in 1706), he planned the next capital city (after 1718) to be on the Mississippi River, in similar fashion to being on the Mobile River, and so Adrien de Pauger also designed the Vieux Carré in New Orleans, Louisiana, which was built from 1719-1722.

Philippe Davies

His father Randolph is former professional Canadian baseball player who was born in Montréal QC and his mother was born in Saint-Jean d’Iberville, QC.


Avalon Peninsula Campaign

The Avalon Peninsula Campaign occurred during King Williams War when forces of New France, led by Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville and Governor Jacques-François de Monbeton de Brouillan, destroyed 23 English settlements along the coast of the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland in the span of three months.

Iberville Parish, Louisiana

Iberville Parish is represented in the Louisiana State Senate by the attorney Robert M. Marionneaux, a former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, who has served in the Senate since 2000.

Jacques Tremblay

Jacques-Raymond Tremblay (1923–2012), former Member of Parliament of Canada and also Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the Quebec Liberal Party for Iberville electoral division

Jean Baudoin

During King William's War, Baudoin returned to Acadia with Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, who was to carry out an expedition against the English in the Siege of Pemaquid and the Avalon Peninsula Campaign.

Louisiana Highway 69

The road connects Iberville Parish with areas along the Atchafalya Swamp in Assumption and St. Mary Parish.

Mardi Gras

The expedition, led by Iberville, entered the mouth of the Mississippi River on the evening of March 2, 1699, Lundi Gras.

Old Mobile Site

After retracing his route to Biloxi, Iberville landed and constructed Fort Maurepas, a crude fort of squared logs.

Quebec Route 233

It starts at a junction with Route 104 between Farnham and Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, next to a training facility of the Canadian Forces and runs north toward a parclo interchange with Autoroute 10 after which it crosses the Rivière du Sud-Ouest which it follows for a few kilometers until its headwaters on Yamaska River.

Tulane/Gravier, New Orleans

A subdistrict of the Mid-City District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: St. Louis Street to the north, North Claiborne Avenue, Iberville Street, North and South Derbigny Street, Cleveland Street, South Claiborne Avenue to the east, the Pontchartrain Expressway to the south and South Broad Street to the west.

United Counties Railways

UCR was formed in 1883 and operated rail operations in Quebec from Sorel to Richelieu, then expanded to Iberville, St. Hyacinthe and Bellevue.


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