Kondiaronk National Historic Person
Montréal, Quebec
HSMBC Plaque
© Agence Parcs Canada | Parks Canada Agency, S. Desjardins, 2016.
Address :
Place de la Grande-Paix-de-Montréal, Montréal, Quebec
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
2001-04-27
Life Date:
1625 to 1701
Other Name(s):
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Kondiaronk
(Designation Name)
Research Report Number:
2000-029
Importance:
Played a pivotal role in facilitating negotiations which culminated in the Treaty of 1701
Plaque(s)
Existing plaque: between du Port and Saint-Pierre Streets Place de la Grande-Paix-de-Montréal, Montréal, Quebec
Kondiaronk, Grand Chief of the Wyandots of Michilimakinac, played a determining role in the negotiations of the Great Peace due to both his influence with the other First Nations chiefs and the respect that he had among the French. His speech of August 2, 1701 was a decisive factor in sealing the peace.
Louis-Hector de Callière, an able military strategist and governor of Montréal, distinguished himself in the defence of the city. In that office and later as governor general of New France, he displayed outstanding diplomatic skills in the negotiations with the First Nations which led to the signing of the treaty.