Jean Bourdon.
Jean Bourdon (c. 1601 – 1668) was the first engineer-in-chief and land-surveyor in the colony of New France, and the first attorney-general of the Conseil Superieur.
Bourdon came to New France in 1634 and he was designated as the engineer to Governor Charles de Montmagny. In 1639, the governor made a land grant to him of 50 acres (200,000 m2) and, later, he built a mill. He also built a chapel on it for his friend, Jean Le Sueur. This was only one of several seigneuries that Bourdon received.
References
- Hamelin, Jean (1979) [1966]. "Bourdon, Jean (sometimes called M. de Saint-Jean or Sieur de Saint-François)". In Brown, George Williams (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. I (1000–1700) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- Roy, Joseph Edmond (1907). . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company. pp. 719–720.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Jean Bourdon". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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