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Canadian politician
Simon-Pierre Denys de Bonaventure (22 June 1659 – 7 February 1711) was born in
Trois-Rivières, Québec to Pierre Denys de La Ronde and Catherine Le Neuf.
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[2]
He became an officer in the colonial
troupes de la marine of
New France and was heavily involved with the events of
Acadia from 1685 until his death. In 1690, with
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville , he attacked York Fort, in
Hudson Bay . He participated in the
Naval battles off St. John , in 1691 and in
1696 . Together with
Jean-Vincent d’Abbadie and Iberville, Bonaventure led the
Siege of Pemaquid (1696) . He
governed Acadia after the death of Governor
Jacques-François de Monbeton de Brouillan , in September 1705, until the appointment of the new governor,
Daniel d'Auger de Subercase , on 22 May 1706.
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He is credited with designing the Bonaventure hatchet, a spike tomahawk which was used during the
Second Indian War , the first of the
French and Indian Wars .
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References
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Nos gloires nationales: ou, Histoire des principales familles du Canada , Volume 1, François Daniel, E. Senécal, 1867, p. 232.
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b Lunn, A. J. E. (1979) [1969].
"Denys de Bonaventure, Simon-Pierre" . In Hayne, David (ed.).
Dictionary of Canadian Biography . Vol. II (1701–1740) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
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"The Bonaventure Hatchet" by Frank T. Seibert; (PDF) Journals at Carleton University , Ottawa, Canada; 1989.
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