The French Shore

Timeline

1. 1701 Fort Pontchartrain. Antoine Laumet de Lamothe Cadillac founds the French post at Detroit, on the north shore opposite today's Goyeau and Ouellette. Sources: Encyclopedia of French Cultural Heritage · Tourism Windsor Essex Pelee Island
2. 1749 La Petite Côte. Twenty-two families receive south-shore grants after the 1749 proclamation: the first permanent European farm settlement in what is now Ontario (Archives of Ontario). Sources: Archives of Ontario · Windsor Public Library
3. 1749 to the 1800s Ribbon farms. Long, narrow lots fronting the river still shape blocks and street names: Ouellette, Drouillard, Marentette, Goyeau, Lauzon. Sources: Tourism Windsor Essex Pelee Island · Encyclopedia of French Cultural Heritage
4. 1700s Orchards and pear trees. French orchards and the old 'Jesuit' pear trees, noted by the Windsor Public Library and the Encyclopedia of French Cultural Heritage in North America. Sources: Windsor Public Library · Encyclopedia of French Cultural Heritage
5. 1760 to 1763 The British take over. Both shores pass to British control from 1760; the Treaty of Paris follows in 1763. Sources: Encyclopedia of French Cultural Heritage · City of Windsor
6. 1767 Assumption Parish. The Huron mission becomes Assumption Parish, the first parish in what is now Ontario. Sources: Assumption Parish · Windsor Public Library
7. 1789 and earlier Slavery on the frontier. The City of Windsor's museum records that Jacques Duperon Baby enslaved about 20 Black and Indigenous people. Slavery was part of life on both shores in this period. Sources: City of Windsor · University of Windsor

Connections between records

Links we found between separate records. Each one says how strong it is.

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