Vaudreuil / Hudson

Intro
Peace between the Iroquois and New France cleared the way for the colony’s westward growth.

In the early 1700s, French colonists left fortified settlements near Montreal to clear new farms on the east tip of the land wedge between the Ottawa and St. Lawrence rivers.

Peace between the Iroquois and New France cleared the way for the colony’s westward growth.

In the early 1700s, French colonists left fortified settlements near Montreal to clear new farms on the east tip of the land wedge between the Ottawa and St. Lawrence rivers.