Pays d’en haut (in some French colonial usage)

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French colonial term historical region region of New France

Pays d’en haut was a French colonial term for the vast Upper Country of the Great Lakes and upper Mississippi regions, encompassing areas such as the Illinois Country and serving as a key zone of fur trade and Native-French interaction in New France.

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Label Occurrences
Pays d’en haut (in some French colonial usage) canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French colonial term ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
region of New France ⓘ
administrativeRelation distinct from Canada (St. Lawrence colony) ⓘ
associatedWith French–Indigenous relations ⓘ
Native-French interaction ⓘ
associatedWithActivity exploration ⓘ
fur trade ⓘ
military alliances ⓘ
missionary activity ⓘ
borderedBy St. Lawrence River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonialPower France NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectedBy Great Lakes waterways NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mississippi River system NERFINISHED ⓘ
country New France NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedFrom Montreal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
historicalStatus lost by France after the Seven Years’ War ⓘ
includes Illinois Country NERFINISHED ⓘ
inhabitedBy Anishinaabe peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
Huron-Wendat NERFINISHED ⓘ
Illinois Confederation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Odawa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Potawatomi NERFINISHED ⓘ
keyTradeGood beaver pelts ⓘ
furs ⓘ
languageOfName French ⓘ
literalMeaning upper country ⓘ
locatedIn Great Lakes region NERFINISHED ⓘ
North America ⓘ
upper Mississippi River region ⓘ
notableSettlement Cahokia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Detroit NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kaskaskia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Michilimackinac NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf French North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
French colonial empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleInEmpire buffer region with Indigenous allies ⓘ
frontier zone of New France NERFINISHED ⓘ
successorTerritory British North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States territory ⓘ
usedBy French colonial authorities ⓘ
French fur traders ⓘ
French military NERFINISHED ⓘ
French missionaries ⓘ
Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Illinois Country → alsoKnownAs → Pays d’en haut (in some French colonial usage) ⓘ