Corossol
Naval Vessel · France · Lost Lost days after departing Quebec on November 7, 1693 · The Gulf of St Lawrence
A 20-gun French royal vessel wrecked by storm in 1693 near Sept-Îles, the only confirmed 17th-century French shipwreck yet found in Canada.
The Vessel and Her Loss
Corossol was an armed vessel belonging to King Louis XIV, escorting a fleet of six ships from Quebec to France in November 1693 under Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville. Battered by a storm, she sought shelter in Baie des Sept Îles, struck a shoal, and sank, scattering her cargo of furs. Most aboard, including the wife and children of the King's Hydrographer, perished. Discovered by a diver in 1990, the wreck was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1995.
Vessel
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- Netherlands
- Wood
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- Sail
- King Louis XIV of France
Loss
- Lost days after departing Quebec on November 7, 1693
- Storm
- Baie des Sept Îles, near Sept-Îles, Quebec
- Gulf of St. Lawrence
- Quebec City → France
- Fur pelts and passengers
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- Contemporary accounts indicate most aboard perished, including Élisabeth Auber, wife of the King's Hydrographer Jean-Baptiste Franquelin, and several of their children, but a precise death toll is not established.
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The Wreck Today
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- Cannon and associated artifacts remain on the seabed
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- 1990
- Corossol National Historic Site of Canada
Position
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- Approximate position
- Sept-Îles, Quebec
Parks Canada locates the site south of Île Manowin near Corossol Island at the entrance to Baie des Sept Îles, without publishing precise coordinates.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (82/100)
Exact number aboard and total lives lost are not established in the sources reviewed.
Designation, cause and date of loss, cargo, general location.
Naviguer sur le Saint-Laurent (regional heritage initiative)
Passenger details, discovery account.
