Jean Bourdon

Jean Bourdon (c. 1601 – 1668) was the first engineer-in-chief and land-surveyor in the colony of New France, and the first attorney-general of the Conseil Superieur.

Jean Bourdon.

Bourdon came to New France in 1634 and he was designated as the engineer to Governor Charles de Montmagny. In 1639, the governor made a land grant to him of 50 acres (200,000 m2) and, later, he built a mill. He also built a chapel on it for his friend, Abbé Jean Le Sueur. This was only one of several seigneuries that Bourdon received.

References
  • Hamelin, Jean (1979) [1966]. "Bourdon, Jean (sometimes called M. de Saint-Jean or Sieur de Saint-François)". In Brown, George Williams (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. I (1000–1700) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
  • Roy, Joseph Edmond (1907). "Jean Bourdon" . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company. pp. 719–720.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Jean Bourdon". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.


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