Early French Canadian settlers in the area referred to the present location of the village as "Aux Croches", 'at the bends'.
These first French Canadian settlers built hewn log homes in the French style and started wheat farms.
In 1837, rebellions broke about between Canadian settlers and the British Colonial government, primarily over political reforms and land allocation issues.
Eaten by Iroquois as a vegetable, like spinach, it was also used by early Canadian settlers in soup.
His real intentions were to prevent another Métis uprising in the short-term, and to allow for the gradual hegemony of new Canadian settlers in the region.
In particular it shows the lives of Ukrainian Canadian settlers from the years 1899 to 1930.
French Canadian settlers, who had left the earlier post because of hostilities, returned in larger numbers.
These pioneers were augmented in 1878 by a number of French Canadian settlers from Upper Canada.
He was the first Canadian settler to be ennobled by King Louis XIV.
He found about a dozen Canadian settlers with native wives, who had previously been employed by the Hudson's Bay Company.