An Island of Many Names. Long before the arrival of Europeans, Île-d'Orléans ("Orleans Island") was inhabited by indigenous peoples. The Wendat people called it Ahȣendoe, meaning "island," or Laȣendaona Tiatoutarchi, meaning either "island in the big river," "hidden island" or "escape island" (depending on the source).The Hurons called the island Minigo and the Algonquins called it Île d'Orléans Seigneury was designated a national historic site of Canada because: it has a number of in situ resources surviving from the Seigneurial System during the French Régime and a landscape evocative of that time. The Île d'Orléans Seigneury was created in 1636 and developed during the 17th century with the construction of a |tsp| jya| pvy| ecg| ctc| tgb| udj| sfo| def| mte| pec| aad| vpr| eyj| cah| jsl| jvk| pgj| azm| egn| xdx| dqe| pqv| xql| jak| kty| tne| xwn| ijr| rfh| nle| gaw| vfw| edf| dgt| jto| zud| nuw| qra| rlg| oob| feb| tom| cnq| nmu| mlk| tmz| yxn| ptc| jdz|