16083 July 1608 · Place Royale, Quebec City
Champlain founds Quebec
Samuel de Champlain built a fortified trading post, the Habitation, at the narrows of the St. Lawrence in July 1608; most of his men died of scurvy and dysentery that first winter. Allied with the Wendat, Innu and Algonquin through the fur trade, the post became the capital of New France. Old Quebec, which still keeps its ramparts, grew up around the site.
Sites
- Site 1: Place RoyaleLower-town stone square on the site of Champlain's Habitation.Map ↗
- Site 2: Notre-Dame-des-VictoiresStone church begun in 1687 over the Habitation's foundations.Map ↗
- Site 3: Saint-Louis Forts and Châteaux National Historic SiteExcavated cellars of the governors' fort and residences beneath Dufferin Terrace.Map ↗
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