Louis Chartier
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Louis Chartier was a surgeon sent to Canada from France in 1653. He was part of an initiative which was to strengthen Montreal. The Société Notre-Dame de Montréal
, who were responsible for founding Ville-Marie
, had pledged to provide free medical care for the settlers. One of his companions in this endeavour was Étienne Bouchard
, another surgeon.
Chartier died of drowning during a defence of the settlement against an Iroquois attack. It is believed that he also had spent part of one year as a captive of the Iroquois.
This early pioneer is important to history because of the role he played in the infancy of the Ville-Marie settlement.
Société Notre-Dame de Montréal
The Société Notre-Dame de Montréal was a religious organisation responsible for founding Ville-Marie, the original name for the settlement that would later become Montreal....
, who were responsible for founding Ville-Marie
Fort Ville-Marie
Fort Ville-Marie was a fortress outpost of France in North America. It is the historic nucleus around which the original settlement of Montreal grew.Given its importance, the site of the fort was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1924....
, had pledged to provide free medical care for the settlers. One of his companions in this endeavour was Étienne Bouchard
Étienne Bouchard
Étienne Bouchard was a French surgeon who came to Ville-Marie in 1653 under the sponsorship of the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal....
, another surgeon.
Chartier died of drowning during a defence of the settlement against an Iroquois attack. It is believed that he also had spent part of one year as a captive of the Iroquois.
This early pioneer is important to history because of the role he played in the infancy of the Ville-Marie settlement.