Montmagny Charles Jacques Hualt De
Came to Canada as governor, 1636.
Strongly opposed the settlement at Montreal, 1641-1642, but finding
Maisonneuve determined, accompanied him from Quebec, and gave his
official countenance to the founding of the new town; in 1642 built a
fort at the mouth of the Richelieu, where Sorel now stands, to check the
inroads of the Iroquois; three years later arranged a treaty of peace
with these troublesome neighbours; returned to France in 1648; and died
there shortly afterwards. =Index=: (Samuel de Champlain era) Restored Fort St. Louis, and
named it Chateau St. Louis, 158. (Count Frontenac era) Second governor of Canada, 27;
retirement of, 35. (Bishop Laval era) His pious administration, 8. =Bib.=: Jesuit
Relations, ed. by Thwaites; Parkman, Jesuits in North America;
Charlevoix, History of New France.