POD 1655 after seizing Acadia the previous year, New England forces blockade Quebec into submission. Under the sponsorship of English bankers, the Great Lakes Company is chartered for the exploration, settlement, and trade in the great lakes area of North America.
1657-1667, English explorers and trades men establish settlements at St.Regis and Ogdensburg on the southern shore of the St. Lawrence, at Sackett's Harbor and Oswego on the south shore of Lake Ontario.
1667 Under the Treaty of Breda, Acadia and Canada are returned to France in exchange for rights of navigation on the St. Lawrence and Great Lakes.