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Legacy and historical memory
L'Anse aux Meadows is dated to around 1000
1000
The L'Anse aux Meadows Viking village in northern Newfoundland represents an earlier European presence in North America than Cartier's voyages.
Image source: L'Anse aux Meadows
Cartier's explorations consolidate France's claim
1534 - 1542
Cartier's explorations consolidated France's claim to territory later colonized as New France, and his third voyage produced the first documented European attempt to settle North America since Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón's effort in 1526–1527.
Image source: Jacques Cartier
Cartier dies during an epidemic
Sep 1, 1557
Jacques Cartier died at age 65 on September 1, 1557, during an epidemic, possibly of typhus, although many sources list his cause of death as unknown.
Port Royal is founded in Acadia
1605
No permanent European settlements were made in Canada before 1605, when Pierre Dugua and Samuel Champlain founded Port Royal in Acadia.
Image source: Port-Royal (Acadia)
Quebec becomes a permanent settlement
1608
In 1608, King Henry IV sent Samuel de Champlain to New France as governor, where he built a permanent settlement and fur-trading post called Quebec.
Image source: Quebec City
The name Canada expands in usage
1608 - 1850
After the French colony developed, the name Canada was used for the small French colony on these shores, while French colonists were called Canadiens until the mid-nineteenth century, when the name broadened to other colonies.
The Banque Jacques-Cartier operates in Quebec
1861 - 1899
The Banque Jacques-Cartier existed and printed banknotes between 1861 and 1899 in Lower Canada, later Quebec.
The Tragically Hip references Cartier
1992
Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip referenced Jacques Cartier in their 1992 song “Looking for a Place to Happen.”
Image source: The Tragically Hip
Cartier's work is named a major Canadian book
2005
In 2005, Cartier's Bref récit et succincte narration de la navigation faite en MDXXXV et MDXXXVI was named one of the 100 most important books in Canadian history by the Literary Review of Canada.
Archaeological evidence confirms Charlesbourg-Royal
2006
The identified colony stood where the Rivière du Cap Rouge meets the St. Lawrence River. Evidence included burnt wooden timbers dated to the mid-sixteenth century and a fragment of an Istoriato plate made in Faenza, Italy, between 1540 and 1550.
Image source: Charlesbourg-Royal
Key Facts
- Jacques Cartier was born in Saint-Malo, Brittany, France, in 1491.
- In 1534, he made his first voyage to North America and explored the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
- At Gaspé in 1534, Cartier planted a cross and claimed the region for France.
- During his 1535–1536 voyage, he traveled up the Saint Lawrence River and visited the Indigenous settlements of Stadacona and Hochelaga.
- Cartier’s reports helped establish the name Canada, derived from the Indigenous word kanata, meaning village or settlement.
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