New France the 16th and early 17th centuries New France's economy was heavily centered on its Atlantic fisheries. This would change in the later half of the 17th and 18th centuries as French settlement penetrated further into the continental interior. Here French economic interests would shift and concentrate itself on the development of the North American fur trade. It would soon become the new staple good that would strengthen and drive New France's economy, in particular that of Montreal, for the next century. The trading post of Ville-Marie, established on the current island of Montreal, quickly became the economic hub for the
Alice (given name) Alice (given name) Alice is a feminine given name used primarily in English and French. It is a feminized form of the Old French female name "Alis" (older "Alais"), short form of "Adelais", which is derivation from the Germanic name "Adalhaidis" (see Adelaide), from the Proto-Germanic words , meaning "noble" and , meaning "heath(land), heather" or , meaning "appearance; kind" (compare German "Adel" "nobility", "edel" "noble", nominalizing suffix "-heit" "-hood"), hence "of noble character or rank, of nobility". "Alaïs" is the Old French form of the name; Alys of Vexin was also known as Alaïs. Alice was the most popular