1600-1649

First Nations with well-established military and trade traditions lived in Canada long before France established a foothold in the area. The incursion of Europeans would forever change the lives of the First Nations.

Pre-Contact

French-Iroquois Confrontation: 1609

Destruction of Port Royal: 1613

Iroquois-Dutch Trade Established: 1614

Iroquois Offensive: 1615

First Citizen Defence Force in Canada-Port Royal: 1627

Fall of Quebec: 1629

Return of Quebec to France, 1632

Iroquois Raids: 1640

Iroquois Warfare: 1640-1650

Founding of Montreal and Fort Richelieu: 1642

Iroquois Offensive against the Huron-Wendat: 1647-1649

Protecting the St. Lawrence Trade Route: 1647-1649