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Port Royal (1605–1713) was a historic settlement based around the upper Annapolis Basin in Nova Scotia, Canada, [1] and the predecessor of the modern town of Annapolis Royal. It was the first successful attempt by Europeans to establish a permanent settlement in what is today known as Canada. [ 2 ]
Port-Royal National Historic Site is a National Historic Site [1] [2] located on the north bank of the Annapolis Basin in Granville Ferry, Nova Scotia, Canada.The site is the location of the Habitation at Port-Royal, [3] which was the centre of activity for the New France colony of Port Royal in Acadia from 1605 to 1613, when it was destroyed by English forces from the Colony of Virginia.
Chief Henri Membertou (c. 1507 – 18 September 1611) was the sakmow (grand chief) of the Mi'kmaq First Nations tribe situated near Port Royal, site of the first French settlement in Acadia, present-day Nova Scotia, Canada. Originally sakmow of the Kespukwitk district, he was appointed as Grand Chief by the sakmowk of the other six districts.
The seigneury of Port Royal was granted to Jean de Biencourt de Poutrincourt in 1604, although it was not exercised until 1605. [18] This semi-feudal status of Port Royal and Annapolis Royal was in effect until 1733, [19] but Seigneuresse Marie de Saint-Étienne de La Tour probably maintained the social status until her death in 1739. [20]
Daniel LeBlanc was born in 1626. [1] [2] [3] According to Miss Laise Ledet's paper, his origins are from Martaizé (Loudun), France.[4]Daniel LeBlanc left France about 1645 for New France and settled on the north bank of the Rivière-au-Dauphin, to the northeast of the marsh at Bélisle, about 9 miles (14 km) up river from the fort at Port Royal and a half mile (1 km) below the chapel of Saint ...
In the spring of 1605, under Samuel de Champlain, the new St. Croix settlement was moved to Port Royal (today's Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia). [53] Samuel de Champlain also landed at Saint John Harbour on June 24, 1604 (the feast of St. John the Baptist) and is where the city of Saint John, New Brunswick, and the Saint John River gets their ...
Broussard was born in Port-Royal, Acadia, in 1702 to Jean-François Broussard and Catherine Richard.His father came from Poitiers and his mother was born in Port Royal. He lived much of his life at Le Cran (present-day Stoney Creek, Albert County, New Brunswick), along the Petitcodiac River with his wife Agnes and their eleven children.
Fort Anne is a historic fort protecting the harbour of Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia.It was built by Scottish settlers in August 1629 as Charles Fort. [1] For the first 120 years of the fort's service period, the settlement of Port Royal, later Annapolis Royal, was the capital of the New France colony of Acadia and British North America colony of Nova Scotia.