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Order of Good Cheer [trans. of F L'Ordre de bon Temps] Hist.

• a convivial fraternity organized by Champlain in 1604 to promote recreation and relaxation in the first French colony in Canada, at St. Croix Island in 1604 and from 1605 at Port Royal, Nova Scotia.

  • 1926  [Champlain aroused the spirit of rivalry by founding the "Ordre de Bon Temps." ]
  • 1934  . . . every fortnight as his turn came round, each of the party went hunting and fishing to secure by rod and by musket the fish of the sea and the game of the forest to provide for the table of the Order of Good Cheer.
  • 1965  They formed a club which they called "The Order of Good Times."