Dowker Island, then known as île Sainte-Geneviève, was granted to François-Marie Perrot, the governor of Montreal, by Jean Talon, on 29 October 1672, along with the île Perrot.
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August 8: Madeleine de Verchères, daughter of François Jarret, a seigneur in New France, and Marie Perrot (b.1678); Madeline (alt spelling) achieved recognition when, as a young girl, she successfully fought off Iroquois attackers and helped to save Fort Vercheres (Quebec).
The group was created in 1905 by abbé Jean-Marie Perrot, with a name devised at the 1905 conference of the Union Régionaliste Bretonne at Kerjean Castle.