Clerbaud Bergier ( fl. 1680–85) was a

Huguenot The Huguenots ( , also , ) were a religious group of French Protestants who held to the Reformed, or Calvinist, tradition of Protestantism. The term, which may be derived from the name of a Swiss political leader, the Genevan burgomaster Be ...

trader and an early figure in the economic development of

Acadia Acadia (french: link=no, Acadie) was a colony of New France in northeastern North America which included parts of what are now the The Maritimes, Maritime provinces, the Gaspé Peninsula and Maine to the Kennebec River. During much of the 17t ...

. Bergier wanted to form a company to engage in fishing and trading in Acadia. In 1682 he was part of a group that started ''Le Compagnie de la Pêche Sédentaire ou Compagnie d'Acadie'' (The Company of Acadia). A settlement was also part of the plan and he chose Chedabouctou because of the favourable conditions at that location. On 10 April 1684, he was appointed the king's lieutenant in Acadia. Soon after this time, he disappears from records and was replaced as lieutenant.

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