[4] Together with Louis-Thomas Chabert de Joncaire, La Chauvignerie convinced several Native American tribes to renew their alliance with New France at a banquet in Montreal by singing an Iroquois war song when New France was threatened by an attack from the British in August 1711.
[2] In 1736, La Chauvignerie published a list of names from the Ojibwe and other peoples that he had compiled.
[6] In June 1755, Lieutenant La Chauvignerie replaced Philippe-Thomas Chabert de Joncaire as the officer in charge of constructing Fort Machault (initially known as Fort d'Anjou).
[1] His construction efforts were set back by shortages of manpower and wood, resulting in sporadic construction and improvements until November 1758 when he was replaced by François-Marie Le Marchand de Lignery.
[4] They had one son, Michel Joseph Maray de La Chauvignerie, born in 1741.