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A soldier and adventurer,
Iberville was born at Ville Marie (Montréal) in 1661. He participated in
the bitter border wars with New England mounted by Frontenac, and was
also active against English fur trading posts and ports on
James Bay
, raiding posts there in 1688, 1690 and 1694 and, commanding his
ship Pelican, sank two English warships near York Factory in
1697. Between 1698 to 1702 he led expeditions to
Louisiana
, planting forts there and in
Alabama
. His last campaign was conducted in 1706 against the English West
Indian colony of
Nevis
. He died that year. He was the first native-born Canadian to
receive the Croix de Saint-Louis for valour from the French Crown.
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