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.
He became an officer in the colonial
troupes de la marine of
New France
New France (french: Nouvelle-France) was the area colonized by France in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Great Britain and Spa ...
and was heavily involved with the events 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 ...
from 1685 until his death. In 1690, with
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (16 July 1661 – 9 July 1706) or Sieur d'Iberville was a French soldier, explorer, colonial administrator, and trader. He is noted for founding the colony of Louisiana in New France. He was born in Montreal to French ...
, 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
Daniel d'Auger de Subercase (February 12, 1661 – November 20, 1732) was a naval officer and the French governor of Newfoundland and later Acadia.
Subercase was baptised a Protestant to Jean Daughter, a rich merchant and bourgeois who had p ...
, on 22 May 1706.
[
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
The French and Indian Wars were a series of conflicts that occurred in North America between 1688 and 1763, some of which indirectly were related to the European dynastic wars. The title ''French and Indian War'' in the singular is used in the U ...
."The Bonaventure Hatchet" by Frank T. Seibert; (PDF) ''Journals at Carleton University'', Ottawa, Canada; 1989.
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People of Queen Anne's War
Governors of Acadia
1659 births
1711 deaths
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