Canada Day would not be the same if it were not for at least some recollections of our great country and what it took to build. So much is always said about our founding fathers and the actual act of confederation in 1867 but I have my favourite stories also, especially since I grew up not terribly far from where this battle took place.
A Discovery
Historians and chroniclers for nearly two centuries made no mention of this episode in the Iroquois wars of the 1660s. It was lost to time only that in the 19th century, a discovery by Dollier de Casson’s unveiled — in my mind — an incredible act of bravery and how much this land of ours meant to the new Europeans living here. That discovery was a manuscript of the Histoire du Montréal, which gave detailed accounts of the combat of May 1660 — otherwise known as, “the Battle of the Sault”.
