Iroquois River

E686837

former name of a river

The Iroquois River is the former name of the Richelieu River, a significant waterway in Quebec that connects Lake Champlain to the Saint Lawrence River and played an important role in Indigenous travel and colonial-era trade and warfare.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Iroquois River canonical	1
Rivière des Iroquois	1

Statements (25)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former name of a river ⓘ
associatedWith	French colonial expansion in North America ⓘ Indigenous-European relations in the St. Lawrence–Champlain corridor ⓘ
connects	Lake Champlain NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Lawrence River NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
flowsThrough	southern Quebec ⓘ
formerNameOf	Richelieu River NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	colonial era in North America ⓘ
historicalSignificance	important route between Lake Champlain and the Saint Lawrence River ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Lawrence River watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Iroquois NERFINISHED ⓘ
navigable	yes ⓘ
partOf	Lake Champlain–Saint Lawrence River waterway NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy	name Richelieu River ⓘ
role	strategic military corridor in colonial conflicts ⓘ trade route between Indigenous nations and European colonists ⓘ
status	historical name ⓘ
tributaryOf	Saint Lawrence River NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy	Indigenous peoples of the region ⓘ
usedFor	Indigenous travel ⓘ colonial-era trade ⓘ colonial-era warfare ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Richelieu River → formerName → Iroquois River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rivière des Iroquois