Pays d'en Haut
E196881
Pays d'en Haut was the vast, sparsely settled inland frontier of New France encompassing the Great Lakes region and key fur-trade territories in North America.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pays d'en Haut canonical | 2 |
| Pays d’en Haut | 2 |
| Pays d’en haut (Upper Country) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1764416 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Pays d'en Haut Context triple: [New France, includedRegion, Pays d'en Haut]
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A.
Les Rivières
Les Rivières is a borough of Quebec City known for its mix of residential neighborhoods, commercial areas, and light industrial zones.
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B.
The Prairie
The Prairie is an 1827 frontier novel by James Fenimore Cooper, part of the Leatherstocking Tales, that follows Natty Bumppo in his old age on the Great Plains of the American West.
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C.
North Country
North Country is a 2005 drama film about one of the first major successful sexual harassment class-action lawsuits in the United States, starring Charlize Theron.
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D.
The Last Frontier
The Last Frontier is a popular nickname for Alaska, highlighting its vast wilderness, remoteness, and relatively undeveloped natural landscapes.
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E.
The Last Frontier
"The Last Frontier" is an episode of the BBC nature documentary series Frozen Planet that explores the extreme wildlife and environments at the edges of the polar regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Pays d'en Haut Target entity description: Pays d'en Haut was the vast, sparsely settled inland frontier of New France encompassing the Great Lakes region and key fur-trade territories in North America.
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A.
Les Rivières
Les Rivières is a borough of Quebec City known for its mix of residential neighborhoods, commercial areas, and light industrial zones.
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B.
The Prairie
The Prairie is an 1827 frontier novel by James Fenimore Cooper, part of the Leatherstocking Tales, that follows Natty Bumppo in his old age on the Great Plains of the American West.
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C.
North Country
North Country is a 2005 drama film about one of the first major successful sexual harassment class-action lawsuits in the United States, starring Charlize Theron.
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D.
The Last Frontier
The Last Frontier is a popular nickname for Alaska, highlighting its vast wilderness, remoteness, and relatively undeveloped natural landscapes.
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E.
The Last Frontier
"The Last Frontier" is an episode of the BBC nature documentary series Frozen Planet that explores the extreme wildlife and environments at the edges of the polar regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former French colony
ⓘ
frontier territory ⓘ historical region ⓘ |
| appliesToPeriod |
17th century
ⓘ
18th century ⓘ |
| borderedBy | Great Lakes ⓘ |
| colonialPower | France ⓘ |
| colonizedBy | French explorers ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| endCause |
British conquest of New France
ⓘ
linked to:
British campaign against New France
|
| exploredBy |
Jacques Marquette
ⓘ
Jean Nicolet ⓘ Louis Jolliet ⓘ René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle ⓘ Étienne Brûlé ⓘ |
| governedFrom | Quebec City ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
frontier
ⓘ
inland territory ⓘ sparsely populated ⓘ |
| hasMilitaryPost |
Fort Detroit
ⓘ
linked to:
Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit
Fort Frontenac (gateway) ⓘ
linked to:
Fort Frontenac
Fort Michilimackinac ⓘ Fort Niagara (gateway) ⓘ
linked to:
Fort Niagara
|
| historicalCapital |
Quebec City (colonial administration of New France)
ⓘ
linked to:
Quebec City
|
| includesRegion |
Illinois Country (overlapping areas)
ⓘ
linked to:
Illinois Country
Manitoba (parts) ⓘ
linked to:
Manitoba
Michigan region ⓘ Minnesota (parts) ⓘ
linked to:
Minnesota
Ohio Country (parts) ⓘ
linked to:
Ohio Country
Ontario (parts) ⓘ
linked to:
Ontario
Upper Great Lakes ⓘ
linked to:
Great Lakes
Wisconsin region ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy |
Anishinaabe peoples
ⓘ
linked to:
Anishinabek
Huron-Wendat (refugee groups) ⓘ
linked to:
Wyandot
Miami ⓘ Odawa ⓘ Ojibwe ⓘ Potawatomi ⓘ various Algonquian-speaking nations ⓘ |
| languageOfAdministration | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Great Lakes region
ⓘ
North America ⓘ |
| partOf | New France ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivity |
fur trading
ⓘ
military alliance building ⓘ missionary activity ⓘ |
| religiousActivity | Jesuit missions ⓘ |
| sovereignState | New France ⓘ |
| successorTerritory |
British Province of Quebec (parts)
ⓘ
linked to:
Province of Quebec
Northwest Territory (United States, parts) ⓘ
linked to:
Northwest Territory
|
| usedFor | fur trade ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Pays d'en Haut Description of subject: Pays d'en Haut was the vast, sparsely settled inland frontier of New France encompassing the Great Lakes region and key fur-trade territories in North America.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.