Samuel DE CHAMPLAIN
1605 - Samuel de Champlain establishes the first successful New France Colony at Port Royal
1604, June 20 - Pierre de Monts and Samuel de Champlain reach the Annapolis Basin; Champlain names the whole area Port Royal. The following year, 1605, the French will settle here. De Poutrincourt requests this land for his retirement, a request de Monts will grant.
canadachannel.ca/ todayincanadianhistory/ index.php/ June_20
1604 - October 2 - Samuel de Champlain arrives back at Ste-Croix with Jean Ralluau after exploring the coast of Maine; they have a hard winter with Pierre de Monts and 77 others, and the following Spring move across the Bay of Fundy to found Port Royal on the Annapolis Basin.
canadachannel.ca/ todayincanadianhistory/ index.php/ October_2
1605, June 18 - Pierre de Mons moves colony from Ste-Croix across the Bay of Fundy to the more temperate Annapolis Basin, to a site Samuel de Champlain had scouted, end starts building Port Royal with St Croix timber; habitation the first permanent European settlement in Canada. Champlain then sails down the New England coast to hunt for a better site for the colony.
canadachannel.ca/ todayincanadianhistory/ index.php/ June_18
Samuel de Champlain statue, Isle La Motte, Vermont
Postcard
Posted in the Past: Revealing the true stories written on a postcard
Learn more about the life of
Samuel DE CHAMPLAIN.Visit , France
Discover the people who lived there, the places they visited and the stories they shared.
Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)