Thanks again everyone. I have been in contact with Robert who also has a gg grandmother who said she was born in Ohio, Canada. I finally found it, thanks to everyone on the list. It is in Ontario, north from Lake Superior, not too far from Red River, Manitoba and Wisconsin. It is still a desolate area but there is an English River Indian Res. Nearby. I found it by going to mapquest.com. I had always looked for it in Quebec but there it is in Ontario. Thanks again Jan Gouin > > Just got back from vacation so I apologize for the delay in replying. > Pays d'en Haut referred to the Trois-Rivieres, Quebec area and the > Mauricie county, not Upper Canada. > > There was a movie made this year: Un homme et son péché. (A man and his > sin) It was based on a Quebec-made weekly TV series "Les Belles > Histoires des Pays d'en Haut", which ran many years ago. It was the > story of a man who loved money above all and took a man's daughter for > his wife as payment for the man's debt. It depicted the life of that > area in the early 1800s (I think) > > Karole Dumont > > -----Original Message----- > From: R D Winthrop [mailto:RDWinthrop@a1access.net] > Sent: August 29, 2003 10:53 AM > To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NISHNAWBE] Pays de Haut > > > >>Here is a link that shows how the country was divided. Lower Canada, > Upper > >>Canada and Rupert's Land. In Oka when they talked of Pays d'en Haut > they > >>were referring to Upper Canada. > <http://www.londonhistory.org/upper.htm> > > > Now I am wondering even more. I thought she was born around St > Michel de > >Saints, Berthier Co. Quebec but that would be Lower Canada. > > ______________________________ > > > 'Think in Time' and it will be clear why the characterization of the > 'Pays de Haut' simply as the equivalent of Upper Canada is not > entirely accurate. > > > "Pays de Haut" is a term of the French regime, probably from 17th c. > > The British administrative divisions of Upper and Lower Canada are > 18th c. constructions (as was Rupert's Land, which was essentially > the Hudson's Bay Company trading concession). > > As Larry W pointed out, the "upper country" was a great deal larger > than just Upper Canada, including most of what would become the > American Northwest Territory as well as what would becomee Upper > Canada. Consider the Pays de Haut to be the watersheds of the Great > Lakes (excluding Lake Ontario). > > Regards - rdw