THE PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL ARENA EXPERIENCED BY OUR ANCESTORS 1700-1759 Until I can meet with other family members in early April to clarify our lineage, here is a description of our the physical and spiritual environment of our ancestors between 1700 to 1759. (Montreal is located in the west while Sorel is located in the east. If you would like to examine the details of this map, please visit http://canadachannel.ca/HCO/index.php/File:MONTSEIGNS.JPG ). As I had stated in an earler posting, Antoine III Desrosiers dit Lafreniere and his wife Angelique Piette wed on February 9,1722 in Sorel, Quebec. Sorel was located at the junction of the lower Richelieu River and on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. It was 88 kilometres northeast of Montreal. Since 1665, Fort Richelieu protected the small community of Sorel from Iroquois First Nations attacks and later attempted to stop the British invasi...