Louis Chartier (1633–1660 ) was a surgeon sent to Canada from France in 1653. He was part of an initiative which was to strengthen Montreal. The Société Notre-Dame de Montréal, who were responsible for founding Ville-Marie, had pledged to provide free medical care for the settlers. One of his companions in this endeavour was Étienne Bouchard, another surgeon.
Chartier died of drowning during a defence of the settlement against an Iroquois attack. It is believed that he also had spent part of one year as a captive of the Iroquois.
This early pioneer is important to history because of the role he played in the infancy of the Ville-Marie settlement.
References
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- Drolet, Antonio (1979) [1966]. "Chartier, Louis". In Brown, George Williams (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. I (1000–1700) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- Heagerty, J. J. (1928). Four centuries of medical history in Canada, and a sketch of the medical history of Newfoundland. Macmillan.
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