- An
arpent (French pronunciation: [aʁpɑ̃],
sometimes called arpen) is a unit of
length and a unit of area. It is a pre-metric
French unit
based on the Roman...
- acre was
equal to 1.6
arpents, the unit of area more
commonly used in
Northern France outside of Normandy. In Canada, the
Paris arpent used in
Quebec before...
- The
Florida Canal or 40
Arpent Canal is a
canal in the New
Orleans metropolitan area and land down river. The
canal was
built in the 18th
century colonial...
-
soldiers and
workers who
accompanied Cadillac built a fort
enclosing one
arpent (about 0.85
acres (3,400 m2), the
equivalent of just
under 200 feet (61 m)...
-
units of
measure such as the aune (ell), the
perche (perch or rood), the
arpent and the
lieue (league) had a
number of variations,
particularly the aune...
- "A few
acres of snow" (in the
original French, "quelques
arpents de neige",
French pronunciation: [kɛlkə.z‿aʁpɑ̃dəˈnɛːʒ], with "vers le Canada") is one...
-
domestic activities (ex. berceau),
farming and
rural units of
measure (
arpent, lieue, borne, boisseau), weapons, and
products traded regionally rather...
-
called the
Mississippi River Gulf
Outlet (MR-GO) and the
breach of the 40
Arpent canal levee that was
designed and
built by the
Orleans Levee Board. The...
-
Thirty Acres (French:
Trente arpents) is a
novel by
Canadian writer Philippe Panneton,
published under the pen name Ringuet.
First published in French...
- lead, the
petition was made for land for
agriculture in the
amount of 400
arpents (338 acres) per
family because French law
granted free land only for farming...
