St. Lawrence River and the Thousand Islands: History and Legends (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from St. Lawrence River and the Thousand Islands: History and LegendsIn 1542 Francis de la Roque, with a commission from King Francis First of France, sailed up the St. Lawrence and founded a station between Quebec and Montreal, or Hochelaga, as the Indians called their ancient meeting place, and site of a fortified village of an Iroquois tribe.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.