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Permanent European settlement of the region began only in 1608, when Samuel de Champlain established a fort at Cape Diamond, the site of present-day Quebec City, then called Stadacona. A half-century later, the French settlement had a meagre population of some 3,200 people. Samuel de Champlain.
Explanation:
Samuel de Champlain, (born 1567?, Brouage, France died December 25, 1635, Quebec, New France [now in Canada]), French explorer, acknowledged founder of the city of Quebec (1608), and consolidator of the French colonies in the New World.
Known as the “Father of New France,” Samuel de Champlain played a significant role in establishing New France from 1603 to 1635. He is also credited with founding Quebec City in 1608. He explored the Atlantic coastline (in Acadia), the Canadian interior and the GreaThe New World.
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