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Montreal history
Montreal was 'discovered' by Jacques Cartier in 1535 when the island was already inhabited - the Iroquois village of Hochelaga stood at the foot of Mount Royal. By 1642, Hochelaga was abandoned in favour of the European settlement, Ville Marie. It was a French colony until 1760 when Montreal fell to the British.
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