Habitation de Québec

Coordinates: 46°48′46″N 71°12′09″W / 46.8129°N 71.2025°W / 46.8129; -71.2025
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Abitation de Quebec, 1608, established by Samuel de Champlain

Habitation de Québec was an ensemble of buildings interconnected by

Vieux-Québec. It was located near the site of the abandoned First Nations village of Stadacona that Jacques Cartier had visited during 1535. It served as a fort and as dwellings for the new colony in New France.[1]

Commemoration stamp, 1908

References

  1. ^ "Samuel de Champlain and the Founding of Quebec". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 7 October 2019.

46°48′46″N 71°12′09″W / 46.8129°N 71.2025°W / 46.8129; -71.2025