Early French settlements along the Annapolis River

Without ease of travel, newcomers to Annapolis County in the 1600s would have faced insurmountable difficulties. The tidal Annapolis River was a highway for them, as well as a source of new farmland, and not without its own problems.

Families and their river frontages circa 1700 with PRÉE RONDE (Round Hill) highlighted.

A later map showing growing villages as well as individual family plots.

Mapannapolis offers more insight into French settlements in our region here.