This comprehensive resource follows the pivotal and often overlooked efforts of the Iroquois Confederacy, the Dutch, the French, and the English colonies to control the strategic waterways of the Hudson-Champlain corridor from their discovery to the fall of New France.• 39 chronologically organized chapters ranging from the founding of New France to the conclusion of the French and Indian War 150 years later• 300 primary sources, including letters, journal entries, official diplomatic and military correspondence, and other firsthand accounts• Biographical sketches of key figures, including Stuyvesant, Frontenac, Shirley, Vaudreuil, Loudoun, Montcalm, and Amherst• 30 maps and illustrations showing the principal figures, and the changing boundaries and the progress of major armed conflicts in the Champlain-Hudson Valleys• A comprehensive index