What was the first french settlement in the new world?

Question

This is really bothering me...I know that it starts with a "Q" but I just can't remember it.

Answer 1

Carl is dead on. You're probably thinking of Quebec which is the longest continuous settlement in North America north of Florida.

Answer 2

I believe you are thinking of Quebec, but that was not the first French settlement. Assuming you mean the first successful settlement (the Spanish made sure none of the other attempts to settle were successful), this title would go to Port Royal, founded in 1605, in what is now called Nova Scotia. Quebec was not founded until 1608.

Answer 3

Depends, successful or not?

Successful: Quebec was founded by Samuel de Champlain on 3 July 1608 at the site of a long abandoned St. Lawrence Iroquoian settlement called Stadacona. It was to this settlement that the name "Canada" refers. It is the cradle of the Francophone population in North America (1). Quebec City or Québec* (French: Ville de Québec, or simply Québec) is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec. It is the largest city in eastern Quebec. Quebec's Old Town (Vieux-Québec), the only North American fortified city north of Mexico whose walls still exist, was declared a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1985 as the "Historic District of Old Quebec". It is also one of the oldest cities in Canada. The city has a population of 528,595, and the metropolitan area has a population of 717,600 (2005).

Failed:
The outpost at Saint Croix Island (Maine)(2) was one of the first attempts by France at year-round colonization in the territory they called l'Acadie. Earlier attempts by Cartier at Charlesbourg-Royal in 1541, at Tadoussac in 1544, and at Sable Island in 1598 had failed. The Ile Ste. Croix settlement failed due to the lack of food, water, and fuel wood on the island.

Port Royal was a small colonial outpost on the western coast of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It was located on the north shore of the Annapolis Basin, a sub-basin of the Bay of Fundy near the present-day town of Annapolis Royal. Port Royal was the second permanent European settlement in North America north of Florida, having been founded in 1605 by Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Monts and Samuel de Champlain (3). The actual buildings of the Habitation were burned to the ground in 1613 by an English invasion force from Virginia led by sea marauder Samuel Argall.

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Answer 4

WRONG on all counts - Fort Caroline in Florida, approximately where Jacksonville is now. Destroyed by Pedro Menedez de Aviles in 1562 (The French were Huegenots....Menedez a Catholic). No traces exist, so it was a failed colony, but existed for 10 years.

Answer 5

Trois Rivieres

Answer 6

Quebec

Answer 7

I don't know that it was the first but are you thinking of Quebec?