If you drive along the St-Lawrence River today you can still see the way the land was originally distributed under the seigneurial system. The first settlers were allotted long strips of land set up in such a way that each farmer had access to river frontage. In the earliest days of la Nouvelle France (New France) the river was the quickest way of transport and was also an important source of food.

Related Posts:

Map of Land Grants – Seigneury La Pocatiere

Mignier dit Lagaces – French Canadians

Further Reading:

The Seigneurial System – The Canadian Encyclopedia