Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)
1690 - Repelling the first English landing

RIVER-OUELLE, 1690. The population of Quebec was severely alarmed in the fall of 1690 when they learned that a fleet of 34 ships departing from New England and commanded by Admiral William Phipps, was heading back to the St. Lawrence. Warned by the envoys from Frontenac, the settlers of Rivière-Ouelle are getting defensive. Locals are asking their priest, Mr. de Francheville, to lead them himself to the attack. Let's read the original relationship of the time: "The enemies had flattened to knock down without opposition. When they went to the first rooms, they thought all they had to do was disembark and sit at the table. They were surprised that for the first entry, they were served a salvo of gunshots. At the Rivière-Ouelle, the priest of Francheville, cured, took a blue hood, a tapebord in his head, a rifle in good condition, put himself on the head of his parishioners who made several unloads on the chaloupes that were forced to retreat offshore with casualties. "The settlers of the Rivière-Ouelle have the honor of repelling the first English landing in 1690.

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