François Poulin de Francheville

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François Poulin de Francheville, Seigneur de Saint-Maurice was a Montreal merchant who was granted permission by the King of France to mine the iron ore deposits on his seigneury in 1730. In 1733, Francheville founded the "Compagnie des Forges de Saint-Maurice", but he died that same year. The ironworks - Forges du St-Maurice - built near the town of Trois-Rivières (in present-day Quebec), were the first and only iron industry enterprise in New France. Wikipedia
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