Sillery  
The town of Sillery, on the St. Lawrence river, was named for Nol Brlart de Sillery, of the Company of New France. Brlart de Sillery set up one of the earliest Jesuit missions that attracted Wôbanaki converts, including Montagnais, Algonkin, and Kennebec. By 1676, 150 Wôbanaki people were living at Sillery, and the mission also started attracting Connecticut River valley refugees. In 1701, after Jesuit missionaries moved the mission church of Saint Franois de Sales from the Chaudire River, many of the Wôbanakiak at Sillery moved to Odanak or St. Francis.

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