jan 1, 1607 - Samuel de Champlain establishes a French colony at Québec City
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Then, in 1608, he established the French settlement that is now Quebec City. Champlain was the first European to explore and describe the Great Lakes, and published maps of his journeys and accounts of what he learned from the natives and the French living among the Natives.
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