Pierre Boucher

Pierre Boucher de Boucherville
Pierre Boucher
Governor of Trois-Rivières
In office
1653–1658
MonarchLouis XIV
Preceded byJacques Leneuf de la Poterie
Succeeded byJacques Leneuf de la Poterie
In office
1662–1667
MonarchLouis XIV
Preceded byJacques Leneuf de la Poterie
Succeeded byRené Gaultier de Varennes
Personal details
Born
Pierre Boucher

born and baptized August 1, 1622
Mortagne-au-Perche, France
DiedApril 19, 1717(1717-04-19) (aged 94)
Boucherville, Canada
Occupationsettler, soldier, governor, naturalist, historian
Known forL'histoire veritable et naturelle des moeurs et productions du pays de la Nouvelle-France, vulgairement dite le Canada, Governor of Trois-Rivières

Pierre Boucher de Boucherville (born Pierre Boucher; 1 August 1622 – 19 April 1717) was a French settler, soldier, officer, naturalist, official, governor, and ennobled aristocrat in Nouvelle-France or New France (in what is now Canada).