Terre Ferme de
Mingan
Seigniory |
Francois Bissot
de la Riviere |
1661 |
Isle aux Oeufs granted en seigneurie ; and right to form establishments for purposes hereafter mentioned on the mainland from “ Isle aux Oeufs jusqu'aux Sept-Isles et dans la Grande Anse, vers les Esquimaux où les Espagnols font ordinairement la pesche.” |
In perpetuity, subject to the payment of “ deux castors d'hyver ou dix livres tournois . . . . et les droits accountumes de ce pays.” |
With the right and faculty of hunting and of establishing on the mainland, within the area sepcified, “ la pesche sédentaire des loups marins, baleines, marsouins, et les autres nègoces. |
Isles et Islets
de Mingan
Seigniory |
Jacques de La-
lande and Louis
Jolliet |
10 March, 1679 |
The islands “ qui se suivent jusqu'a la Baye appellé l'ance aux Espagnols.” |
In perpetuity, subject to the usual conditions attached to seigniorial grants. |
The grant recites that the grantees desired to make establishments at these islands for the cod and seal fisheries. |
