Samuel de Champlain journeyed by canoe up the Ottawa River in 1615, through Lake Nipissing, and down Georgian Bay to the heart of the Huron country, near Lake Simcoe. During these journeys, Champlain aided the indigenous Hurons in battles against the Iroquois Confederacy. As a result, the Iroquois became mortal enemies of the French. In 1627, Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642), chief minister to King Louis the XIII, chartered in a French trading and colonization Company of One Hundred Associates to capitalize on the North American fur trade and to expand French colonies centered on the Saint Lawrence River valley.

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