Hochelaga marker at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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The Hochelaga marker at McGill University in Montreal commemorates the site of the fortified Indigenous town of Hochelaga, visited by Jacques Cartier in 1535 and abandoned before 1600. The town featured about fifty large houses housing multiple families who lived by farming and fishing. The stone marker is located at 853 Rue Sherbrooke West on the McGill University campus and highlights the early Indigenous history of the Montreal area.