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Matooskie, also known as Anne "Nancy" McKenzie (c. 1790 – 24 July 1851), was a First Nations woman of the Chipewyan (Dënesųłı̨né) nation in Canada. The daughter of Scottish-Canadian fur trader Roderick Mackenzie , Matooskie was abandoned by her father as a young girl, and was left in the care of North West Company trader John Stuart.
Port Royal (1605–1713) was a historic settlement based around the upper Annapolis Basin in Nova Scotia, Canada, [1] and the predecessor of the modern town of Annapolis Royal. It was the first successful attempt by Europeans to establish a permanent settlement in what is today known as Canada. [ 2 ]
Siege of Saint John (1645) – d'Aulnay defeats La Tour in Acadia From 1640 to 1645, Acadia was plunged into what some historians have described as a civil war. [ citation needed ] The war was between Port Royal, where the Governor of Acadia Charles de Menou d'Aulnay de Charnisay was stationed, and present-day Saint John, New Brunswick , where ...
John D. Williams may refer to: John David Williams or John David (born 1946), Welsh bassist and songwriter; John Davis Williams (1902–1983), American academic ...
Monument to Fort LaTour, Saint John, New Brunswick. In July 1640, Charles de La Tour and Charles de Menou d'Aulnay began a series of violent and costly confrontations that would last for the next five years. Hostilities continued to escalate and by 1642 d'Aulnay managed to get La Tour charged with treason and disrespect to the French Crown. [4]
Acadia is a North American cultural region in the Maritime provinces of Canada where approximately 300,000 French-speaking Acadians live. [1] The region lacks clear or formal borders; it is usually considered to be the north and east of New Brunswick as well as a few isolated localities in Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia.
The Raid on Chignecto occurred during King William's War when New England forces from Boston attacked the Isthmus of Chignecto, Acadia in present-day Nova Scotia.The raid was in retaliation for the French and Indian Siege of Pemaquid (1696) at present day Bristol, Maine.
The first group of Acadian prisoners were returned to Acadia in 1705. Noel and Marie Doiron were delayed in returning because the New Englanders had refused to release the notorious privateer Pierre Maisonnat dit Baptiste until John Williams was released. After two years in exile, Noel Doiron and the other Acadian prisoners finally returned to ...