Chevalier de la Corne and the Carrot River Valley of Saskatchewan

Database ID	25037
Institution	Saskatchewan Archives Board
Fonds/Collection	Saskatchewan Archives Board General
Series	YF17.6
File/Item Reference	YF17.6
Date of creation	1914
Physical description/extent	1 folder; 1 cm of textual records
Number of images	1
Scope and content	Copy of a short book dealing with the early history of the Melfort and Carrot River Valley areas of Eastern Saskatchewan. Includes much historical information on early French explorers, especially the Chevalier de la Corne for whom Fort a la Corne is named. Claims that he was the first to practice European agriculture within what is now Saskatchewan in the late 1700s. Also discusses local Aboriginal people, the good relations between the French and local Aboriginal people in the 1700s, and later British exploration, as well as first settlement by Europeans in the 19th and 20th Centuries.
Restrictions on access	There are no restrictions on access.
Copyright holder	Unknown
Copyright expiry date	Unknown
Other terms governing use and reproduction	Responsibility regarding questions of copyright that may arise in the use of any images is assumed by the researcher.
Type	Archival
Primary Media	Textual documents
Provenance Access Point	Saskatchewan Archives Board General
Place	Fort a la Corne, Saskatchewan, Canada Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada Nipawin, Saskatchewan, Canada
Treaty boundaries	Treaty 6 No treaty Canada -- National
Cultural region	Plains Subarctic Canada -- National
Names	de Champlain, Samuel, 1567-1635 (French explorer) de La Verendrye, Pierre Henday, Anthony, fl. 1750-1762 Louis Luc de la Corne Saint Luc Mackenzie, Alexander
Subject	Exploration Agriculture Forts Fur Trade Early European Settlers Indigenous Peoples General Community Histories Trade Hudson's Bay Company Early French Explorers
Date Range(s)	1776-1799 1800-1819 1910-1919
Permanent Link	https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/25037