Domaine du roy

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Domaine du roy
of New France
1652–1763
Flag of Domaine Du Roy
Flag
CapitalQuebec
History 
• Established
1652
10 February 1763

The Domaine du roy ("King's Domain") was a vast region of

Cape Cormorant (near the present-day town Lourdes) towards the Hudson Bay watershed, an area claimed by Great Britain as Rupert's Land
, the territory covered an area of 460,000 km2.

Established in 1652, the Domaine du roy was renamed "King's Domain" after the

Le Domaine-du-Roy
.

References

  1. ^ Michel Lavoie, Le Domaine du roi 1652-1859, Septentrion, 2010

See also