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Hochelaga was far more impressive than the small and squalid village of Stadacona, and more than 1, 000 Iroquoians came to the river edge to greet the Frenchmen.
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Hochelaga and was
He was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River, which he named " The Country of Canadas ", after the Iroquois names for the two big settlements he saw at Stadacona ( Quebec City ) and at Hochelaga ( Montreal Island ).
Having reached Hochelaga, he was prevented by bad weather and the numerous rapids from continuing up to the Ottawa River.
In Canada, the most recent example of a cabinet minister appointed from outside of parliament having to resign after losing a by-election was in 1975 when Minister of Communications Pierre Juneau was appointed to Pierre Trudeau's Liberal cabinet directly from the private sector and tried to enter parliament through a by-election in Hochelaga.
Home to the Geography and Geosciences, the Jones building was once accessible via the Hochelaga building.
Seventy years after Cartier, explorer Samuel de Champlain went to Hochelaga, but the village no longer existed, nor was there sign of any human habitation in the valley.
Named after the First Nations village of Hochelaga encountered in 1535-1536 by the explorer Jacques Cartier, this neighbourhood at one time was believed to be the location of the prehistoric village.
Nevertheless, it is generally agreed that the village of Hochelaga was in the general area of what is downtown Montreal, near Mount Royal.
The electoral district of Hochelaga was created in 1867 covering the entire eastern part of the Island of Montreal.
" Hochelaga " riding was recreated in 2003 from parts of Hochelaga — Maisonneuve and Laurier — Sainte-Marie ridings.
In 2003, Laurier — Sainte-Marie was abolished when it was redistributed into Laurier and Hochelaga ridings.
The electoral district of Papineau was created in 1947 from parts of the Hochelaga, Mercier, St. James and Saint-Denis ridings.
In 2003, its name was changed to Honoré-Mercier and its boundaries were adjusted slightly such that 95. 5 % of the riding came from the original Anjou — Rivière-des-Prairies, while 4. 5 % came from Hochelaga — Maisonneuve.
The riding was created in 2003 from parts of Anjou — Rivière-Des-Prairies, Hochelaga — Maisonneuve, and Mercier ridings.
Hochelaga — Maisonneuve ( formerly known as Maisonneuve ) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 2004.
It was created in 1976 as " Maisonneuve " riding from parts of Hochelaga, Lafontaine and Maisonneuve — Rosemont ridings.
The riding was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Hochelaga, Honoré-Mercier and La Pointe-de-l ' Île ridings.
Hochelaga and far
…" And here within the countryside is situated and sits the said town of Hochelaga, near and joining a mountain that is, around it, ploughed and very fertile, from on top of which one can see very far.
Hochelaga and small
As its name suggests, the river contains many small islands which are part of the Hochelaga Archipelago.
Hochelaga and village
* 1535-Jacques Cartier continues to sail down the St. Lawrence River to the village of Hochelaga on October 2.
Historians and anthropologists have not reached agreement on the location of Hochelaga, a village of the St. Lawrence Iroquoians, who spoke a Laurentian language and were distinct from the Iroquois nations of the Haudenosaunee.
Hochelaga meaning " beaver dam " or " beaver lake " was a St. Lawrence Iroquoian 16th century fortified village at the heart of, or in the immediate vicinity of Mount Royal in present-day Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Furthermore, Cartier states clearly that the mountain was " adjacent to their said village ," that Hochelaga was " close to and adjoining a mountain " and that he went to " Mount Royal a distance of a quarter league of the site ", the distance that, in fact, separates the basin of Mount Royal from the surrounding hills dominating it.
Hochelaga and Stadacona
Jacques Cartier left his main ships in a harbour close to Stadacona, and used his smallest ship to continue up-river and visit Hochelaga ( now Montreal ) where he arrived October 2, 1535.
Cartier wrote of encounters with a people later classified as the St. Lawrence Iroquoians, also known as the Stadaconan or Laurentian, who occupied several fortified villages, including Stadacona and Hochelaga.
When the French returned, they were surprised to find that the sites of both Stadacona and Hochelaga were abandoned — completely destroyed by an unknown enemy.
On his second voyage on May 26, 1535, Cartier sailed upriver to the St. Lawrence Iroquoian villages of Stadacona, near present-day Quebec City, and Hochelaga, near present-day Montreal.
* 1535: Cartier sails up the St. Lawrence River and reaches the St. Lawrence Iroquoian villages of Stadacona and Hochelaga ( now Quebec City and Montreal ).
Cartier visited the villages of Hochelaga and Stadacona, and noted others in the valley which he did not name.
Among their villages were Stadacona and Hochelaga, visited in 1535-1536 by explorer Jacques Cartier.
Among their villages were Stadacona and Hochelaga, visited in 1535-1536 by explorer Jacques Cartier.
War has been suggested as the cause of the disappearance of Hochelaga, possibly coming from Stadacona.
Hochelaga and river
Hochelaga and .
It encompasses four archipelagoes: the Thousand Islands chain near Kingston, Ontario ; the Hochelaga Archipelago, including the Island of Montreal and Île Jésus ( Laval ); the Lake St. Pierre Archipelago ( Classified biosphere world reserve by the UNESCO in 2000 ) and the smaller Mingan Archipelago.
It also began to borrow words, especially place names such as " Québec ", " Canada " and " Hochelaga ", and words to describe the flora and fauna such as " atoca " and " achigan " from native Indian languages due to contacts with First Nations peoples.
The Hochelaga building houses classrooms for a variety of courses, including history, economics, political science, humanities, philosophy, religion, psychology and sociology, as well as program-specific courses for business administration, commerce, correctional intervention, information and library technologies, and police technology programs.
The second-largest ( 242 km² ) island in the Hochelaga Archipelago ( after the Island of Montreal ), Île Jésus is the major component of the City of Laval, along with the Îles Laval and several other islands.
Part of the Hochelaga Archipelago, the island lies between Lake Saint-Louis and Lac des Deux-Montagnes.
The West Island is surrounded by the other islands in the Hochelaga Archipelago as well as Lake of Two Mountains and Lac Saint-Louis and their inter-connected rivers and creeks.
* 1925-The Banque canadienne nationale is created out of the merger of the Banque d ' Hochelaga and the Banque Nationale.
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