Great Peace of Montreal
| La Grande paix de Montréal | |
|---|---|
Copy of the treaty including signatures | |
| Signed | August 4, 1701 |
| Location | Montreal, New France |
| Signatories | |
| Language | French |
The Great Peace of Montreal (French: La Grande paix de Montréal) was a peace treaty between New France and 39 First Nations of North America that ended the Beaver Wars. It was signed on August 4, 1701, by Louis-Hector de Callière, governor of New France, and 1300 representatives of 39 Indigenous nations.
The French, allied to the Hurons and the Algonquins, brokered a peace agreement between their allies and the Six Nations of the Iroquois, with over 1,300 Native Americans present, representing over 40 nations. The peace was fragile, however; although all-out war did not break out, within only three years the Odawa attacked an Iroquois village near a French fort in present-day Kingston, Ontario. The warriors planted a Huron club on a dead Iroquois warrior to try to provoke new fighting.
This has sometimes been called the Grand Settlement of 1701, not to be confused with the unrelated Act of Settlement 1701 in England. It has often been referred to as La Paix des Braves, meaning "The Peace of the Braves".