Pierre de Monts (1604 - 1608)
1604 - A French noble named Pierre de
Monts received a monopoly. He sailed to
North America to set up a colony. He took a
map-maker and explorer named Samuel de
Champlain with him.
1605 - de Monts established a settlement at
Port Royal on the Bay of Fundy. The French
called the area Acadia.
1608 - Port Royal was a long way from the fur
trade, so de Monts and Champlain decided to
move to the St. Lawrence The French colonists
called their settlement Québec. The name
means (1 gen 1604 anni – 1 gen 1604 anni)