On July 3, 1608, Samuel de Champlain established the first permanent French colony in North America on the shores of the St. Lawrence River. Four hundred years later to the day, Quebeckers and ...

The settlement of Port Royal, founded by Samuel de Champlain and his partner Pierre ... Through the creation of a permanent colony, once the snow melted the new company would have a huge trading ...

Ghislain Tremblay portrays explorer Samuel de Champlain in Canada ... By assuring the continuous occupation of the colony, he made Port Royal the first permanent French settlement in Canada.

Samuel de Champlain begins his legendary journeys ... After a half-century of struggle, with the colony on the verge of extinction, Louis XIV takes personal control, sending French soldiers ...