-------- Original Message -------- Subject: French "Lieue" Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 15:08:20 -0400 From: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] I am requesting help in determining 1) what "lieue" was being used by French explorers in North America in the late 1600s; 2) when the change occurred from using the "Old Lieue" (=1666 toises) to using the "Lieue de Poste" (=2000 toises), common in the 1700s. The following may or may not be of any help: "Lieue An old french unit of length (English translation = league). There were a number of different definitions of a lieue, ranging from the 17th century lieue equal to 1666 toise [7], the 18th century "lieue de poste" or "Lieue de Ponts et Chaussées" equal to 2000 toise (2.422 miles) [6,7] to a "lieu" equal to 10 km (6.24 miles). [3] In modern metric France, the Lieue is now considered to equal exactly 4 km (2.486 miles)." http://www.rootsweb.com/~qcchatea/factors.htm Thank you very much for any help you can provide, Michael McCafferty