Jean Bourdon (c. 1601 – 1668) was the first engineer-in-chief and land-surveyor in the colony of New France, and the first attorney-general of the Conseil Superieur.Bourdon came to New France in 1634 a...
(see French) Notes * Francois's name varies between Bellenger and Bélanger. The earlier records have his name as Bellenger; later records as Bélanger. A possible reason for this was that Bellenger is n...