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| La Grande paix de Montréal | |
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 Copy of the treaty including signatures | |
| Signed | August 4, 1701 |
| Location | Montreal, New France |
| Signatories | |
| Language | French |
The Great Peace of Montreal (French: La Grande paix de Montréal) was a peace treaty between New France and 39 First Nations of North America that ended the Beaver Wars. It was signed on August 4, 1701, by Louis-Hector de Callière, governor of New France, and 1300 representatives of 39 Indigenous nations.[1]
The French, allied to the Hurons and the Algonquins, provided 16 years of peaceful relations and trade before war started again.[citation needed] Present for the diplomatic event were the various peoples; part of the Iroquois confederacy, the Huron peoples, and the Algonquin peoples.[2]
This has sometimes been called the Grand Settlement of 1701,[3] not to be confused with the unrelated Act of Settlement 1701 in England. It has often been referred to as La Paix des Braves, meaning "The Peace of the Braves".
- ^ Francis, Daniel. Voices and Visions. Oxford University Press. p. 82.
- ^ Charlotte Gray The Museum Called Canada: 25 Rooms of Wonder Random House, 2004
- ^ "Grand Settlement of 1701". Archived from the original on 2009-09-28. Retrieved 2013-09-17.