Pierre Raffeix

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Pierre Raffeix (1633–1724) was a French

He was born at Clermont-Ferrand, entered the Society of Jesus in 1653, and came to Canada in 1663. In 1668 he established near Montreal a settlement for converted Iroquois (now Kahnawake).

In 1671 he replaced

Raffeix was a cartographer, as the following surviving maps bear witness:

• "Carte des regions les plus occidentales du Canada", dated 1676, and bearing a legend relating to the voyage of discovery of
  Louis Joliet
  ;
• "Le lac Ontario avec les pays adjacents et surtout les cinq nations iroquoises";
• "La Nouvelle-France, de l'Océan au lac Erié, et, au sud, jusqu'à la Nouvelle-Angleterre".

After his return to Quebec he acted as procurator to the mission. He spent two years at

• Campeau, Lucien (1979) [1969]. "Raffeix, Pierre". In Hayne, David (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. II (1701–1740) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Pierre Raffeix". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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