The manorial system of New France, known as the seigneurial system, was the semi-feudal system of land tenure used in the North American French colonial empire. Economic historians have attributed the
Boundaries of fiefs, including sub-fiefs, in Lower Canada (as charted in 1923)
St. Lawrence River by SPOT Satellite. "Long lots" can be discerned at the riverside.
Ribbon farms along the Detroit River in 1796, where modern Detroit and Windsor, Ontario now stand. Fort Detroit is on the north side of the river at center left, and Belle Isle is to the right.
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New France was the territory colonized by France in mainland North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New F
Seigneurial system of New France
…The manorial system of New France, known as the seigneurial system (French: Régime seigneurial, pronounced ), was the semi-feudal system of land tenure used in the North American French…
Jean Talon, count of Orsainville, first intendant of New France
Habitation at Port-Royal c. 1605
Habitation at Quebec c. 1608
One group of King's Daughters arrives at Quebec, 1667