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The expeditions burned villages and destroyed much of the Mohawk winter corn supply. In addition, Denonville's 1687 invasion of the Seneca nation country destroyed approximately 1,200,000 bushels of corn and crippled the Iroquois economy. [10] That kind of aggression served as fuel for the Iroquois' retaliation that would come.
Lachine (French pronunciation:) is a borough (arrondissement) within the city of Montreal on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It was founded as a trading post in 1669. Developing into a parish and then an autonomous city, it was merged as a municipality into Montreal in 2002.
It was used until 1859 when it was sold to the Sisters of Sainte Anne who used it as an employee residence. The Lachine Canal was built around the rapids in 1825. Sir George Simpson (administrator) had a mansion across the canal from the warehouse which was torn down in 1880. Parks Canada acquired the warehouse in 1977 and in 1985 opened a museum.
Lachine (French: La Chine, China) may refer to: Lachine, Quebec, a borough of Montreal Lachine (electoral district), a federal electoral district from 1968 to 1988;
The Lachine Rapids contain large standing waves because the water volume and current do not change with respect to the permanent features in the riverbed, namely its shelf-like drops. Seasonal variation in the water flow does not change the position of the waves, although it does change their size and shape.
C&SL Railroad was immortalized by Canadian country music artist Orval Prophet [8] on his "Judgement Day Express" album (1973) with the song "Champlain and St. Lawrence Line" [9] In 1986, for the World's Fair Exhibition in Vancouver called Expo 86 , the Molsons donated a functional replica of the steam engine used to ferry travellers and goods ...
Y-chromosome O2-M122 is a common DNA marker in Han Chinese, as it appeared in China in prehistoric times, and is found in approximately 50% of Chinese males, with frequencies tending to be high toward the east of the country, ranging from 29.7% to 52% in Han from southern and central China, to 55–68% in Han from the eastern and northeastern ...
Lachine station (French pronunciation:) is a commuter rail station operated by Exo in the borough of Lachine, Canada. It is part of the Vaudreuil–Hudson line. It has no connecting bus routes. [1] As of October 2020, on weekdays, all 11 inbound trains and 12 outbound trains on the line call at this station. On weekends, all trains (four on ...