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jan 1, 1530 - 1530s

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The first great European explorer of Canada's interior was Jacques Cartier of France. He traveled up the St. Lawrence River as far as present-day Montreal. This was nearly a century before the English established colonies in New England.

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jan 1, 1530
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~ 496 years ago