Yearly Archives: 2017

HARRISON LAKE This short but demanding hike leads to a sapphire pool in a granite cirque. The small campground here is worn bare from overuse. Camping is to be discouraged. Walk around the lake or go for a swim; the … Continue reading →

MOUNTAINS IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA COLUMBIA MOUNTAINS Includes the Cariboo, Monashee, Selkirk, and Purcell Mountains. For many years, this extensive alpine uplift was referred to as the Interior Ranges of British Columbia. The Columbia Mountains are separated from … Continue reading →

PYRAMID & BALL LAKES North Idaho has beautiful well-constructed and well-maintained trails. The trail to Pyramid Lake is short and well-graded and thus very popular. The lake is surrounded by cirque walls. Ball Lake is subalpine in a rocky setting. These lakes … Continue reading →

I was born in Assiniboia, Saskatchewan in 1952, the third and last son. Both sets of my grandparents had homesteaded in southern Saskatchewan. The original Perrier arrived in Canada in 1665 making me a tenth-generation Canadian (eleventh on the maternal … Continue reading →

MARTIN, ABRAHAM (dit “l’Écossais” or“Maître Abraham”), pilot; b. 1589 in France; d. 8 Sept. 1664 at Quebec. This may be the same Martin who was employed by Jean de Biencourt and Du Gua de Monts as a navigator on the coast of Acadia, although he … Continue reading →

THE SETTLEMENT OF NEW FRANCE Quebec has played a special role in French history; the modern province occupies much of the land where French settlers founded the colony of Canada (New France) in the 17th and 18th centuries. The population is predominantly French-speaking and … Continue reading →

THE PERRIER NAME in CANADA The earliest Perier appeared in the 1500-1505 Spanish census. There also were Periers in the 1500s in France, Switzerland and England. According to the French registry, there are only 1000 people in France with the … Continue reading →

My ancestor, Jean Perrier was a member of the Orleans Regiment that went to the West Indies in 1663 under Marquis Alexandre de Prouville de Tracy (c. 1596 or 1603–1670). Tracy was in the West Indies as part of his royal commission … Continue reading →

Genealogy of Perriers New France – A History Abraham Martin & The Plains of Abraham  Carigan-Salieres Regiment & Les Filles de Roi Water & Champagne Perrier’s Baobab The Devonshire Family About Me My ArtQuarter-Cut Oak Furniture

An iconic French family name, the name Perrier is associated with water and champagne. None are known to be relatives. I have included this part more for my interest than anything else. PERRIER WATER The spring in Southern France from … Continue reading →