Aubert De La Chesnaye Charles 1630-1702 Born At Amiens Came To


Canada, 1655. Chief clerk of the Compagnie des Indes Occidentales, 1665.

Engaged in the fur-trade at Cataraqui, 1674. In 1677 obtained a grant of

Ile Dupas. In 1679 made a visit to Paris, and in 1683 back again at

Cataraqui. In 1696 prepared an important memoir on the commerce of the

colony. =Index=: (Bishop Laval era) His description of Canadians, 117-118; his

liberality on occasion of Quebec fire, 186. =Bib.=: Parkman, Old

Regime.



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