Beginning November 19, Montreal’s Château-Ramezay museum will hold a 12-month exhibit to mark the 350th anniversary in 2015 of the arrivial of the Carignan-Salières Regiment. The exhibit will include historical and genealogical exhibits to highlight the regiment’s role in defending and colonizing New France.
The following is from an English translation of the news release about the exhibit:
In 1665, 1,000 officers and soldiers of this regiment arrived in New France to protect the inhabitants from Iroquois attacks and to settle the colony. When the regiment disbanded in 1668, 326 soldiers decided to remain as colonists. Of that number, 238 married, the majority choosing a wife among the young women known as les Filles du Roy. Troops from four other Companies, led by the Sieur de Tracy, arrived the same year as the Carignan-Salières regiment. Fifty of these men also elected to stay in New France. A great many Quebecers are now proud to claim descent from those brave soldiers made settlers.
For more information about the exhibit and a link to a list of all military officers and soldiers of the Regiment (located at the bottom of the web page), visit the museum’s website.
