Pays d'en Haut

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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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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
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
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

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New France includedRegion Pays d'en Haut
Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit partOf Pays d’en Haut
linked to: Pays d'en Haut
Governor General of New France exercisedAuthorityOver Pays d’en Haut
linked to: Pays d'en Haut
Lieutenant Governor of Detroit historicalRegion Pays d’en haut (Upper Country)
linked to: Pays d'en Haut