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The Beaver Wars Part 1


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Also known as the French-Iroquois Wars, the Beaver Wars were fought across the Great-Lakes region and created a refugee crisis, spread plagues and reformed alliances from 1609-1701.  The future of the European-North American alliance system was recast and this marks a catastrophic decimation of the Indigenous population.

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Ottawa History HubBy Brendan Ray