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    • Source: Pierre de Troyes, Chevalier de Troyes

      • Pierre de" target="_blank">de troyes" target="_blank">Troyes (born at unknown date – died 1688) was a captain that led the French capture of Moose Factory, Rupert House, and Fort Albany on Hudson Bay 1686.


      Arrival in Canada


      A captain in the French army de" target="_blank">de troyes" target="_blank">Troyes arrived at Quebec in August 1685 with reinforcements for the colony. On 20 March 1686, with a party of twenty Troupes de" target="_blank">de la Marine (marines) and sixty Canadien militiamen (selected for their canoeing skills) out of Montreal, he led a mission to chase the English from James Bay (then known as the bottom of Hudson Bay). Among his officers were three Le Moyne brothers, Pierre, Jacques, and Paul. They were divided into three groups and headed to their destination using the interior waterways.


      Hudson Bay Expedition



      The mission made audacious use of canoes for transportation in voyageur style, following the Ottawa River north, portaging by way of Lake Timiskaming and Lake Abitibi (on the Abitibi River). The assault caught the British entirely by surprise and captured Moose Fort with ease on 20 June. On 3 July, de" target="_blank">de troyes" target="_blank">Troyes took Rupert House along with HBC Craven, which he used to descend on Fort Albany, which fell 26 July. Leaving Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville in charge of the captured forts, de" target="_blank">de troyes" target="_blank">Troyes returned to Quebec.
      By 1696 the British recaptured Fort Moose. In 1713, the Fort Moose area was formally given to the British under the Treaty of Utrecht.


      Fort Denonville


      In June 1687, de" target="_blank">de troyes" target="_blank">Troyes commanded a company under Governor General Denonville during his campaign against the Seneca. de" target="_blank">De troyes" target="_blank">Troyes' military career was cut short by his death the following year. When Denonville built Fort Denonville (now Fort Niagara) and named it after himself, de" target="_blank">de troyes" target="_blank">Troyes was left in charge. He died during the winter of 1687–1688, along with most of the troops in his garrison, due to scurvy.


      Works


      Caron, Ivanhoë (ed.) Journal de" target="_blank">de l'expédition du chevalier de" target="_blank">de troyes" target="_blank">Troyes à la baie d'Hudson, en 1686. Beauceville: Compagnie de" target="_blank">de "L'Éclaireur", 1918


      References




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      = Cited literature

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      Lamontagne, Léopold. "troyes" target="_blank">Troyes, Pierre de" target="_blank">de." In: Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1: 653. 1979
      Marsh, James. "troyes" target="_blank">Troyes, Pierre de" target="_blank">de." In:The Canadian Encyclopedia, vol. 4: 2196. Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, 1988.
      Sutherland, Stuart R. J. "Troupes de" target="_blank">de la Marine". In: The Canadian Encyclopedia, vol. 4: 2196. Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, 1988.


      External links


      The Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
      de" target="_blank">de troyes" target="_blank">Troyes at the Canadian Museum of History: CV, animated map of his expedition to Fort Saint-Anne; English or French

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