Library and Archives Canada (LAC) holds a major collection of textual records on the Carignan-Salières Regiment and offers suggestions on how to find these records.
A Coureur de Bois (“Runner of the woods”); Officer and Men of the Carignan-Salières Regiment. Source: Library and Archives Canada, MIKAN 2899188.
One suggestion is to consult the thematic guide on available sources on the regiment at LAC.
“According to the guide, which was written by Michel Wyczynski in 1994, the documents on the regiment are catalogued in 15 series spread among nine archival holdings. The Archives de la Guerre fonds, copies of which LAC has on microfilm, contains the largest number of documents on the Carignan-Salières Regiment. These documents, like a good many documents on the French Regime in Canada, can be consulted on LAC’s website and that of the Héritage project. It should be noted that the thematic guide has not been updated since it was published in 1994. Since then, LAC may have acquired other documents on the regiment that are not included in the guide.”
While the guide has a bilingual introduction, most of the descriptions are written in French, the language of the original records, which are from France.
LAC only has microfilmed copies of the records for most of these archival documents.
The Carignan-Salières Regiment disembarked in New France in 1665 to ensure the safety of the colony and to deal with the Iroquois threat. There were 1,300 soldiers and officers.
You can learn more and find links in The Carignan-Salières Regiment article on LAC’s blog.
If you are descended or think you may be descended from members of this regiment, see the Alphabetical listing of the Carignan-Salières Regiment Officers and Soldiers (who settled in Canada) for a list of the soldiers.
