WHEN MAISONNEUVE RAISED AN ALTAR IN A CLEARING OF THE FOREST THAT COVERED THE ISLAND THAT THEIR NEW HOME, VILLE MARIE, MIGHT BE DEDICATED, JEANNE MANCE, MADAME DE LA PELTRIE, AND THE SERVANT CHARLOTTE BARRÉ GATHERED WILD FLOWERS WITH WHICH TO DECORATE IT. [Jeanne Mance, page 3]

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