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4 days ago · In 1604 the French navigator Samuel de Champlain, under Pierre du Gua, sieur de Monts, who had received a grant of the monopoly, led a group of settlers to Acadia. He chose as a site Dochet Island (Île Sainte-Croix) in the St. Croix River, on the present boundary between the United States and Canada.
2 days ago · 4 Jul 2024 · 17 min read. A modern model depicting Samuel de Champlain’s 1608 Habitation at the site of what is now Quebec City. What follows is the twentieth instalment of The Nations of Canada, a serialised Quillette project adapted from Greg Koabel’s ongoing podcast of the same name. Previous instalments in this series have focused on ...
Jun 24, 2024 · The voyages and explorations of Samuel de Champlain, (1604-1616) by Samuel de Champlain
4 days ago · Quebec City was founded in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain. Some other towns were founded before, like Tadoussac in 1604 which still exists today, but Quebec was the first to be meant as a permanent settlement and not a simple trading post. Over time, it became a province of Canada and all of New France.
5 days ago · Natives of the Iroquois tribe were the first people to live in Prince Edward County, and Samuel de Champlain was the first European to discover the area. Champlain’s first expedition to Canada was up the St. Lawrence River in 1603, though he travelled no further than the Lachine Rapids.
2 days ago · In 1608 Samuel de Champlain installed the first permanent base in Canada at Quebec, which grew as a fortified fur-trading post. The St. Lawrence and its tributaries gave the French the best access to the interior of North America and control over the fur trade, an advantage that the British wanted to gain.
Jun 12, 2024 · The lake was visited in 1609 by the French explorer Samuel de Champlain, whence its name. Of considerable historical significance, it was used by early settlers as a gateway between French Canada and the English colonies and was the scene of battles in the French and Indian Wars, the American Revolution, and the War of 1812.
