St. Lawrence River and the Thousand Islands

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. In 1542 Francis de la Roque, with a commission from King Francis First of France, sailed up the St. Lawrence and founded a station between Quebec and Montreal, or Hochelaga, as the Indians called their ancient meeti...