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Barrie Examiner, 12 Aug 1959, p. 16

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Forgotten usu Ibervlllewent aboard MONTREAL CPIJilin name at Pierre LeHoyne dlberviile is seldnin heard when menreeount the glories of Canadas hast lben viltes body has lain all but for gotten to an unmarkgd grave in Havana Cuba or more than so years Hut his exploits smack of romance He was handrome and rugged devil with the women and atirstclass adventurerI war riorandwiiderness statesman Ho was as respected la the court at Louis XIV otFrance as in his native New France He was such lonnidahle foe ate the Hudsons Bay Company that the company paid no divi dend during theryears ibervflle was active in the north lie sacked Newfoundland and helped devastate Schenectady NY He tounded Louisiana and won what has been called the greatest vie tory in Frances naval history mmsuonoonaN Yet Ibervllle has been largely ibrgotten nlnng with his distin guished Frenchhorn father and his nine brothers Historian Thomas Costain who has chastised Montrealers for not better honoring such hero says of lberviile in The White and the Gold his history of the French regime in Can ada iiis brief career was liiled with such amazing exploits that the lustre othis name would have shone with the bravest figures in French history had they not been enacted in the obscurity of an overlooked colnnlal backwater He would have been ranked as one of the great light ing men of all time had he played to European audience on world stage Born at his fathers seigneury at Longueuil across the St Law rence River from Montreal in memo to trainingin Ha wasneartytiwhen the tint chance came tor hlrn tomake hisnamef EXPEDITIION 10 Withvhisbrothers Jacquesu Moyne de Ste Helene and Paul Le Moynenie Marloourt Iberviile joined an overlandgexpeditiou led by the Chevalier de Troyes against theHudsons Bay Com Daily The party of more than no men teit Montreal in March 1686 and reached Fort Hayes on James Bay in lanekatter siuz ging through breaking ice4and melting snow along the Ottawa and Abitihi Rivers lheLe Moyne brothers vaulted thehark wall at the tour has tioned stockade in pre dawn darkness an shattered the dreams oi the is sleeping Eng hmen with whoops and ser hes By the time Troyes main party heganthumping at the gate with battering ram the garrison had surrendered gt At Fort Rupert in miles east the daring lberviiie led board ing party toan English ship the Cravenat anchor in the hay while Troyes it the fort lbcrvilles men killed the drowsy watchman and stamped on the deck to bringup those he iow At least two were sabred the rest surrendered Among them was Governor Bridger who commanded the area for the com pany WELCOMED AS HERO Leaving the forts in Maricourls charge lberviilo returned to Montreal tor heros welcome in the all at lsttl But he probably wished he hadnt iett Hudson Bay The guardian of young woman of the colony was waiting for him with paternity suit lherviile de is gohdchar and all settled later by his representatives in the meantimo Governor Denonviliejrrnna ed torilberviiia luvs immediately tor France mzreport on Hudson Bay The French olticinls impressed with the young gallant gave him his first commandthe inst sailing ship Svieii dAtrleueand ml to collect tur on thehay Ibervilie ran into trouble with the Eritish and wintered on End son Bay but returned to Quebec the next tall in characteristin triumph Ha had captured three Hudsons Baerompany vasels and their caraoesvslued hy the company atsnmo OFFICIALLY Al WAR War with the British had broken out otticiaily in the mean time and iberviile marched with the iorces of New France through February weather in 1690 to at tack the English Dutch settle ment at Schenectady lherville mulled one at his partsperhaps intentionally He was assigned to lead party to close the rear gate at therviliago stookade to prevent escapebut missed it in the dark As re sult some settlers avoided mas sacre or torture at the hands of the attackersHuron allies lherville was again in Hudson Bay on an expedition against Fort Nelson when theEngiish unsuccessfully besieged Quebec City in 1690 lbervillcs brother Ste Helene was killedin the tight Alter returning to Quebec in the fall or Franc to interest the king in schemes tor Hudson Bay By this time he was French bommnnderinvchiet oi the bay seigneur in his own right with lands on the Halo de Chaleur and the first Canadian to hold com4 mission in thejrcnch navy Hg was 30 years old Compliments to The YOUNG8 IGAon theirrticeupatioh of their new store INSURANCE covERAGESwerearranged nomthelaying of the first block of build ling to the protection of the stock plate glassand equipment through amtsaid FARMERS CREDiT unlon LIMITED gt oeesipyingtha firtreadmills gt sraouo sHOPPINnCEeraag 35 away insistis19sé 3st vfroilowedhy membership 3mm livingwithmo radius fSIIViPKIN GENERAL INSURANCE Rona ONT announeo the off ivol opening of theirssew officeT mam wvsteoM moodminding fbpen iléibuse pin 1691 lberville set out suaaamnanfl thysTRouov ICorpenryy Work QED6W5THER1LLW 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