Imagine it is 1656 and you are on your way from your family’s farm near La Rochelle, France to the La Rochelle harbor. You are about to get on a crowded ship for a three-month journey to New France to start a new life as an indentured citizen for three years with the hope of being granted your own piece of land to farm and build your life.
The video below shows the city walls, the streets, the buildings and the harbor just as they would have looked when your Therrien ancestor saw them all those many years ago.