Treaty at Tadoussac

February 18, 2017

Tadoussac, Voyages du Sieur de Champlain, 1613, p. 172. Library and Archives Canada, Amicus 4700723

1603

The Innu were at Tadoussac celebrating a victory over the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) when Samuel de Champlain arrived from France. He had come to promote good relations with the Aboriginal Peoples of the region, in order to establish settlements in the area. He was taken to Chief Anadabijou and together they forged an alliance. The Innu granted the French permission to settle in their territory, without surrendering title to the land. At this time, the Innu at Tadoussac were in a favourable position, politically and geographically, to control access to the fur trade, which was of great interest to the French.

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