Pays d'en Haut

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former French colony frontier territory historical region

Pays d'en Haut was the vast, sparsely settled inland frontier of New France encompassing the Great Lakes region and key fur-trade territories in North America.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Pays d'en Haut canonical 2
Pays d’en Haut 2
Pays d’en haut (Upper Country) 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former French colony ⓘ
frontier territory ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
appliesToPeriod 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
borderedBy Great Lakes ⓘ
colonialPower France ⓘ
colonizedBy French explorers ⓘ
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
endCause British campaign against New France ⓘ
surface form: British conquest of New France
exploredBy Jacques Marquette ⓘ
Jean Nicolet ⓘ
Louis Jolliet ⓘ
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle ⓘ
Étienne Brûlé ⓘ
governedFrom Quebec City ⓘ
hasCharacteristic frontier ⓘ
inland territory ⓘ
sparsely populated ⓘ
hasMilitaryPost Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit ⓘ
surface form: Fort Detroit

Fort Frontenac ⓘ
surface form: Fort Frontenac (gateway)

Fort Michilimackinac ⓘ
Fort Niagara ⓘ
surface form: Fort Niagara (gateway)
historicalCapital Quebec City ⓘ
surface form: Quebec City (colonial administration of New France)
includesRegion Illinois Country ⓘ
surface form: Illinois Country (overlapping areas)

Manitoba ⓘ
surface form: Manitoba (parts)

Michigan region ⓘ
Minnesota ⓘ
surface form: Minnesota (parts)

Ohio Country ⓘ
surface form: Ohio Country (parts)

Ontario ⓘ
surface form: Ontario (parts)

Great Lakes ⓘ
surface form: Upper Great Lakes

Wisconsin region ⓘ
inhabitedBy Anishinabek ⓘ
surface form: Anishinaabe peoples

Wyandot ⓘ
surface form: Huron-Wendat (refugee groups)

Miami ⓘ
Odawa ⓘ
Ojibwe ⓘ
Potawatomi ⓘ
various Algonquian-speaking nations ⓘ
languageOfAdministration French ⓘ
locatedIn Great Lakes region ⓘ
North America ⓘ
partOf New France ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity fur trading ⓘ
military alliance building ⓘ
missionary activity ⓘ
religiousActivity Jesuit missions ⓘ
sovereignState New France ⓘ
successorTerritory Province of Quebec ⓘ
surface form: British Province of Quebec (parts)

Northwest Territory ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Territory (United States, parts)
usedFor fur trade ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New France → includedRegion → Pays d'en Haut ⓘ
Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit → partOf → Pays d'en Haut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pays d’en Haut
French colonial authorities in New France → appliesToTerritory → Pays d'en Haut ⓘ
Governor General of New France → exercisedAuthorityOver → Pays d'en Haut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pays d’en Haut
Lieutenant Governor of Detroit → historicalRegion → Pays d'en Haut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pays d’en haut (Upper Country)