The Mitis Seignory (French : seigneurie de Mitis) is a forest and wildlife territory located in La Mitis Regional County Municipality in eastern Quebec. It was a seignory during the French colonisation of New France.
The Mitis Seignory was first granted to Jean-Baptiste de Peiras by the New France's governor, Louis de Buade de Frontenac, on May 6, 1675. [1]
The Scottish Mathew MacNider acquired the seignory in 1802 and his brother, John MacNider, bought it in 1807. [2] In fact the MacNider family was the owner of the Mitis Seignory for almost 50 years. [3]
At the time of its granting in 1675 the territory of the seignory measured two leagues along the Saint Lawrence River by two leagues away from the river. [4] It is entirely included inside La Mitis Regional County Municipality in Bas-Saint-Laurent.
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