Au début des années 1700, les Iroquois firent la paix avec la Nouvelle-France. Cette paix permit ainsi l’expansion de la colonie vers l’ouest. Les colons français abandonnèrent leurs villages fortifiés (près de Montréal) pour venir exploiter de nouvelles fermes à l’extrémité est de la pointe de terre, située entre la rivière des Outaouais et le fleuve Saint-Laurent.
Whether we realize it or not, when travelling through the streets of our towns, we are in fact travelling not only through local history, but in many cases our world history. When we ask ourselves, "What’s in a name?", we are already "en route" to discovering what binds us all today, a proud heritage in our past, whether we were born here or not.
"From Ottawa or Washington this international community is something that can not possibly exist officially. But it does still exist at the community and personal level. Our fire departments […] stand ready at all times to assist one another. Our churches and service clubs see no border when someone is in need.
