Check the other pages where articles about Detroit, Windsor, and their residents appear: Individuals or Families, Land and Census Information, Military, and Parish Records. Articles about Detroit's First Ten Years can be found on the Early Detroit (1701-1710) Chart Program Page.
“Bob-Lo” Island, the Huron, and the French Canadians, by Suzanne Boivin Sommerville - This article was originally published in the July 2015 issue of Michigan's Habitant Heritage
1 October 2016 - Detroit Historical Museum: Diane Wolford Sheppard - French Detroit’s History and Culture and their Impact on Detroit’s Founding Families
Center for French-Colonial Studies – 24 October 2015 Meeting at the University of Windsor – Presentations by FCHSM Members:
Articles about the 1712 Fox War:
“Detroit never saw such a collection of people.” The Start of the “Fox Wars” 300 Years Ago, by Suzanne Boivin Sommerville – this article originally appeared in the April 2012 issue of Michigan’s Habitant Heritage
Fox War at Détroit: 19 August 1711 through 31 August 1712, compiled by Gail Moreau-DesHarnais, Diane Wolford Sheppard, and Sharon Kelley – this article originally appeared in the April 2012 issue of Michigan’s Habitant Heritage
Slavery in New France - Articles
Marie Joseph / Marie Josette / Josephte, Panise du Sieur Charles Moran: 1766-1796 Detroit, by Gail Moreau-DesHarnais. This article discusses one of the slaves in the Detroit River Region who was freed by her owner.
See the Parish Records Page for Gail Moreau-DesHarnais’ Transcriptions of the Burials from Ste Anne’s and Assumption. These transcriptions list all of the slaves who were buried from both parishes. See: http://www.habitantheritage.org/french-canadian_resources/parish_records
Slave Owners in the Détroit River Region Through 1762 by Diane Wolford Sheppard - profiles for the remaining families will be completed in the future.
1732 Plan of the Huron Village on the Detroit Side of the River - Courtesy of Gallica: http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b7845617t.r=detroit.langEN
1732 Plan of the Ottawa Village - Courtesy of Gallica France
1732 Plan of the Potawatomi Village - Courtesy of Gallica France
1732 Plan of Fort Pontchartrain - Courtesy of Gallica: http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b78456209.r=detroit.langEN
John Elliott Woolford – City of Detroit, Michigan – Courtesy of Artefacts Canada: http://www.rcip-chin.gc.ca/bd-dl/artefacts-eng.jsp