Serious colonization by France began in 1702, when Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville and his brother Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville struggled to found permanent settlements. |
The property lies a few kilometres from the sheared contact between the Bienville and La Grande geological sub-provinces. |
Finally, on Lac Bienville, chips of Nastapoka chert have been found in association with Ramah quartzite and some polished objects. |
The property is positioned along a major structural boundary at the transition zone between the Minto and Bienville geological subprovinces. |
I have never been anywhere, but have always lived here in Bienville Parish. |
A settlement was founded near the area of modern Biloxi in early 1699, and Bienville was made second in command of the colony when his brother departed in the spring. |